The best episode written by Ben Joelson is "Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (2)", rated 9.5/10 from 2 user votes. It was "directed by Allen Baron". "Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (2)" aired on 1/21/1978 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (1)".
(Part 2) The Love Boat sets sail with two famous Hollywood stars, married couple Roz Rogers and Bill Klieg who need to find a balance between their professional and personal lives. An inept team of thieves board the ship and try numerous tactics to steal the Star of Kashmir, an expensive jewel brought aboard the ship by Ms. Rogers. Two childhood friends from a school for the blind meet up on the ship - only one of them isn't blind anymore. But that's not the only secret he is keeping from his friend. A philandering husband looks like he will be found out when he boards the ship with both his wife and his mistress.
Director: Allen Baron
Writer: Ben Joelson
(Part 1) The Love Boat sets sail with two famous Hollywood stars, married couple Roz Rogers and Bill Klieg who need to find a balance between their professional and personal lives. An inept team of thieves board the ship and try numerous tactics to steal the Star of Kashmir, an expensive jewel brought aboard the ship by Ms. Rogers. Two childhood friends from a school for the blind meet up on the ship - only one of them isn't blind anymore. But that's not the only secret he is keeping from his friend. A philandering husband looks like he will be found out when he boards the ship with both his wife and his mistress.
Director: Allen Baron
Writer: Ben Joelson
Opie finds a change purse with $50 and Andy tells him he can keep it if no one claims it in seven days. On the seventh day the owner comes looking for the money, and Andy discovers Opie has already spent it.
Director: Coby Ruskin
Writer: Ben Joelson
An article written up about Andy attracts the attention of a Hollywood film crew who come to make a television show about him. Andy is flattered, until he notices the crew's strange fascination with the Mayberry town bank.
Director: Coby Ruskin
Writer: Ben Joelson
Andy and Barney go to investigate the man who Aunt Bee has told them she is dating and find out that not only is he married with children, but he has never dated Aunt Bee.
Director: Theodore J. Flicker
Writer: Ben Joelson
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.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Ben Joelson
A woman gets the wrong idea from her husband's secretive behavior and fears that he is plotting to murder her. Isaac begins a whirlwind romance with an internationally known singer. A couple suspects that a painfully boring passenger is actually a wanted jewel thief.
Director: Stuart Margolin
Writer: Ben Joelson