First mate's log:

July 20, 1967

Well, it turned out that I'm not a killer, and people just kept falling into an old hidden pit that we somehow never found before. More good news, someone nice arrived on the island and we might actually get rescued this time!

Her name is Eva Grubb and she's shy, plain, and unhappy. She came here in a boat, like Norbert Wiley, and she's also trying to get away from civilization, but not because she's a kidnapper. She thinks she's too ugly to have a boyfriend and she was hoping to get away from all men. She says we can have her boat, but the Professor is worried about her and thinks we should send someone back for her after we return to Hawaii.


Carol Martin's diary:

July 21, 1967

Oh dear, our latest visitor is very different from any of the others and has brought up very different problems to deal with. Her name is Eva Grubb and she's a plain Jane who's given up on love and perhaps life. I'm worried she might be suicidal! She said we could have her boat while she stays here, but I planned to stay behind with my girls until a bigger vessel came for us, since I could look after Eva and make sure she didn't do herself any harm.

Gilligan foolishly told her that the Professor was going to send someone back for her, so she's removed the spark plugs from her boat and no one's going anywhere. Ginger has a plan to give Eva a makeover to boost her confidence. I'm dubious about it, but at least it's not as dangerous as her attempt to reform Norbert Wiley.


July 22, 1967

Wow, what a difference! Ginger dyed Eva's black hair red, took off her glasses, loaned her a couple outfits, and taught her about things like posture and elocution. And now she looks and acts just like Ginger! (I know, it's pretty amazing that we've had someone who looks like me, someone who looks like Mr. Howell, someone who looks like Ginger, and even Santa looked like the Skipper, but of course we're still not sure if that really was Santa, and almost nobody believes in the Russian spy who had my face.)

Eva can even flirt like Ginger. I don't know how I'll survive island life with two Gingers, but she did return the spark plugs, so we can leave soon.

First though, we're going to have a party to celebrate. I know, we just had a couple parties recently, the one for Wiley and the 4th of July, but it's summer, and we might as well have fun, especially if we're going to be leaving soon and will have to go back to our ordinary lives. Not that I'm complaining, but I will miss the island of course, and how we can sometimes stay up late and not worry about the boss firing us the next day or something. OK, the Skipper wouldn't fire me, but I bet the Professor would get kicked out of the university if he was going to parties all the time.


July 23, 1967

Well, I didn't expect things to go like that when I helped make red hair dye. Ginger's idea of a makeover was making Eva look and act just like her, which ended up backfiring because Eva successfully imitated Ginger for much of last night's celebration party. Eva apologized but she ended up leaving in her boat, and her note says that she's going to take up Ginger's career when she returns to civilization. Ginger is distraught, and of course none of us are happy that Eva definitely won't tell anyone about finding us on the island. This is a far worse betrayal than Norbert Wiley's, since I thought Eva was a good person.


July 30, 1967

Well, Eva Grubb ended up leaving us behind and her note said that she was going to pretend to be Ginger and have Ginger's acting career. She was a good enough actress to make us think she was Ginger at the party, but I don't think she could play all the different kinds of roles that Ginger can. I guess she figured that out, too, plus she lost her glasses at sea, and according to the report on the radio, she's just claiming to be a nearsighted Ginger Grant lookalike. The Coast Guard picked her up in her boat and took her to Honolulu, where she got new, probably more flattering, glasses. Anyway, she didn't say anything about meeting the real Ginger Grant or any of us and she seems flattered by all the male attention she's getting, so I guess she's happy now and I'm trying to be happy for her, although Ginger is of course still ticked off.


August 10, 1967

Things quieted down for awhile after Eva left us and got rescued by admiring sailors. Then Gilligan thought Ginger was going to shoot the Professor for cheating on her with Mary Ann! It turned out to be the gun with blanks that we sometimes use for signals at aircraft flying overhead, and the girls and the Professor were just rehearsing one of Ginger's old plays. (The Eva experience oddly enough ended up giving Ginger hope about reviving her career when we're rescued, since if Eva wanted to impersonate her, then Ginger must still be a recognizable star after three years' absence from Hollywood.)

Although no crime was actually committed today, the Professor thought about all the recent crime and decided we need some law enforcement. So now the Skipper is sheriff and Gilligan is his deputy. While I agree that we need protection, I can't help being dubious about this, especially since Gilligan has locked up Mr. Howell for stealing (actually borrowing) the Skipper's binoculars. Still, Gilligan was pretty good as our "president" and I hope he'll soon settle in as deputy.

Meanwhile, the Skipper and Professor are collecting phosphorescent rocks they hope to use in a rescue attempt.


August 11, 1967

I thought I walked in on a real-life soap opera yesterday, with a love triangle and attempted murder! It turned out to be another of Ginger's darn plays. On the plus side, I'm now deputy and making sure that everyone obeys the law. I've had to lock up the Howells, Alice, Ginger, the Professor, and Mary Ann so far, which means that Mrs. Martin has to do all the cooking, but hopefully people will learn their lesson. Oh, I think I just saw Mr. Brady litter!


August 12, 1967

I've just gotten out of jail! Gilligan became an overzealous law enforcer and all the adults ended up in a cave he'd put bars on. We tried to trick him with jailbreak scenarios Ginger remembered from the movies, but of course Gilligan's cinematic knowledge is superior even to hers. He ended up locking himself in with us while demonstrating a different film scene.

Then the children came running up to say that an airplane was flying over the island! Marcia used her bobby pins to jimmy the lock, although Cindy was confused and said, "Bobby doesn't have pins and who's Jimmy?"

When we got out, the plane was gone. We went back to camp and turned on the radio. It turned out that Eva Grubb had said she had left some personal belongings on the island she was shipwrecked on and she sweet-talked the Coast Guard into looking for them. However, it was evening when they flew over and they couldn't spot the island from her directions and description, although the phosphorescent rocks would've helped.

I wonder if Eva is feeling guilty about abandoning us and this was her way of rescuing us without admitting she lied. I don't know if the Coast Guard will return, but it was a nice gesture, I suppose. Still, we're just as marooned as ever and just as vulnerable to crime, whether or not Gilligan tries to enforce the law, or what he thinks the law is.