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6/10
Flipper forgets
mitchrmp23 November 2012
Though Bud has shown a lot of growing up since his mischievous ways in the first season, he still reverts back to his little boy ways once in a while. It didn't take much for him to do so in this episode since he was upset with his big brother for bossing him around. The lesson learned comes at an expensive price, though. Flipper disobeys Bud's orders and follows him to an explosion site. Flipper hits his head and gets amnesia.

The only problem with this one is that it was too much like an episode from season two when Flipper lost his hearing. I'm not sure if they are running out of fresh stories or what, but it just didn't excite me that much...

Then there was the shark story AGAIN...Enough said?
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5/10
Another amnesia episode
wrxsti541 June 2014
Warning: Spoilers
I have to say this is a more disappointing episode. It's yet another variation on the 'Flipper gets concussed by an explosion' theme that has been explored before with 'Flipper fights sharks' mixed in. The script writers seem to be having an off day.

Despite the fact that Bud is growing up physically, he seems to have not grown up emotionally very much. The entire incident revolves around Bud ignoring Sandy's advise (yet again) and not watching Flipper by keeping him penned while he and his friend go watch the coral blasting.

Bud again takes things into his own hands after Flipper has amnesia and ends up having to be rescued yet again - this time Flipper's memory returns just in time to alert Porter to Bud being trapped by sharks.

When viewers were being fed a constant diet of Bud's mess ups with similar themes, it's no wonder the show dropped from its strong top 25 rating in its first season to be out of the top 50 by season 3.
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