The Love Boat Episode Guide

Episode Guide

The Love Boat: Season 9 (1985 - 1986)

• Season 9 Episode 25: Happily Ever After; Mr. Smith Goes to Minikula; Have I Got a Job for You

  Stubing has prenuptial jitters; Ace is prepared to take over as purser if Gopher accepts an offer to manage a tropical resort.

• Season 9 Episode 24: My Stepmother, Myself; Cornerback Sneak; Almost Roommates

  Stubing's pending marriage upsets Vicki; a veteran football player faces being cut; a cook (Michael Winslow) has two roommates.

• Season 9 Episode 23: Matadors; Mrs. Jameson Comes Out; Love's Labor Lost; Marry Me, Marry Me

  A matador clashes with his grandson; a released convict seeks her daughter; Isaac finds a stowaway; a man woos two women.

• Season 9 Episode 22: Matadors; Mrs. Jameson Comes Out; Love's Labor Lost; Marry Me, Marry Me

  A matador's grandson (Lorenzo Lamas) has other career plans; Stubing helps an ex-convict reconcile with her daughter; Isaac meets a stowaway (Olivia Brown); a man juggles Vicki and Judy.

• Season 9 Episode 21: Prediction; Will; Deja-vu

  A psychic predicts doom; a woman and an old beau are reunited by her dead husband's design; a man discovers that he was once married.

• Season 9 Episode 20: Whatever Happened to Jumpin' Jack Flash; Gothic Romance; We'll Meet Again

  A disguised rock star faces rejection; a novelist sees Ace as the hero of her next book; two lovers celebrate their 10th anniversary.

• Season 9 Episode 19: What Goes Around Comes Around; Prodigy; Second Banana

  Doc falls for a radio psychologist; a gambler (Thom Bray) risks love; a woman wants to retire her spouse's (Donald O'Connor) orangutan.

• Season 9 Episode 18: Art Lover; Couples; Made For Each Other

  Gopher breaks a passenger's (Jose Ferrer) priceless statue; Judy is labeled a home-wrecker; Ace snaps a telling shot of two couples.

• Season 9 Episode 17: Second Time Around; Runaway, Go Home; Hello, Spencer

  Stubing proposes to Emily (Marion Ross); a teenage stowaway meets Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers; a phony agent dupes a comedian.

• Season 9 Episode 16: Hello, Emily; Tour Guide; Winning Number

  A wealthy businesswoman (Marion Ross) flirts with Stubing; a tour guide loses her group; an $8-million-lottery winner becomes a boor.

• Season 9 Episode 15: Egypt

  On the Nile: Stubing meets a widow; two agents want Doc's souvenir; a couple faces facts; a reporter upsets an actress.

• Season 9 Episode 14: Egypt

  On the Nile, the captain meets a widow (Jean Stapleton); agents (Catherine Oxenberg, John Putch) want Doc's souvenir; an unhappy couple (Valerie Harper, James Sloyan) faces facts; a reporter (Chad Everett) upsets a jaded actress.

• Season 9 Episode 13: Who's the Champ?; Miss Mom; Gopher's Delusion

  Wrestlers (Bruce Jenner, Tim Rossovich) train for a bout; a mother-to-be meets a writer; hypnotized Gopher thinks that he is captain.

• Season 9 Episode 12: Frat Wars; Return of the Lambdas; Hippies & Yuppies

  Rival fraternities vie to impress the head of their national alumni association; old college pals find they have different lifestyles.

• Season 9 Episode 11: Picture Me a Spy; Daredevil; Sleeper

  Ace photographs a spy and his daughter; a girl challenges a daredevil (Peter Scolari); Doc helps a senator (Alan Thicke) and his wife.

• Season 9 Episode 10: Father of the Bride; Best Man; Members of the Wedding

  Passengers involved an shipboard wedding include the nearly bankrupt father of the bride, the best man and a wedding party-crasher.

• Season 9 Episode 9: Out of the Blue; Roommates; Heartbreaker

  A rich man promises to make wishes come true; Vicki and Judy become roommates; a pro golfer learns the truth about the woman he loves.

• Season 9 Episode 8: Trouble in Paradise; No More Mister Nice Guy; Mermaid & Cop

  Julie McCoy Chenault (Lauren Tewes) comes back; Ace must prove himself by firing two employees; a police detective woos mermaid Amy.

• Season 9 Episode 7: Soap War; Iron Man; Good Time Girls

  Judy's soap-star aunt (Carol Channing) boards; a health-book author (Charles Frank) finds out what ails him; three women court Ace.

• Season 9 Episode 6: Forties Fantasy

  Gopher envisions the liner as a World War II troop ship en route to France; guests Charo, Nathan Cook, Stephanie Mills, Erin Moran.

• Season 9 Episode 5: Accident; Racer's Edge; Villa; All for One

  Swindlers target Doc; newlyweds battle; a foe threatens reunited lovers; two women search for wealthy husbands.

• Season 9 Episode 4: Accident; Racer's Edge; Villa; All for One

  Swindlers (Susan Blakely, Ken Olandt) target Doc; newlyweds (Jack Coleman, Lisa Whelchel) battle; a foe (Craig Stevens) troubles reunited lovers (Alexis Smith, Mel Ferrer); two women (Audrey and Judy Landers) seek rich mates.

• Season 9 Episode 3: Picture From the Past; Hidden Treasure; Ace's Salary

  A woman (Marion Ross) dodges Andy Warhol; a couple (Andy Griffith, Cloris Leachman) searches for a rare stamp; pay rates upset Ace.

• Season 9 Episode 2: Temptations; Your Money or Your Wife; Joint Custody

  The Temptations board with their manager; a loan shark (Vic Tayback) bargains for a date; the captain becomes involved in a kidnapping.

• Season 9 Episode 1: A Day in Port

  The Mermaids' choreographer charms Isaac; Gopher plays mediator; Doc looks after Gopher's girlfriend; Judy falls for a mysterious man.

The Love Boat: Season 8 (1979 - 1985)

• Season 8 Episode 27: Call Me Grandma; Gentleman of Discrimination; Perfect Divorce; Letting Go

  A woman falls for a band's chaperon; a woman job-seeker poses as a man; a couple reconsiders; a boy proposes to Vicki.

• Season 8 Episode 26: Call Me Grandma; Gentleman of Discrimination; Perfect Divorce; Letting Go

  An aggressive woman (Lana Turner) falls for a music group's (Menudo) chaperon (Stewart Granger); a job seeker (Linda Purl) poses as a man; two people (Hayley Mills, Jared Martin) rate their marriage.

• Season 8 Episode 25: Charmed, I'm Sure; Ashes to Ashes; Dad of Mine

  A lovely friend visits Ace; a couple (Jimmie Walker, Telma Hopkins) quits smoking; a daughter tries to help her father impress a woman.

• Season 8 Episode 24: Judy Hits a Low Note; Love Times Two; Problem With Papa

  Without an audition, a producer hires Judy to sing; a husband is drawn to his wife's best friend; a woman fears her father is senile.

• Season 8 Episode 23: Vicki's Gentleman Caller; Perfect Arrangement; Partners to the End

  Vicki misunderstands an older man's attentions; togetherness strains a couple's marriage; love wrecks a scheme to collect insurance.

• Season 8 Episode 22: Getting Started; Daughter's Dilemma; Captain Wears Pantyhose

  A boy thinks a girl is a birthday present; a daughter objects to her father's romance; Stubing rejects a candidate for ship's captain.

• Season 8 Episode 21: Ace Takes a Holiday; Runaway; Courier

  Injured Ace finds love; a girl's (Tracy Nelson) stepfather makes advances to her; a woman (Charlene Tilton) tests a courier's honesty.

