6.7/10153 votes#1 - Marooned (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1978
No description available
Director: Paul Stanley
Writer: Lee Aronsohn, Art Baer, Michael Norell, Ben Joelson
6.7/10135 votes#2 - Marooned (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1978
No description available
Director: Paul Stanley
Writer: Lee Aronsohn, Art Baer, Michael Norell, Ben Joelson
7.1/10147 votes#3 - 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
6.7/10145 votes#4 - The Man Who Loved Women/A Different Girl/Oh, My Aching Brother
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1978
A man makes a move on three women; not knowing that they are travelling companions. Captain Stubbing's god son is taking a cruise with his wife, whom he married two years ago but his military duty kept him away. And two brothers who stage false injuries, so that they can sue the insurance company, have targeted the cruise line.
Director: Allen Baron
Writer: Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Bruce Howard, Cynthia Santillo
6.1/10119 votes#5 - Where is it Written?/Julie's Aunt/The Big Deal
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1978
Captain Stubing's Uncle Cyrus uses every trick in his devious mind to get Julie alone, until her ""Aunt Phoebe"" intervenes; a desperate businessman uses his daughter as bait to close a deal; the neglected wife of a publisher romances a novelist, hoping it will give him the inspiration for the final chapter of his book.
Director: Allen Baron
Writer: Lan O'Kun, Barry Blitzer, James F. Henry
7.0/10142 votes#6 - The Kissing Bandit/Mike and Ike/The Witness
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1978
A shy young man becomes a completely different person at night; a businessman who doesn't have time for his family learns a valuable lesson; a man who believes his chances of survival are better at sea than as a witness in a gangland trial receives loving sympathy from a fellow passenger.
Director: Allen Baron, Roger Duchowny
Writer: Fred Grandy, Arnold Grossman, Bernie Kopell
7.0/10167 votes#7 - Ship of Ghouls
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1978
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
7.0/10131 votes#8 - Accidental Cruise/The Song is Ended/A Time for Everything/Anoushka
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1978
An executive and his secretary are mistakenly assigned the honeymoon suite; a songwriter's music renews a woman's love for her husband; Captain Stubing meets his daughter by a former girlfriend; Julie helps give a Russian commissar a sexy new image.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lee Aronsohn
7.1/10144 votes#9 - Till Death Do Us Part - Maybe/Chubs/Locked Away
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1978
A ghost experiences jealousy as his mission to find his wife a new husband appears to be succeeding; overprotective Gopher mistakenly entrusts his kid sister to Doc to stave off the ship's wolves, not realizing that she's all grown up; a long-divorced couple is accidentally trapped in an isolated cabin.
Director: Allen Baron
Writer: Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Loraine Despres
7.1/10137 votes#10 - Tony's Family/The Minister and the Stripper/Her Own Two Feet
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1978
Crew members make a valiant effort to keep six stowaways a secret from Capt. Stubing; a church member disapproves of her minister's new romance; a nearly-blind woman refuses to admit her problem until Doc intercedes.
Director: Richard Kinon
Writer: Seaman Jacobs, Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel, Fred S. Fox, Henry Colman
7.2/10136 votes#11 - 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
7.0/10130 votes#12 - Folks from Home/The Captain's Cup/Legal Eagle
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1978
Doc must perform a risky operation after an accident; one of the ship's laborers is recruited to replace a missing dignitary; a bitterly divorced man has it in for his ex-wife's attorney.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Fred Grandy, Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Bernie Kopell
6.9/10118 votes#13 - Isosceles Triangle/El Kid/The Last Hundred Bucks
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1978
A beauty can't choose between Captain Stubing and Doc; a man and his wife return to the ship with an orphaned boy; a hospital executive falls for a seemingly successful businessman.
