The Love Boat
ABC (ended 1986)
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Season 10
- Ep 4Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?2/27/87
- Ep 3The Christmas Cruise (2)12/25/86
- Ep 2The Christmas Cruise (1)12/25/86
- Ep 1The Shipshape Cruise11/21/86
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Season 9
- Ep 25Happily Ever After/Have I Got a Job for You/Mrs. Smith Goes to Minikulu5/24/86
Captain Stubing prepares for his shipboard wedding and then gets married (this episode continues the storyline initiated in "My Stepmother, Myself"); as Gopher vacillates about his plans to leave, Ace is continually nominated and unnominated for Gopher's job; Gopher's bids farwell to his job and Love Boat friends when he accepts a job managing a South Pacific resort, Minikulu.moreless - Ep 24My Stepmother, Myself/ Almost Roommates/ Cornerback Sneak5/17/86
Vicki becomes jealous of Captain Stubbing's bride-to-be (the sequel to this episode is "Happily Ever After..."); the new Assistant Cruise Director-Entertainer finds out that he has to share his cabin with a gruff cook instead of with the girlfriend that he brought along; a pro football has-been tries to romance the team's new owner, a woman, with a mind to get her to keep him on the next season's roster.moreless - Ep 23Spain Cruise: The Matadors/Mrs. Jameson Comes Out/Love's Labors Found/Marry Me, Marry Me (2)5/3/86
In this episode set aboard the Vista Fjord, a woman reporter who thinks bullfighting is immoral falls in love with a young man destined to be a matador because of his obligation to the family patriarch, Portugal's greatest matador; Isaac meets and falls in love with a wacky woman who is conning everyone, including him, but her real problem is that she has run away from her boyfriend and is pregnant; a young womanizer cleverly pursues both Vicki and Judy and, as it turns out, many other women on the ship; an older woman, just out of prison for murdering her husband, reunites with her daughter, incognito at first.moreless - Ep 22Spain Cruise: The Matadors/Mrs. Jameson Comes Out/Love's Labors Found/Marry Me, Marry Me (1)5/3/86
In this episode set aboard the Vista Fjord, a woman reporter who thinks bullfighting is immoral falls in love with a young man destined to be a matador because of his obligation to the family patriarch, Portugal's greatest matador; Isaac meets and falls in love with a wacky woman who is conning everyone, including him, but her real problem is that she has run away from her boyfriend and is pregnant; a young womanizer cleverly pursues both Vicki and Judy and, as it turns out, many other women on the ship; an older woman, just out of prison for murdering her husband, reunites with her daughter, incognito at first.moreless - Ep 21The Will/Deja Vu/The Prediction3/22/86
The crew frantically take care of last minute business when a famous newspaper psychic arrives and predicts that the world will end during the cruise; while on his way to wed in Mexico, a young tycoon with amnesia who disappeared a few years earlier falls in love with his wife from his previous life; a woman whose husband is deceased is courted by a former boyfriend, only to find out that her husband's will called for the liaison.moreless - Ep 20Gothic Romance/Whatever Happened to Jumpin' Jack Flash?3/15/86
- Ep 19Second Banana/The Prodigy/What Goes Around3/8/86
- Ep 18The Art Lover/ Couples/ Made for Each Other3/1/86
- Ep 17The Second Time Around/ Hello, Spencer/ Runaway, Go Home2/22/86
- Ep 16Hello Emily/ The Tour Guide/ The Winning Number2/15/86
- Ep 15Egyptian Cruise (2)2/8/86
- Ep 14Egyptian Cruise (1)2/8/86
- Ep 13Miss Mom/ Who's the Champ/ Gopher's Delusion2/1/86
- Ep 12Hippies and Yuppies/ Frat Wars/ Return of the Lambdas1/25/86
- Ep 11Dare Devil/ Picture Me as a Spy/ Sleeper1/18/86
- Ep 10Father of the Bride/The Best Man/Members of the Wedding1/11/86
- Ep 9Roommates/Heartbreaker/Out of the Blue12/7/85
- Ep 8Trouble in Paradise/No More Mister Nice Guy/The Mermaid and the Cop11/30/85
- Ep 7Good Time Girls/The Iron Man/Soap Star11/23/85
- Ep 6Forties Fantasy11/16/85
