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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",...
  1. 5.2/10(231 votes)

    #1 - Miss Mom/ Who's the Champ/ Gopher's Delusion

    S9:E13

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  2. 5.9/10(68 votes)

    #2 - Hippies and Yuppies/ Frat Wars/ Return of the Lambdas

    S9:E12

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  3. 6.1/10(167 votes)

    #3 - The Last of the Stubings/The Million Dollar Man/The Sisters

    S1:E18

    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.

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  4. 6.1/10(57 votes)

    #4 - The Second Time Around/ Hello, Spencer/ Runaway, Go Home

    S9:E17

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    Director:Ted Lange
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  5. 6.2/10(122 votes)

    #5 - Where is it Written?/Julie's Aunt/The Big Deal

    S2:E5

    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.

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  6. 6.2/10(84 votes)

    #6 - Side By Side/Rub Me Tender/Fish Out Of Water

    S7:E23

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  8. 6.2/10(64 votes)

    #7 - Hello Emily/ The Tour Guide/ The Winning Number

    S9:E16

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  9. 6.2/10(56 votes)

    #8 - Second Banana/The Prodigy/What Goes Around

    S9:E19

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  10. 6.3/10(74 votes)

    #9 - A Day In Port

    S9:E1

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  11. 6.3/10(64 votes)

    #10 - My Stepmother, Myself/ Almost Roommates/ Cornerback Sneak

    S9:E24

    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.

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  12. 6.4/10(210 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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  13. 6.4/10(59 votes)

    #12 - Forties Fantasy

    S9:E6

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  14. 6.5/10(157 votes)

    #13 - Gopher the Rebel/Cabin Fever/Pacific Princess Overture

    S1:E25

    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.

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  15. 6.5/10(126 votes)

    #14 - Second Time Around/The 'Now' Marriage/My Sister, Irene

    S2:E15

    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.

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  16. 6.5/10(129 votes)

    #15 - Funny Valentine/The Wallflower/A Home is Not a Home

    S2:E23

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  17. 6.5/10(108 votes)

    #16 - Oldies but Goodies/The Grass Is Always Greener/Three Stages of Love

    S3:E3

    An older couple finds its attempts at romance complicated by the presence of her obnoxious, golddigging daughter and his overprotective manservant. Julie's roommate from cruise director training takes a cruise with her young son. Julie and Tina each envy the life the other has chosen for herself. When Tina offers some ideas for an upcoming party, Julie resents her friend for moving in on her territory. A young couple's romance begins to fall apart because the man is obsessed with analyzing the relationship and comparing even the most minor developments to the ""stages"" he went through with past girlfriends.

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  18. 6.5/10(106 votes)

    #17 - The Stimulation of Stephanie/The Next Step/ Life Begins at 40

    S3:E14

    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.

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  19. 6.5/10(78 votes)

    #18 - Spoonmaker Diamond, The/Papa Doc/The Role Model/Julie's Tycoon (2)

    S6:E8

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  20. 6.5/10(83 votes)

    #19 - Prisoner Of Love/Youth Takes A Holiday/Don't Leave Home Without It

    S7:E4

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  21. 6.5/10(72 votes)

    #20 - The Prize Winner/Dee Dee's Dilemma/Julie's Blind Date

    S7:E12

    Julie's blind date turns out to be an overweight, uncouth misfit whose advances drive her crazy, that is, until he rejects her; a woman travelling incognito to avoid testifying at a trial falls in love with a man on board, while when disguised in a wig and a childs' dress she tries to avoid that same man's flirting son; a prize-winning author is blackmailed for love by his secretary, who is travelling with him and his jealous wife.

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  22. 6.5/10(72 votes)

    #21 - The Last Heist/Starting Over/Watching the Master

    S8:E9

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  23. 6.5/10(59 votes)

    #22 - Judy Hits a Low Note/Love Times Two/The Problem With Papa

    S8:E24

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  24. 6.5/10(50 votes)

    #23 - Roommates/Heartbreaker/Out of the Blue

    S9:E9

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  25. 6.5/10(60 votes)

    #24 - The Art Lover/ Couples/ Made for Each Other

    S9:E18

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    Director:Ted Lange
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  26. 6.5/10(57 votes)

    #25 - The Will/Deja Vu/The Prediction

    S9:E21

    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.

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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 231 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".