• Season 8 Episode 20: Girl of the Midnight Sun; There'll Be Some Changes Made; Too Many Isaacs

  A job-seeker tries deception; a woman thinks a man was once a woman; a scientist dupes Isaac; Gopher meets a socialite.

• Season 8 Episode 19: Girl of the Midnight Sun; There'll Be Some Changes Made; Too Many Isaacs

  A woman (Christopher Norris) says she is Swedish to get a job; a woman (Susannah York) thinks a man (Jack Klugman) has had a sex change; a scientist (Telly Savalas) creates a larcenous robot.

• Season 8 Episode 18: Love on the Line; Don't Call Me Gopher; Her Honor, the Mayor

  A switchboard operator (Jane Wyatt) woos her boss (Cesar Romero); Gopher wants to drop his nickname; a mayor falls for her opponent.

• Season 8 Episode 17: Ace Takes the Test; Odd Triple; Counterfeit Couple

  A childless couple seek Ace's help; a woman (Mary Ann Mobley) vies with her daughter for Gopher's company; singles pretend to be wed.

• Season 8 Episode 16: BOS; Unmade for Each Other; Instinct

  Isaac falls for a woman with self-help ideas; a matchmaking service mistakenly pairs two bachelors; a man will do anything to get love.

• Season 8 Episode 15: Santa, Santa, Santa; Another Dog Gone Christmas; Noel's Christmas Carol

  Three Santas (Scatman Crothers, Ray Walston, Avery Schreiber) come on board; a comedian makes a comeback; Ace poses as a girl's fiance.

• Season 8 Episode 14: Frat Brothers Forever; A Matter of Taste; Country Blues

  Doc learns of a fraternity brother's homosexuality; decorators vie for an assignment; a promoter's (Claude Akins) singer falls in love.

• Season 8 Episode 13: Paying the Piper; Baby Sister; Help Wanted

  A woman (Rue McClanahan) presents her husband with a bill; a teenager discovers a family secret; the captain hires a sports director.

• Season 8 Episode 12: My Mother, My Chaperone; Death & Life of Sir Albert Demerest; The Present

  A writer condemns her daughter's affair; a boy learns of his father; a couple's love is tested; Judy's ex-spouse boards.

• Season 8 Episode 11: My Mother, My Chaperone; Death & Life of Sir Albert Demerest; The Present

  A writer (Lilli Palmer) condemns her daughter's affair; a woman (Colleen Dewhurst) tells her son about his father (Trevor Howard); a woman splits a couple (Loretta Swit, Dennis Holahan); Judy's ex-spouse (Marc Singer) boards.

• Season 8 Episode 10: By Hook or by Crook; Don't Get Mad, Get Even; Revenge With the Proper Stranger

  Gopher and Isaac are suspicious of Judy's beau; a consumer advocate threatens to cause a scandal; a wife decides to have an affair.

• Season 8 Episode 9: Watching the Master; Starting Over; Last Heist

  The beau of Doc's ex-wife observes Doc's methods; a new divorcee confides in Judy; a girl learns of her uncle's (Patrick Macnee) past.

• Season 8 Episode 8: Aerobic April; Wager; Story of the Century

  April Lopez boards ship; rich brothers bet they will not fall in love; a reporter (Ralph Bellamy) pursues a woman to get a major story.

• Season 8 Episode 7: And One to Grow On; Seems Like Old Times; I'll Never Forget What's Her Name

  Vicki learns of her father's alcoholism; a widow searches for her college beau; a woman aids her supposedly amnesiac former fiance.

• Season 8 Episode 6: Match Made in Heaven; Tugs of the Heart; Soap Gets in Your Eyes

  A dying woman meets a man trying to get into heaven; Gopher's old flame seeks a marriage proposal; a woman harasses a soap-opera star.

• Season 8 Episode 5: Only the Good Die Young; Light of Another Day; Honey Beats the Odds

  Isaac helps a widow's son (Emmanuel Lewis); a blind woman thinks she's found a man she loved; a federal agent uses a girl's friendship.

• Season 8 Episode 4: Ace Meets the Champ; Why Johnny Can't Read; Call Me a Doctor

  Gopher, Ace and Isaac challenge a boxer (Dick Butkus); a tutor discovers a boy is dyslexic; a mother (Doris Roberts) plays matchmaker.

• Season 8 Episode 3: Stolen Years; Lady in the Window; Vicki & Fugitive; Dutch Treat

  A woman meets a man from her past; the captain is smitten; Vicki meets a fugitive; a mistress plans a surprise visit.

• Season 8 Episode 2: Stolen Years; Lady in the Window; Vicki & Fugitive; Dutch Treat

  Sailing to Amsterdam and Copenhagen, two (Cloris Leachman, George Kennedy) meet again; a woman (Elke Sommer) avoids the smitten captain; Vicki befriends a fugitive (Patrick Cassidy); a mistress (Teri Copley) surprises her lover.

• Season 8 Episode 1: Crew's Cruise Director; What a Drag; Doc's Slump

  A charity cruise features a movie star (Ginger Rogers), a hostile critic (Douglas Fairbanks Jr), married thieves, a pursued girl, an executive and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.

The Love Boat: Season 7 (1983 - 1984)

• Season 7 Episode 27: Best Ex-Friends; All the Congressman's Women; Three Faces of Love

  Isaac overlooks a beautiful barmaid's faults; a congressman seeks escape from threats; a jealous makeup man could lose his girlfriend.

• Season 7 Episode 26: Dreamboat; Gopher, Isaac & Starlet; Parents; Importance of Being Johnny

  The crew pitch in to help a director (Ben Vereen) stage an on-board film musical; guests Alexis Smith, Dean Jones.

• Season 7 Episode 25: Dreamboat; Gopher, Isaac & Starlet; Parents; Importance of Being Johnny

  A director (Ben Vereen) stages a musical; Doc romances the star (Juliet Prowse); a pop idol (Jimmy Osmond) insults Vicki; Gopher and Isaac promote a singer (Melba Moore).

• Season 7 Episode 24: Novelties; Rose Is Not a Rose; Too Rich & Too Thin

  A novelty inventor (Don Adams) fails at romance; an impersonator (Rich Little) woos Julie; a model becomes obsessed with staying thin.

• Season 7 Episode 23: Rub Me Tender; Fish Out of Water; Side by Side

  Gopher hires a beautiful, new masseuse; a man (Ed Begley Jr.) meets a mermaid; a boy believes that his beloved grandmother is dying.

• Season 7 Episode 22: Empress & Maid; Baby Makers; Love Is Blind

  Sisters reunite after 40 years; separate accommodations hamper a couple desiring children; bartender Isaac instructs a blind student.

• Season 7 Episode 21: Hit or Miss America; Mother Comes First; Ace's Valet

  Miss America (Vanessa Williams) dazzles Isaac; a woman (Audrey Landers) seeks a date for her mother; a butler complicates Ace's job.

• Season 7 Episode 20: Hong Kong Affair; Polly's Poker Palace; Shop Ahoy; Double Date

  Passengers and crew find mystery, adventure and romance during a cruise to Hong Kong; guests Gene Kelly, Donna Reed.

• Season 7 Episode 19: Hong Kong Affair; Polly's Poker Palace; Shop Ahoy; Double Date

  Hong Kong: a retired spy (Gene Kelly) meets a mystery woman (Yvette Mimieux); a senator (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and his aide (Ben Murphy) find romance.

• Season 7 Episode 18: Ace in the Hole; Father in the Cradle; Uncle Joey's Song

  Ace charms Doc and Gopher's girlfriends; a man meets his young stepfather; a children's show host (Barnard Hughes) helps a shy boy.

• Season 7 Episode 17: Hoopla; Aunt Emma, I Love You; First Romance

  The Harlem Globetrotters challenge the crew; an aunt's portrait haunts a married couple; a student falls for his father's girlfriend.

