5.2/10229 votesLoading...#1 - Miss Mom/ Who's the Champ/ Gopher's Delusion
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1986
No description available
Director: Jerome Courtland
Writer: N/A
5.9/1067 votesLoading...#2 - Hippies and Yuppies/ Frat Wars/ Return of the Lambdas
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/1986
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/10159 votesLoading...#3 - The Last of the Stubings/The Million Dollar Man/The Sisters
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1978
Stubing's nephew comes on board to train to be a seaman but doesn't do a good job at anything he does. A man who just stole a million dollars meets a woman who upon learning of what he has done reveals herself to be a cop who plans to turn him in. Two sisters compete for the affections of the same man.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Michael Norell, Ray Jessel, Steven Pritzker
6.1/10119 votesLoading...#4 - 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
- 6.2/1063 votesLoading...
#5 - Hello Emily/ The Tour Guide/ The Winning Number
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 2/15/1986
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1054 votesLoading...
#7 - Second Banana/The Prodigy/What Goes Around
Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 3/8/1986
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/1080 votesLoading...#8 - Side By Side/Rub Me Tender/Fish Out Of Water
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 3/10/1984
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1072 votesLoading...
#9 - A Day In Port
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1985
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1063 votesLoading...
#10 - My Stepmother, Myself/ Almost Roommates/ Cornerback Sneak
Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 5/17/1986
Vicki becomes jealous of Captain Stubbing's bride-to-be (the sequel to this episode is ""Happily Ever After...""); the new Assistant Cruise Director-Entertainer finds out that he has to share his cabin with a gruff cook instead of with the girlfriend that he brought along; a pro football has-been tries to romance the team's new owner, a woman, with a mind to get her to keep him on the next season's roster.
Director: Robert Scheerer
Writer: N/A
6.4/10205 votesLoading...#11 - The Joker is Mild/First Time Out/Take My Granddaughter, Please
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1977
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.
Director: Alan Rafkin, Richard Kinon
Writer: David Ketchum, Mark Evanier, Tony DiMarco, Barry Blitzer, Dennis Palumbo
6.4/10123 votesLoading...#12 - 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
- 6.4/1058 votesLoading...
#14 - Forties Fantasy
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 11/16/1985
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1053 votesLoading...
#15 - The Will/Deja Vu/The Prediction
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 3/22/1986
The crew frantically take care of last minute business when a famous newspaper psychic arrives and predicts that the world will end during the cruise; while on his way to wed in Mexico, a young tycoon with amnesia who disappeared a few years earlier falls in love with his wife from his previous life; a woman whose husband is deceased is courted by a former boyfriend, only to find out that her husband's will called for the liason.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/10153 votesLoading...#16 - Gopher the Rebel/Cabin Fever/Pacific Princess Overture
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 5/20/1978
A young female passenger encourages Gopher to be his own person and stand up for himself to Captain Stubing. However, neither were expecting the consequences of their actions. A cheating husband is caught when his neighbors from home also board the cruise. However, being holed up in a cabin with his mistress isn't all that he hoped it would be. A businessman uses all his wiles to convince a grieving widow to sell her husband's business to a Japanese conglomerate. But he soon comes to realize that this may not be the best idea.
Director: Allen Baron
Writer: Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel, Ray Jessel, Dawn Aldredge, Martin Cohan
6.5/10127 votesLoading...#17 - 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
- 6.5/10101 votesLoading...
#18 - The Stimulation of Stephanie/The Next Step/ Life Begins at 40
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/1/1979
A professor studies the causes of sexual stimulation, but doesn't realize that his test subject is in love with him. A woman tries to help her ex-football star husband move on after he gets cut by his team. Gopher accidentally aggravates the man with his comments. A woman books the honeymoon suite and schedules a reception, despite the fact that she isn't seeing anyone. She hopes that she can find a husband before her 40th birthday in a few days. Julie tries to talk her out of the wedding, and teach her that her self-worth shouldn't be based on her marital status.
Director: Allen Baron
Writer: Lee Aronsohn, Art Baer, Ben Joelson
- 6.5/10104 votesLoading...
#19 - Captain's Triangle/Boomerang/Out of This World
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/1980
The captain's ex-girlfriend comes aboard the ship and constantly makes passes at him because she feels neglected by her husband. A model pretends to be married to keep away annoying suitors. A man is convinced that a fellow passenger is an alien who turns into a plant every night.
Director: N/A
Writer: Christopher Vane
- 6.5/1076 votesLoading...
#20 - Spoonmaker Diamond, The/Papa Doc/The Role Model/Julie's Tycoon (2)
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: Catherine Clinch
- 6.5/1081 votesLoading...
#21 - First Impressions/Love Finds Florence Nightingale/Paroled to Love
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1983
No description available
Director: Robert Scheerer
Writer: N/A
6.5/1069 votesLoading...#22 - No More Alimony/How Do I Love Thee/Authoress Authoress
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1984
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/1054 votesLoading...#23 - Judy Hits a Low Note/Love Times Two/The Problem With Papa
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 3/23/1985
No description available
Director: Jerome Courtland
Writer: N/A
6.5/1058 votesLoading...#24 - Charmed, I'm Sure/Ashes to Ashes/No Dad of Mine
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 3/30/1985
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1048 votesLoading...
#25 - Roommates/Heartbreaker/Out of the Blue
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/1985
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of The Love Boat
Every episode of The Love Boat ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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",...
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:ABC
Worst Episodes Summary
"Miss Mom/ Who's the Champ/ Gopher's Delusion" is the worst rated episode of "The Love Boat". It scored 5.2/10 based on 229 votes. Directed by Jerome Courtland and written by N/A, it aired on 2/1/1986. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Hippies and Yuppies/ Frat Wars/ Return of the Lambdas".
