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 their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
The worst episode of "The Love Boat" is "Miss Mom/ Who's the Champ/ Gopher's Delusion", rated 5/10 from 225 user votes. It was directed by Jerome Courtland and written by N/A. "Miss Mom/ Who's the Champ/ Gopher's Delusion" aired on 2/1/1986 and is rated 1.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Last of the Stubings/The Million Dollar Man/The Sisters".
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Director: Jerome Courtland
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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: Ray Jessel, Michael Norell, Steven Pritzker
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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
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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
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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
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Director: George Tyne
Writer: Fred Grandy, Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Tom Dagenais, Bernie Kopell, John V. Hanrahan
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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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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: Ray Jessel, Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel, Dawn Aldredge, Martin Cohan
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
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.
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Writer: Christopher Vane
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Writer: Catherine Clinch
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Director: Robert Scheerer
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Director: Jerome Courtland
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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.
Director: Stuart Margolin, Peter Baldwin, Richard Kinon
Writer: David Garber, Kevin Hartigan, Casey Keller, Neil Rosen, George Tricker, Richard Albrecht