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You Say You Can't Score on Shore? On This Cruise... You Can't Lose!
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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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Episode 1
Directed by Richard KinonWritten by Tony Webster, Sidney Morse, Mike MarmerGuest stars Rossano Brazzi, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, David Birney, Candice Azzara, Meredith Baxter, John James, Christopher Norris
Episode 2
Directed by Richard KinonWritten by Tony Webster, Sidney Morse, Mike MarmerGuest stars Rossano Brazzi, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, David Birney, Candice Azzara, Meredith Baxter, John James, Christopher Norris
Episode 3
An woman secretly plans to have a child as a 30th anniversery gift for her husband, even though he is ecstatic over their new-found freedom in being retired and, especially, having their older children grown and out of the house; Julie sneakily sets Honey Bee, an old high school friend who always tried to steal her boyfriends, after Gopher (newly smitten with a girl ashore) so that she can concentrate on a handsome new officer; Captain Stubbing wears his hat everywhere in an attempt to keep an old high school flame from finding out he is bald, and she thinks he has a full head of hair because she saw him hatless when he was wearing a toupe for a shipboard costume party.
Directed by Ted LangeWritten by Harvey Bullock, Jerry Winnick, Buddy AtkinsonGuest stars Phyllis Diller, Richard Bergman, Robert Mandan, Randi Oakes, Lynn Redgrave, Donna Ponterotto
Episode 4
Directed by Robert ScheererWritten by Lan O'Kun, Joan Brooker, Alexandra Stoddart, Buddy AtkinsonGuest stars David Doyle, Jack Gilford, Matthew Labyorteaux, Charles Siebert, Connie Stevens, Nancy Walker, Bernadette Swan
Episode 5
A young girl who's infatuated with Gopher pretends to be her older sister. An artist meets a unhappily married guy. And the ship's comic runs into the wife and daughter he left years ago.
Directed by Jerome CourtlandWritten by Ted Lange, Jean Ford, Roy Battocchio, Lloyd Turner, Howard LieblingGuest stars Eve Plumb, Kim Richards, Dana Andrews, Janet Blair, Morgan Brittany, Marion Ross, Dan Rowan, Skip Stephenson
Episode 6
Doc's nephew is making a move on his girlfriend. A psychiatrist, who is on vacation is followed by four of his patients. An actor pursues the writer of a soap opera, who rejected for a role on her show.
Directed by Don WeisWritten by Sidney Morse, Mike Marmer, Jesse Dizon, Don HabermanGuest stars Susan Lucci, Willie Aames, Morey Amsterdam, Richard Deacon, Elaine Joyce, Rose Marie, Michelle Phillips, Tristan Rogers
Episode 7
Directed by Robert ScheererWritten by Casey Keller, Catherine Clinch, Richard Albrecht, Mike MarmerGuest stars Jan Smithers, Polly Bergen, Mike Connors, Nancy Dussault, Linda Evans, Jamie Farr, David Hedison, Harvey Korman
Episode 8
Directed by Robert ScheererWritten by Casey Keller, Catherine Clinch, Richard Albrecht, Mike MarmerGuest stars Jan Smithers, Polly Bergen, Mike Connors, Nancy Dussault, Linda Evans, Jamie Farr, David Hedison, Harvey Korman
Episode 9
On this Thanksgiving cruise, a father and his adopted son try to evade the boys biological father by escaping to Mexico; an older couple plan to travel with their daughter and her fiance who, unknown to them, is crippled; the smooth operation of the ship suffers as one by one the entire crew, after trading a bevy of insults, ends up not speaking with one another.
Directed by Richard KinonWritten by Art Baer, Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel, Ben Joelson, Ray Jessel, Cynthia ThompsonGuest stars Wendy Schaal, Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Jim Knaub, Michael Lembeck, Dorothy McGuire, Christian Jacobs
Episode 10
Directed by Jerome CourtlandWritten by Harvey Bullock, Sidney Morse, Harvey Bullock, Arnold KaneGuest stars Sharon Gabet, Laurence Lau, Denise Miller, Taylor Miller, Robert Pine, Janine Turner, Ruth Warrick
Episode 11
Directed by Richard A. WellsWritten by Harvey Bullock, Harvey Bullock, Roy Kammerman, Larry Markes, Sidney ReznickGuest stars Kim Darby, Howard Duff, Sheila Frazier, Greer Garson, Louanne, Lawrence Pressman, Jim Stafford
Episode 12
A previously happy couple suddenly find themselves a world apart when they meet the surrogate mother of their child-to-be. Meanwhile, Julie's zany and extravagant Aunt Sylvia (Carol Channing) is forced to start watching her pennies after her friend Betsy (Betty White) breaks the news that Sylvia is now broke. Plus, a lovely woman competes with a super-smart robot when she wants to romance a handsome passenger.
