When the three of them were alone, Mathesar and Teb came out of hiding.

"Who are you?" Gilligan asked

Mathesar spoke, "We apologize for scaring you. We come as friends."

Gilligan said, "As long as you aren't bringing a cookbook."

Mathesar asked, "Cookbook?"

Teb answered, "In the early 1960s there was a historical record where aliens came to Earth and tricked the humans so they could eat them."

Gilligan was more at ease and said, "Yeah, that was creepy. Those aliens were a lot taller than you guys."

Mathesar told Teb, "We have to find out what Desing did before she gets here."

Teb said, "We could try a thought bond. If all three of us combine our ESP powers, we may be able to figure out what happens in the future of this dimension."

Gilligan said, "Boy, I bet you're as smart as the Professor."

Mathesar told Gilligan, "Would you be willing to help us?"

Gilligan said, "I'll try."

Teb tried to do a reading on Gilligan, but kept getting a blank. Teb finally said, "Its no use, this subject is trusting enough, but his consciousness is almost a blank slate."

Mathesar asked, "Gilligan, is there somebody else on the island as trusting as you?"

Gilligan thought a moment and said, "I'll be right back."

Gilligan came walking back with Mary Ann, who was thinking that it was about time Gilligan would ask for alone time with her. When she came to the lagoon she was shocked to see two men waiting for them. Maybe Gilligan's insanity was catching.

"Mary Ann," they both chanted when she arrived.

The Commander spoke, "I am Mathesar, this is Teb, we need your help."

Mary Ann sat down with Mathesar and Teb.. Mathesar felt the beauty radiating from Mary Ann. He never felt this comfortable with a female. His mind was everywhere besides where it should be. Finally he was able to focus.

Reading the thought waves, Teb spoke, "The Minnow survivors were mysteriously teleported to our dimension in 1967. The seven castaways existed in a reality where they were television characters. Gilligan, the Skipper too, the Millionaire, and his wife, the Movie Star, the Professor and Mary Ann were detained where their identities were compared with that of Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Junior, Jim Backus, Natalie Schaeffer, Tina Loise, Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells. When the seven characters compared identical with the actors using all scientific means at the time, it was decided some unnatural force was bringing television characters to life. The Soviets, fearful of what this could entail, destroyed all US communications satellites. The United States in turn knocked all Soviet satellites in orbit. Eventually, all telecommunications satellites were destroyed. To avoid World War III, the Television Limitation Treaty was signed in 1970. Afterwards, there were only local television shows and theatrical releases."

Mathesar said, "Which would mean no Galaxy Quest."

Teb added, "Which would also mean General Sarris would destroy our race. Desing must have used the teleporter to bring the castaways back to Hawaii."

Mary Ann put her hand on Mathesar's arm, sending shivers down what would be his spine, saying, "We'll do what we can to help you."

Just then a Thermian appeared next to the Kelp piles, turning into the form of Desing. Desing called out, "Commander, Teb… Gilligan! Mary Ann!"

Mathesar knew what he needed to do, "Desing, let me see your teleporter."

Desing replied, "Of course, Commander, with my teleporter, we could transport them back to society."

Mathesar then placed the device on a flat rock. The commander then took another rock and destroyed the device that could rescue them all.

Desing cried, "Commander! Do you realize what you have done?"

Holding back Desing, Teb answered, "He knows, Ensign, he knows."

Seconds later, Desing, Teb, and Mathesar were standing in front of the Keeper of the Historical Records.

The Keeper said, "Everything is as it should be, you can now return to your ship."

Mathesar asked, "Will Gilligan and Mary Ann remember what happened?"

The Keeper replied, "There existence is limited to the scripts for their program. They will have no memory of your interaction with them."

Seeing his Commander's disappointed look, Teb said, "It had to be done, Mathesar. According to the records, they were rescued in 1978."

Mathesar muttered, "Shipwrecked 14 years, those poor people."