They do if you believe the plot line in this episode. Flipper rescues a sponge poacher trapped by an underwater rock fall called Alexis Demopoulos. He then starts calling Flipper Fillipi after his deceased brother as if he's been reincarnated in Flipper's body to rescue him. Sandy and Bud see him get back into his boat with Flipper fussing over him and they swim over only to find the skiff full of poached sponges. Sandy launches into a lecture about illegal poaching with a warning that he'll tell his Dad and Demopoulos distracts with the reincarnation tale and Bud, as usual, buys the story.
The real story is that Demopoulos' children and grandchildren have forbidden him to dive due to his age and he's trying to prove a point. He ignores Sandy and dives for more sponges meanwhile his grandson arrives just as Porter does and, to protect his grandfather, claims HE was the poacher. Porter arrests him after a real struggle in the water and tries to piece together the story because Sandy and Bud confirm it is Alexis not the grandson who poached the sponges.
Porter solves the situation by proposing that the family accept that the patriarch of the family's fishing business is not too old to dive and to allow him to continue to partner and if so then the poaching charges would be dropped.
Do Greeks really believe this? If so very odd.
The real story is that Demopoulos' children and grandchildren have forbidden him to dive due to his age and he's trying to prove a point. He ignores Sandy and dives for more sponges meanwhile his grandson arrives just as Porter does and, to protect his grandfather, claims HE was the poacher. Porter arrests him after a real struggle in the water and tries to piece together the story because Sandy and Bud confirm it is Alexis not the grandson who poached the sponges.
Porter solves the situation by proposing that the family accept that the patriarch of the family's fishing business is not too old to dive and to allow him to continue to partner and if so then the poaching charges would be dropped.
Do Greeks really believe this? If so very odd.