• Season 7 Episode 16: Bet on It; For Bettor or Worse; Buck Stops Here

  A wealthy widow holds a gambling cruise for charity; a bride wagers her wedding money; a woman drops a valuable coin in a slot machine.

• Season 7 Episode 15: Last Case; Looking for Mr. Wilson; Love on Strike

  A police inspector (John Hillerman) searches for a missing passenger; Julie's pal faces facts; a woman (Didi Conn) pickets an ex-beau.

• Season 7 Episode 14: Authoress! Authoress!; No More Alimony; How Do I Love Thee?

  Show business veterans (Carol Channing, Betty White) eye a publisher; a man meets his ex-wife's fiance; wife abuse concerns Stubing.

• Season 7 Episode 13: Misunderstanding; Love Below Decks; End Is Near

  A former film actress (Claire Trevor) meets her daughter; a widow (Arlene Dahl) falls for the ship's engineer; newlyweds predict doom.

• Season 7 Episode 12: Dee Dee's Dilemma; Julie's Blind Date; Prize Winner

  A disguised woman (Markie Post) tries to elude a detective; Julie dates a dolt; a secretary blackmails a married author (Tom Poston).

• Season 7 Episode 11: Reluctant Father; Don't Take My Wife; World's Greatest Kisser

  Vicki's friend (Danielle Brisebois) has a problem; a man hides his wife from a womanizing boss; a woman bestows kisses upon the crew.

• Season 7 Episode 10: Julie & Bachelor; Intensive Care; Set Up for Romance

  Julie falls for a singer (Engelbert Humperdinck); Doc and Gopher vie for an invalid's nurse; a man (Mark Harmon) learns about his boss.

• Season 7 Episode 9: Long Time No See; Bear Essence; Kisses & Makeup

  A carnival director (Howard Keel) has a difficult reunion; a comedy duo pursues the same girl; a palm reader must reveal the truth.

• Season 7 Episode 8: When Worlds Collide; Captain & Geisha; Lottery Winners; Emperor's Fortune

  On the way to Japan, a woman faces the past; Stubing meets a 'geisha'; lottery winners and fortune hunters cause chaos.

• Season 7 Episode 7: When Worlds Collide; Captain & Geisha; Lottery Winners; Emperor's Fortune

  On a cruise to Japan, a photographer (Heather Thomas) copes with the past; a woman (Mariette Hartley) impersonates a geisha; lottery winners annoy everyone; a woman (Nancy Morgan) and her mother (Jean Marsh) seek an Oriental tapestry.

• Season 7 Episode 6: Friend of Family; Affair on Demand; Just Another Pretty Face

  A young woman falls in love with her father's friend; a woman helps her husband find a lover; a VIP's niece asks too much of Gopher.

• Season 7 Episode 5: Rhino of Year; One Last Time; For Love or Money

  Capt. Stubing does not approve of a trio of club representatives; a divorcing couple takes one last cruise together; a matchmaker errs.

• Season 7 Episode 4: Prisoner of Love; Youth Takes a Holiday; Don't Leave Home Without It

  A woman captain pursues Gopher; a older couple sees a friend with a younger woman; a former police officer investigates Vicki's friend.

• Season 7 Episode 3: Bricker's Boy; Lotions of Love; Hustlers

  A young man says he is Doc's son; a client's daughter sidetracks an ad man; an escort pursues an older man's (Chuck Connors) companion.

• Season 7 Episode 2: Pledge; Dear Roberta; East Meets West; My Two Dumplings

  A fugitive (John Forsythe) meets a passenger (Ursula Andress) on a China cruise; a divorcee (Linda Evans) meets a man (Lee Majors) with a secret; Doc meets a tall beauty (Susan Anton); a man (Lee Horsley) meets two women.

• Season 7 Episode 1: Pledge; Dear Roberta; East Meets West; My Two Dumplings

  A cruise to China brings mystery and romance to crew and passengers; guests John Forsythe, Ursula Andress, Linda Evans.

The Love Boat: Season 6 (1982 - 1983)

• Season 6 Episode 29: Fountain of Youth; Uncle Daddy; Bad Luck Cabin

  An old man (David Wayne) meets a seemingly ageless peer; a boy wants Isaac for a father; mishaps befall honeymooners in their cabin.

• Season 6 Episode 28: Hits and Missus; The Return of Annabelle; Just Plain Folks Medicine

  The luxury liner sails on a Country Music Jamboree Cruise; guests Mel Tillis, Tanya Tucker, Minnie Pearl, Lulu Roman.

• Season 6 Episode 27: Hits and Missus; The Return of Annabelle; Just Plain Folks Medicine

  A songwriter (Mel Tillis) dallies; orphans want a mother (Florence Henderson); a woman (Minnie Pearl) gives medical advice; the crew performs; Gopher hounds Dottie West; a man (Sherman Hemsley) appraises jewelry.

• Season 6 Episode 26: We, the Jury; Professor Has Class; When the Magic Disappears

  A landlady (Anne Meara) plans to sue a tenant (Jerry Stiller); a professor meets his replacement; a magician's daughter falls in love.

• Season 6 Episode 25: Putting on the Dog; Going to the Dogs; Women's Best Friend; Whose Dog Is It Anyway?

  A man (Gordon Jump) involves crew and passengers in finding a dog to represent his company; guests Catherine Bach, Dirk Benedict, Heather Thomas, Jo Anne Worley, Isabel Sanford, Chuck McCann.

• Season 6 Episode 24: So Help Me Hannah; Maid Cleans Up; CPR, I.O.U.

  An actress (Mary Martin) rekindles romance; a shy man (Ben Murphy) copes with a jealous love; a father-in-law (Milton Berle) meddles.

• Season 6 Episode 23: Vicki's Dilemma; Discount Romance; Loser, & Still Champ

  Vicki meets a young passenger with a drug problem; Gopher's uncle (Red Buttons) falls in love; a man enters into a competitive romance.

• Season 6 Episode 22: I Like to Be in America; He Ain't Heavy; Abbey's Maiden Voyage

  April fears she will not pass a citizenship test; a man (Michael J. Fox) dislikes a crew member; a woman plots to snare a bachelor.

• Season 6 Episode 21: Captain's Crush; Off-Course Romance; Out of My Hair

  A movie actress (Joan Collins) charms the captain; a married passenger meets an old beau; a hairdresser pines for a former girlfriend.

• Season 6 Episode 20: Very Temporary Secretary; Final Score; Zinging Valentine

  A woman hires a secretary (Don Adams); a former football player (John Amos) hits a romantic block; a passenger falls for a stowaway.

• Season 6 Episode 19: Captain & Kid; Dean & Flunkee; Poor Rich Man; Isaac's Aegean Affair

  Students from Stubing's alma mater sail to Greece for a graduation at the Parthenon; guests Shirley Jones; Eddie Albert.

• Season 6 Episode 18: Captain & Kid; Dean & Flunkee; Poor Rich Man; Isaac's Aegean Affair

  Students cruise to Greece for a graduation at the Parthenon: a teen genius (Jimmy McNichol) proposes to Vicki; a rambunctious student may fail; a valedictorian meets his patron (Eva Marie Saint); guest Debbie Allen.

• Season 6 Episode 17: Salvaged Romance; Our Son the Lawyer; Gopher's Daisy

  A recuperating woman (Joan Rivers) seeks renewal; a lawyer's parents consider divorce; Gopher becomes involved with a pretty stowaway.

• Season 6 Episode 16: Doc's Big Case; Booming Romance; Senior Sinners

  Doc meets a successful med-school classmate (James Noble); a shy genius seeks romance; two companions tell their children the truth.

• Season 6 Episode 15: Captain's Replacement; Sly as a Fox; Here Comes the Bride ... Maybe

  Another ship's captain (McLean Stevenson) eyes Capt. Stubing's job; two men vie for the same woman; a working girl pretends to be rich.

