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Denver played Gilligan, the clumsy first mate of the S.S. Minnow, who often thwarted the group's escape attempts with his ineptitude.
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Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
To warm up the sailors, the first mate led them in singing Yankee Doodle and Drunken Sailor.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2025
The first mate radioed McSorley, who reported that the Fitz had been damaged by the storm.
—Isabella Volmert, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2025
Reynolds and first mate Zoë Washburne (Gina Torres) have more reason than most to mistrust this totalitarian government, having fought for the losing Independents (known colloquially as Browncoats) in a brutal civil war against the Alliance.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
To warm up the sailors, the first mate led them in singing Yankee Doodle and Drunken Sailor.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2025
The first mate radioed McSorley, who reported that the Fitz had been damaged by the storm.
—Isabella Volmert, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2025
Reynolds and first mate Zoë Washburne (Gina Torres) have more reason than most to mistrust this totalitarian government, having fought for the losing Independents (known colloquially as Browncoats) in a brutal civil war against the Alliance.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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“First mate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20mate. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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