The BEST episodes of Flipper season 3

#1 - Disaster in the Everglades (1)

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1966

Whilst on a routine check of the Everglades, Porter Ricks steps in a poacher's trap. Badly injured, he is taken to Barney's secluded hide-away where he discovers that Barney has been poaching the local wildlife.

#2 - Agent Bud

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1966

When two pilots crash into the ocean and become trapped in their aircraft it is up to Porter and Sandy to save the day, with a little help from Flipper and Bud's newly honed secret agent detective skills.

#3 - Flipper's New Friends (2)

Season 3 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/15/1967

#4 - Flipper's New Friends (1)

Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/8/1967

Flipper befriends a young brother and sister who have moved to Coral Quay with their widowed mother.

#5 - Cap'n Flint

Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/1/1967

Flipper comes to the rescue of Cap'n Flint (Bud's friend's pet parrot) when the raft the bird is perched on drifts into and explosion zone.

#6 - The Firing Line (2)

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/18/1967

#7 - Decision for Bud

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/4/1967

#8 - A Dolphin in Time

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1967

#9 - Dolphin for Ransom

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1967

#10 - Aunt Martha

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1967

Porter's Aunt Martha comes to lend a helping hand in raising the boys. Her presence puts a strain on the Ricks' when she takes over and rules everything from the boys wardrobe to Flipper's place as a member of the family.

#11 - Dolphins Don't Sleep

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1967

The boys rush to find Flipper when he drifts to the bottom of the ocean after being hit by a tranquilizer dart.

#12 - Disaster in the Everglades (2)

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1966

Sandy and Bud become increasingly worried as they have still heard no word from their father, who failed to return from a routine check of the Everglades.

#13 - Devil Ray

Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/25/1967

#14 - The Firing Line (1)

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/11/1967

#15 - Flipper and the Seal

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/1967

A 20 year-old young man is accused of stealing mollusks from an area of the park that Porter Ricks has been doing experiments in.With the help of Flipper and Bud's picture,a seal is caught as the real thief.

#16 - The Most Expensive Sardine in the World

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/21/1967

Bud fights to save Flipper's life after an expensive bracelet falls into the ocean and is believed to have ended up in the dolphins' stomach.

#17 - Flipper and the Fugitive (2)

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/1967

After returning home to find a fugitive holding Porter and Sandy hostage, Bud sends Flipper for help.

#18 - Flipper and the Fugitive (1)

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1967

Flipper leads Porter and Sandy to a man stranded on a beach after a storm. The man, who is wanted by the police for bank theft, takes Porter and Sandy hostage at the rangers station.

#19 - Alligator Duel

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1966

Flipper's life is in danger when he becomes the unwitting star in a movie fight scene between himself and an alligator.

#20 - Flipper's Island

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1966

Bud and Sandy run into gun smugglers while camping alone on an uncharted island.

#21 - Flipper and the Puppy

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1966

Flipper and Bud come to the rescue of a puppy left stranded on an island after falling of his owner's boat.

#22 - Executive Bud

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1966

Bud gets himself into trouble when he plays Executive, hiring his friends to do the jobs he's being paid for. He learns a valuable lesson in business when things go wrong and it takes a greater effort to organise others to do the work than it would have to do it himself.

#23 - Explosion

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1966

A friend of the Ricks' wants to earn some fast money to send his brother to school. He offers to help do some blasting by lying to the foreman, after the professional they hired is critically injured.

#24 - Whale Ahoy

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1966

While researching his book report, Bud dreams of sailing the deep blue seas with Moby Dick.

#25 - An Errand for Flipper

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1966

Porter is frustrated as he waits in the middle of the ocean for Flipper to deliver the tools to repair his broken plane. His anger soon dissipates when he realises that Flipper was busy saving lives all day.