• Season 6 Episode 14: First Impressions; Paroled to Love; Love Finds Florence Nightingale

  Agents (Debbie Reynolds, Marilyn Michaels) imitate stars; a lawyer falls for a former client; an actress studies for a role as a nurse.

• Season 6 Episode 12: Baby Talk; My Friend, the Executrix; Programmed for Love

  Two people meet the surrogate mother they've hired to bear their child; Julie's aunt is broke; a woman competes with a robot for a man.

• Season 6 Episode 11: Tomorrow Lady; Father, Dear Father; Still Life

  A psychic (Greer Garson) wants to alter her future; a single parent (Kim Darby) juggles relationships; Isaac suffers a hearing loss.

• Season 6 Episode 10: Man in Iron Shorts; Victims; Heavens to Betsy

  Gopher becomes trapped in a suit of armor; a woman tries to end her daughter's romance; two women vie for a clergyman's affections.

• Season 6 Episode 9: Too Many Dads; Love Will Find a Way; Best of Friends

  A boy faces two fathers; a woman introduces her wheelchair-bound boyfriend to her parents; the crew ends bickering with reminiscing.

• Season 6 Episode 8: Spoonmaker Diamond; Papa Doc; Role Model; Julie's Tycoon

  In the Aegean Sea: a jewel thief is pursued; Doc proposes; a model finds an old love; and Julie sees a man she sponsored.

• Season 6 Episode 7: Spoonmaker Diamond; Papa Doc; Role Model; Julie's Tycoon

  An inspector (Jamie Farr) boards to find a jewel thief (Mike Connors); Doc proposes; a model (Linda Evans) meets an old love (David Hedison); Julie finds the man (Lorenzo Lamas) she sponsored.

• Season 6 Episode 6: Audition; Groupies; Doc's Nephew

  An actor woos a producer (Susan Lucci); a psychologist's group creates havoc; Doc and his nephew (Willie Aames) argue over a woman.

• Season 6 Episode 5: Command Performance; Hyde & Seek; Sketchy Love

  A daughter meets her long-lost father (Dan Rowan); a teenager (Kim Richards) pursues Gopher; a shrewd woman falls for a married man.

• Season 6 Episode 4: Same Wavelength; Winning Isn't Everything; Honeymoon for Horace

  A psychic (Connie Stevens) predicts happiness; a competitive man (David Doyle) demands too much from his son; an older man vexes Julie.

• Season 6 Episode 3: Bewigged, Bothered & Bewildered; Anniversary Gift; Honey Bee Mine

  A friend (Phyllis Diller) sees the captain's true self at a costume ball; an anniversary gift brings discord; Julie tricks a rival.

• Season 6 Episode 2: Venetian Love Song; Arrangement; Arrividerci, Gopher; Gigolo

  A couple secretly plans divorce; a betrothed girl falls in love; smitten Gopher is kidnapped; a divorcee meets a count.

• Season 6 Episode 1: Venetian Love Song; Arrangement; Arrividerci, Gopher; Gigolo

  The liner sails to Italy: divorce underlies a couple's (Shelley Winters, Ernest Borgnine) anniversary; a betrothed girl (Marie Osmond) falls in love; a divorcee (Meredith Baxter Birney) meets a nobleman (David Birney).

The Love Boat: Season 5 (1981 - 1982)

• Season 5 Episode 31: Marrying for Money; Mothers Don't Do That; Substitute Lover

  The crew thinks a bride wants her groom dead; a boy learns a secret from his past; a woman boards to meet her pen pal.

• Season 5 Episode 30: Dress to Remember

  A dress affects many people's lives; guests Eleanor Parker, Forrest Tucker, Bob Denver, Markie Post, Kelly Monteith, Lyle Waggoner.

• Season 5 Episode 29: April in Boston; Saving Grace; Breaks of Life

  A man hires April as interpreter; a man claims to be a widow's guardian angel; an almost-divorced couple meet.

• Season 5 Episode 28: Pal-I-Mony-O-Mine; 'A' for Gopher; Does Father Know Best?

  A companion befriends a doctor's (Ben Vereen) ex-girlfriend; Gopher falls for a former teacher; a father learns a lesson.

• Season 5 Episode 27: Burl of My Dreams; Meet the Author; Rhymes, Riddles & Romance

  Vicki is infatuated with Gopher; a publisher falls for an author's niece; two try to cheat each other in a treasure hunt.

• Season 5 Episode 26: Isaac Gets Physical

  The company doctor eyes Isaac; a mother and daughter want the same man; a man tries to palm off his boring fiancee.

• Season 5 Episode 25: Viking's Son; Separate Vacations; Pride of the Pacific; Experiment; Getting to Know You

  The Pacific Princess competes with Stubing's old rival (Ted Knight) and his crew in a sporting contest.

• Season 5 Episode 24: Viking's Son; Separate Vacations; Pride of the Pacific; Experiment; Getting to Know You

  The ship competes with Stubing's arch rival (Ted Knight) in a cruise from British Columbia to Alaska; guests Sonny Bono, Tom Bosley, Michele Lee, Priscilla Barnes, Doug Barr, Mary Crosby, John James, Charlotte Rae.

• Season 5 Episode 23: Musical; My Ex-Mom; My Aunt, the Worrier; Pest

  The First Annual Cruise Show attracts the crew's talented relatives and their friends; guests Ann Miller, Cab Calloway.

• Season 5 Episode 22: Musical; My Ex-Mom; My Aunt, the Worrier; Pest

  The First Annual Cruise Show attracts Gopher's mother (Ethel Merman), an actor (Van Johnson), one of Doc's former in-laws (Ann Miller), Isaac's mother (Della Reese) and her suitor (Cab Calloway) and Julie's eccentric aunt (Carol Channing).

• Season 5 Episode 21: New York A.C.; Live It Up; All's Affair in Love & War

  Three men (Edd Byrnes, Fabian, Bobby Sherman) plan to avoid love; Stubing changes his behavior; a married man's mistress takes a stand.

• Season 5 Episode 20: Wife for Wilfred; Girl Who Stood Still; His Girls Fridays

  A man offers the crew $10,000 to find him a wife; a girl must confront her former love; a man tries to dump his assistant for a blonde.

• Season 5 Episode 19: Return of Captain's Lady; Love Ain't Illegal; Irresistible Man

  Stubing hears about a former love; a man wants to leave his companion aboard; a man claims he was attacked.

• Season 5 Episode 18: Doc Takes the Fifth; Safety Last; Business Affair

  Doc sees his new bride kissing another man; a safety inspector falls in love; a former employer wants a lady executive to work for him.

• Season 5 Episode 17: Past Perfect Love; Green, But Not Jolly; Instant Family

  A man insists a woman is his reincarnated wife; Julie's hair causes her headaches; a man discovers a secret.

• Season 5 Episode 16: Gopher's Roommate; I Don't Play Anymore; Crazy for You

  Gopher thinks he recognizes a woman; a pianist debates ending his retirement; a man tries to claim workers' compensation for insanity.

• Season 5 Episode 15: Captain's Portrait; Good Neighbors; Familiar Faces

  Stubing fears a portrait will be too revealing; a woman won't become involved with her neighbor; a new groom sees a face from his past.

• Season 5 Episode 14: Joy of Celibacy; Floating Bridge Game; Take a Letter, Vicki

  A woman falls for a man's claim of a year of celibacy; a woman's bridge partners hinder her romance; Stubing makes Vicki his secretary.

• Season 5 Episode 13: He's My Brother; Zeke & Zelda; Teach Me Tonight

  Doc reconciles with his brother; a couple tries deception to get free passage; a girl experiences first love.