- Ep 5German Cruise: The Villa/The Racer's Edge/Love or Money/The Accident (2)11/2/85
- Ep 4German Cruise: The Villa/The Racer's Edge/Love or Money/The Accident (1)11/2/85
- Ep 3Hidden Treasure/Picture from the Past/Ace's Salary10/12/85
Jill and Vicki argue over the fact that Ace makes more money than they do; a middle-age newlywed wants to hide a secret from her past from her new husband; Gopher looks for a missing necklace. - Ep 2Your Money or Your Wife/Joint Custody/The Temptations10/5/85
- Ep 1A Day In Port9/28/85
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Season 8
- Ep 27Caribbean Cruise: Call Me Grandma/A Gentleman of Discretion/The Perfect Divorce/Letting Go (2)5/4/85
a very proper and stiff British ex-military officer is put in charge of the fun-loving and energy-filled Menudo group; a young couple is confouded because Doc seems very much in love with his visiting ex-wife, a fact Doc attributes to the fact that he is divorced; Vicki falls for a young man who is continually coddled by his mother, who seems not to want to let him grow up.moreless - Ep 26Caribbean Cruise: Call Me Grandma/A Gentleman of Discretion/The Perfect Divorce/Letting Go (1)5/4/85
a very proper and stiff British ex-military officer is put in charge of the fun-loving and energy-filled Menudo group; a young couple is confouded because Doc seems very much in love with his visiting ex-wife, a fact Doc attributes to the fact that he is divorced; Vicki falls for a young man who is continually coddled by his mother, who seems not to want to let him grow up.moreless - Ep 25Charmed, I'm Sure/Ashes to Ashes/No Dad of Mine3/30/85
- Ep 24Judy Hits a Low Note/Love Times Two/The Problem With Papa3/23/85
- Ep 23Vicki's Gentleman Caller/Partners to the End/The Perfect Arrangment2/23/85
- Ep 22Getting Started/Daughter's Dilemma/The Captain Wears Pantyhose2/16/85
- Ep 21Ace Takes a Holiday/The Runaway/The Courier2/9/85
- Ep 20Scandinavia Cruise: Girl of the Midnight Sun/There'll Be Some Changes Made/Mr. Smith Goes to Stockholm (2)2/2/85
- Ep 19Scandinavia Cruise: Girl of the Midnight Sun/There'll Be Some Changes Made/Mr. Smith Goes to Stockholm (1)2/2/85
- Ep 18Love on the Line/Don't Call Me Gopher/Her Honor the Mayor1/26/85
- Ep 17Ace Takes the Test/The Counterfeit Couple/The Odd Triple1/12/85
One of Ace's old high school girlfriends, now married to an impotent man, wants an embarrassed Ace to father her child; Gopher falls in love with an older woman, while that woman's daughter falls for Gopher; two total strangers share the honeymoon suite because they independently bought their tickets from a couple whose wedding was cancelled.moreless - Ep 16Instinct/Unmade for Each Other/BOS1/5/85
Two older men, Leslie and Shelley, paired up by a confused blind dating service, chase the same woman; instead of meeting her fiance, a young woman gets a "present" of her fiance's friend to console her because her fiance has dumped her; Isaac chases a passenger who follows a silly, cult-like philosophy "Being Of Self", and in the process alienates the crew and almost gets fired.moreless - Ep 15Santa, Santa, Santa/Another Dog Gone Christmas/Noel's Christmas Carol12/15/84
- Ep 14Country Blues/A Matter of Taste/Frat Brothers Forever12/8/84
A cute country girl who aspires to be a singer falls for a young country music star, but his manager knows that his star can only write songs when sad; two interior designers, former lovers, compete to redecorate the ship and eventually end up together again; one of Doc's womanizing fraternity brothers from his college days arrives on board, but with his male lover secretly in tow.moreless - Ep 13Paying the Piper/Baby Sister/Help Wanted12/1/84
- Ep 12My Mother, My Chaperone/The Present/The Death and Life of Sir Alfred Demerest (2)11/24/84
- Ep 11My Mother, My Chaperone/The Present/The Death and Life of Sir Alfred Demerest (1)11/24/84
- Ep 10By Hook or By Crook/Revenge With the Proper Stranger/Don't Get Mad, Get Even11/17/84
- Ep 9The Last Heist/Starting Over/Watching the Master11/10/84
- Ep 8Aerobic April/The Wager/Story of the Century11/3/84
