List Of The Love Boat Episodes

The American television series ''The Love Boat'' (''Love Boat'' in its final season), set on a cruise ship, was aired on ABC from September 24, 1977, until May 24, 1986. Each episode has multiple titles, referencing the simultaneous storylines contained within. There were three pilot movies, followed by 245 regular episodes over nine seasons, followed by five specials.

There were typically three storylines in each episode. One storyline usually focused on a member of the crew, a second storyline would often focus on a crew member interacting with a passenger, and the third storyline was more focused on a single passenger (or a group of passengers). The three storylines usually followed a similar thematic pattern: One storyline (typically the "crew" one) was straight-ahead comedy. The second would typically follow more of a romantic comedy format (with only occasional dramatic elements). The third storyline would usually be the most dramatic of the three, often offering few (if any) laughs and a far more serious tone.

Series overview

Episodes

Pilot movies (1976–77)

Season 1 (1977–78)

Season 2 (1978–79)

Season 3 (1979–80)

Season 4 (1980–81)

Season 5 (1981–82)

Season 6 (1982–83)

Season 7 (1983–84)

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, Title_1=The Pledge
, Title_2= East Meets West
, Title_3= Dear Roberta
, Title_4= My Two Dumplings
, DirectedBy = Robert Scheerer
, WrittenBy_1 = Lan O'Kun
, WrittenBy_2 = Christopher Vane & Jill Baer
, WrittenBy_3 = Lawrence Levy & Robert Spears
, WrittenBy_4 = Richard Albrecht & Casey Keller
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 10, 1
, EpisodeNumber=167

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168
, EpisodeNumber2=1

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, ShortSummary= A woman with a heart condition falls for a man wanted in the U.S. for manslaughter. The police detective who tracked him down is also on the cruise. Doc meets a woman who spent much of her adult life in China and is more of a fan of Eastern than Western medicine. She even helps cure the Captain's back spasms. A man who writes a newspaper column under a fictitious woman's name meets a woman who blames the column for her recent divorce. A friend of Gopher's who is dating two women is on board to decide which one he truly loves, unaware that both women are also on the cruise.

''Guest stars'': Ursula Andress as Carole, Susan Anton as Leslie, Michael Constantine as Charlie, Linda Evans as Barbara, John Forsythe as Burt, Lee Horsley as Greg, Pat Klous as Laurie, Lee Majors as Robert, Erin Moran as Joanne

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, Title_1=Bricker's Boy
, Title_2= Lotions of Love
, Title_3= The Hustlers
, DirectedBy = Jerome Courtland
, WrittenBy_1 = {{StoryTeleplay, s= Bernie Kopell & Fred Grandy
, WrittenBy_2 = Lloyd Turner & Howard Liebling
, WrittenBy_3 = {{StoryTeleplay, 1= John Whelpley, t= Tony Webster

, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 10, 8
, EpisodeNumber=169
, EpisodeNumber2=3
, ShortSummary= A young man claims that he is Doc's son; an ad executive collaborates on a campaign with the daughter of his latest client; a professional escort of an older woman falls for another younger woman.

''Guest stars'': Chuck Connors as Roy, Lydia Cornell as Sandy, Constance Forslund as Fran, Brodie Greer as Andy O'Neal, Evelyn Keyes as Mrs. Parker, Ted McGinley as Gary Thomas, Vera Miles as Arlene Kemper, Timothy Patrick Murphy as David
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, Title_1=Youth Takes a Holiday
, Title_2= Don't Leave Home Without It
, Title_3= Prisoner of Love
, DirectedBy = Robert Scheerer
, WrittenBy_1 = David Ketchum & Tony DiMarco
, WrittenBy_2 = Richard A. Goldman
, WrittenBy_3 = Donald Ross
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 10, 15
, EpisodeNumber=170
, EpisodeNumber2=4
, ShortSummary= An Army captain sets her sights on Gopher; a married couple meets up with two swingers.
''Guest stars'': Gloria DeHaven, Jamie Farr, Beth Howland, Heather Locklear, Louis Nye, Charlotte Rae, Glenn Scarpelli, Cornel Wilde
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, Title_1=Rhino of the Year
, Title_2= One Last Time
, Title_3= For Love or Money
, DirectedBy = Don Weis
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 10, 22
, EpisodeNumber=171
, EpisodeNumber2=5
, ShortSummary= A divorcing couple decides they'll go another round before the final papers come; a do-gooder hires a sex therapist to help an impotent friend.
''Guest stars'': Mike Douglas, Paul Kreppel, Kevin McCarthy, Donna Pescow, Paul Sand, Stella Stevens
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, Title_1=Friend of the Family
, Title_2= Affair on Demand
, Title_3= Just Another Pretty Face
, DirectedBy = Ted Lange
, WrittenBy_1 = Jerry Winnick
, WrittenBy_2 = Ronnie Cass & Donald Ross
, WrittenBy_3 = Joan Brooker & Alexandra Stoddart
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 10, 29
, EpisodeNumber=172
, EpisodeNumber2=6
, ShortSummary= A man cons his wife into insisting he has an affair; a man orders an end to the romance between his daughter and his best friend.
''Guest stars'': Cathryn Damon, Florence Henderson, Gordon Jump, Kim Lankford, Robert Reed, Deborah Shelton, Clint Walker
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, Title_1= When Worlds Collide
, Title_2= The Captain and the Geisha
, Title_3= The Lottery Winners
, Title_4= The Emperor's Fortune
, DirectedBy = Jerome Courtland
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 11, 5
, EpisodeNumber=173