• Season 5 Episode 12: Gladys & Agnes; Radioactive Isaac; Love, Honor & Obey

  A widow plays matchmaker for her sister; Isaac's dental filling receives transmissions; a couple's vow stops at 'obey.'

• Season 5 Episode 11: Farnsworth's Fling; I Remember Helen; Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia; Three In Bed

  A dying tycoon (Lloyd Bridges) charters the ship to re-evaluate his relatives.

• Season 5 Episode 10: Farnsworth's Fling; I Remember Helen; Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia; Three In Bed

  A dying tycoon (Lloyd Bridges) charters the ship to re-evaluate his relatives; his niece (Jessica Walter) plots to wed him to a unsuspecting woman (Linda Evans); Stubing considers marriage.

• Season 5 Episode 9: Lady From Laramie; Phantom Bride; Vicki Swings

  A woman falls for a paid escort; Gopher learns about a ghost aboard; Vicki aims for sophistication to attract a boy.

• Season 5 Episode 8: New Beginnings; Chef's Special; Kleinschmidt

  Stubing's friend (Joan Fontaine) tries to cheer a former lover; the chef quits; an investigator (Bernie Kopell) probes a jewel theft.

• Season 5 Episode 7: Jackpot; Country Blues; Daddy's Little Girl

  Gopher finds a huge sum of money; a folk singer meets a politician from her past; a man tampers with his daughter's love life.

• Season 5 Episode 6: The Incredible Hunk/ Isaac, the Marriage Counsellor/Jewels and Jim

  A teacher's secret life as an exotic dancer is revealed. Isaac is reunited with a former passenger who misinterpreted his advice and ended his marriage, and a jewel thief strikes up a friendship with an intriguing woman. Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod and Bernie Kopell star

• Season 5 Episode 5: Aunt Sylvia; Two Grapes on the Vine; Deductible Divorce

  Julie's aunt (Carol Channing) and her friend (Betty White) compete for a man; two wine-tasters (Leslie Uggams, Robert Guillaume) discover each other; a couple divorces for tax purposes.

• Season 5 Episode 4: Julie's Wedding; Expedition; Mongala; Professor's Wife; Three R's; Julie's Replacement

  A cruise to Australia includes Julie's wedding, a search for a creature, a teacher's romance and Julie's replacement.

• Season 5 Episode 3: Julie's Wedding; Expedition; Mongala; Professor's Wife; Three R's; Julie's Replacement

  A cruise to Australia includes Julie's wedding; an anthropologist seeks a missing link; Stubing romances the anthropologist's wife (Katherine Helmond); Julie is replaced; guests Patrick Duffy, Anthony Andrews.

• Season 5 Episode 2: A Model Marriage; This Year's Model; Original Sin; Vogue Rogue; Too Clothes for Comfort

  A fashion-show cruise features designers Geoffrey Beene, Halston, Bob Mackie and Gloria Vanderbilt; guest Robert Vaughn.

• Season 5 Episode 1: A Model Marriage; This Year's Model; Original Sin; Vogue Rogue; Too Clothes for Comfort

  A fashion cruise features designers Geoffrey Beene, Halston, Bob Mackie and Gloria Vanderbilt; married agency-owners war; Julie is offered a modeling job; a cosmetic king seeks a spokeswoman.

The Love Boat: Season 4 (1980 - 1991)

• Season 4 Episode 26: Tony and Julie/Separate Beds/America's Sweethearts

  A mismatched divorced couple are forced to share quarters, creating a clash of personalities. A vet attracts an admirer and a girl learns an important lesson in friendship.

• Season 4 Episode 25: Maid for Each Other/Lost and Found/Then There Were Two

  Aunt Loretta fears the crew will find out about her money, Capt Stubing looks after a baby, and an eligible young woman causes havoc in the lives of two bachelors. American comedy, with Gavin MacLeod

• Season 4 Episode 24: Vicki & Gambler; Love With a Skinny Stranger; That Old Gang of Mine

  American sitcom set aboard the Pacific Princess, a luxury cruise ship catering for a decidedly mixed clientele. Starring Gavin MacLeod, Lauren Tewes and Bernie Kopell

• Season 4 Episode 23: Aunt Hilly; Duel; Two for Julie

  The Captain's wealthy aunt threatens to take Vicki away. American sitcom set aboard a luxury cruise ship, guest starring Olivia de Havilland, with Gavin MacLeod, Lauren Tewes and Bernie Kopell

• Season 4 Episode 22: I Love You Too Smith/Mamma and Me/Sally's Paradise

  American sitcom set aboard the Pacific Princess, a luxury cruise ship catering for a decidedly mixed clientele. Starring Gavin MacLeod, Lauren Tewes and Bernie Kopell

• Season 4 Episode 21: Black Sheep; Hometown Doc; Clothes Make the Girl

  Isaac's criminal uncle arrives; Doc worries about a doctor's career decision; a proper woman meets her daughter's beau.

• Season 4 Episode 20: Lady From Sunshine Gardens; Eye of the Beholder; Bugged

  A passenger creates havoc when she insists on going without clothes during the voyage. American sitcom set aboard a luxury cruise ship, starring Gavin MacLeod

• Season 4 Episode 19: Return of the Ninny/Touchdown Twins/Split Personality

  April and her charges remain aboard; a woman falls for her son's best friend; a man unknowingly woos the boss's daughter.

• Season 4 Episode 18: Isaac and the Mermaids/Humpty Dumpty/Aquaphobic

  Isaac dreams of becoming a singing sensation, Julie has a bittersweet reunion with her college sweetheart, and a man who is afraid of water boards the ship

• Season 4 Episode 17: Mind My Wife/For the Record/Lose One, Win One

  Doc has his hands full when he takes his best friend's wife out for a good time. American sitcom set aboard a luxury cruise ship, starring Bernie Kopell, Gavin MacLeod and Lauren Tewes

• Season 4 Episode 16: Gopher's Bride; Workaholic; On Second Thought

  Isaac and Doc attempt a spot of matchmaking on Gopher's behalf, but their well-meant plan backfires. Ted Lange and Bernie Kopell star

• Season 4 Episode 15: April the Ninny; Loan Arranger; First Voyage, Last Voyage

  American sitcom set aboard the Pacific Princess, a luxury cruise ship catering for a decidedly mixed clientele. Starring Gavin MacLeod, Lauren Tewes and Bernie Kopell

• Season 4 Episode 14: Trigamist/Jealousy/From Here to Maternity

  Triple-bill. A judge finds herself attracted to a man she has placed on probation for being married to three women at once, and Vicki is dismayed to discover her father has fallen for someone new

• Season 4 Episode 13: Isaac's Teacher/Seal of Approval/Successor

  Isaac is aghast to learn one of his former schoolteachers is aboard the ship, and promptly goes into hiding, anxious to avoid an embarrassing confrontation

• Season 4 Episode 12: The Frugal Pair/Doc's Dismissal/Girl Next Door

  The ship plays host to a wedding anniversary, a woman accuses Dr Bricker of making a pass at her, and a stowaway claims to be working for the CIA. Starring Gavin MacLeod, Lauren Tewes and Bernie Kopell

• Season 4 Episode 11: The Captain's Bird/That's My Dad/Captive Audience

  The captain's idea to get Vicki a talking parrot for Christmas doesn't go entirely as planned. A stowaway claims one of the ship's richest passengers is his father, and two wives conspire to reunite their husbands with each other. Guest starring Dorothy Lamour and DIrk Benedict

• Season 4 Episode 10: Captain's Triangle; Boomerang; Out of This World

  A married old flame pursues Stubing; a model pretends to be wed; a science-fiction buff thinks a librarian is an alien.

