Flipper - Episode Guide

Dr. Pam Blondel, a U.S. Navy officer, is hired to join Dr. Ricks' dolphin research team, but her son isn't happy to be living in remote Bal Harbor.

An attack by pirates starts a headlong treasure hunt.

Dr. Ricks, his friends and the Institute are threatened by an ecoterrorist.

A tuna fisherman is framed for cruelly battering dolphins by an unfaithful wife and her scheming boyfriend.

Flipper is abducted by Keith Ricks' old fraternity brother to serve as the chief entertainment at a new Cuban resort hotel.

A reluctant Flipper performs for Cuban President Fidel Castro as Keith, Pam, Mike and Maya try to evade authorities in an attempt to free him.

Keith and brother Sandy track down "shark finners" -- people who slice the fins off live sharks for use in soup.

Mike and Maya use a sub that Pam purchased at a police auction to search for a mysterious, iridescent green fluke.

Pam's ex-husband arrives at the institute, causing Mike to hope for a reconciliation when he catches the two of them kissing.

Pam is deceived and endangered by an attractive woman who claims to be an underwater photographer. 

Pam tries to help an amnesiac plane-crash victim using Flipper and Aphrodite for dolphin therapy.

Keith and Pam are endangered when they uncover an operation to use genetically engineered, rapidly reproducing oysters to create perfect pearls. 

Keith is forced into helping a black marketeer recover an old Soviet missile from the ocean floor.

Keith and Pamela elect to remain at the institute with Aphrodite, a dolphin in the final stages of a difficult pregnancy, as a Category 4 hurricane bears down on their island.

Mike and Maya befriend a surfer who intends to rob a wealthy potential patron of the institute.

During Mike and Maya's visit to a restricted island, a monkey carrying a contagious virus stows away on their boat and returns with them to the institute, where it escapes and infects some of the staff---and Flipper. 

Upset and drunk after Maya spurns his advances, a reckless, rich boy is injured by a dolphin thought to be Flipper.

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

When Flipper's pal takes sick and beaches herself near the Institute, Keith and Pam race to find the source of the dolphin's illness.

Strange and dangerous mishaps start occurring after Bal Harbor University gets a new student---an ex-con whose brother Ricks helped put in jail. 

When sharks attack swimmers off a Florida island slated for a new resort hotel, Keith investigates and discovers that endangered fish species have been introduced to the area by a rival hotel owner.

While suffering from nitrogen narcosis, Keith dreams that another scientist steals the credit for his echolocation transmitting device that enables Flipper to talk.

The new Bal Harbor Institute staff and Rescue Team unite to stop the illegal capture and theft of a rare dolphin.

Cap helps a friend save a racehorse from her estranged husband's deadly insurance scheme.

Cap's account of a pirate ship attack on his charter is questioned until the same ship raids an art auction yacht.

Maya is captivated by a young man who sailed from Portugal to find proof that his ancestor discovered America prior to Columbus.

In trouble with the FCC and his girlfriend, an offshore radio station operator gets much-needed help from his dolphin listeners.

Craig's pal has a fuel-injection system that will revolutionize power-boat racing; a saboteur has other plans.

A child whom Flipper finds on a raft becomes a pawn in an international intrigue. 

Tom's former sweetheart, a beach volleyball professional, is kidnapped by her coach so a younger player can take her place in a tournament.

Quinn's wedding at sea hits rough sailing when a revenge-minded drug dealer hijacks the nuptial yacht.

Jennifer's (Elizabeth Morehead) attraction to the lifeguard who was once Tom's (Whip Hubley) mentor causes friction.

What should be a recreational holiday weekend turns into life-threatening situations for all. 

Holly and Dean are shipwrecked on an island inhabited for 12 years by lost children led by aggressive teenage males.

A couple of seedy crooks steal Aphrodite in hopes of using her to murder a prominent public official.

A supercomputer prototype on loan to Jennifer helps unravel the mystery of an itinerant blues musician with something to hide.

Jennifer (Elizabeth Morehead) is suspicious of a young woman who seems to be enjoying Cap's (Gus Mercurio) company a little too much.

Maya inherits a charm from her grandmother that gives her clairvoyant powers after an accident renders her unconscious.

