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The Best Episodes of The Love Boat

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Every episode of The Love Boat ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Love Boat!

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",...
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  • April the Ninny/The Loan Arranger/First Voyage, Last Voyage
    10.0/10(1)
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    #1 - April the Ninny/The Loan Arranger/First Voyage, Last Voyage

    Season 4 Episode 15

    Aired 1/17/1981

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (2)
    9.5/10(2)
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    #2 - Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (2)

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 1/21/1978

    (Part 2) The Love Boat sets sail with two famous Hollywood stars, married couple Roz Rogers and Bill Klieg who need to find a balance between their professional and personal lives. An inept team of thieves board the ship and try numerous tactics to steal the Star of Kashmir, an expensive jewel brought aboard the ship by Ms. Rogers. Two childhood friends from a school for the blind meet up on the ship - only one of them isn't blind anymore. But that's not the only secret he is keeping from his friend. A philandering husband looks like he will be found out when he boards the ship with both his wife and his mistress.

    Director: Allen Baron

    Writer: Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Tony Webster, Ray Jessel, Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr, Louis Pelletier, Marciia Muldoon

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  • Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (1)
    9.0/10(1)
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    #3 - Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (1)

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 1/21/1978

    (Part 1) The Love Boat sets sail with two famous Hollywood stars, married couple Roz Rogers and Bill Klieg who need to find a balance between their professional and personal lives. An inept team of thieves board the ship and try numerous tactics to steal the Star of Kashmir, an expensive jewel brought aboard the ship by Ms. Rogers. Two childhood friends from a school for the blind meet up on the ship - only one of them isn't blind anymore. But that's not the only secret he is keeping from his friend. A philandering husband looks like he will be found out when he boards the ship with both his wife and his mistress.

    Director: Allen Baron

    Writer: Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Tony Webster, Ray Jessel, Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr, Louis Pelletier, Marciia Muldoon

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  • Message for Maureen/The Acapulco Connection/Gotcha
    8.0/10(1)
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    #4 - Message for Maureen/The Acapulco Connection/Gotcha

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 10/15/1977

    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.

    Director: Stuart Margolin, Peter Baldwin, Richard Kinon

    Writer: David Garber, Kevin Hartigan, Casey Keller, Neil Rosen, George Tricker, Richard Albrecht

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  • Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?
    8.0/10(89)
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    #5 - Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?

    Season 10 Episode 4

    Aired 2/27/1987

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Italian Cruise: Venetian Love Song/Arrangement/Arrividerci, Gopher/Gigolo (1)
    7.5/10(110)
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    #6 - Italian Cruise: Venetian Love Song/Arrangement/Arrividerci, Gopher/Gigolo (1)

    Season 6 Episode 1

    Aired 10/2/1982

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Dog Show: Putting on the Dog/Going to the Dogs/Women's Best Friend/Whose Dog Is It Anyway?
    7.5/10(98)
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    #7 - The Dog Show: Putting on the Dog/Going to the Dogs/Women's Best Friend/Whose Dog Is It Anyway?

    Season 6 Episode 25

    Aired 3/26/1983

    No description available

    Director: Bob Sweeney

    Writer: N/A

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  • Gopher's Opportunity/Home Sweet Home/The Switch
    7.4/10(115)
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    #8 - Gopher's Opportunity/Home Sweet Home/The Switch

    Season 2 Episode 16

    Aired 1/20/1979

    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.

    Director: Allen Baron, Roger Duchowny

    Writer: Lan O'Kun, Ray Jessel, Sue Masters, John Walsh, Natalie Schafer

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  • Super Mom/I'll See You Again/April's Return
    7.4/10(137)
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    #9 - Super Mom/I'll See You Again/April's Return

    Season 2 Episode 26

    Aired 5/5/1979

    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.

    Director: George Tyne

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Audition/The Groupies/Doc's Nephew
    7.4/10(91)
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    #10 - The Audition/The Groupies/Doc's Nephew

    Season 6 Episode 6

    Aired 11/6/1982

    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.