• Season 4 Episode 9: She Stole His Heart/Return of the Captain's Brother/Swag and Mag

  A psychiatrist falls for a kleptomaniac while trying to help her overcome her problem. Stubing's brother Marshall arrives to get married and a TV star attends an awards ceremony on board ship. Guest starring Zsa Zsa Gabor

• Season 4 Episode 8: Tell Her She's Great; Matchmaker Times Two; Baby Alarm

  Isaac persuades his friends to pretend his aunt is a great actress, and two people grow tired of their parents' attempts to play matchmaker. Starring Gavin MacLeod, Lauren Tewes and Ted Lange

• Season 4 Episode 7: Secretary to Stars; Julie's Decision; Horse Lover; Gopher & Isaac Buy a Horse

  A movie actress poses as her secretary; a steeplechase in Acapulco introduces Julie to a wealthy bachelor, threatens a marriage and causes havoc when Gopher and Isaac's entry disappears.

• Season 4 Episode 6: Mallory Quest; Offer; Julie, Vamp

  A mystery writer searches for a lost nephew; Stubing is offered a New York job; Julie becomes a jealous wife's target.

• Season 4 Episode 5: Mallory Quest; Offer; Julie, Vamp

  A mystery writer (Pernell Roberts) gives boxes to Gopher and three passengers he believes last saw his missing nephew; a friend (Dick Van Patten) offers Stubing a job; a jealous wife targets Julie.

• Season 4 Episode 4: Target Gopher; Major's Wife; Strange Honeymoon; Oilman Cometh

  A billionaire brings salesmen and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders; Julie helps a Japanese wife; a groom takes his best man on the honeymoon; an Arab oilman gets the wrong idea.

• Season 4 Episode 3: Promoter; Judges; Family Plan; Forever Engaged; Best Man Win

  A 'Marriage-A-Thon' cruise has 25 engaged couples competing for prizes before a mass wedding; guest Ann Jillian.

• Season 4 Episode 2: Promoter; Judges; Family Plan; Forever Engaged; Best Man Win

  A promoter (Darren McGavin) rents the ship for a 'Marriage-A-Thon' cruise, which has 25 engaged couples competing for prizes before participating in a mass wedding in Acapulco.

• Season 4 Episode 1: Friends and Lovers/Sergeant Bull/Miss Mother

  Gopher persuades Julie to pose as his girlfriend to impress an old pal from college. Four Korean War veterans host their reunion on board, and a pregnant woman finds romance with another passenger. Guest starring Harvey Lembeck and Tom Hanks

The Love Boat: Season 3 (1979 - 1980)

• Season 3 Episode 28: The Caller/Marriage of Convenience/No Girls Allowed/Witness for the Prosecution

  A woman (Mildred Natwick) tries to marry her brother to a friend (Helen Hayes); a mystery caller bothers a woman; Doc swears off women; a man falls for a protected witness; guest James MacArthur.

• Season 3 Episode 27: Invisible Maniac/September Song/Peekaboo

  A middle-aged couple attempt to live life in the fast lane, and a suitor attempts to woo an older woman, while Isaac meets an old flame : and her macho husband

• Season 3 Episode 26: Vicki's First Love; Accident Prone; High Cost of Loving

  The captain's daughter experiences the first pangs of love, while a woman's clumsiness leads to turmoil for the crew, and a lovelorn likely lad falls for not one, but two attractive passengers

• Season 3 Episode 25: Celebration/Captain Papa/Honeymoon Pressure

  Stubing and the crew desperately try to make a good impression on a welfare officer, and a couple of newlyweds are shocked to find two of the groom's friends aboard the cruise

• Season 3 Episode 24: Dumb Luck/Tres Amigos/Hey Jealous Lover

  Julie transforms a plain Jane into a fetching glamour girl, while Vicki helps a stowaway and a man accuses crew members of making passes at his wife

• Season 3 Episode 23: Another Time, Another Place; Doctor Who; Gopher's Engagement

  A starry-eyed astronomer's dreams of romance come true thanks to a case of mistaken identity and Gopher finds he's about to marry a lovely girl with a domineering mother

• Season 3 Episode 22: Not So Fast, Gopher/Haven't We Met Before/Foreign Exchange

  Gopher is shocked by his mother's behaviour, four men create confusion by pretending to be wealthy travellers, and a female reporter learns an important lesson in humour from a Korean comedian

• Season 3 Episode 21: The Captain's Ne'er Do Well Brother/Perfect Match/Remake

  The Captain's obnoxious brother takes a cruise and meets a wealthy lady, a handsome man is followed aboard by a woman determined to have his child, and a lonely widow tries to recapture life with her former husband

• Season 3 Episode 20: Rent a Romeo/Matchmaker, Matchmaker/'Y' Gotta Have Heart

  After falling for a beautiful passenger Doc is faced with the problem of getting her alone and away from her ever-present sister. Captain Stubing's daughter Vicki tries to play matchmaker and an overprotective wife prevents her husband from enjoying his cruise

• Season 3 Episode 19: Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/The Affair

  A singer attempting to break into showbusiness discovers his embarrassing relatives are on the cruise, and Captain Stubing takes in refugees when the crew's quarters become flooded. Two married couples find out about an extramarital affair

• Season 3 Episode 18: Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/The Affair

  A singer attempting to break into showbusiness discovers some embarrassing relatives have decided to take a cruise, while Stubing finds himself sharing his stateroom with Gopher, Doc and Issac following a flood in the crew's quarters

• Season 3 Episode 17: April's Love/Happy Ending/We Three

  An entertainer receives some unwanted advice, and a married couple attempt to end their relationship. Meanwhile, a widow travelling with her daughter gets a blast from the past

• Season 3 Episode 16: Doc's 'Ex' Change; Gift; Making the Grade

  Doc receives a shock when his beautiful ex-wife boards the boat, a couple face a crisis of conscience and a boy is upset by his mother's relationship with his teacher

• Season 3 Episode 15: Spider Serenade; Next Door Wife; Harder They Fall

  A boxing match is staged on the ship, and a man's romantic plans for his girlfriend are thrown into disarray by the unexpected appearance of his ex-wife. Meanwhile, Gopher faces a difficult decision when his latest whirlwind romance is threatened by the past

• Season 3 Episode 14: Stimulation of Stephanie; Next Step; Life Begins at 40

  A professor causes chaos on the ship with his latest project as he attempts to record a student's romantic responses. Meanwhile, a former professional football player gets a rude awakening and a woman celebrates her 40th birthday by hunting for a husband

• Season 3 Episode 13: Not Now, I'm Dying/Eleanor's Return/They Tried to Tell Us We're Too Young

  Gopher plays the fool to win the hand of the woman of his dreams, Captain Stubing suffers a broken heart, and a womaniser is shocked when his lies come true

• Season 3 Episode 12: The Brotherhood of the Sea/Letter to Babycakes/Daddy's Pride

  Julie is shocked by the tough initiation rites to join the ship's men-only club, a gymnast comes to a compromise with her over-protective father and a womaniser gets a shock

• Season 3 Episode 11: Critical Success; The Love Lamp Is Lit; Take My Boyfriend; Rent a Family; Man in Her Life

  It's an unforgettable voyage as a star-studded cast including Ginger Rogers set sail, along with the amazing Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

• Season 3 Episode 10: Critical Success; The Love Lamp Is Lit; Take My Boyfriend; Rent a Family; Man in Her Life

  A charity cruise features conflict, adventure, deception and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders; guest Ginger Rogers.

• Season 3 Episode 9: Never Say Goodbye; New Woman; Trial Romance

  Captain Stubing is reunited with his love child, Doc receives attention from a lonely lady, while a man and woman with a mutual dislike for each other battle it out at sea

• Season 3 Episode 8: Cindy/ Play By Play/What's A Brother For?