- Ep 7And One to Grow On/Seems Like Old Times/I'll Never Forget What's Her Name10/27/84
- Ep 6Soap Gets in Your Eyes/A Match Made in Heaven/Tugs of the Heart10/20/84
- Ep 5Only The Good Die Young/ Honey Beats The Odds/Light Of Another Day10/13/84
- Ep 4Ace Meets the Champ/Why Justin Can't Read/Call me a Doctor10/6/84
- Ep 3Vicki and the Fugitive/Lady in the Window/Stolen Years/Dutch Treat (2)9/29/84
- Ep 2Vicki and the Fugitive/Lady in the Window/Stolen Years/Dutch Treat (1)9/29/84
A man who appears to be running gets the papers of one of the ship's deck hands and goes onboard. Vicki's attracted to him. But they soon discover that he is wanted by Interpol and when he explains that he paid the deck hand for his papers, and that he's a prince who just wanted to get away from his duties, she doesn't believe. Eventually he is taken away. Laterwhile out walking she sees a Royal entourage and sees that he was telling the truth. A woman runs into the man she was involved with during the War and it seems that she turned him into the Nazis. While she remembers him, he doesn't recognize her. And somehow they end spending time together and she senses that he still harbors ill feelings for the girl who turned him in. She later reveals who she is and he shuns her. Later when they run into each other again, he says that he forgives her, that she did it to save herself. She then says that she didn't do it to save herself but to save him. It seems that after she pointed him out to the Nazis and was taken away, they killed the other men. So if she didn't turn him in, he would have been killed to. Captain meets a woman, and they are both attracted to each but she feels that it would not be a good idea for them to get involved. But somehow they hook up. But when the cruise ends she disappears. The Captain eventually finds her and discovers that she is a madame.moreless - Ep 1The Crew's Cruise Director/What a Drag/Doc's Slump9/22/84
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Season 7
- Ep 27Best Ex-Friends/All the Congressman's Women/Three Faces of Love5/12/84
- Ep 26Dreamboat/Gopher, Isaac & the Starlet/The Parents/The Importance of Being Johnny/Julie and the Producer (2)5/5/84
- Ep 25Dreamboat/Gopher, Isaac & the Starlet/The Parents/The Importance of Being Johnny/Julie and the Producer (1)5/5/84
- Ep 24A Rose Is Not a Rose/ Novelties/ Too Rich and Too Thin3/17/84
- Ep 23Side By Side/Rub Me Tender/Fish Out Of Water3/10/84
- Ep 22Love Is Blind/Baby Makers/Lady & The Maid/Luise Rainer3/3/84
- Ep 21Ace's Valet/Mother Comes First/Hit or Miss America2/25/84
- Ep 20Hong Kong Cruise: Polly's Poker Palace/Shop Ahoy/Double Date/The Hong Kong Affair/Two Tales of a City (2)2/4/84
A U.S. Presidential-hopeful Senator falls for a businesswoman who intends on opening a large casino in Hong Kong, as his aide tries to derail the affair for P.R. reasons; a woman who simply can't stop shopping bets her husband $25,000 that she can go the entire cruise without buying anything; Julie and Vicki double date, though Vicki secretly falls for Julie's date; an retired spy finds love in the form of a woman secretly hired to keep him safe from revenge-seeking former adversaries; Gopher and Isaac, trenchcoats and all, tail the former spy through Hong Kong and see all sorts of potentially evil stalkers.moreless - Ep 19Hong Kong Cruise: Polly's Poker Palace/Shop Ahoy/Double Date/The Hong Kong Affair/Two Tales of a City (1)2/4/84
A U.S. Presidential-hopeful Senator falls for a businesswoman who intends on opening a large casino in Hong Kong, as his aide tries to derail the affair for P.R. reasons; a woman who simply can't stop shopping bets her husband $25,000 that she can go the entire cruise without buying anything; Julie and Vicki double date, though Vicki secretly falls for Julie's date; an retired spy finds love in the form of a woman secretly hired to keep him safe from revenge-seeking former adversaries; Gopher and Isaac, trenchcoats and all, tail the former spy through Hong Kong and see all sorts of potentially evil stalkers.moreless - Ep 18Ace In the Hole/Uncle Joey's Song/Father in the Cradle1/28/84
