Gilligan finds a tribal headdress, leading everyone to believe they are sharing the island with head-hunters. The castaways start busily fashioning clubs and spears in defense.

A note written by the skipper is then found saying he has been taken captive on the other side of the island by the savages.

Gilligan is appointed as the replacement skipper but this new arrangement only lasts a short time before the real skipper appears.

He confesses he faked his own disappearance in order to discover if the island would be in safe hands without him. He adds he knew the headdress was not genuine as it had a ‘Made in Paris’ label inside it.