Ever since scoring a Season 2 renewal, the surprise announcement of a Fantasy Island Season 1 Holiday Special -- comprised of Fantasy Island Season 1 Episode 9 and Fantasy Island Season 1 Episode 10 -- has been a mystery wrapped in an enigma.
Would they carry on from Fantasy Island Season 1 Episode 8 and the hauntingly foreboding introduction of Elena's angry spirit of a cousin? Or would it be a bridge episode to seed new plotlines for Season 2?
Delightfully, the two-hour special delivers a cleverly self-contained storyline as well as another that answers a question that spawned on Fantasy Island Season 1 Episode 6 about Mr. Jones. It even gives our core characters some permissions to move forward with in the future.
While the format of a typical Fantasy Island script could be categorized as procedural -- following a set template of guest(s) arrive, fantasy happens, guest(s) leave wiser to live a better life -- for...
Would they carry on from Fantasy Island Season 1 Episode 8 and the hauntingly foreboding introduction of Elena's angry spirit of a cousin? Or would it be a bridge episode to seed new plotlines for Season 2?
Delightfully, the two-hour special delivers a cleverly self-contained storyline as well as another that answers a question that spawned on Fantasy Island Season 1 Episode 6 about Mr. Jones. It even gives our core characters some permissions to move forward with in the future.
While the format of a typical Fantasy Island script could be categorized as procedural -- following a set template of guest(s) arrive, fantasy happens, guest(s) leave wiser to live a better life -- for...
- 12/24/2021
- by Diana Keng
- TVfanatic
If you think Fantasy Island is already a magical place, wait until you see how the tropical location becomes a winter wonderland on this special episode. “God bless our production design department,” says Roselyn Sánchez, who stars as enigmatic host Elena Roarke. “It’s very [tricky] to create a mountain full of snow, but they wanted to go all out!” The two-hour treat welcomes a pair of guests, both with holiday hopes: A doctor (Geri-Nikole Love) searches for the husband (Mackenzie Astin) who disappeared a year earlier, and a harried CEO (Lindsey Kraft) dreams of a Hallmark movie–caliber Christmas, complete with a quaint inn, flurries and frosted windowpanes. Meanwhile, things begin to get very personal for the island’s inhabitants. After organizing the staff’s Secret Santa, Roarke’s No. 2 Ruby realizes that her old life on the mainland holds the key to finding the perfect gift ...
- 12/21/2021
- TV Insider
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