Flipper (Season 1)

(pilot) (Episode 1)

Air date: 1995-10-02

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Dr. Keith Ricks returns to Florida to head an ocean research team...

Treasure Hunt (Episode 2)

Air date: 1995-10-09

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Pirates blow up a yacht, inspiring a search for Spanish coins and threatening the dolphins.

Green Freak (Episode 3)

Air date: 1995-10-16

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: An environmental terrorist targets the institute.

True Believer (Episode 4)

Air date: 1995-10-23

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A philandering wife and her lover frame a tuna fisherman for dolphin-clubbing.

Kidnapped (1) (Episode 5)

Air date: 1995-10-30

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Unscrupulous characters kidnap Flipper for a Cuban hotel's dolphin show.

Kidnapped Part Deux (2) (Episode 6)

Air date: 1995-11-06

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Reluctant, kidnapped Flipper is scheduled to perform for Castro.

With Brothers Like This (Episode 7)

Air date: 1995-11-13

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Keith and his brother, Sandy, battle shark poachers.

Submersible (aka Yellow Submarine) (Episode 8)

Air date: 1995-11-20

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A mermaid is spotted from a newly bought submarine.

F. Scott (Episode 9)

Air date: 1995-11-27

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Mike tries to reunite his parents; an echolocation experiment fails.

That's a Moray! (aka Skeleton Garden) (Episode 10)

Writer: Lee Goldberg

Air date: 1995-12-04

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: After an underwater photographer and her pet moray turn up, so do a couple of corpses.

Fish out of Water (Episode 11)

Writer: Jeffrey Stepakoff

Air date: 1996-01-08

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Flipper and Pam try to help a plane-crash survivor.

Pearl Maker (Episode 12)

Air date: 1996-01-15

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Pam, Keith and Flipper discover criminals with genetically engineered oysters.

Missile Crisis (Episode 13)

Writer: Ali Adler

Air date: 1996-01-22

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Criminals want to salvage a nuclear missile from the ocean floor.

Hurricane (Episode 14)

Air date: 1999-11-13

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Aphrodite goes into labor during a hurricane.

Surf Gang (Episode 15)

Air date: 1996-02-05

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A surfer dazzles Maya; a benefactor has eyes for Keith.

Monkey Island (Episode 16)

Air date: 1996-02-12

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Mike and Maya inadvertently bring back a deadly virus from forbidden Monkey Island.

Menace to Seaciety (Episode 17)

Air date: 1996-02-19

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Tracking devices indicate Flipper was responsible for two attacks on humans.

The Girl Who Came to Dinner (Episode 18)

Air date: 1996-04-15

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Mike finds Maya living alone with no food or electricity; Sydney takes an unwelcome interest in the institute.

Muddy Waters (Episode 19)

Air date: 1996-04-22

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: After contacting pollutants, a sick dolphin strands itself near the institute.

Past Tense (Episode 20)

Air date: 1996-04-29

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: The brother of a man Keith helped send to prison plans a deadly revenge.

Sharks! (Episode 21)

Air date: 1996-05-06

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A hotel owner seems unconcerned about sharks swimming near the beach.

Flipper Speaks! (Episode 22)

Air date: 1996-05-13

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: After a diving accident, Keith's dolphin speech-synthesizer dominates his dreams.