Directed by Robert ScheererWritten by Tony Webster, Donald Ross, Haskell BarkinGuest stars Betty White, Carol Channing, Grant Goodeve, Donna Pescow, Angela Cartwright, Peter Marshall, Karen Morrow, Lurene Tuttle
Episode 13
Directed by Richard KinonWritten by Micheline Swift, David SwiftGuest stars Keenan Wynn, Henry Gibson, Maureen McCormick, Donny Osmond, Mickey Rooney, Teresa Wright, Jan Rooney, Alejandro Garay
Episode 14
Directed by Robert ScheererWritten by Art Baer, Tony Webster, Ben Joelson, Jan GoughGuest stars Carole Cook, Richard Kline, Vicki Lawrence, Marilyn Michaels, Debbie Reynolds, Forrest Tucker
Episode 15
Directed by Bob SweeneyWritten by Tony Webster, Buddy Atkinson, F. Michael JohnsonGuest stars Jenilee Harrison, Frank Bonner, Shelley Fabares, Arte Johnson, McLean Stevenson, William Windom, Jane Wyatt, Stephen Shortridge
Episode 16
Directed by Bob SweeneyGuest stars Theresa Merritt, Tori Spelling, James Noble, Telma Hopkins, Raymond St. Jacques, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Holland Taylor, Adam West
Episode 18
The crew are in Greece working a cruise where a College is having its graduation ceremony. The Principal is attracted to a teacher who rebuffs him because he won't give a student a make-up test so he can graduate. And the student and a couple of his friends are hounding the Principal to do that. A prodigy is attracted to Vicki which doesn't make the Captain happy. And the valedictorian whose education was provided by his Greek aunt whom he assumed is wealthy but upon meeting her learns she's just a woman of humble means. And when she goes on board he doesn't tell anyone he's her aunt. And Isaac meets a woman who is estranged from her husband.
Directed by Alan RafkinGuest stars Eddie Albert, Shirley Jones, Eva Marie Saint, Titos Vandis, William R. Moses, James A. Watson, Jr
Episode 19
Conclusion. Capt. Stubing's daughter falls in love. A beloved crew member decides to leave the ship.
Directed by Alan RafkinGuest stars Eddie Albert, Eva Marie Saint, William R. Moses, James A. Watson, Jr, Shirley Jones
Episode 20
On this Valentine's Day cruise, a singing valentine "pussycat" falls for a stuck-up guy who has just been dumped by his girlfriend; the owner of a secretarial agency plays secretary to a writer taking a working vacation, even though he is far better at romancing her than he is at taking dictation and typing up her notes; a womanizing pro football player falls for a snooty, straight-laced college English professor.
Directed by Richard KinonWritten by Art Baer, Lan O'Kun, Ben Joelson, Joseph GoodsonGuest stars Don Adams, John Amos, Fannie Flagg, Don Most, Jayne Kennedy, Claudia Lonow
Episode 21
Directed by Ted LangeGuest stars Delta Burke, Joan Collins, Ron Ely, Richard Gilliland, Monte Markham, Stella Stevens, Jeffrey Tambor
Episode 22
A desperate 23-year old virgin wants to spend the night with a handsome fellow she meets on board, but in the end decides she will hold off until the time is right; a bratty adopted teenager finds out that the assistant bartender that he has been harassing is actually his long lost older brother; the entire crew chips in to help April get ready to take her U.S. citizenship test despite her severe test anxiety.
Directed by Jerome CourtlandGuest stars Barbara Billingsley, Mary Elizabeth McDonough
Episode 23
Directed by Jack ArnoldGuest stars Red Buttons, June Allyson
Episode 24
Guest stars Mary Martin
Episode 25
Directed by Bob Sweeney
Episode 27
A country star travelling with her ""adopted"" children has to choose between the kids and her boyfriend; a popular songwriter secretly writes better songs for his former lover than for his wife, both performers; Doc deals with a country folk doctor who insists on practicing medicine on board, while at the same time chasing her beautiful daughter; a married woman's affair haunts her as she claims an expensive broach is only costume jewelry; Gopher tries his best to get his picture taken with a privacy- seeking female country music star; two overweight performers who love food come to love each other.
Guest stars Minnie Pearl, Florence Henderson, Misty Rowe, Jessica Walter, Pat Buttram
Episode 28
A country star travelling with her ""adopted"" children has to choose between the kids and her boyfriend; a popular songwriter secretly writes better songs for his former lover than for his wife, both performers; Doc deals with a country folk doctor who insists on practicing medicine on board, while at the same time chasing her beautiful daughter; a married woman's affair haunts her as she claims an expensive broach is only costume jewelry; Gopher tries his best to get his picture taken with a privacy- seeking female country music star; two overweight performers who love food come to love each other.
Guest stars Florence Henderson, Misty Rowe, Jessica Walter, Pat Buttram
Episode 29
Directed by Robert Scheerer
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Gavin MacLeodMerril Stubing
Bernie KopellAdam Bricker
Fred GrandyGopher Smith
Ted LangeIsaac Washington
Lauren TewesJulie McCoy
Jill WhelanVicki Stubing
Ted McGinleyAshley Covington Evans
Pat KlousJudy McCoy
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