The Love Boat (1976)
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.
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5x01 The Expedition/Julie's Wedding/The Mongala/Julie's Replacement/The Three R's/The Professor's Wife (1)
10 October, 1981 8:00 am
Julie prepares to marry Tony in Sydney and asks Merrill and the crew to join her bridal party. Anthropologist Milo and his wife Vivian are off to a South Pacific dig where his colleague Deke plans to unveil a find. Gopher and Doc pursue Julie's successor.
5x02 The Expedition/Julie's Wedding/The Mongala/Julie's Replacement/The Three R's/The Professor's Wife (2)
10 October, 1981 8:00 am
Julie and Tony give the crew a tour of the Rossmore Animal Preserve. Isaac finds a flaw in the wedding gift that he bought on the crew's behalf. Barbara feels jealous of Connie and Ralph's relationship. Vivian issues an ultimatum to Milo.
5x03 Two Grapes on the Vine/Aunt Sylvia/Deductible Divorce
17 October, 1981 8:00 am
The Virgin Islands serve as a backdrop for the Grand Prix Wine-Tasting Competition, whose winner receives a $25,000 prize. Judge Alan Curtis starts a shipboard fling with Marion Blake, without getting to know her well. Julie's Aunt Sylvia Duvall is on the cruise with her friend, Betsy Boucher. Their scheme is for Betsy to meet the wine competition's sponsor Elliott Banning, marry him, and become a wealthy bride. But their efforts may be in jeopardy due to Sylvia's well-intentioned bumbling. Also among the judges is snobbish judge Vincent Van Durling
5x04 The Incredible Hunk/Isaac, the Marriage Counselor/Jewels & Jim
24 October, 1981 8:00 am
A guy whom Julie booked to entertain the passengers, is a male stripper. He's also a teacher and runs into the head of the PTA and tries to keep her from seeing him perform. A guy, whose wife just divorced him, comes on board and is suicidal. Isaac tries to help by calling his wife but she refuses to talk to him. So Isaac tries to set him up with some girls but then his ex-wife shows up. And the Captain recognizes one of the passengers as a known jewel thief. And when another passenger's diamond pendant is stolen, the Captain suspects him.
5x05 Country Blues/Daddy's Little Girl/Jackpot
31 October, 1981 8:00 am
Gopher finds some money and fantasizes how he'll spend it; a country singer meets an old friend , who's now a politician and traveling with a female companion; a father and daughter come aboard and she meets a veterinarian.
5x06 Chef's Special/Beginning Anew/Kleinschmidt
07 November, 1981 8:00 am
The head chef is jealous of a new rival chef in the kitchen; a bumbling detective is assigned to protect a client's jewels; two friends reunite.
5x07 The Lady from Laramie/Vicki Swings/Phantom Bride
14 November, 1981 8:00 am
An earthy woman comes between a socialite and her escort; psychic researchers search for a ghost aboard the ship; Vicki meets an older boy traveling alone.
5x08 Farnsworth's Fling/Three in a Bed/I Remember Helen/Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia/Gopher Farnsworth Smith (1)
21 November, 1981 8:00 am
Capt. Stubing and the crew play host to a billionaire who has gathered all his relatives on board to announce his new will. However, unbeknownst to the wealthy passenger, a recent chance meeting with a beautiful woman is part of scheme by his niece who has her eyes set on his fortune. Meanwhile, the captain makes plans to marry the daughter of his former love.
5x09 Farnsworth's Fling/Three in a Bed/I Remember Helen/Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia/Gopher Farnsworth Smith (2)
21 November, 1981 8:00 am
After having spent time with his family, William Farnsworth has finally decided who will be kept in his will.
5x10 Love, Honor, and Obey/Gladys and Agnes/Radioactive Isaac
28 November, 1981 8:00 am
A couple plan to renew their marriage vows aboard the ship; a tooth filling interferes with Isaac's romantic pursuits with his girlfriend and he also has a rival from a male passenger; two sisters take the cruise together and one sister develops a relationship with another passenger.
5x11 He's My Brother/Zeke and Zelda/Teach Me Tonight
05 December, 1981 8:00 am
Two stowaways pretend to be another couple and they start charging things, not knowing that the crew members, who approve of the charges, will have to pay for items they charge but don't pay for. A woman meets the author of a book she's reading. And Doc's brother and sister-in-law come aboard and his brother has a lot of pent-up resentment against him.
5x12 Take a Letter, Vicki/The Floating Bridge Game/The Joy of Celibacy
12 December, 1981 8:00 am
An emotionally cold woman finds herself falling for a Romeo with hot ideas. Meanwhile, a widow's romance with an attractive dentist is hindered by her nosy, card-playing companions (Rose Marie, Jan Clayton, and Lucille Benson). And, Vicki drives her father and the crew up the passageways with her over-zealous attempts at efficiency.
5x13 Doc Take the Fifth/Safety Last/A Business Affair
02 January, 1982 8:00 am
Doc returns from his vacation and introduces Tania, his new wife of a couple of hours, to the crew. Don Adams is a safety inspector taking a vacation and finds danger around every corner on board the ship, but then falls in love with fellow passenger Alice. The president of a financial group comes aboard to talk his female VP out of resigning, due to untrue rumors about them having an affair.
