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1 :01x01 - Pilot
Writer: Rod Serling
Director: George McCowan
Guest star: Richard Kiley (Hannichek), Parley Baer (George Pilgrim), Brenda Sykes (Susan)
A plane carrying a group of students on a State Department goodwill tour crash lands on a deserted island that was abandoned as a proposed atomic testing area. The one adult surviving the crash is seriously injured but he tries to get the students prepared for survival when it appears that there will be no rescue attempt.
2 :01x02 - Panic in the Sand
Writer: Harold Gast
Director: William Wiard
Guest star: Richard Dreyfuss (Owen Rudd)
When castaways beging falling ill, the group tries to find volunteers to test a chemical that will either cure or kill them.
3 :01x03 - The Tin God
After Bob builds a dune buggy, he ends up hitting a girl with the vehicle.
4 :01x04 - Murderer!
After the dead body of a young boy is discovered, the castaways begin to suspect that someone from the group might be a murderer.
5 :01x05 - Comes the Revolution, We Use the Girls' Shower
The castaways decide to build a new water system for the island.
6 :01x06 - Lifeline
A group of castaways decides to break away and form their own group on another island.
7 :01x07 - Marriage-Bomano Style
A pregnant castaway decides to leave her husband whom she was forced to marry.
8 :01x08 - Is This Any Way to Run an Island?
The castaways begin to realize that they need some boundaries because living without rules or laws isn't cutting the mustard with anyone.
9 :01x09 - The Dark Side of the Island
The castaways worry that others may be on the island when they discover a body in a grave and one of them turns up missing.
10 :01x10 - A Bride in Basic Black (1): The Courtship
Writer: Harold Gast
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Guest star: Jim McMullan (Ben Geary)
Susan falls in love with a fellow castaway just when the women on the island begin demanding the passage of laws to protect their individual rights.
11 :01x11 - A Bride in Basic Black (2): The Surrender
Writer: Harold Gast
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Guest star: Jim McMullan (Ben Geary)
Susan begins to wonder about her future with boyfriend after the castaway women fail to get any laws passed to protect their rights.
12 :01x12 - The Pied Piper of Pot
Writer: Edwin Blum
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Guest star: Richard Evans (Steppenwolf), Renny Roker (Fisher)
One of the castaways becomes a self-proclaimed mystic who says that the way to happiness is through meditation and weed. Wash disputes this.
13 :01x13 - Speed Kills
Writer: Lou Shaw
Director: Harry Harvey, Jr.
Guest star: Frank Orsatti (Student), Robert Drivas (Warren)
A mentally ill fellow castaway begins having sudden violent outbursts towards George.
14 :01x14 - The Guns of Bomano
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
Director: George McCowan
Guest star: Renny Roker (John Fisher)
The castaways decide to elect an armed peace officer to keep law and order on their island society.
15 :01x15 - The Prisoner of Bomano
Director: Corey Allen
Guest star: James Inglehart (Hap), Billy Dee Williams (Heath), Judy Pace (Della), Christopher Joy (Davey)
Washington is imprisoned by a group of fellow black castaways who've broken away to form their own segregated society and don't trust him to keep the faith.
16 :01x16 - The Siege of Fern's Castle
Director: Harry Harvey, Jr.
Guest star: Susan Howard (Fern), Dennis Redfield (Rube)
A self-sufficient castaway has made herself a home in the wreckage of the plane and refuses to leave even when a dangerous live mine becomes beached nearby.
17 :01x17 - On the Horizon
Writer: Stephen Kandel
Director: Corey Allen
Guest star: Tyne Daly (Kathy), Ben Archibek (Paul)
When a merchant freighter is spotted on the horizon the castaways must decide on whether or not to signal it or continue with their attempts at building their own civilization.