A mysterious woman emerges from the waters off an island in dispute, and her fingerprints match those of a girl who drowned 12 years earlier.

Maya and Flipper's telepathic communication is needed when Tom is threatened by a man who hid incriminating computer disks in Jennifer's luggage.

Tom (Whip Hubley) pleads self-defense when he shoots his former commander from Operation Desert Storm. 

Tom and Quinn organize a charity boxing match that attracts Dean and a young man who has a lot to lose if he enters the ring.

Tom, Jennifer, Dean and Holly are stranded on an island that is used for target practice by Navy gunners.

As a hurricane threatens, Maya reminisces about her life and friends while trapped in a drainage ditch with a broken leg.

Tom and Flipper try to catch a distributor selling contaminated fuel on the eve of Tom's wedding.

A distress signal is thought to be a hoax; Chris attempts to save the victims of a boating accident.

The gang searches for the cause of a disastrous oil spill.

Tom and Delaney must apprehend a man before he destroys a sunken U-boat from World War II.

Jacqui and Chris encounter a man presumed dead while searching for sea monsters.

A girl fakes her death to be with her boyfriend and leave her controlling father.

Tom and Delaney intervene when Chris falls in with the wrong crowd.

Chinese and U.S. governments are desperate to recover a satellite that plunged into the harbor.

An unscrupulous salvage operator sabotages boats to collect a hefty fee.

The children's grandmother gets trapped in a tidal cave.

Flipper tries to free a pregnant dolphin from the Institute; Tom's niece becomes involved with a drifter.

The Hampton's boat is stolen; Alex's life is threatened.

A man stubbornly refuses to sell his shrimp fishing business.

Delaney's old friend unexpectedly arrives seeking a place to hide.

Jackie, inspired by the arrival of a popular filmmaker, borrows Tom's video camera to make a documentary.

Alex encounters a white shark while diving for coral samples.

Alex discovers part of a Navy aircraft while water skiing.

When Courtney's mom comes to visit, they end up fighting about everything and Sara ends up in a dangerous situation.

Mark takes Chris and three other kids on a boating trip. Chris, Brad and Eugene end up working together to save Mark and Joey's lives.

While diving, Holly's life is put in danger by her friend's panic attack.

A dying girl's one wish is to swim with a dolphin, so Courtney and Jackie try to arrange for her to swim with Flipper.

An emergency call comes through while Tom and Chris are diving and he ends up in hospital.

Courtney learns about the perils of drinking.

Tom loses confidence after a rescue attempt fails.

Chris befriends an elderly man who mourns the son that drowned at sea.

Courtney receives a letter from her mom about attending school back in DC. Elsewhere a hurricane heads toward Bal Harbor forcing everyone to take shelter from the storm.

Holly and Courtney help a diver try for a world record.

Tom and Alex mark their anniversary.

Jackie's friend Suzy runs away from Princess Weekend after hearing her parents argue before setting out on their trip.

A diver looking for Atlantis saves Courtney.

Flipper is blamed for attacks in a cove near Bal Harbor when a Navy-Trained dolphin is responsible. Elsewhere Chris gets picked on by a kid at school.

A wealthy thrill-seeker tries to corrupt the Hamptons.

Delaney is accused of negligence after a rescue.

Audrey helps Cap reunite with an old flame.

Jackie and Audrey trace a message in a bottle.

A solo yachtswoman learns an important lesson about human nature.

The Hamptons are put to the test when Alex is called away to a Naval camp. Tom is left alone to take care of the kids while Alex braves a grueling mission.

Alex is called to do some Naval training away from home. But who will look after the everyday chores? It all falls on the shoulders of Tom to play Mr. Mom.

Holly and Delaney discover a haunted yacht.

Flipper brings a sick dolphin to the Institute, placing the other dolphins at risk.

Alex and Holly find a raft adrift with a woman aboard.

Courtney and Jackie meet a young princess who's running away from an arranged marriage, then she learns what it's like to live free from her royal duties until someone she knows comes looking for her.

Courtney's father is missing and feared dead, so Tom and Mark go investigate his disappearance.

Flipper gets caught in a fishing net and then becomes stranded in a tidal lagoon. As the tide recedes, Jackie falls ill, and Flipper's situation is revealed to her in a nightmare.