The BEST episodes of Flipper season 1
Every episode of Flipper season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Flipper season 1!
Ranger Porter Ricks is responsible for the animal and human life in Coral Key Park, Florida. Stories center on his 15-year-old son Sandy and 10-year-old Bud and, especially, on their pet dolphin Flipper.
#1 - Countdown for Flipper
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1964
Flipper's days are numbered when he is accused of eating a prized fish worth a lot of money. Just as Flipper is to be cut open to retrieve the fish, Bud and Sandy discover it has been stolen by Jim and race to prove their pet's innocence in before it's too late.
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#2 - Flipper and the Elephant (1)
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/1965
Sentinel of the sea Flipper discovers a sinking raft, manned by Bonnie McCoy, her father, an elephant and a chimpanzee.
#3 - The Gulf Between
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1964
Bud isn't happy with the new woman in his father's life. Feeling alone in the world, Bud stays out in the ocean too late and winds up lost in an underwater cave at high tide.
#5 - The Second Time Around
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1964
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.
#6 - The Misanthrope
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/26/1964
Sandy, Bud and Flipper decide to become detectives when reports claim that someone has been looting boats in Coral Key Park.
#7 - The White Dolphin
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/13/1965
Flipper disappears for several days and, when found by Porter Ricks, Sandy and Bud, is with another dolphin, an amazing albino the only white dolphin in Porter's memory.
#8 - The Red Hot Car
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1964
The boys find themselves in deep water when they disobey their father and dive down to investigate a car that has been dumped in the ocean.
#9 - Dolphin For Sale
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1964
Dorrie steals Flipper and sells him to a carnival owner.
#10 - The Day of the Shark
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1965
Porter Ricks, Sandy and Marine Researcher Dr Williams Tollner go to sea to investigate a school of lemon sharks which have invaded Coral Key Park.
#11 - 300 Feet Below
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1964
Flipper comes to the rescue when a submarine gets caught on the bottom of the ocean, trapping its occupant who is fast running out of air.
#12 - S.O.S. Dolphin
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1964
Dr Phil Harmon is attacked by a shark. He radios to bring a rare blood type that can save his life.
#13 - Lady and the Dolphin (1)
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1964
Despite their best attempts to impress a visiting Congress woman, Porter and the boys are devastated to learn that she plans to close the park.
#14 - Flipper and the Elephant (2)
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/6/1965
In an effort to raise money to pay off creditors of McCoy's Floating Zoo, Sandy and Bud join Bonnie McCoy in a scheme to run away with her father's elephant and chimpanzee.
#15 - Flipper's Treasure
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/1965
Flipper goes to Bud and Porter Ricks for detective help after seeing a treasure chest stolen from the wreck of a sunken Spanish ship hidden on a nearby island.
#16 - Teamwork
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1965
While Sandy and Bud prepare for the annual Coral Key Park swimming race, Porter is overcome by toxic chemicals dropped from a passing ship while he is carrying out an underwater investigation.
#17 - Flipper's Bank Account
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/1965
When Flipper finds a Spanish doubloon on the ocean bottom and brings it to Bud and Sandy, rumours about Spanish Treausures spread quickly and an underwater gold rush ensues.
#18 - Money to Blow
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1965
Flipper finds money underwater and presents some of the bills to Bud. Flipper shows Bud where it came from and they collect more from the underwater wreck.
#19 - Flipper and the Elephant (3)
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/13/1965
Judy the chimp steals a briefcase full of money and Sean McCoy of McCoy's Floating Zoo is arrested. Sandy, Bud and Bonnie decide to put on a show with Flipper to raise money for her father's bail.
#20 - Bud Minds Baby
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/20/1965
Like the heroes he sees on TV, Bud tries to rescue a damsel in distress, but fails to tell Porter or Sandy of his intentions, and suddenly finds himself caught in a dangerous rip.
#21 - My Brother Flipper
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1964
Flipper saves the life of an old Greek sponge poacher in the preserve, but Bud and Sandy tell Po of his illegal activities.
#22 - The Lifeguard
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/1965
Flipper leads Bud to a beach where Lynn Borden lies half conscious after falling off a boat 20 miles at sea.
#23 - City Boy
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1964
City boy, Mike Beldon arrives in Corel Key with a huge chip on his shoulder about his mother's new husband. However, a near death accident helps him see his new step-father in a different light.
#24 - Love and Sandy
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/23/1965
Pretty teenager Bonnie McCoy takes Sandy by surprise when she sails into view aboard a floating zoo.
#25 - Mr. Marvello
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1964
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.