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The Best Episodes of The Love Boat

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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

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    The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 25 - Sounds of Silence/Cyrano de Bricker/Murder on the High Seas
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Sounds of Silence/Cyrano de Bricker/Murder on the High Seas

    S2:E25

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

    Director:Richard Kinon
    Writers:Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Joyce Armor, Judie Neer, Margie Peters

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  2. The Love Boat Season 4 Episode 15 - April the Ninny/The Loan Arranger/First Voyage, Last Voyage
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - April the Ninny/The Loan Arranger/First Voyage, Last Voyage

    S4:E15

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Love Boat Season 6 Episode 10 - The Victims/Heavens To Betsy/The Man In The White Shorts
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Victims/Heavens To Betsy/The Man In The White Shorts

    S6:E10

    No description available

    Director:Jerome Courtland
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Love Boat Season 10 Episode 1 - The Shipshape Cruise
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Shipshape Cruise

    S10:E1

    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:Unknown

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  5. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 16 - Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (2)
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (2)

    S1:E16

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

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  6. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 15 - Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (1)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (1)

    S1:E15

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

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  7. The Love Boat Season 6 Episode 6 - The Audition/The Groupies/Doc's Nephew
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Audition/The Groupies/Doc's Nephew

    S6:E6

    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:Unknown

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  8. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 4 - Message for Maureen/The Acapulco Connection/Gotcha
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Message for Maureen/The Acapulco Connection/Gotcha

    S1:E4

    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.

    Directors:Peter Baldwin, Stuart Margolin, Richard Kinon
    Writers:David Garber, Neil Rosen, Kevin Hartigan, Casey Keller, George Tricker, Richard Albrecht

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  9. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 27 - Third Wheel/Grandmother's Day/Second String Mom
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Third Wheel/Grandmother's Day/Second String Mom

    S2:E27

    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
    Writers:Lee Aronsohn, Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel

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  10. The Love Boat Season 4 Episode 1 - Friends and Lovers/Sergeant Bull/Miss Mother
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Friends and Lovers/Sergeant Bull/Miss Mother

    S4:E1

    Gopher convinces Julie to pose as his girlfriend to impress his abrasive fraternity brother. Complications arise when the two longtime friends begin falling for each other. Four men who served together in Korea hold their reunion on the ship. The other men ask a widowed cabin stewardess to woo their gung-ho buddy as a distraction, as he won't talk about anything but the army. A single mother-to-be finds romance with a fellow passenger, but fears that he won't react well to the news of her pregnancy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Carmen Finestra

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  11. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 1 - The Captain and the Lady/One if by Land/Centerfold
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Captain and the Lady/One if by Land/Centerfold

    S1:E1

    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

    Directors:Alan Rafkin, Richard Kinon
    Writers:Michael Norell, Jay Grossman, Paula A. Roth, Judy Skelton

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  12. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 12 - The Old Man and the Runaway/A Fine Romance/The Painters
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Old Man and the Runaway/A Fine Romance/The Painters

    S1:E12

    A crotchety old man and a teenage runaway form an unlikely friendship. Julie grows frustrated when an old friend of her brother's repeatedly rejects her advances without explanation. A pair of incompetent painters continually screws up the re-painting of Capt. Stubing's cabin.

    Directors:James Sheldon, Stuart Margolin
    Writers:Jack Hanrahan, Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Don Sherman, Ray Jessel

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  13. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 7 - Ship of Ghouls
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Ship of Ghouls

    S2:E7

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

    Director:Roger Duchowny
    Writer:Mickey Rose

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  14. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 2 - Oh, Dale!/The Main Event/A Tasteful Affair
    2.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Oh, Dale!/The Main Event/A Tasteful Affair

    S1:E2

    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.

    Directors:Stuart Margolin, Alan Rafkin, Richard Kinon
    Writers:Carl Kleinschmitt, Art Baer, Rick Callahan, Ben Joelson

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  15. The Love Boat Season 6 Episode 1 - Italian Cruise: Venetian Love Song/Arrangement/Arrividerci, Gopher/Gigolo (1)
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Italian Cruise: Venetian Love Song/Arrangement/Arrividerci, Gopher/Gigolo (1)

    S6:E1

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Love Boat Season 10 Episode 4 - Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?

