Thoughts from the Gilligan's Island Episode V is for Vitamins (1966)
Synopsis: The lack of citrus fruits in their diet has led to a severe vitamin deficiency for the castaways. Their only hope is to grow trees from the last orange on the island. My Thoughts: The Professor's ( Russell Johnson ) death order seems a bit off. Maybe he was right about people dying in order of their overall weight and was probably right about the order the men would die in. However, I'm not convinced Mrs. Howell ( Natalie Schafer ) is heavier than either Ginger ( Tina Louise ) or Mary Ann ( Dawn Wells ). If anything, I would describe her as the smallest person on the island. What about pineapples? Maybe they aren't technically citrus fruits, but I am fairly certain they are just as full as vitamin C as an orange. And, they had one sitting right in the middle of their table at one point in this episode. The orange tree idea seems a bit unlikely. Just how fast does the professor seem to think orange trees grow? Unless they happen to be from those radioactive seeds ...