The Mermaid/The Victim

Episode aired Dec 1, 1979
TV-G
1h

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

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Michelle Phillips and John Saxon in Fantasy Island (1977)

Adventure Family Fantasy Romance

Julie Brett disregards Roarke's warnings and dates her dream man Michael Duvall, only to wind up as a sex slave; and college professor Harold DeHaven, hoping to make a significant scientific... Read allJulie Brett disregards Roarke's warnings and dates her dream man Michael Duvall, only to wind up as a sex slave; and college professor Harold DeHaven, hoping to make a significant scientific discovery, meets up with a mermaid.Julie Brett disregards Roarke's warnings and dates her dream man Michael Duvall, only to wind up as a sex slave; and college professor Harold DeHaven, hoping to make a significant scientific discovery, meets up with a mermaid.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

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Trivia
Dorothy Stratten was shot & murdered 8 months after this episode aired. During this episode, she was August 1979's Playmate of the Month at 19 y/o. April 1980 she was announced as the 1980 Playmate of the Year. Then August 1980 she was murdered at 20 y/o.

Goofs
No effort whatsoever has been made into maintaining the illusion of Michelle Phillips' mermaid tail: when John Saxon picks Naya up at the beach, her knees can be seen bending inside the silicone tail. When she dives into the water, there is a gap between her back and her fish waist. (The "scales" of a mermaid would be attached to her skin.) There is even a close up on the tail's side zipper about 24:22 minutes in, when Phillips swims with Saxon underwater.