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Flipper Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 1964 - 1965
Episode 1
300 Feet Below
Sat, Sep 19, 196430 mins
Bud plays catch with flipper, teaching him how to retrieve items from the ocean floor. An SOS comes through; Bill Darmon has been attacked by a shark and needs blood urgently. Porter contacts the Coast Guard to arrange the blood delivery before going out with Bud to rescue Bill. The helicopter arrives but during the transfer the blood is lost overboard. A number of attempts are made to retrieve it but a persistent shark stops all efforts till Flipper comes to the rescue, fights off the shark and brings the blood up.
Episode 2
The Red Hot Car
Sat, Sep 26, 196430 mins
After Bud sees a car at the bottom of the bay with bullet holes in the windshield, he asks his father to investigate. But Porter is used to Bud's exaggerated stories and vivid imagination and declares he doesn't have time. Before leaving for a meeting, he orders his sons to stay away from the car, but the boys soon find a pretext on which to once again go to that section of the bay. Unfortunately, they had already questioned several people about the car and one of them is responsible for that car. The boys soon learn a lesson in why it's very important to obey your parents.
Episode 3
S.O.S Dolphin
Sat, Oct 3, 196430 mins
Porter is given orders to close the park and waits for a scientist to come explain the reason. After he yells at Porter for allowing his boys to swim in the water, the doctor explains that it had discovered that a very poisonous fish had been the cause of death of a man the week before. Unfortunately, Flipper misunderstand the man's intentions and tries to prevent him from removing the fish. During the struggle, the scientist get's stung. Nor Porter and Flipper must rescue him before time runs out.
Episode 4
The Gulf Between
Sat, Oct 10, 196430 mins
There's a woman hanging around dad. Sandy's happy for his dad because the woman is rich, but Bud is jealous. He fear his father will try to replace his mother and do something silly like get married again. Now Po must convince Bud that's not the case. But when a jealous Bud disobeys his father about getting home before the storm, his life is in danger.
Episode 5
City Boy
Sat, Oct 17, 196430 mins
Mike Belden gets to spend some time with the Ricks family, after his mother remarries and heads out for a honeymoon. As a city boy he struggles to adapt to the lifestyle of the Florida Keys. He is concerned about his mother remarrying and seems on a path of self destruction, first crashing a speedboat then disobeying diving instructions. Ultimately he talks Sandy into diving a dangerous wreck, where they become trapped and only the quick thinking flipper alerts Sandy's father and the boys are saved just as their air runs out
Episode 6
Dolphin for Sale
Sat, Oct 24, 196430 mins
Dorrie Stone kidnaps Flipper. When Sandy and Bud tell their Dad, all three of them go to investigate.
Episode 7
Not Necessarily Gospel
Sat, Oct 31, 196430 mins
An old man fills Bud's head with heroic tales, but his father warns him all the stories aren't necessarily true. Circumstances force Bud to realize then, but he wants to be a hero by finding the poachers who almost killed his father.
Episode 8
Countdown for Flipper
Sat, Nov 7, 196430 mins
When Po sends the boys on an important errand, he tells the boys to leave Flipper at home. Flipper's life is in danger after it's believed he ate a rare fish that had been studied for many years. Bud and Sandy must get to their dad and warn him within a half hour. But they soon discover the truth and wonder how they'd get themselves out of their mess.
Episode 9
Mr. Marvello
Sat, Nov 14, 196430 mins
Bud and Sandy hear Flipper say in plain English he wants to leave for London with Professor Marvello, and the professor's circus colleagues bring nets to take Flipper away.
Episode 10
My Brother Flipper
Sat, Nov 21, 196430 mins
Flipper saves the life of an old Greek sponge poacher in the preserve, but Bud and Sandy tell Po of his illegal activities.
Episode 11
The Second Time Around
Sat, Nov 28, 196430 mins
Po and Sandy rescue a despondent former water ski champion, now in a wheelchair, and her mother from a hurricane. Flipper gets tangled in a fishnet.
Episode 12
Lady and the Dolphin: Part 1
Sat, Dec 5, 196430 mins
A congresswoman visits the park with an eye to its possible closure -- and to sending Flipper to a naval scientific program.