5x14 Good Neighbors/Captain's Portrait/Familiar Faces
09 January, 1982 8:00 am
Capt. Stubing develops an unusual relationship with a lovely woman who is tasked with painting his portrait. Meanwhile, a persistent passenger tries to win over a reluctant neighbor, and a newly married couple finds their relationship on the rocks when they meet up with a man from the groom's past.
5x15 I Don't Play Anymore/Gopher's Roomate/Crazy for You
23 January, 1982 8:00 am
Gopher thinks he knows a female passenger but just can't remember from where. When she reveals how they know each other, it shocks him. A man, who feigned being mentally ill so that he could get his full pension, is being followed by a woman who tasked with proving he's faking. A concert pianist, who has stopped playing because he has arthritis in his hands, is being pestered by some fans to play. Initially, he refuses but, upon meeting one of the ship's staff who needs an operation, he agrees to give a performance.
5x16 Green, But Not Jolly/Past Perfect Love/Instant Family
30 January, 1982 8:00 am
A fellow believes he was married to a woman in a past life; Julie decides to change her hairstyle, which results in a shade of green; a high school coach is attracted to a woman with a hyperactive son.
5x17 The Return of the Captain's Lady/Love Ain't Illegal/The Irresistible Man
06 February, 1982 8:00 am
Capt. Stubing considers getting remarried while an unscrupulous businessman leaves his girlfriend on the ship with his shy partner. Plus, a man wreaks havoc while trying to attract the attention of a woman, much to the chagrin of another female passenger.
5x18 His Girls Friday/A Wife for Wilfred/The Girl Who Stood Still
13 February, 1982 8:00 am
Crew members become matchmakers when a man offers a handsome reward to anyone who can find him a good woman. Plus, a teen girl traveling with her mother faces potential humiliation when she runs into a former boyfriend. Finally, a man who's traveling with his dowdy secretary becomes romantically involved with a voluptuous blonde.
5x19 New York, A.C./Live It Up/All's Fair in Love and War
20 February, 1982 8:00 am
Three divorced men swear off serious relationships; a married man's girlfriend gives him an ultimatum.
5x20 The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier (1)
27 February, 1982 8:00 am
The crew puts on the First Annual Cruise Show, which includes the combined musical talents of Gopher's mother (Ethel Merman), who rekindles a romance with a former movie star (Van Johnson); one of Doc's former in-laws (Ann Miller), who tries to steal the show; Isaac's mom (Della Reese), who is being chased by an ardent suitor (Cab Calloway); and Julie's eccentric Aunt Sylvia (Carol Channing).
5x21 The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier (2)
27 February, 1982 8:00 am
Lionel promises to give Isaac an executive position, if Millie marries him. Doc's in-laws help him make up with Gopher. A stranger paid for Victor's passage. The crew's relatives squabble over who's going to star in the musical.
5x22 Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You (1)
06 March, 1982 8:00 am
A competition pits Merrill, his rival Gunner, and their crews against each other and reignites a rivalry. Divorcing Harry and Dot take separate vacations. Dr. Skip and Megan need a guinea pig to try out an aphrodisiac.
5x23 Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You (2)
06 March, 1982 8:00 am
Ellen and Jesse annoy each other. It turns out that Gunner rigged the games, so Merrill becomes as tough as Gunner is, upsets Vicki, and drives the crew relentlessly to physical exhaustion.
5x24 Isaac Gets Physical/She Brought Her Mother Along/Cold Feet
20 March, 1982 8:00 am
Nurse Charlene gives company physicals and Isaac fears for his job. Debbie brings mom Millicent to meet boyfriend Ted. Julie's cousin Carter wants to dump his fiancee Muffy for being "very nice".
5x25 Burl of My Dreams/Meet the Author/Rhymes, Riddles, and Romance
27 March, 1982 8:00 am
A publisher (Jared Martin), trying to sign up a famous author (Alan Hale Jr.), becomes involved w/the author's niece (Georgia Engel); 2 passengers (Joanna Pettet and Paul Williams) hunt for treasure; Vicki's friend (Rad Daly) comes aboard.
5x26 Pal-I-Mony-O-Mine/Does Father Know Best?/An 'A' for Gopher
10 April, 1982 9:00 am
A doctor is uncomfortable when his companion is too friendly with his ex-lover; Gopher pines after his H.S. teacher; father and son pick up girls.
5x27 April in Boston/Saving Grace/Breaks of Life
01 May, 1982 8:00 am
April is a Spanish tutor to school headmaster Brad York. Lonely Grace Bostwick plans to jump overboard but white-clad Gabriel claims to be a guardian angel. Newly divorced George and Gwen Finley land in the infirmary together.
5x28 A Dress to Remember
08 May, 1982 8:00 am
One dress affects three people. Model Donna is to wear it to display her diet success. Poor flower vendor Rose's daughter Carol thinks her mom is rich. Norman dodges his ex-wife Nancy's homicidal father Tom.
5x29 Mothers Don't Do That/Marrying for Money/Substitute Lover
15 May, 1982 8:00 am
Divorced Marian reunites with her son Danny, who reads her diary and avoids her. Gopher and Isaac think Lola is trying to kill husband Orville to inherit his money. Bert is taken with Marla and pretends to be her pen pal.
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