Tonight on FOX their new reboot Fantasy Island airs with an all-new Monday, May 8, 2023, episode and we have your Fantasy Island recap below. On tonight’s Fantasy Island season, 2 episode 13 called “MJ Akuda & The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Wives Club,” as per the FOX synopsis, “Sue, Jenna and Brooklyn are the first, second and third wives of Gavin, a charming doctor who’s made a fortune selling all-natural vitamins – and broken all of their hearts along the way.
Now, they all share the same fantasy: they want Gavin to understand – to feel for himself – the pain he’s caused them all. Meanwhile, Roarke brings Ruby’s youngest daughter, MJ, to the Island to help Ruby remember who she is. And hopefully keep her from disappearing into the ocean forever with Isla… as a mermaid.”
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Tonight’s Fantasy Island episode begins with Sue, Jenna and Brooklyn, the first, second and third wives of Gavin Beck. He started a health supplement company and spent more time at work, that is when the second wife came in the picture and he gaslit his first wife, Sue, she thought she was going crazy and had herself committed. He destroyed her, but she hired a private investigator. Unlike Sue, the second wife, Jenna, knew exactly who she was and Gavin played her like a fiddle.
He made her feel like the smartest person in the room, he says her ambition was an aphrodisiac, they got married and bailed the company. One day at lunch, he announced that he want to move on without her, personally and professionally. Then came the third wife, Brooklyn, Gavin said that he was focusing on his wife and his kids and forgot how to live, he said she brought him back to life. Her father saw threw him, but she didn’t. Gavin is cheating on her too, and he gaslight her. Their fantasy is to get revenge on their husband, make him hurt.
Elena gives them a box, it is very powerful, and tells them together they will decide how to use it. Ruby shows them to their rooms.
MJ arrives on the island, Elena introduces her to Javier and Segundo, then tell her they have something shocking to tell her. Javier says he flew her parents to the island and few days later flew her dad home, alone, it was a tough flight. MJ’s father told her about her mother’s death, that there was a waterfall and dancing, she got a tattoo, which is so hard to imagine. And, in the morning when they were going to leave, she died. Elena says it didn’t happen like that.
The wives open the box, inside is a poppet, a sympathetic doll which means when it is married to a person, that person will feel what the doll feels whether it is pleasure or pain. Sue says it is time for Gavin to get married again.
Brooklyn got to see Gavin at the bar, she gets a small sample of hair to put in the poppet’s pocket, she rejoins with the other two wives and the read a chant together. One of them flicks the poppet to see if it works, and it does, they hear Gavin screech in pain on the other side of the bar.
Back to MJ, she says, “so you are telling me that my mom didn’t die, she is alive and well, twenty five years old and lives on this island, but she doesn’t remember any of her family. And, after 50 years of marriage she is also in love with a woman, who is also a mermaid.” Roslyn says her mother needs her help, she needs to get her memory back. MJ says they are all crazy and walks off.
As MJ is leaving, Ruby walks off and welcomes her to Fantasy Island.
The wives are chatting over drinks, they want a front row seat to Gavin’s suffering. They are able to do another chant where Gavin won’t be able to see Sue or Jenna, let the games begin.
MJ confides in Ruby about her parents, she says she is not sure if she really knew her mother. Ruby shares that it feels like she has lived on the island her whole life. Isla walks up, Ruby introduces her to her. Isla kisses Ruby and says she missed her.
Isla and Ruby walk off, Isla says she wants to start their life together, Ruby asks if she will have an actual tail and Isla says she will be beautiful. Ruby promises that after MJ’s fantasy, she will go with her.
Gavin is with Brooklyn having lunch and he start flirting with the server, she calls him on it and makes some dumb comment about her insecurities. Gavin starts acting erratically, it is all because the other two wives are playing around the poppet.
Isla goes in to see Elena and says she knows MJ is Ruby’s daughter, she is playing dirty. Isla threatens that she will get what she wants.
Gavin goes to the bar and orders a triple, one for each wife – he thinks they are all there messing with his mind. He is sitting near a man at the bar who tells him to apologize, and Gavin says no, he’s got this.
Gavin returns to the room, he tells Brooklyn he was confused earlier, but now things are crystal clear.
Ruby is sitting outside by the beach, it is late, MJ joins her and says her mom love the ocean. Ruby says she loves it too, but not sure if she wants to jump in it forever. MJ tells her that her mother knew how dangerous the ocean could be, her brother almost died when he was eight, his name was Darren, he other brother is Mac. They were at the beach, her dad Mel, her mom and the kids, a wave knocked Darren over, her mom dove in after him. MJ gets upset reminiscing and walks off.
Brooklyn is reading, Gavin asks her if it is a good book. He tells her that he has struggled with fidelity in the past, but he knows that she is his forever, and she makes him a better man, he wants them to have a baby, no more birth control.
Brooklyn goes in to see Sue and Jenna, she tells them it works, Gavin wants to have a bay. Jenna says when they were married Gavin had a vasectomy, he can’t have kids. Brooklyn is furious, she grabs the box, takes the poppet and drowns it under water. Gavin is on the beach and he is choking. Elena shows up in the room with the wives, she tells Brooklyn, enough.
MJ wants to give up, Javier tells her to keep fighting, take her strength from the love she has for her mom.
Elena tells the wives that their poppet powers have been revoked. Elena tells the wives there is another way, she waves her hand over the poppet and Gavin passes out, wakes up sitting in a chair made from a tree, and the vines are securing his hands, he can’t move. Elena and the vies are standing in front of him when he comes to, she tells him it is the throne of tears.
Ruby is at the beach, Isla comes out of the water and says it is time, choose to be with her, she has to say it. MJ runs up shouting, “mom” and Ruby realizes that is her daughter. Isla tries to pull Ruby down under the water with her, but MJ jumps in and saves Ruby.
MJ and Ruby sit down on the beach and share family information, Ruby remembers, it is all coming back. MJ apologizes for disappointing her mother. Ruby won’t hear I, she says she is her pride and joy.
Sue tells Gavin that she gave him the best years of his life, Jenna says he became who he is because of her, Brooklyn says she choose him over her father. They go on and on. Gavin is drenched with tears, the tears of the women he hurt, he says it feels like acid, it hurts his chess. He says he is sorry and asks for their forgiveness.
Ruby goes back to the beach, she tells Isla that she does not choose to go with her, she doesn’t even know her. Her family knows her, and she erased them. Isla gives Ruby her wedding ring, she says when she there it in the ocean, she grabbed it, she thought she might want it back. Isla leaves, Ruby takes the ring and puts it on.
Time to leave the island, the wives are all ready to leave, Gavin as well and he says he got what he needed and what he deserved. The wives say whatever comes next, it will not have to do with Gavin.
MJ thanks Elena for not giving up on her mom. Ruby tells MJ that she loves her and never wants her to forget that. Ruby gives her letters for each her children, and she gives her the wedding ring.
Elena and Javier declare their love for each other just as Helene calls, he says he misses her and wishes she was there, she is right behind him. Ruby says that she has family on Fantasy Island, not friends. They all toast to family.
THE END!