  Gopher meets a modern-day Cinderella, a broadcaster's chauvenistic ways are challenged by one of his beautiful colleagues and a domineering disabled man attempts to ruin his brother's love affair

• Season 3 Episode 7: Crew Confessions/Haven't I Seen You?/Reunion

  Issac faces trouble on the high seas when the crew discover his new novel includes racy tales about them, a husband and wife are reunited after being separated during World War Two and one of the passengers is mistaken for a celebrity

• Season 3 Episode 6: Gopher's Greatest Hits; Vacation; One Rose a Day

  Gopher thinks he's a singer after helping out in the lounge. A husband is surprised by his wife and her sister's nautical experiences, and a widow on board learns to love again

• Season 3 Episode 5: Audit; Scoop; My Boyfriend's Back

  Captain Stubing learns he has a calculating admirer, an actress fights off a magazine reporter looking for a headline and a honeymooning couple try to hold on to what they've got

• Season 3 Episode 4: Doc Be Patient/Dance With Me/Going My Way

  Doc gets the flu and receives private treatment from a gorgeous doctor, a retired ballerina drops a bombshell on her former partner and a girl who has been let down invites her taxi driver to join her on the cruise

• Season 3 Episode 3: Oldies But Goodies/The Grass is Always Greener/The Stages of Love

  A woman finds romance with a man confined to a wheelchair, Julie has second thoughts about her career, and a man discovers his theories on male-female relationships don't ring true

• Season 3 Episode 2: Wedding; Carol & Doug; Peter & Alicia; Julie; Buddy & Portia

  A wedding cruise to Alaska brings love and conflicts to both the guests and Julie; guests Lorne Greene, Mark Harmon.

• Season 3 Episode 1: Wedding; Carol & Doug; Peter & Alicia; Julie; Buddy & Portia

  A wealthy Alaskan (Lorne Greene) hires the ship to take his granddaughter's (Lisa Hartman) wedding party to Alaska; Julie decides to find her old flame; a friendship blooms; guest Mark Harmon.

The Love Boat: Season 2 (1978 - 1979)

• Season 2 Episode 27: Third Wheel; Grandmother's Day; Second String Mom

  Gopher unintentionally hurts his father; a woman whose children are grown learns she is pregnant; a woman wins her stepdaughters' love.

• Season 2 Episode 26: Super Mom/I'll See You Again/April's Return

  An insecure wife jeopardises her relationship with her husband with her over-dedication to their children, a World War Two GI and the USO singer he once loved are reunited, and a one-time cruise ship stowaway returns as the star entertainer

• Season 2 Episode 25: Sounds of Silence/Cyrano De Bricker/Murder on the High Seas

  A famous rock star falls for a deaf passenger, Doc helps a gambler who can't find the words to express his love for his bride, and the crew believe they've stumbled on a plot to bump off Captain Stubing : but are they barking up the wrong tree?

• Season 2 Episode 24: Ages of Man/Families/Bo 'n' Sam

  A romantic triangle develops between Julie, a teenager, and an older man, parental disapproval causes chaos for a lovelorn couple, and it appears Captain Stubing's surprise present will never arrive

• Season 2 Episode 23: Funny Valentine; Wallflower; Home Is Not a Home

  A fortune-teller takes a shine to Captain Stubing, Gopher helps a shy woman find romance and a couple eloping from a nursing home are pursued by their over-protective children

• Season 2 Episode 22: The Decision/Poor Little Rich Girl/Love Me Love My Dog

  Isaac falls in love with a girl who can't make her mind up about a marriage proposal from another man, a wealthy woman thinks that men are just after her money, and woman's romance is threatened by her snarling dog

• Season 2 Episode 21: Good & Faithful Servant; Secret Life of Burl Smith; Tug of War; Designated Lover

  A chauffeur falls in love with his employer and a famous model gets Gopher in a fluster. A separated couple vie for the affection of their son and Reggie Jackson can't get anyone to believe he's a baseball star

• Season 2 Episode 20: Dream Ship/Best of Friends/Aftermath

  Stubing is considered for a prestigious command; a woman makes a date with a friend's fiance; an ex-surgeon criticizes Doc's practice.

• Season 2 Episode 18: Reunion Cruise/Disco Baby/Alas Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy

  Julie's high-school-reunion cruise finds her drawn to a classmate (Michael Lembeck); Stubing helps an alcoholic teacher (Raymond Burr); a draft evader confronts a veteran; a woman holds a mystery ticket; Doc has a surprise date.

• Season 2 Episode 17: Like Father, Like Son; Don't Push Me; Second Chance

  Gopher is offered a dream job, a wealthy widow falls for a ship steward and a magician gets romantically involved with his new assistant

• Season 2 Episode 16: Gopher's Opportunity; Home Sweet Home; Switch

  A wealthy widow falls for a steward, and Gopher's friend makes him a dream job offer. Elsewhere, a magician and his new assistant fall in love

• Season 2 Episode 15: Second Time Around; 'Now' Marriage; My Sister, Irene

  One of Doc's ex-wives wants him back; a marriage counselor wants his marriage to be 'open'; a woman panics when an old love appears.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Double Wedding; Dummies; Julie Falls Hard

  A pair of wacky identical twins swap fiances, a ventriloquist couple use their dummies to negotiate, and Julie falls in love with a widowed father

• Season 2 Episode 13: Isosceles Triangle; El Kid; Last Hundred Bucks

  Captain Stubing and the Doctor go head to head in a fight over a gorgeous girl, a couple get a seven-year-old sassy streetwise orphan instead of the infant they expected, and a businessman makes the mistake of mixing work with pleasure

• Season 2 Episode 12: Folks From Home; Captain's Cup; Legal Eagle

  Doc befriends a married couple and ends up performing critical surgery on the wife, while Captain Stubing receives an award from a bogus dignitary, a stunning blonde makes a play for Gopher, and a divorcee falls for his ex-wife's attorney

• Season 2 Episode 11: Heads or Tails; Little People; Mona of the Movies

  Cruise director Julie finds two swingers vying for her affections, a stockbroker falls for an attractive woman, and a shop owner feels completely out of his depth when he meets his movie-star idol

• Season 2 Episode 10: Tony's Family/Man of the Cloth/Her Own Two Feet

  A minister falls in love with an exotic dancer, the crew conspire to smuggle the ship's engineer aboard to make up for cancelling a Thanksgiving cruise and a passenger adjusts to the idea of his wife's advancing blindness

• Season 2 Episode 9: Till Death Do Us Part -- Maybe; Chubs; Locked Away

  The crew are surprised to see that Gopher's sister is no longer a fat youngster but a gorgeous woman, while a divorced couple find themselves locked in together

• Season 2 Episode 8: Accidental Cruise; Song Is Ended; Time for Everything; Anoushka

  An executive and his secretary get the honeymoon suite; a songwriter reunites a woman and her spouse; Stubing acquires the orphaned child of his former love; a Soviet official asks Julie's beauty advice.

• Season 2 Episode 7: Ship of Ghouls

  Doc and Gopher chase a beautiful model, an illusionist working on the ship risks his relationship and a boy who has cried wolf once too often pays the penalty for not telling the truth

• Season 2 Episode 6: Kissing Bandit; Mike & Ike; Witness

  A romantic bandit thrills the female passengers, a businessman learns an important lesson in life, and a gangster finds love on the run

• Season 2 Episode 5: Where Is It Written?; Julie's Aunt; Big Deal

  Julie tries to hide from Captain Stubings' lecherous uncle, a publisher's neglected wife succumbs to a writer's amorous advances and a businessman uses his pretty daughter as bait in negotiations to secure a merger deal

• Season 2 Episode 4: Man Who Loved Women; Different Girl; Oh, My Aching Brother

  Two con-men stage a phony accident, while an eligible bachelor falls for three women at the same time and a separated couple each discover the other has changed

• Season 2 Episode 3: Julie's Dilemma/Who's Who/Rocky

  Julie is shocked as her parents announce they're getting divorce during a cruise, a 13-year-old girl gets her first taste of love and a pair of mature prudes find themselves attracted to one another

• Season 2 Episode 2: Marooned; Isaac's Holiday; Search

  A hurricane hits an island where a hermit (John Astin) holds hostages (Barbi Benton, Avery Schreiber, Edie Adams, Audra Lindley); Isaac replaces the panicking deputy captain; an adoptee (Donna Mills) tries to confront her natural mother.

