The Best Episodes of The Love Boat

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   8.1/10(109 votes)

   #1 - Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?

   S10:E42/27/1987

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   7.9/10(159 votes)

   #2 - Hidden Treasure/Picture from the Past/Ace's Salary

   S9:E310/12/1985

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   7.8/10(125 votes)

   #3 - The Caller/Marriage of Convenience/No Girls for Doc/Witness for the Prosecution

   S3:E285/3/1980

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   7.7/10(116 votes)

   #4 - Tony and Julie / Separate Beds / America's Sweetheart

   S4:E285/16/1981

   Julie (Lauren Tewes) has a run-in with a zoologist (Anthony Andrews), who turns out to be a passenger, and they butt heads. A young actress (Alison Arngrim) comes aboard and makes a fool out of Vicki (Jill Whelan). An estranged husband (William Christopher) and wife (Toni Tennille), one of whom is a neat-freak (Christopher) and the other a slob (Tennille), find themselves not only on the ship but in the same cabin

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   7.7/10(107 votes)

   #5 - China Cruise: The Pledge/East Meets West/Dear Roberta/My Two Dumplings (1)

   S7:E110/1/1983

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   Director:Robert Scheerer

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   7.6/10(102 votes)

   #6 - Isaac's Aegean Affair/The Captain and the Kid/Poor Rich Man/The Dean and the Flunkee (1)

   S6:E182/5/1983

   The crew are in Greece working a cruise where a College is having its graduation ceremony. The Principal is attracted to a teacher who rebuffs him because he won't give a student a make-up test so he can graduate. And the student and a couple of his friends are hounding the Principal to do that. A prodigy is attracted to Vicki which doesn't make the Captain happy. And the valedictorian whose education was provided by his Greek aunt whom he assumed is wealthy but upon meeting her learns she's just a woman of humble means. And when she goes on board he doesn't tell anyone he's her aunt. And Isaac meets a woman who is estranged from her husband.

   Director:Alan Rafkin

   Writers:Seaman Jacobs, Christopher Vane, Fred S. Fox, Jill Baer

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   Director:Alan Rafkin

   Writers:Seaman Jacobs, Christopher Vane, Fred S. Fox, Jill Baer
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   7.6/10(107 votes)

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

   S6:E253/26/1983

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   Director:Bob Sweeney

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   7.6/10(91 votes)

   #8 - Ace In the Hole/Uncle Joey's Song/Father in the Cradle

   S7:E181/28/1984

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   7.6/10(111 votes)

   #9 - Hong Kong Cruise: Polly's Poker Palace/Shop Ahoy/Double Date/The Hong Kong Affair/Two Tales of a City (1)

   S7:E192/4/1984

   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.

   Director:Richard Kinon

   Writers:Fred Grandy, Eugene David, Ted Lange

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   Writers:Fred Grandy, Eugene David, Ted Lange
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    7.5/10(160 votes)

    #10 - The Promoter/The Judges/The Family Plan/Forever Engaged/May the Best Man Win (1)

    S4:E211/1/1980

    A man organizes a ""marriage-a-thon"" cruise, with special prizes to be given to the couple found to be the most compatible. At the same time, he tries to save his own crumbling marriage. Doc tricks Gopher into taking his place as one of the judges, but comes to regret it when the two attractive female judges constantly try to make time with Gopher. The single parents of one of the engaged couples come aboard with the hopes of breaking up their kids, who they think are too young to be tying the knot. A couple tries to finally get married after ten years together--and nine broken engagements. A groom decides to dump his fiancée, but skips the cruise and leaves his best man to break the news to the bride. The best man is Marv, the young man who befriended Julie when he was best man for another wedding on the Alaska cruise. He cannot bring himself to tell the bride the truth, particularly because he also has feelings for her.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Seaman Jacobs

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    7.5/10(135 votes)

    #11 - The Captain's Bird/That's My Dad/Captive Audience

    S4:E1112/20/1980

    Capt. Stubing decides to get Vicki a parrot for Christmas. Unfortunately, it hasn't been trained to talk, and Gopher and Isaac's efforts to train it prove disastrous. A stowaway convinces the crew that a playboy passenger is his father. A father and son, who haven't spoken for ten years since the younger man left their singing act to go solo, resist their wives' efforts to reunite them.

    Director:Allen Baron

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12. 

    7.5/10(120 votes)

    #12 - The Expedition/Julie's Wedding/The Mongala/Julie's Replacement/The Three R's/The Professor's Wife (2)

    S5:E210/3/1981

    Vicki models the bridesmaid's gown she plans to wear for Julie's wedding, while Isaac finds a flaw in the wedding gift that he bought on the crew's behalf.

    Director:Roger Duchowny

    Writers:Christopher Vane, Art Baer, Casey Keller, Ben Joelson, Tony Webster, Donald Ross, Jill Baer, Richard Albrecht

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    Director:Roger Duchowny

    Writers:Christopher Vane, Art Baer, Casey Keller, Ben Joelson, Tony Webster, Donald Ross, Jill Baer, Richard Albrecht
13. 

    7.5/10(125 votes)

    #13 - Chef's Special/Beginning Anew/Kleinschmidt

    S5:E611/7/1981

    Chef Claude is jealous of new rival Edie Franklin in the galley. Longtime friends Jennifer and Stan reunite. Bumbling PI Kleinschmidt is assigned to protect client Gertrude's jewels.

    Director:Richard Kinon

    Writers:Harvey Bullock, Henry Colman, R.S. Allen, Len Janson

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    Director:Richard Kinon

    Writers:Harvey Bullock, Henry Colman, R.S. Allen, Len Janson
14. 

