The Love Boat
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.
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Season 1
25 episodes
Premiered Sep 24, 1977
Season 2
27 episodes
Premiered Sep 16, 1978
Season 3
28 episodes
Premiered Sep 15, 1979
Season 4
28 episodes
Premiered Oct 25, 1980
Season 5
31 episodes
Premiered Oct 10, 1981
Season 6
29 episodes
Premiered Oct 2, 1982
Season 7
27 episodes
Premiered Oct 1, 1983
Season 8
27 episodes
Premiered Sep 22, 1984
Season 9
25 episodes
Premiered Sep 28, 1985
Season 10
4 episodes
Premiered Nov 21, 1986
Ep 1The Captain and the Lady/One if by Land/Centerfold
Captain Stubbing and his Ex Wife have to face the realities of a bad resolved separation when they find themselves trapped on the same cruise. The future wife of a powerful political congressman worries that the photo she took for an erotic magazine some years back will jeopardize his husband's political career, so she tries to cover this fact from him, by hiding all the copies of the magazine that are available in the ship, until she finds the courage to confess her past to her husband. Ginny O'Brien is followed by his future, but hard to commit boyfriend through all the ports where the cruise passes. however she's not going to accept a relationship without a proposal of marriage
Ep 2Oh, Dale!/The Main Event/A Tasteful Affair
A man must pose as a woman to gain passage on the ship so that he can pursue an ex-girlfriend. A bickering married couple gets trapped in the elevator. A detective falls for a married woman whose husband has hired him to trail her.
Ep 3Ex Plus Y/Graham and Kelly/Goldenagers
A divorced couple takes the cruise with new mates, and can't seem to avoid one another or stop arguing. Two adolescents develop an awkward flirtation. A senior group inadvertently interferes with its director's fledgling romance with Julie.
Ep 4Message for Maureen/The Acapulco Connection/Gotcha
A tennis star, temporarily confined to a wheelchair due to a back injury, rekindles an old romance with a sportswriter who had been critical of her recent performances. A woman with singing aspirations stows away on the ship in the hopes of making it to America and providing for her large family. A man annoys his wife and other passengers by constantly playing practical jokes.
Ep 5Help, Murder/Isaac the Groupie/Mr. Popularity
A woman gets the wrong idea from her husband's secretive behavior and fears that he is plotting to murder her. Isaac begins a whirlwind romance with an internationally known singer. A couple suspects that a painfully boring passenger is actually a wanted jewel thief.
Ep 6The Joker is Mild/First Time Out/Take My Granddaughter, Please
An old friend of Julie's father turns to her for help reviving his sputtering stand-up comedy career. A meddling woman tries to interfere in her granddaughter's love life; she pushes her to date Doc, but her granddaughter wants to pursue romance with an old friend. A young man's fraternity brothers pressure him to lose his virginity during the cruise.
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