• Season 2 Episode 1: Marooned

  Part one. Captain Stubing takes a party ashore on a tropical island, only to be taken captive by criminals as a hurricane is reported to be coming their way

The Love Boat: Season 1 (1977 - 1978)

• Season 1 Episode 25: Gopher the Rebel/Cabin Fever/Pacific Princess Overture

  Isaac and Doc attempt a spot of matchmaking on Gopher's behalf, but their well-meant plan backfires. Ted Lange and Bernie Kopell star

• Season 1 Episode 24: The Business of Love/Crash Diet Crisis/I'll Never Fall in Love Again

  A fun-loving elderly couple help reunite warring lovers, Captain Stubing meets an old flame and a reformed hooker causes trouble for a former punter and his wife

• Season 1 Episode 23: Musical Cabins

  A bachelor stands to inherit a $3million fortune if he can find a wife within one week and a widow poses as a glamorous adventuress. A tabloid journalist snoops round the ship looking for salacious material and a male chauvinist pushes his wife too far. Gavin MacLeod stars

• Season 1 Episode 22: Parents Know Best; Selfless Love; Nubile Nurse

  A couple take their son on a cruise in a bid to interfere with an unsuitable relationship, Doc falls for a shapely former showgirl and a middle-aged man gets involved with a younger woman

• Season 1 Episode 21: Taking Sides; Friendly Little Game; Going by the Book

  Two couples attempt to patch up their troubled marriages, Doc Bricker is recruited by an overprotective father to defend his daughter's honour and an elderly man cheats at cards to pay for a cruise

• Season 1 Episode 20: Computerman/Parlez-Vous/Memories of You

  Matchmaker Nick Heider pairs up everybody on board : apart from Captain Stubing : while Lily Macklin is reunited with her lost love, Ted Wilcox

• Season 1 Episode 19: The Inspector/Very Special Girl/Until the Last Goodbye

  The crew searches for an undercover inspector; a plain girl meets a shy man; a middle-aged man and a young girl cherish time together.

• Season 1 Episode 18: Last of the Stubings; Million Dollar Man; Sisters

  The crew is ordered to help Stubing's nephew; an embezzler unwittingly falls for a police officer; unmarried sisters clash over a man.

• Season 1 Episode 17: The Congressman was Indiscreet/Isaac's History Lesson/Winner Take Love

  A congressman unjustly accused of being involved in scandal seeks refuge aboard the Pacific Princess, an intellectual snob takes exception to a colourful elderly passenger and a beauty queen feels threatened by her aggressive boyfriend

• Season 1 Episode 16: Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love

  Two wealthy superstars have a second honeymoon aboard the Pacific Princess, but thieves have their eyes on their $1million diamond, and two blind people are reunited for the first time since childhood

• Season 1 Episode 15: Hollywood Royalty; Caper; Eyes of Love; Masquerade

  Thieves eye the jewelry of a Hollywood couple (Michele Lee, Fernando Lamas); a formerly sightless man meets his blind childhood love (Stephanie Zimbalist); a man's wife befriends his mistress.

• Season 1 Episode 14: Isaac's Double Standard/One More Time/Chimpanzeeshines

  Isaac's possessive mother books herself a cruise so she can be near her son, a separated couple are forced to overcome their mutual hostility and a jewel-stealing monkey causes chaos

• Season 1 Episode 13: Family Reunion/Too Hot to Handle/Cinderella Story

  A woman whose father was once a sea captain forms an unlikely attachment to the purser and newlyweds have a fraught time, dogged by dislocated backs, sunburn and poison ivy. Light-hearted drama, starring Gavin MacLeod and Lauren Tewes

• Season 1 Episode 12: Old Man & Runaway; Fine Romance; Painters

  Julie meets an old flame from school days, unaware he's now a priest and an elderly passenger crosses the generation divide to befriend a youthful stowaway. Meanwhile, a pair of bungling painters drive the crew to distraction. Light-hearted romance, starring Gavin McLeod, Lauren Tewes and Bernie Kopell

• Season 1 Episode 11: Lonely at the Top/Divorce Me, Please/Silent Night

  An unhappy couple realise just how much they need one another, an outspoken clergyman resolves to give six orphans a Christmas to remember, and a man seeks justice for his wrongful imprisonment

• Season 1 Episode 10: Dear Beverly; Strike; Special Delivery

  A separated couple unwittingly board the Pacific Princess for the same cruise, an agony aunt is set upon by desperate passengers and Stubing is driven to distraction by an arrogant chef. Comedy drama, with Gavin MacLeod and Bernie Kopell

• Season 1 Episode 9: Captain's Captain; Dog's Life; Romance Roulette

  A dog-shy man is stuck in a cabin with an enormous : but slightly confused : German shepherd, and Stubing makes life hard for his son. Guest starring Phil Silvers and Gary Burghoff

• Season 1 Episode 8: The Understudy/Married Singles/Lost and Found

  A couple face up to the death of their only child, a trainee cruise director tries to undermine Julie and take her job and another couple set out to put the romance back into their marriage by pretending to meet on board as strangers

• Season 1 Episode 7: Julie's Old Flame/The Jinx/Identical Problem

  Julie encounters an old flame, a pair of twins pretend to be one person and an elderly couple threaten to place a curse on the Pacific Princess

• Season 1 Episode 6: Joker Is Mild; First Time Out; Take My Granddaughter, Please

  A pushy grandmother does some matchmaking for her granddaughter, a has-been comedian makes a comeback bid, and a college boy hopes to be a hit with women

• Season 1 Episode 5: Help, Murder; Isaac the Groupie; Mr. Popularity

  Isaac falls in love with a star, a married couple get away from their kids for the first time, while a complete bore is mistaken for a socialite

• Season 1 Episode 4: Message for Maureen; Acapulco Connection; Gotcha

  A disabled ex-sports star meets the journalist who wrote an excruciating report about her, a stage-struck Mexican stowaway creates chaos, and a practical joker pulls one prank too many

• Season 1 Episode 3: Ex Plus Y/Graham and Kelly/Goldenagers

  A new bride (Loretta Swit) encounters her ex-husband; two 13-year-olds find first love; Julie falls for a tour guide (Charles Frank).

• Season 1 Episode 2: Oh, Dale!; Main Event; Tasteful Affair

  A rejected suitor stalks the girl he loves, a couple take a second honeymoon to try and salvage their marriage, while a private eye trails a neglected wife

• Season 1 Episode 1: Captain & Lady; One If By Land; Centerfold

  Captain Stubing's ex-wife causes discord aboard the Pacific Princess, a would-be bride acquires a new outlook on life, and the wife of a VIP finds her past returning to haunt her

The Love Boat: Special (1982 - 1987)

• Special Episode 4: Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?

  Ace plays detective to solve a bizarre murder case; Capt. Steubing's wife (Marion Ross) tries to alter cruise routines.

• Special Episode 3: The Christmas Cruise

  An angelic man (Mickey Rooney) becomes involved with a sick little boy, a couple (Maureen McCormick, Donny Osmond) and a pair of nuns.

• Special Episode 2: The Christmas Cruise

  Mother/daughter cons work a Christmas cruise; depression overcomes a comic portraying Santa; a couple are reunited after 11 years.

• Special Episode 1: The Shipshape Cruise

  The crew is suspicious of a noted diet author; a man tells his girlfriend he wants to see others; Doc encounters an ex while on his honeymoon.