Ace, the new ship's photographer has all the female passengers swooning, which upsets Gopher and Doc.''A former childrens' show star tries to help a boy whose father just died.''A man who comes to meet his mother and her new husband is not happy that he's a younger man.'''' - Ep 17Anut Emma I Love You/First Romance/Hoopla1/21/84
- Ep 16The Buck Stops Here/ For Better or Worse/Bet On It1/14/84
- Ep 15Last Case/Looking for Mr. Wilson/Love on Strike12/17/83
- Ep 14No More Alimony/How Do I Love Thee/Authoress Authoress1/7/84
- Ep 13The Misunderstanding/Love Below Decks/The End is Near12/10/83
- Ep 12The Prize Winner/Dee Dee's Dilemma/Julie's Blind Date12/3/83
Julie's blind date turns out to be an overweight, uncouth misfit whose advances drive her crazy, that is, until he rejects her; a woman travelling incognito to avoid testifying at a trial falls in love with a man on board, while when disguised in a wig and a childs' dress she tries to avoid that same man's flirting son; a prize-winning author is blackmailed for love by his secretary, who is travelling with him and his jealous wife.moreless - Ep 11The Reluctant Father/Don't take My Wife Please/The Worlds Greatest Kisser/Mata11/26/83
- Ep 10Julie and The Bachelor/Intensive Care/Set Up for Romance11/19/83
- Ep 9Long Time No See/The Bear Essence/Kisses and Makeup11/12/83
- Ep 8Japan Cruise: When Worlds Collide/The Captain and the Geisha/The Lottery Winners/The Emperor's Fortune (2)11/5/83
- Ep 7Japan Cruise: When Worlds Collide/The Captain and the Geisha/The Lottery Winners/The Emperor's Fortune (1)11/5/83
- Ep 6Friend Of The Family/Affair on Demand/Just Another Pretty Face10/29/83
- Ep 5Rhino Of The Year/One Last Time/For Love or Money10/22/83
- Ep 4Prisoner Of Love/Youth Takes A Holiday/Don't Leave Home Without It10/15/83
- Ep 3Bricker's Boy/Lotions Of Love/The Hustlers10/8/83
- Ep 2China Cruise: The Pledge/East Meets West/Dear Roberta/My Two Dumplings (2)10/1/83
- Ep 1China Cruise: The Pledge/East Meets West/Dear Roberta/My Two Dumplings (1)10/1/83
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Season 6
- Ep 29The Fountain of Youth/Bad Luck Cabin/Uncle Daddy5/7/83
- Ep 28Country Music Jamboree: Hits & Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act (2)4/30/83
A country star travelling with her "adopted" children has to choose between the kids and her boyfriend; a popular songwriter secretly writes better songs for his former lover than for his wife, both performers; Doc deals with a country folk doctor who insists on practicing medicine on board, while at the same time chasing her beautiful daughter; a married woman's affair haunts her as she claims an expensive broach is only costume jewelry; Gopher tries his best to get his picture taken with a privacy- seeking female country music star; two overweight performers who love food come to love each other.moreless - Ep 27Country Music Jamboree: Hits & Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act (1)4/30/83
A country star travelling with her "adopted" children has to choose between the kids and her boyfriend; a popular songwriter secretly writes better songs for his former lover than for his wife, both performers; Doc deals with a country folk doctor who insists on practicing medicine on board, while at the same time chasing her beautiful daughter; a married woman's affair haunts her as she claims an expensive broach is only costume jewelry; Gopher tries his best to get his picture taken with a privacy- seeking female country music star; two overweight performers who love food come to love each other.moreless - Ep 26The Professor Has Class/When The Magic Disappears/We The Jury4/2/83
- Ep 25The Dog Show: Putting on the Dog/Going to the Dogs/Women's Best Friend/Whose Dog Is It Anyway?3/26/83
- Ep 24So Help Me Hanna/The Maid Cleans Up/C.P.R.,I.O.U3/12/83
- Ep 23Vicki's Dilemma/Discount Romance/ Looser & still Champ3/5/83
- Ep 22Abby's Maiden Voyage / He Ain't Heavy / I Like to Be in America2/26/83
