Plot

The women on the island feel disrespected, so they decide to go off on their own without the help of the men who come up with plans to bring them back. But which side will cave in first and admit that they need or miss the other?

Tired of the construction of their hut being delayed, Ginger (Tina Louise) and Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) go on strike, they are then joined by Mrs. Howell (Natalie Schafer) upset that she and Mr. Howell (Jim Backus) don't have their own hut yet either. As a result, the men and women split into two different camps. The men try to proceed as usual, but Ginger keeps returning to camp to distract Gilligan (Bob Denver) in his chores. They try to scare the women back to camp with a fake monster played by the Skipper and Gilligan, but Ginger gets wind of the stunt. Instead, Gilligan and Skipper (Alan Hale Jr) get beaten up by the girls and sent away humiliated. That night, the men are tired of the menial chores not getting done and have dreams of getting their own way with the girls. The Skipper dreams he's an Arabian sheik, Mr. Howell thinks of himself as getting constantly pampered, the Professor (Russell Johnson) pictures himself as famous actor Cary Grant and Gilligan is a world-famous matador. Waking up, they head back to try and make peace with the girls, each of them failing miserably except Mr. Howell who sent them ahead to watch their progress. The girls by now peek out to see what the men are planning next and notice what looks like a huge monster. As they're marveling at how large and spooky it is, Ginger looks back and sees the men elsewhere. The monster isn't theirs, and they head to the men for protection, but the Professor takes a second look and realizes that the "monster" is actually a weather balloon that can help them get rescued. By now, Gilligan has attacked it and smashed the sensitive electronic equipment, rendering it inoperative. In the morning, the Professor thinks there might still be a chance of using the balloon to get help, but by now, Gilligan has shred it even more into scrap.