Corrected entry: When Gilligan is declared the winner of The Sweepstakes, he's suddenly treated in a "rich" manner (such as being allowed in the Howells' private club). Upon finding out the ticket was for the previous year and Gilligan did NOT win after all, he's treated "poor" once again. They are on an island where money technically does not exist, so what difference would it make about The Sweepstakes winnings one way or the other? Even the Howells' money is irrelevant on the island realistically.
Corrected entry: They build a raft/cage for Leo and send him off (likely he would not survive the trip anyway) without any thought of attaching a note telling people where they are.
Corrected entry: The Skipper, Gilligan, and The Professor coat their clothes with molten lead so they can get close to the meteor. Later in the episode, their clothes are back to normal.
Correction: They are no longer close to the meteor at this point. They are in a different area making a lead-covered lightning rod. Remember, Gilligan woke from his dream during the storm and ran quite a distance in the meteor's direction, and also threw the rod over to the meteor, so the three weren't that close at all.
The Hunter - S3-E18
Corrected entry: When Kincaid asks Gilligan if there are other people on the island besides him, Gilligan says "Yeah there's six of us." Kincaid then says to his sidekick, "Seven people on an island and no one knows they're here." How could he have known there's seven people when Gilligan said "there's six of us"?
Correction: He could have thought Gilligan meant six more. Or he could have included himself in that group.
Corrected entry: In this episode, Gilligan steals Beesley's flare gun and the castaways convince him to shoot it so they can be rescued, but it fails because the flares were taken out by Beesley. This episode indicates the castaways didn't have a flare gun of their own, yet in another episode (with the Mr. Howell impostor), the Professor gave Mr. Howell a working flare gun to use if he needed it. Why was This flare gun never used to be rescued?
Correction: In Season 1: Episode 3 "Voodoo Something to Me", the Skipper got everyone up each night to fire off a flare. Towards the end, Gilligan got the flare gun away from the chimp that had stolen it, and accidentally fired it into the supply hut where the rest of the flares were. This in turn set off all the flares. If one or two were spared, they'd be saved for a time there would be a sure chance of being seen.
Correction: This is not a plot hole. It is a character trait of the Howells. Yes, their money is irrelevant for as long as they're on the island. But for them, it is perceived wealth that they use to determine their treatment of Gilligan.
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