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The Love Boat

  • TV-G
  • 1977–1987
  • 10 seasons
  • Drama, Comedy
  • 6.3

You Say You Can't Score on Shore? On This Cruise... You Can't Lose!

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.

Episodes

27 episodes
  1. 1Marooned (1)

    60 minSep 16, 1978

  2. 2Marooned (2)

    60 minSep 16, 1978

  3. 3Julie's Dilemma/Who's Who?/Rocky

    60 minSep 23, 1978

    Julie's parents arrive on board the Pacific Princess and announce their plans to divorce; an author of morally uplifting pamphlets and a prim censor fall in love while sharing a cabin; a young girl's tomboy image falters after she receives her first kiss.

  4. 4The Man Who Loved Women/A Different Girl/Oh, My Aching Brother

    60 minSep 30, 1978

    A man makes a move on three women; not knowing that they are travelling companions. Captain Stubbing's god son is taking a cruise with his wife, whom he married two years ago but his military duty kept him away. And two brothers who stage false injuries, so that they can sue the insurance company, have targeted the cruise line.

  5. 5Where is it Written?/Julie's Aunt/The Big Deal

    60 minOct 14, 1978

    Captain Stubing's Uncle Cyrus uses every trick in his devious mind to get Julie alone, until her ""Aunt Phoebe"" intervenes; a desperate businessman uses his daughter as bait to close a deal; the neglected wife of a publisher romances a novelist, hoping it will give him the inspiration for the final chapter of his book.

  6. 6The Kissing Bandit/Mike and Ike/The Witness

    60 minOct 21, 1978

    A shy young man becomes a completely different person at night; a businessman who doesn't have time for his family learns a valuable lesson; a man who believes his chances of survival are better at sea than as a witness in a gangland trial receives loving sympathy from a fellow passenger.

  7. 7Ship of Ghouls

    60 minOct 28, 1978

    A magician keeps his engagement secret in order to dazzle female audiences, while his neglected fiancee turns to Captain Stubing for comfort; Doc and Gopher pursue a model who is afraid to face people after a recent accident; a boy with a habit of lying can't get anyone to help during a real time of need.

  8. 8Accidental Cruise/The Song is Ended/A Time for Everything/Anoushka

    90 minNov 4, 1978

    An executive and his secretary are mistakenly assigned the honeymoon suite; a songwriter's music renews a woman's love for her husband; Captain Stubing meets his daughter by a former girlfriend; Julie helps give a Russian commissar a sexy new image.

  9. 9Till Death Do Us Part - Maybe/Chubs/Locked Away

    60 minNov 11, 1978

    A ghost experiences jealousy as his mission to find his wife a new husband appears to be succeeding; overprotective Gopher mistakenly entrusts his kid sister to Doc to stave off the ship's wolves, not realizing that she's all grown up; a long-divorced couple is accidentally trapped in an isolated cabin.

  10. 10Tony's Family/The Minister and the Stripper/Her Own Two Feet

    60 minNov 18, 1978

    Crew members make a valiant effort to keep six stowaways a secret from Capt. Stubing; a church member disapproves of her minister's new romance; a nearly-blind woman refuses to admit her problem until Doc intercedes.

  11. 11Heads or Tails/The Little People/Mona of the Movie

    60 minNov 25, 1978

  12. 12Folks from Home/The Captain's Cup/Legal Eagle

    60 minDec 2, 1978

    Doc must perform a risky operation after an accident; one of the ship's laborers is recruited to replace a missing dignitary; a bitterly divorced man has it in for his ex-wife's attorney.

  13. 13Isosceles Triangle/El Kid/The Last Hundred Bucks

    60 minDec 9, 1978

    A beauty can't choose between Captain Stubing and Doc; a man and his wife return to the ship with an orphaned boy; a hospital executive falls for a seemingly successful businessman.

  14. 14Double Wedding/The Dummies/Julie Falls Hard

    60 minDec 16, 1978

    Identical twin sisters decide to swap fiances; a separated ventriloquist team use their dummies to rebuild their relationship; a handsome widower proposes to Julie, who has fallen in love with him and his teenage children.

  15. 15Second Time Around/The 'Now' Marriage/My Sister, Irene

    60 minJan 13, 1979

    Doc's ex-wife hires an actor, who takes his role a bit too seriously, as her fiance; a philandering marriage counselor's wife seeks solace from Captain Stubing; a woman pretends to be her own sister for a reunion with a long-ago sweetheart.

  16. 16Gopher's Opportunity/Home Sweet Home/The Switch

    60 minJan 20, 1979

    Gopher quits his job to manage a new hotel; a wealthy eccentric widow books a five-year passage and begins meddling in the crew members' lives; a magician tries to avoid his assistant by sending his brother to perform in his place.

