- When everybody mistakenly believes that The Skipper wasn't invited to the Howells' cotillion, they hold a masquerade party of their own and don't invite the Howells.
- The Howells have decided to have their annual Howell cotillion on the Island instead of skipping it, and they invite all the Castaways to celebrate it with them. Mr. Howell (Jim Backus) takes it upon himself to deliver the invitations, but as he's enjoying the novelty of delivering them, he walks into a tree and drops the Skipper's invitation, failing to notice he has lost it. After Gilligan (Bob Denver) gets his invitation under the door of his hut, the Skipper (Alan Hale Jr) goes looking for his and visits the Professor (Russell Johnson) and the girls, side-stepping around the fact he hasn't got his invitation yet. By afternoon, it still hasn't been found, and everyone leaps to the conclusion that the Skipper wasn't invited. They all decide to skip the Howells' cotillion and have a costume party to honor the Skipper. When the Howells realize they've been shunned, their effort to understand why it happened turns into a fight between them, and they split up. Meanwhile, Gilligan is searching for a costume from the stuff in the Supply Hut, and when he heads back to it, he discovers the lost invitation in the thick grass. Finding it clears up the confusion, but both the Howells are still at odds. Ginger (Tina Louise) invites Mrs. Howell (Natalie Schafer) to their party, and Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) invites Mr. Howell to the party. Ginger then arranges to have the sizes of her costume and Mrs. Howell's altered so they'll have to switch them at the party. At the party, Gilligan dresses as Tarzan, swinging into camp on a vine and smashing into a hut and hurting himself in the process. As he's being taken care of, Mr. Howell shows up thinking he's going to dance with Ginger dressed as Marie Antoinette, unaware he's actually dancing with his wife. When he tells "Ginger" that he's still in love with his wife, Mrs. Howell removes her mask Mr. Howell is happy and dances with her. Ginger and The Skipper come to dance with Mr. Howell and Mrs. Howell but their dances are all taken. And all is forgiven between them. The following morning, the Skipper wakes and surveys the mess from the party. When Gilligan shows up, he announces that he's learning to enjoy parties, and hopes they have more parties on the island, but then the Skipper hands him the broom and tells him to get busy cleaning up after the party before sitting and relaxing. As he sweeps, Gilligan looks out and says he hates parties.
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