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Harper's Island

TV·2009–2009·1 season, 13 episodes·CBS·Horror, Thriller, Mystery·1h·7.7·Created by Ari Schlossberg

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Harper's Island is about a group of family and friends who travel to a secluded island for a destination wedding. They've come to laugh... to love... and, though they don't know it... to die. As the wedding festivities begin, friendships are tested and secrets exposed as a murderer claims victims, one by one, transforming the wedding week of fun and celebration into a terrifying struggle for survival. In every episode, someone is killed and every person is a suspect, from the wedding party to the island locals. By the end of the 13 episodes, all questions will be answered, the killer will be revealed and only a few will survive.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Harper's Island S01E10SnapS01E10 · 7.9Madison reveals who is responsible for her disappearance, leaving the remaining guests stunned and confused. When an attempt to flee the island in Jimmy's boat results in disaster, the group are forced to take refuge at The Cannery.
  2. 02Harper's Island S01E13SighS01E13 · 7.8As the final surviving members of the wedding party battle to get off the island, the truth is finally revealed.
  3. 03Harper's Island S01E08GurgleS01E08 · 7.7As people prepare to evacuate the island, one wedding guest mysteriously disappears. Several of the wedding party reluctantly volunteer to stay behind and search the island, but the situation changes when Abby receives a distressing phone call. Sheriff Mills continues his search for the killer, but finds himself in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

Cast

Elaine CassidyElaine CassidyAbby MillsChristopher GorhamChristopher GorhamHenry DunnKatie CassidyKatie CassidyPatricia "Trish" WellingtonC.J. ThomasonC.J. ThomasonJimmy ManceJim BeaverJim BeaverSheriff Charlie MillsAdam CampbellAdam CampbellCal VandeusenCameron RichardsonCameron RichardsonChloe Carter

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2009Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Harper's Island S01E01WhapApril 9, 2009 7.1Abby Mills returns to Harper's Island to attend the wedding of her best friend, Henry Dunn, and his fiancée, Trish Wellington. Abby hasn't b
  2. S01E02Harper's Island S01E02CrackleApril 16, 2009 6.8The wedding party heads out on a scavenger hunt and the competition soon heats up. Against her better judgement, Trish secretly meets up wit
  3. S01E03Harper's Island S01E03Ka-BlamApril 23, 2009 6.9When a local's death is ruled a suicide, Abby challenges her father, the Sheriff, to investigate what really happened. As the wedding approa
  4. S01E04Harper's Island S01E04BangMay 2, 2009 6.8When the groomsmen take Henry fishing for his bachelor party, the make a gruesome discovery. The bridesmaids celebrate Trish's final days as
  5. S01E05Harper's Island S01E05ThwackMay 9, 2009 7.3Henry encourages Trish and Thomas to take a father/daughter bike ride in the woods to relive Trish's wedding stress. Abby tries to repair he
  6. S01E06Harper's Island S01E06SplooshMay 23, 2009 7.6With the wedding party reeling after the events at the rehearsal, Abby, Henry, and J.D. decide to take the investigation into their own hand
  7. S01E07Harper's Island S01E07Thrack, Splat, SizzleMay 30, 2009 7.0The atmosphere at the Candlewick Inn darkens when the Sheriff begins conducting searches of everyone's rooms, suspecting one of the wedding
  8. S01E08Harper's Island S01E08GurgleJune 6, 2009 7.7As people prepare to evacuate the island, one wedding guest mysteriously disappears. Several of the wedding party reluctantly volunteer to s
  9. S01E09Harper's Island S01E09SeepJune 13, 2009 7.4Tensions rise after John Wakefield's journal is discovered, and the guests who are still trapped in the Candlewick Inn begin to turn on one
  10. S01E10Harper's Island S01E10Season's bestSnapJune 20, 2009 7.9Madison reveals who is responsible for her disappearance, leaving the remaining guests stunned and confused. When an attempt to flee the isl
  11. S01E11Harper's Island S01E11SplashJune 27, 2009 7.7The group narrowly escapes The Cannery and are drawn to the church when the bells start ringing, thinking it's a sign from one of their grou
  12. S01E12Harper's Island S01E12GaspJuly 11, 2009 7.3As the killer's murderous rampage continues, the group starts fighting back when they discover a possible way off the island. However, happi
  13. S01E13Harper's Island S01E13SighJuly 11, 2009 7.8As the final surviving members of the wedding party battle to get off the island, the truth is finally revealed.

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