    Director: Don Weis

    Writer: N/A

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  • Greek Cruise: The Captain and the Kid/The Dean and the Flunkee/Isaac's Aegean Affair (1)
    7.4/10(85)
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    #11 - Greek Cruise: The Captain and the Kid/The Dean and the Flunkee/Isaac's Aegean Affair (1)

    Season 6 Episode 18

    Aired 2/5/1983

    No description available

    Director: Alan Rafkin

    Writer: N/A

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  • Command Performance/Hyde and Seek/Sketchy Love
    7.3/10(88)
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    #12 - Command Performance/Hyde and Seek/Sketchy Love

    Season 6 Episode 5

    Aired 10/30/1982

    A young girl who's infatuated with Gopher pretends to be her older sister. An artist meets a unhappily married guy. And the ship's comic runs into the wife and daughter he left years ago.

    Director: Jerome Courtland

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Victims/Heavens To Betsy/The Man In The White Shorts
    7.3/10(82)
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    #13 - The Victims/Heavens To Betsy/The Man In The White Shorts

    Season 6 Episode 10

    Aired 11/27/1982

    No description available

    Director: Jerome Courtland

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Christmas Presence
    7.3/10(125)
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    #14 - A Christmas Presence

    Season 6 Episode 13

    Aired 12/18/1982

    No description available

    Director: Richard Kinon

    Writer: David Swift, Micheline Swift

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  • Salvaged Romance/Our Son The Lawyer/Gopher's Daisy
    7.3/10(84)
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    #15 - Salvaged Romance/Our Son The Lawyer/Gopher's Daisy

    Season 6 Episode 17

    Aired 1/29/1983

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Zinging Valentine/The Very Temporary Secretary/Final Score
    7.3/10(87)
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    #16 - The Zinging Valentine/The Very Temporary Secretary/Final Score

    Season 6 Episode 20

    Aired 2/12/1983

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Abby's Maiden Voyage / He Ain't Heavy / I Like to Be in America
    7.3/10(81)
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    #17 - Abby's Maiden Voyage / He Ain't Heavy / I Like to Be in America

    Season 6 Episode 22

    Aired 2/26/1983

    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.

    Director: Jerome Courtland

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Shipshape Cruise
    7.3/10(63)
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    #18 - The Shipshape Cruise

    Season 10 Episode 1

    Aired 11/21/1986

    A plus-sized diet doctor (Jennifer Holliday) hires a hard-body fitness instructor to promote her nutrition program, a man (Dack Rambo) tells his partner he wants to see other women, and Doc runs into an ex on his honeymoon.

    Director: Richard Kinon

    Writer: N/A

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  • Heads or Tails/The Little People/Mona of the Movie
    7.2/10(140)
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    #19 - Heads or Tails/The Little People/Mona of the Movie

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 11/25/1978

    No description available

    Director: Buddy Tyne

    Writer: Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel, Barry Blitzer

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  • Third Wheel/Grandmother's Day/Second String Mom
    7.2/10(143)
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    #20 - Third Wheel/Grandmother's Day/Second String Mom

    Season 2 Episode 27

    Aired 5/12/1979

    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.

    Director: Gordon Farr

    Writer: Lee Aronsohn, Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel

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  • Greek Cruise: The Captain and the Kid/The Dean and the Flunkee/Isaac's Aegean Affair (2)
    7.2/10(81)
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    #21 - Greek Cruise: The Captain and the Kid/The Dean and the Flunkee/Isaac's Aegean Affair (2)

    Season 6 Episode 19

    Aired 2/5/1983

    No description available

    Director: Alan Rafkin

    Writer: N/A

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  • Vicki's Dilemma/Discount Romance/ Loser & still Champ
    7.2/10(80)
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    #22 - Vicki's Dilemma/Discount Romance/ Loser & still Champ

    Season 6 Episode 23

    Aired 3/5/1983

    No description available

    Director: Jack Arnold

    Writer: N/A

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  • So Help Me Hanna/The Maid Cleans Up/C.P.R.,I.O.U
    7.2/10(79)
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    #23 - So Help Me Hanna/The Maid Cleans Up/C.P.R.,I.O.U

    Season 6 Episode 24

    Aired 3/12/1983

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Christmas Cruise (1)
    7.2/10(80)
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    #24 - The Christmas Cruise (1)

    Season 10 Episode 2

    Aired 12/25/1986

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Julie's Dilemma/Who's Who?/Rocky
    7.1/10(149)
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    #25 - Julie's Dilemma/Who's Who?/Rocky

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 9/23/1978

    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.

    Director: Allen Baron, Roger Duchowny

    Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser, Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel

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Best Episodes Summary

"April the Ninny/The Loan Arranger/First Voyage, Last Voyage" is the best rated episode of "The Love Boat". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/17/1981. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (2)".