    7.5/10(134 votes)

    #14 - Farnsworth's Fling/Gopher Farnsworth Smith/Three in a Bed/Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia/I Remember Helen (1)

    S5:E811/21/1981

    The crew is in Australia to work on one of the cruise line's ships based there. And a wealthy man named Farnsworth (Lloyd Bridges) has decided to invite his whole family for a reunion, but in actuality he wants to see who, among them he should keep in his will.

    Director:Richard Kinon

    Writers:Seaman Jacobs, Art Baer, Ray Jessel, Ben Joelson, Fred S. Fox

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    Director:Richard Kinon

    Writers:Seaman Jacobs, Art Baer, Ray Jessel, Ben Joelson, Fred S. Fox
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    7.5/10(112 votes)

    #15 - Farnsworth's Fling/Gopher Farnsworth Smith/Three in a Bed/Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia/I Remember Helen (2)

    S5:E911/21/1981

    After having spent time with his family, William Farnsworth (Lloyd Bridges) has finally decided who will be kept in his will.

    Director:Richard Kinon

    Writers:Seaman Jacobs, Art Baer, Ray Jessel, Ben Joelson, Fred S. Fox

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    Director:Richard Kinon

    Writers:Seaman Jacobs, Art Baer, Ray Jessel, Ben Joelson, Fred S. Fox
16. 

    7.5/10(112 votes)

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

    S6:E611/6/1982

    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

    Writers:Sidney Morse, Mike Marmer, Jesse Dizon, Don Haberman

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    Director:Don Weis

    Writers:Sidney Morse, Mike Marmer, Jesse Dizon, Don Haberman
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    7.5/10(96 votes)

    #17 - So Help Me Hanna/C.P.R.,I.O.U./The Maid Cleans Up

    S6:E243/12/1983

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    Director:Kim Friedman

    Writers:Mike Marmer, Hudson Hickman, Alexander Marrant, Daryl Busby, Gerry Kroll

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    Director:Kim Friedman

    Writers:Mike Marmer, Hudson Hickman, Alexander Marrant, Daryl Busby, Gerry Kroll
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    7.5/10(86 votes)

    #18 - China Cruise: The Pledge/East Meets West/Dear Roberta/My Two Dumplings (2)

    S7:E210/1/1983

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    Director:Robert Scheerer

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    7.4/10(306 votes)

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

    S1:E210/1/1977

    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, Ben Joelson, Rick Callahan

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    Directors:Stuart Margolin, Alan Rafkin, Richard Kinon

    Writers:Carl Kleinschmitt, Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Rick Callahan
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    7.4/10(117 votes)

    #20 - Celebration/Captain Papa/Honeymoon Pressure

    S3:E253/29/1980

    A man spends beyond his means while trying to lavish his recently hospitalized wife with gifts. Capt. Stubing and Vicki face an interview with a child services worker, who will decide whether the captain can have full custody of his daughter. A newlywed couple has trouble consummating its relationship because the presence of the bride's bodyguards (her family is ""connected"") makes the groom nervous.

    Director:Richard Kinon

    Writers:Harvey Bullock, Sylvia Necht

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    Writers:Harvey Bullock, Sylvia Necht
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    7.4/10(109 votes)

    #21 - The Lady from Laramie/Vicki Swings/Phantom Bride

    S5:E711/14/1981

    Earthy Libby Crawford comes between socialite Miss Singleton and her escort Fedalio. Vicki meets Todd Andrews, who is traveling alone. Psychic researchers Julian and Kate Garfield search for a ghost.

    Director:Jack Arnold

    Writers:Paul Haggis, Seaman Jacobs, Michael Maurer

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    Director:Jack Arnold

    Writers:Paul Haggis, Seaman Jacobs, Michael Maurer
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    7.4/10(109 votes)

    #22 - Radioactive Isaac/Gladys and Agnes/Love, Honor and Obey

    S5:E1011/28/1981

    Tony and Rose Vitelli plan to renew wedding vows. Sisters Agnes and Gladys travel together and Agnes bonds with passenger Henry. A tooth filling and rival passenger Brandon interfere with Isaac's romance with Patty.

    Director:Robert Scheerer

    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Elliott Reid, Sidney Morse, Arnold Kane

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    Director:Robert Scheerer

    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Elliott Reid, Sidney Morse, Arnold Kane
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    7.4/10(150 votes)

    #23 - I Don't Play Anymore/Gopher's Roommate/Crazy for You

    S5:E151/23/1982

    Concert pianist Paul retired due to arthritis, but fans pester him to play. Gopher is shocked to find out where he met Rachel. David feigned insanity to get a pension and psych Lisa must prove he's faking.

    Director:Bob Sweeney

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.4/10(122 votes)

    #24 - His Girls Friday/The Girl Who Stood Still/A Wife for Wilfred

    S5:E182/13/1982

    Howard travels with secretary Doris, meets Cindy, and pushes Doris to quit so he can hire Cindy. Wilfred offers the crew $10K to find him a wife. How does Abigail tell childhood love Jim that she wears a brace due to spinal problems?

    Director:Robert Scheerer

    Writers:Seaman Jacobs, Fred S. Fox, Marlene Perry, Mel Shields, Rick Lenz

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    Director:Robert Scheerer

    Writers:Seaman Jacobs, Fred S. Fox, Marlene Perry, Mel Shields, Rick Lenz
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    7.4/10(117 votes)

    #25 - Klondike Carnival/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You (1)

    S5:E223/6/1982

    A competition pits Merrill, his rival Gunner, and their crews against each other and reignites a rivalry. Divorcing Harry and Dot take separate vacations. Dr. Skip and Megan need a guinea pig to try out an aphrodisiac.

    Director:Roger Duchowny

    Writers:Harvey Bullock, Fred Grandy, Jan Gough

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    Director:Roger Duchowny

    Writers:Harvey Bullock, Fred Grandy, Jan Gough