Episode 13
Lady and the Dolphin: Part 2
Sat, Dec 12, 196430 mins
Hap pressures the boys to take Congresswoman Browning on an underwater tour of the park as she considers its possible closure, but technical problems threaten the lives of the divers.
Episode 14
Danger
Sat, Dec 19, 196430 mins
After Hap tells the boy a tall tale about catching a fish, the boys con him into going fishing with them the following day. However, there is danger close by in the form of a father and son reunion.
Episode 15
The Misanthrope
Sat, Dec 26, 196430 mins
When a cranky man chases the boys from his boat, they decide he's up to no good. But when they return they meet a couple of thieves who really ARE up to no good. Their trusting the wrong people could get them killed.
Episode 16
Flipper's Bank Account
Sat, Jan 2, 196530 mins
The park is overrun by treasure-seekers when Bud and Hap get excited by a dubloon found by Flipper.
Episode 17
Lifeguard
Sat, Jan 9, 196530 mins
Flipper saves a woman from drowning. Porter Ricks contacts her husband and, when he hears his wife's story, decides to do one more study to see if Flipper really can save lives.
Episode 18
The Day of the Shark
Sat, Jan 16, 196530 mins
Po tells Bud to keep flipper safely away while he and Sandy accompany Dr. Tollner on a shark-repellent experiment, but Bud disobeys.
Episode 19
Love and Sandy
Sat, Jan 23, 196530 mins
Sandy falls for an older woman, Bonnie, while they search for her strayed sea lion Sparky, and Bud inadvertently sends Sparky off with flipper to an alligator-infested cove.
Episode 20
Money to Blow
Sat, Jan 30, 196530 mins
Bud would do anything to get out of getting a job, but his father has laid down the law. When Bud and Flipper find an underwater treasure, Bud things all his troubles are over. He spends the money all over town, then things really get bad.
Episode 21
Flipper's Treasure
Sat, Feb 6, 196530 mins
Porter Ricks hires someone to bring up a treasure from the ocean floor after Flipper discovers it.
Episode 22
The White Dolphin
Sat, Feb 13, 196530 mins
A rare white dolphin is discovered by Flipper and by a money-hungry man who wants to capture him. The boys and Porter Ricks fight to find a way to save the dolphin, knowing if he stays free in the ocean his life would remain in danger. But, can they save him in time?
Episode 23
Teamwork
Sat, Feb 20, 196530 mins
Porter receives a warning of toxic chemicals being dumped somewhere, but they aren't sure where. Meanwhile, a swim race is about to start. Sandy is excited about being in it. But complications arise when Porter discovers the toxic chemicals and almost dies.
Episode 24
Flipper and the Elephant: Part 1
Sat, Feb 27, 196530 mins
Bonnie McCoy is back, this time with her father and different animals. After they are shipwrecked, Porter saves them. But they have a man after their elephant and he is determined to get it and send it to a zoo.
Episode 25
Flipper and the Elephant: Part 2
Sat, Mar 6, 196530 mins
Bonnie talks Sandy and Bud into helping her get the elephant and chimp into a circus, but in order to get there they have to go through some dangerous trails.
Episode 26
Flipper and the Elephant: Part 3
Sat, Mar 13, 196530 mins
McCoy comes up with the $200 to pay Samson, but is soon arrested and accused of stealing Samson's briefcase. The kids must raise enough money for bail or McCoy will lose his new job.
Episode 27
Bud Minds Baby
Sat, Mar 20, 196530 mins
After sending Flipper away, Bud gets trapped in a lonely buoy with little Tina.
Episode 28
Sailor Bud
Sat, Mar 27, 196530 mins
After a diver is found dead, Porter Ricks closes the park and orders that no one is in allowed in the water while an investigation into the unexplained death goes on. Bud, however, doesn't think that means he can't be in a boat in the open sea. But when the same thing happens to a diver, he must get the man and woman back to shore before the tide comes in!
Episode 29
The Call of the Dolphin
Sat, Apr 3, 196530 mins
The boys fear they are losing their best friend when Flipper chooses dolphin noises over them, even putting Bud's life in danger.
Episode 30
Flipper's Monster
Sat, Apr 10, 196530 mins
When Flipper gives all his attention to the lady actress, Bud gets jealous. Even after his father warns him about the "green-eyed monster," Bud still takes matters in his own hands.
