The BEST episodes written by Maria K. Little

#1 - Flipper's Odyssey (1)

Flipper - Season 2 - Episode 16

Flipper is captured by some fishermen who transport him a long way up the coast to stock a new marine exhibit.

#2 - Flipper and the Horse Thieves

Flipper - Season 2 - Episode 12

While Bud shows off Flipper to his new friend Stevie, thieves steal Stevies valuable show horse.

#3 - Gift Dolphin

Flipper - Season 2 - Episode 23

While fishing in the waters off Florida, visiting Prince Kaza and a state department official run aground on a reef. Sharks appear while the pair attempt to free the boat.

#4 - Flipper's Odyssey (3)

Flipper - Season 2 - Episode 18

While Flipper recovers from the injuries received during a battle with an alligator, Bud grieves over the loss of his pet just a few miles down the coast.

#5 - Flipper's Odyssey (2)

Flipper - Season 2 - Episode 17

The Ricks family sails up the coast in search of their missing friend, Flipper, only to find that the dolphin that saved a man's life, and who they hoped would be Flipper, has gone.

#6 - Dolphin in Pursuit (2)

Flipper - Season 2 - Episode 3

In the conclusion of a two-part adventure, Flipper tows Porter Ricks to his stolen launch, where he finds that the thief has imprisoned Ulla and stolen her submarine.

#7 - Flipper and the Elephant (1)

Flipper - Season 1 - Episode 24

Sentinel of the sea Flipper discovers a sinking raft, manned by Bonnie McCoy, her father, an elephant and a chimpanzee.

#8 - The White Dolphin

Flipper - Season 1 - Episode 22

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.

#9 - Dolphin in Pursuit (1)

Flipper - Season 2 - Episode 2

When the Ricks family visits a deserted island, a fugitive steals their motor launch leaving them stranded without radio food or supplies.

#10 - Dolphin Patrol

Flipper - Season 2 - Episode 10

A school of killer sharks keep Sandy and Bud trapped in a sunken wreck while Flipper tries to arouse Porter Ricks to come to their aid.

#11 - Flipper and the Bounty

Flipper - Season 2 - Episode 13

When Bud gets locked aboard the HMS Bounty, a replica of the infamous Captain Bligh's sailing ship, Flipper tries to get the skipper's attention before the schooner gets too far along on its world cruise.

#12 - Flipper and the Elephant (2)

Flipper - Season 1 - Episode 25

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.

#13 - Teamwork

Flipper - Season 1 - Episode 23

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.

#14 - Flipper's Bank Account

Flipper - Season 1 - Episode 16

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.

#15 - Flipper's Treasure

Flipper - Season 1 - Episode 21

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 - Flipper and the Elephant (3)

Flipper - Season 1 - Episode 26

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.

#17 - Love and Sandy

Flipper - Season 1 - Episode 19

Pretty teenager Bonnie McCoy takes Sandy by surprise when she sails into view aboard a floating zoo.

#18 - Junior Ranger

Flipper - Season 2 - Episode 6

A young know-it-all trainee ranger joins the Ricks family and finds that he still has a lot to learn when he disappoints Bud who thought of him as a hero.

#19 - Dolphin Love (2)

Flipper - Season 2 - Episode 30

Flipper is concerned over the outcome of an operation on his girlfriend, who was speared by Ted Marlowe.

#20 - Agent Bud

Flipper - Season 3 - Episode 1

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.

#21 - Disaster in the Everglades (1)

Flipper - Season 3 - Episode 2

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.

#22 - Disaster in the Everglades (2)

Flipper - Season 3 - Episode 3

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.

#23 - Dolphin for Ransom

Flipper - Season 3 - Episode 20

#24 - A Dolphin in Time

Flipper - Season 3 - Episode 21

#25 - Decision for Bud

Flipper - Season 3 - Episode 22

#26 - Cap'n Flint

Flipper - Season 3 - Episode 26

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.

#27 - Deep Waters

Flipper - Season 2 - Episode 28

When Porter dives into the depths with Ulla in her submarine for a survey of the ocean floor, the tiny craft snaps its propeller on the rocky coral stranding them under 50 metres of water.

#28 - Cupid Flipper

Flipper - Season 3 - Episode 6

After Sandy's girlfriend shows more interest in Porter than Sandy, Flipper works as cupid to bring the two teen lovebirds back together.

#29 - An Errand for Flipper

Flipper - Season 3 - Episode 7

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.

#30 - Executive Bud

Flipper - Season 3 - Episode 10

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.

#31 - Flipper and the Puppy

Flipper - Season 3 - Episode 11

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

#32 - Flipper and the Seal

Flipper - Season 3 - Episode 17

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.

#33 - Devil Ray

Flipper - Season 3 - Episode 25