Director: Allen Baron
Writer: Mark Fink, Barry Blitzer, Ray Jessel
6.8/10135 votes#14 - Double Wedding/The Dummies/Julie Falls Hard
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/16/1978
Identical twin sisters decide to swap fiances; a separated ventriloquist team use their dummies to rebuild their relationship; a handsome widower proposes to Julie, who has fallen in love with him and his teenage children.
Director: Bob Claver
Writer: Lan O'Kun, Michael Norell, Ray Jessel
6.4/10123 votes#15 - Second Time Around/The 'Now' Marriage/My Sister, Irene
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/1979
Doc's ex-wife hires an actor, who takes his role a bit too seriously, as her fiance; a philandering marriage counselor's wife seeks solace from Captain Stubing; a woman pretends to be her own sister for a reunion with a long-ago sweetheart.
Director: Roger Duchowny
Writer: Tony Webster
7.4/10115 votes#16 - 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
7.0/10132 votes#17 - Like Father, Like Son/Don't Push Me/Second Chance
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/1979
A father takes too much of a liking to his son's new girlfriend; a bachelor is terrified at the idea of marrying his gung-ho girlfriend; the crew gives a troubled teen a chance at rehabilitation.
Director: Allen Baron
Writer: Lee Aronsohn, Barbara Evans, Jerry Winnick
7.0/10155 votes#18 - Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy (1)
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/3/1979
Julie's high-school class holds its ten-year reunion on board the Pacific Princess.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/10135 votes#19 - Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy (2)
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/3/1979
Julie's high-school class holds its ten-year reunion on board the Pacific Princess.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10129 votes#20 - Dream Ship/Best of Friends/Aftermath
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/10/1979
Crew members learn that Captain Stubing is under consideration to take over a prestigious cruise ship and go overboard to help their captain make an outstanding impression; a woman unknowingly makes a date with a friend's fiance; a disabled surgeon belittles Doc for practicing aboard a cruise ship until Doc makes a surprising diagnosis. GUEST STARS: Hans Conried, Ben Murphy, Donna Pescow, Carol Lynley, Richard Anderson, Diana Muldaur
Director: George Tyne
Writer: Seaman Jacobs, Bruce Howard, Fred S. Fox
6.7/10147 votes#21 - A Good & Faithful Servant/Secret Life of Burl Smith/Tug of War/Designated Lover
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/17/1979
No description available
Director: Roger Duchowny
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser, Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Barry Blitzer, Bruce Howard
6.9/10115 votes#22 - The Decision/Poor Little Rich Girl/Love Me, Love My Dog
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/24/1979
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/10127 votes#23 - Funny Valentine/The Wallflower/A Home is Not a Home
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/3/1979
No description available
Director: George Tyne
Writer: Fred Grandy, Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Bernie Kopell, John V. Hanrahan, Tom Dagenais
6.8/10124 votes#24 - Ages of Man/Families/Bo 'n' Sam
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/10/1979
Julie ends up in the middle of an unusual love triangle when the visiting 13-year-old son of the head of the cruise line develops a crush on her at the same time that she is trying to win over a charming older passenger. Two longtime acquaintances find their attempt at building a romance complicated by their parents' antagonistic relationship: her father is publisher of the newspaper where he works; and his mother is leading the efforts to unionize the workers. In honor of Capt. Stubing's fifth anniversary at the helm, the crew pays two men to build a wooden model of the ship. The builders are left scrambling to undo the damage after the present accidentally gets smashed.
Director: Richard Kinon
Writer: Howard Albrecht, Lan O'Kun, Sol Weinstein, Art Baer, Ben Joelson
6.7/10135 votes#25 - Sounds of Silence/Cyrano de Bricker/Murder on the High Seas
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/17/1979
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
Writer: Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Margie Peters, Joyce Armor, Judie Neer
The Best Episodes of The Love Boat Season 2
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Marooned (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Love Boat" season 2. It scored 6.7/10 based on 153 votes. Directed by Paul Stanley and written by Lee Aronsohn, Art Baer, Michael Norell, Ben Joelson, it aired on 9/16/1978. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Marooned (2)".