"Gilligan's Mother-in-Law" kicks off the second season in glorious color, and instantly we get a new theme song that finally includes the Professor and Mary Ann (by order of Bob Denver), this version performed by The Eligibles. New musical cues are introduced throughout, and the plot is something we haven't seen before, a native family arriving on the island, apparently in search of a husband for the heavyset daughter (Mary Foran). One look at Gilligan and she's made her choice, the mother (Henny Backus) wearing the pants in the family, as father (Russ Grieve) shows himself to be rather henpecked. Once it's established that Gilligan is the intended, Mrs. Howell is exultant, proclaiming that all brides are beautiful (Gilligan: "you mean she's gonna look worse after we're married?"). Passing the natives' curriculum of marriage tests, it appears that the wedding is on and a chance to be rescued, but the sudden appearance of a rival called Harouki (Eddie Little Sky) for the bride's hand complicates matters. For once, Natalie Schafer gets a little sexy in a grass skirt, allowing Jim Backus a marvelous aside: "you look like Miss Alfalfa, rotating her crops!" (another plug for bandleader Ted "Is Everybody Happy?" Lewis, first heard in "It's Magic"). This was the only appearance on the series of Henny Backus (Mrs. Jim Backus), certainly an inspired choice to play the native mother, while this would be the last of three for Russ Grieve, whose native garb seemingly never changed since "How to Be a Hero" and "Music Hath Charms." As for Eddie Little Sky, he was best remembered as the spell casting witch doctor in the third season's "Voodoo," later playing one of three hostile natives in "Topsy-Turvy." Considering how many shows in 1965 were still filmed in black and white (I DREAM OF JEANNIE, LOST IN SPACE), it's a vote of confidence to see that GILLIGAN'S ISLAND benefited from it's new color palette.