  17. 17Like Father, Like Son/Don't Push Me/Second Chance

    60 minJan 27, 1979

    A father takes too much of a liking to his son's new girlfriend; a bachelor is terrified at the idea of marrying his gung-ho girlfriend; the crew gives a troubled teen a chance at rehabilitation.

  18. 18Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy (1)

    60 minFeb 3, 1979

    Julie's high-school class holds its ten-year reunion on board the Pacific Princess.

  19. 19Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy (2)

    60 minFeb 3, 1979

    Julie's high-school class holds its ten-year reunion on board the Pacific Princess.

  20. 20Dream Ship/Best of Friends/Aftermath

    60 minFeb 10, 1979

    Crew members learn that Captain Stubing is under consideration to take over a prestigious cruise ship and go overboard to help their captain make an outstanding impression; a woman unknowingly makes a date with a friend's fiance; a disabled surgeon belittles Doc for practicing aboard a cruise ship until Doc makes a surprising diagnosis. GUEST STARS: Hans Conried, Ben Murphy, Donna Pescow, Carol Lynley, Richard Anderson, Diana Muldaur

  21. 21A Good & Faithful Servant/Secret Life of Burl Smith/Tug of War/Designated Lover

    90 minFeb 17, 1979

  22. 22The Decision/Poor Little Rich Girl/Love Me, Love My Dog

    60 minFeb 24, 1979

  23. 23Funny Valentine/The Wallflower/A Home is Not a Home

    60 minMar 3, 1979

  24. 24Ages of Man/Families/Bo 'n' Sam

    60 minMar 10, 1979

    Julie ends up in the middle of an unusual love triangle when the visiting 13-year-old son of the head of the cruise line develops a crush on her at the same time that she is trying to win over a charming older passenger. Two longtime acquaintances find their attempt at building a romance complicated by their parents' antagonistic relationship: her father is publisher of the newspaper where he works; and his mother is leading the efforts to unionize the workers. In honor of Capt. Stubing's fifth anniversary at the helm, the crew pays two men to build a wooden model of the ship. The builders are left scrambling to undo the damage after the present accidentally gets smashed.

  25. 25Sounds of Silence/Cyrano de Bricker/Murder on the High Seas

    60 minMar 17, 1979

    A singer tries to persuade his manager to let him abandon the shock tactics that made him famous and let his music speak for itself. He becomes even more determined to establish some credibility after he falls for a deaf friend of Julie's. Doc finds himself caught in the middle when an old friend grows tired of her inattentive husband's tendency to put gambling ahead of their relationship. Isaac becomes convinced that a couple plans to murder Capt. Stubing. Everyone initially believes that he is just too caught up in the murder mystery that he has been reading, but the captain and Gopher soon begin to share his suspicions.

  26. 26Super Mom/I'll See You Again/April's Return

    60 minMay 5, 1979

    One-time stowaway April Lopez returns to the ship as a popular singer. However, she grows tired of the hassles of fame and decides that she would like to become a cruise director. Julie tries to show her the ropes, but April ends up creating havoc wherever she goes. A couple brings its four rambunctious children along on its second honeymoon. The woman repeatedly ignores her husband to tend to the children's needs, and April inadvertently creates further problems with their marriage. A buddy of Capt. Stubing's from his military days comes aboard, and is shocked to see the former USO star with whom he once had a romance. Due to a misunderstanding, each believes the other is to blame for cutting off their affair.

  27. 27Third Wheel/Grandmother's Day/Second String Mom

    60 minMay 12, 1979

    Gopher gives his parents a cruise as a Mother's Day present. Gopher's father grows jealous of the close relationship between mother and son. An older couple, who has finally seen its youngest child move out of the house, is stunned by an unexpected pregnancy. A widower's teenage daughters repeatedly reject his new wife, but must rely on her help when they get into a jam in Mexico.

Where to watch The Love Boat

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Series cast

Gavin MacLeodMerril Stubing251 episodes
Bernie KopellAdam Bricker251 episodes
Ted LangeIsaac Washington251 episodes
Fred GrandyGopher Smith247 episodes
Jill WhelanVicki Stubing200 episodes
Lauren TewesJulie McCoy199 episodes
Ted McGinleyAshley Covington Evans56 episodes
Pat KlousLaurie Blake55 episodes
Marion RossMrs. Jenny Heller12 episodes
Florence HendersonChristine Frank10 episodes
Cosmo SardoWaiter (uncredited)10 episodes
Juliet MillsBlair Chapman9 episodes
Jessica WalterHolly Hartman7 episodes
Audra LindleyPortia Fairchild7 episodes
David HedisonAllan Christensen7 episodes
Arte JohnsonOrville Trout7 episodes
Connie StevensMarilyn7 episodes
James DobsonThe Steward7 episodes

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