At first glance, one would not assume Willie Gilligan was 25 years old. With his childlike demeanor and enthusiasm one could easily dismiss the fact Gilligan had a quarter of a century of life experience under his belt. People often underestimated Gilligan. Gilligan was a survivor. His aunt encouraged him to join the navy, and many felt he could not succeed at that. Yet Gilligan not only completed a hitch in the Navy, he earned a commendation for saving the life of his commanding officer. Gilligan had been shipwrecked with six others on a deserted island for over three years now, and not only had he survived: Willie Gilligan has thrived.

Gilligan on another one of his exploration adventures along the beach when something shiny caught his eye. He walked over to it at realized it was a bottle. It was a very elaborate, ornate, bottle that looked very old. His first thought was, of course, maybe there's a genie inside. He knew the Professor and the Skipper would laugh at that, explaining the bottle either came from a luxury liner or a cargo ship hauling antiques. But, as Gilligan well knew, the rational explanation wasn't always the correct one.

Gilligan decided to open the bottle. Immediately upon opening it, a puff of turquoise smoke came out. The smoke formed a little mini tornado and danced on the sand a bit. The smoke then transformed into a beautiful woman with hair as jet black as Gilligan's wearing a harem outfit the same shade of turquoise as the smoke.

"I knew it! A genie!" Gilligan shouted.

"That's me." The raven-haired beauty replied drolly.

"Do I get three wishes?" Gilligan asked.

"If that's what you want," the genie truthfully replied. What she didn't add was that he could have as many wishes as he desired, but if her new master wanted to limit himself to three—who was she to stop him?

Gilligan's first instinct was to tell the others about the genie. But then he remembered how greed nearly tore apart their little group on the island more than once. He only had three wishes. One thing took from Mrs. McGillicuddy's math class back in grammar school was that 7 doesn't go into three very neatly. Gilligan came up with a plan.

Back at camp, Gilligan asked the Skipper, "Skipper, if you had three wishes, what would they be?"

Skipper, now used to Gilligan's nonsense, replied, "First, I'd want to be left alone to finish my nap, second, I'd like to have a berth where I don't have somebody swinging above of me so I could sleep through the night so I wouldn't need a nap, third..." looking over at Gilligan, the Skipper sensed his little buddy wanted a serious answer finished with, "I'd want us all to be rescued."

Gilligan sought out the others. The common theme was to be rescued. The Howells, of course, wanted money and social standing, Mary Anne wanted her family and animals to be healthy, the Professor wanted opportunities for discovery and help for schools. But all five wanted off the island.

Gilligan then found Ginger sunning herself near the lagoon.

"Hi Gilligan," The movie star greeted the young sailor.

"Hey Ginger," Gilligan replied. Gilligan and Ginger's relationship was more brother and sister, but Gilligan had a lot of trouble thinking of Ginger in a sibling context when she was revealing as much as she was now. Gilligan stammered, "Ginger, it you had three wishes…"

Ginger smiled, decided to toy with the boy, "Why, Gilligan, are you here to make my wishes come true."

Gilligan laughed uncomfortably, "No, I was wondering what you would ask of a genie."

Ginger enjoyed Gilligan's imagination, and said, "I played a genie on the Suspense Show once."

Gilligan added, "Yeah, I remember that. You tricked the poor guy that found you."

Ginger was flattered Gilligan would remember a TV guest shot almost a decade ago, and went on. "Genies are sneaky. For example, you might wish that everybody gets rescued, but the rescue boat sinks. I would wish for something for my friends, something for me, and hold the third wish in case the genie played a trick on me."

Gilligan said, "Thanks Ginger," leaving the movie star puzzled.

Gilligan went back to where he left the genie, knowing what he would wish for now. Of all his friends, Ginger was the most helpful. Then again, Ginger had the most experience with genies.

"Genie," Gilligan commanded.

Turquoise smoke came out of the bottle. A sleepy looking ebony haired genie responded, "Yes."

Gilligan ordered, "I will give you two wishes now, and will reserve my third wish for a later date."

The black haired beauty yawned, "Very well."

Gilligan requested, "First, I wish we were never shipwrecked. Second I wish I was an astronaut."

The Genie looked bored, blinked, and the next thing Gilligan knew he was in a Gemini capsule. Gilligan looked around, not believing his surroundings. He was an astronaut. He looked over at the astronaut next to him. The name badge read Nelson. This excited Gilligan even more. Gilligan had followed Tony's career since he entered the space program. Gilligan even listed to each launch on the radio after being shipwrecked. But Tony didn't look very happy.

"Willie, prepare for EVA." Major Nelson said.

"Lieutenant Gilligan, prepare for the EVA!" Nelson repeated.

Gilligan knew that EVA meant extra vehicular activity, or spacewalk. He just wasn't sure what he was supposed to do. Gilligan secured his helmet and looked around the capsule. Next thing Gilligan knew, the hatch was open and he was floating out of the capsule. An alarm started to sound. Nelson was the one tethered to do the spacewalk, it was Gilligan's job to secure himself in the capsule and pilot the craft while Nelson was doing the space walk. Gilligan was free-floating in space.