A desperate 23-year old virgin wants to spend the night with a handsome fellow she meets on board, but in the end decides she will hold off until the time is right; a bratty adopted teenager finds out that the assistant bartender that he has been harassing is actually his long lost older brother; the entire crew chips in to help April get ready to take her U.S. citizenship test despite her severe test anxiety.moreless - Ep 21The Captain's Crush/Off-Course Romance/Out of My Hair2/19/83
- Ep 20The Zinging Valentine/The Very Temporary Secretary/Final Score2/12/83
On this Valentine's Day cruise, a singing valentine "pussycat" falls for a stuck-up guy who has just been dumped by his girlfriend; the owner of a secretarial agency plays secretary to a writer taking a working vacation, even though he is far better at romancing her than he is at taking dictation and typing up her notes; a womanizing pro football player falls for a snooty, straight-laced college English professor.moreless - Ep 19Greek Cruise: The Captain and the Kid/The Dean and the Flunkee/Isaac's Aegean Affair (2)2/5/83
- Ep 18Greek Cruise: The Captain and the Kid/The Dean and the Flunkee/Isaac's Aegean Affair (1)2/5/83
The episode is a graduation cruise to Greece.''''A principal is attracted to a teacher who is attracted by his refusal to allow a student a make-up test to graduate.''''The valedictorian meets his aunt in Greece. He expected her to be wealthy since she financially supported him, but she's only a fishing woman.''''A brilliant, young student is attracted to Julie, which makes the Captain unhappy. Isaac is attracted to a woman who is separated from her husband.moreless - Ep 17Salvaged Romance/Our Son The Lawyer/Gopher's Daisy1/29/83
- Ep 16Doc's Big Case/A Booming Romance/The Senior Sinners1/22/83
- Ep 15Captain's Replacement, The/Sly as A Fox/Here Comes The Bride...Maybe1/15/83
- Ep 14First Impressions/Love Finds Florence Nightingale/Paroled to Love1/8/83
- Ep 13A Christmas Presence12/18/82
- Ep 12My Friend, The Executrix/Programmed for Love/Baby Talk12/11/82
- Ep 11Tomorrow Lady, The/Father, Dear Father/Still Life12/4/82
- Ep 10The Victimis/Heavens To Betsy/The Man In The White Shorts11/27/82
- Ep 9Thanksgiving Cruise: Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way/The Best of Friends11/20/82
On this Thanksgiving cruise, a father and his adopted son try to evade the boys biological father by escaping to Mexico; an older couple plan to travel with their daughter and her fiance who, unknown to them, is crippled; the smooth operation of the ship suffers as one by one the entire crew, after trading a bevy of insults, ends up not speaking with one another.moreless - Ep 8Spoonmaker Diamond, The/Papa Doc/The Role Model/Julie's Tycoon (2)11/13/82
- Ep 7Spoonmaker Diamond, The/Papa Doc/The Role Model/Julie's Tycoon (1)11/13/82
- Ep 6The Audition/The Groupies/Doc's Nephew11/6/82
Doc's nephew is making a move on his girlfriend. A psychiatrist, who is on vacation is followed by four of his patients. An actor pursues the writer of a soap opera, who rejected for a role on her show. - Ep 5Command Performance/Hyde and Seek/Sketchy Love10/30/82
- Ep 4Same Wavelength, The/Winning Isn't Everything/A Honeymoon for Horace10/23/82
- Ep 3The Anniversary Gift/Honey Bee Mine/Bewigged Bothered & Bewilderedd10/16/82
An woman secretly plans to have a child as a 30th anniversery gift for her husband, even though he is ecstatic over their new-found freedom in being retired and, especially, having their older children grown and out of the house; Julie sneakily sets Honey Bee, an old high school friend who always tried to steal her boyfriends, after Gopher (newly smitten with a girl ashore) so that she can concentrate on a handsome new officer; Captain Stubbing wears his hat everywhere in an attempt to keep an old high school flame from finding out he is bald, and she thinks he has a full head of hair because she saw him hatless when he was wearing a toupe for a shipboard costume party.moreless - Ep 2Italian Cruise: Venetian Love Song/Arrangement/Arrividerci, Gopher/Gigolo (2)10/2/82
- Ep 1Italian Cruise: Venetian Love Song/Arrangement/Arrividerci, Gopher/Gigolo (1)10/2/82
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