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Robert Goulet wants to be a billionaire, so he swaps places with lookalike and woos Wendy Phyllis Davis.
A doctor wants to resurrect the dead, while his daughter wants him to stop mourning her mother.

I wonder why they decided to build the fourth wall of the office; we would never get a shot like this in earlier seasons.

This shot doesn’t even look like he’s in the office, and it’s kind of jarring.

Roarke: But uh, Mr. Miller, I must warn you…

This house reminds me of the “Monkee See, Monkee Die” house, but I know it’s not it. There’s something very familiar about this house. Maybe it was in another episode. Or maybe I saw a bit of this episode on TV.

Roarke: You will find no such interference here on Fantasy Island, doctor, but I should warn you, some of the natives in this area tend to be somewhat… superstitious.

Two “must warn you”s?! Waaah!

Hooooly shit. So Dr. Bergmann’s fantasy is to resurrect the dead. Roarke promised to bring him a cadaver to do his experiments on. Roarke asks the doctor one more time if he’s sure he wants to go through with it. The doctor, of course, says yes. They hear drums beating outside. The villagers carry in a stretcher, which is carrying the doctor’s daughter’s dead body. That’s cold, Roarke. That’s like something Pilot Roarke would do.

Roarke: Dead is only a word, Tattoo, and in spite of its ring of ultimate finality, it has many meanings. A person can be clinically dead, legally dead, even emotionally dead.
Tattoo: Boss, don’t blind me with science; just give me the straight dope.
Roarke: Okay, I rigged the instruments.

Wow, Roarke is being transparent?

Tattoo: Boss, I’m still confused.
Roarke: And I’m hungry. Shall we eat?

I haven’t really been paying attention to this episode. Is it just me, or is Roarke acting really weird here?

Whoa, whoa, hang on. Roarke took his black handkerchief out of his pocket! Has he ever done that before?! The bad guy just poisoned Robert Goulet’s drink, and then he threw the poison vial into the jungle, and Roarke whipped out his handkerchief and caught it.

Avery Williams: Let’s do it again, every year.
Roarke: Oh, I’m sorry, gentlemen. It is my policy never to repeat a fantasy.

Cough cough. 2×8 “Return”. I feel like there have been other repeats as well, but maybe I’m just remembering seeing this episode on TV.

Avery Williams: Mr. Roarke, that cheque you’re holding in your hand looks like it’s one of mine. Now I’d hate to report that it’s a forgery.
Roarke: Is that a threat, Mr. Williams?
Avery Williams: In a word… yes. Unless you agree that our fantasy can be repeated.
Roarke: Well, in that case, perhaps I can make an exception, on behalf of all those children throughout the world who are going to benefit from your extreme generosity.

I kind of don’t like that Roarke has been threatened and given into the threat.

Also, what was the deal with the “Experiment” fantasy? In the end, the guy who was helping the doctor took off his fake scar revealing… it was a fake scar? I don’t know what else we were supposed to gain from that? Normally, with that kind of reveal, it would turn out that this minor character was Roarke all along… but this guy was talking to Roarke in this scene, so if he turned out to be Roarke too, that would be the strangest thing that ever happened on Fantasy Island.

• Guests:
  • Mr. Frank Miller, a Wall Street securities analyst
  • Dr. Lucas Bergmann and his daughter Lisa from Boston, Massachusetts
• Recurring phrases:
  • Tattoo: Sounds very important.
    Roarke: Indeed.
  • Roarke: But uh, Mr. Miller, I must warn you, men of great wealth and power inevitably acquire enemies.
  • Lucas Bergmann: Is it possible?
    Roarke: This is Fantasy Island, doctor.
  • Roarke: You will find no such interference here on Fantasy Island, doctor, but I should warn you, some of the natives in this area tend to be somewhat… superstitious.
  • Lucas Bergmann: It’s a miracle.
    Roarke: Indeed, it is, doctor.
  • Frank Miller: My fantasy is over, isn’t it?
• Ominous Roarke:
  • Roarke: I’m afraid this weekend may turn out to be the most dangerous investment Mr. Miller has ever made…
  • Roarke: Yes, the building has been vacant since his death, looked after by a… caretaker.
• Roarke’s drink: same old
• Ominous shot of Roarke drinking: not really
• Last chance:
  • Lucas Bergmann: Have you brought what I’ve been waiting for?
    Roarke: Yes, Dr. Bergmann, if you’re still absolutely certain you want to go through with it.
• Sadistic Roarke:
  • Roarke: You came here to raise the dead. What better test of your powers could there be than this, doctor? The resurrection of your own flesh and blood.
• All you need is love:
  • Roarke: A miracle, not of science, but of love.
• Meddling Roarke: Wallis Jaeger has poisoned Avery Williams’ drink. Roarke spins the table around so the poisoned drink is no longer sitting in front of Avery.
• Roarke saves the day: Roarke calls in the security guards to take away Mr. Jaeger and Mrs. Williams.
• Leaving with an extra guest: Frank Miller with new girlfriend Elizabeth Leston