    S10:E4

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 3 - Ex Plus Y/Graham and Kelly/Goldenagers
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Ex Plus Y/Graham and Kelly/Goldenagers

    S1:E3

    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.

    Directors:Stuart Margolin, Alan Rafkin
    Writers:Ed Jurist, Ann Gibbs, Michael Norell, Joel Kimmel

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  18. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 5 - Help, Murder/Isaac the Groupie/Mr. Popularity
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Help, Murder/Isaac the Groupie/Mr. Popularity

    S1:E5

    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.

    Directors:Peter Baldwin, James Sheldon, Stuart Margolin
    Writers:Art Baer, Tony Webster, Michael Norell, Ben Joelson

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  19. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 6 - The Joker is Mild/First Time Out/Take My Granddaughter, Please
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - The Joker is Mild/First Time Out/Take My Granddaughter, Please

    S1:E6

    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.

    Directors:Alan Rafkin, Richard Kinon
    Writers:David Ketchum, Mark Evanier, Dennis Palumbo, Tony DiMarco, Barry Blitzer

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  20. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 7 - Identical Problem/Julie's Old Flame/The Jinx
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Identical Problem/Julie's Old Flame/The Jinx

    S1:E7

    Identical twins pretend to be one person in order to take the cruise on one fare. They leave Doc completely bewildered. Julie gets re-acquainted with an ex-lover, who claims to have broken things off with his wife. After suffering a series of accidents, the crew comes to believe that an elderly couple--which survived the Titanic--is cursed.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writers:David Ketchum, Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Michael Norell, Tony DiMarco

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  21. The Love Boat Season 4 Episode 7 - Secretary to the Stars/Julie's Decision/The Horse Lover/Gopher and Isaac Buy a Horse
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Secretary to the Stars/Julie's Decision/The Horse Lover/Gopher and Isaac Buy a Horse

    S4:E7

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 8 - Lost and Found/The Understudy/Married Singles
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Lost and Found/The Understudy/Married Singles

    S1:E8

    A boy befriends a couple that recently lost its young son. A trainee schemes to steal Julie's job. A bickering married couple takes the cruise and stays in separate cabins...next door to each other.

    Director:Stuart Margolin
    Writers:Bruce Shelly, Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Ray Jessel

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  23. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 9 - The Captain's Captain/Hounded/Romance Roulette
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Captain's Captain/Hounded/Romance Roulette

    S1:E9

    The presence of the captain's demanding father leaves the entire crew on edge. A dog traps a passenger in his cabin. Three friends reunite on board the ship and try to meet men through an unusual game.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writers:David Ketchum, Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Ann Gibbs, Tony DiMarco, Joel Kimmel

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  24. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 10 - Dear Beverly/The Strike/Special Delivery
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Dear Beverly/The Strike/Special Delivery

    S1:E10

    An advice columnist neglects her husband to devote all her time to her fans, prompting him to seek affection elsewhere. A man with a negative history with Capt. Stubing fills in for the ailing chef. A frequent passenger, who is depressed about his impending divorce, winds up on the same cruise as his pregnant wife (who has failed to tell him about the baby). They somehow keep narrowly missing each other.

    Director:Allen Baron
    Writers:Mark Fink, Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Marion C. Freeman

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  25. The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 11 - Lonely at the Top/Divorce Me, Please/Silent Night
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Lonely at the Top/Divorce Me, Please/Silent Night

    S1:E11

    In a Christmas-themed cruise, the captain worries about how to effectively lead his ship but be a friend to his crew as well. A married couple who outwardly appear happy and in love are both desperate for the other person to give them a divorce - and they go to extreme measures to get it. An embittered ex-con boards the ship for a holiday with his wife but also with revenge on his mind for the person who framed him for the crime. A priest brings a group of orphans aboard for the cruise.

    Director:Allen Baron
    Writers:Art Baer, Bruce Howard, Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr, Ben Joelson

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Best Episodes Summary

"Sounds of Silence/Cyrano de Bricker/Murder on the High Seas" is the best rated episode of "The Love Boat". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Richard Kinon and written by Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Joyce Armor, Judie Neer, Margie Peters, it aired on 3/17/1979. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "April the Ninny/The Loan Arranger/First Voyage, Last Voyage".