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174
, EpisodeNumber2=7

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, ShortSummary= On a Japanese junket, a teacher impersonates a geisha to stay near the Captain; lottery winners carry their rags-to-riches routine to comic heights; a girl and her mother fall in love with two strangers.
''Guest stars'': Tony Danza as Bud O'Hara, Mariette Hartley as Martha Chambers, Ted Knight as Barney Gordon, Harvey Korman as Harvey Willis, Jean Marsh as Celia Hoffman, Rita Moreno as Gladys Gordon, Nancy Morgan as Joanie Hoffman, John Ritter as Ben Cummins, James Shigeta as Bud's Father, and Heather Thomas as Lila Pearsall
*Nancy Morgan and John Ritter were married during filming.
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, Title_1=Long Time No See
, Title_2= Bear Essence
, Title_3= Kisses and Makeup
, DirectedBy = Don Weis
, WrittenBy_1 = Richard A. Goldman
, WrittenBy_2 = Mike Marmer
, WrittenBy_3 = {{StoryTeleplay, s= Ben Joelson & Art Baer , t= Hollace White & Stephanie Garman
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 11, 12
, EpisodeNumber=175
, EpisodeNumber2=9
, ShortSummary= A carnival owner gets mixed messages from a woman; a comedy duo falls for the same woman.
''Guest stars'': Crystal Bernard, Dean Butler, Howard Keel, Michael Lembeck, Christopher Mayer, Randi Oakes, Jan Smithers
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, Title_1=Julie and the Bachelor
, Title_2= Set-up for Romance
, Title_3= Intensive Care
, DirectedBy = Richard Kinon
, WrittenBy_1 = David Ketchum & Tony DiMarco
, WrittenBy_2 = Lloyd Turner & Howard Liebling
, WrittenBy_3 = Jim Rogers
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 11, 19
, EpisodeNumber=176
, EpisodeNumber2=10
, ShortSummary= An executive is entangled in an affair between his co-worker and their boss; Doc and Gopher are smitten by a pretty nurse but her invalid charge interferes.
''Guest stars'': Tom Bosley, Patricia Carr, Bradford Dillman, Penny Fuller, Mark Harmon, Engelbert Humperdinck, Cristina Raines
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, EpisodeNumber=177
, EpisodeNumber2=11
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=The World's Greatest Kisser
, Title_2= Don't Take My Wife, Please
, Title_3= The Reluctant Father
, DirectedBy = Ted Lange
, WrittenBy_1 = Buddy Atkinson
, WrittenBy_2 = Richard A. Goldman
, WrittenBy_3 = Martin Donovan
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 11, 26
, ShortSummary= A jilted fiancé hires a Mata Hari to find the crew member that ruined his wedding plans; a junior executive suffers in silence while his boss lusts after his bride.
''Guest stars'': Kirstie Alley, Danielle Brisebois, William Christopher, David Doyle, Dan Haggerty, Cindy Hayes, Elaine Joyce, Parker Stevenson
*Kirstie Alley and Parker Stevenson were dating during the filming of this episode and married in December after the episode aired.
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, Title_1=Dee Dee's Dilemma
, Title_2= Julie's Blind Date
, Title_3= The Prize Winner
, DirectedBy = Richard Kinon
, WrittenBy_1 = Howard Albrecht & Sol Weinstein
, WrittenBy_2 = Jill Baer & Christopher Vane
, WrittenBy_3 = Tony Webster
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 12, 3
, EpisodeNumber=178
, EpisodeNumber2=12
, ShortSummary= A woman (Markie Post), who is being sought by a private detective ( Don Gordon) to testify in a messy divorce case, sneaks on board disguised as a young girl. With and without her disguise, she finds herself being pursued by a father ( Geoffrey Scott) and his son ( Clark Brandon), respectively. A guy ( Walter Olkewicz) whom Julie (Lauren Tewes) was set up with is not exactly her type; but before she could dump him, he dumps her, and this bruises her ego. An author (Tom Poston) who recently won a literary prize, comes on board with his wife (Abby Dalton) and his assistant (Leslie Easterbrook). The assistant knows that the book he wrote was not entirely written by him and is using this knowledge to blackmail him into having an affair with her.
''Guest stars'': Clark Brandon as Jerry Howard, Abby Dalton as Ellen Baker, Leslie Easterbrook as Wendy, Don Gordon as Frank Fenimore, Walter Olkewicz as Leonard Gluck, Markie Post as Doris Holden / Dee Dee, Tom Poston as Daniel Baker, and Geoffrey Scott as Phil Howard.
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, Title_1=The Misunderstanding
, Title_2= Love Below Decks
, Title_3= The End Is Near
, DirectedBy = Robert Scheerer
, WrittenBy_1 = Michael Grace
, WrittenBy_2 = {{StoryTeleplay, s= McLean Stevenson & Mike Marmer
, WrittenBy_3 = {{StoryTeleplay, 1= Rick Shaw & Brian Pollock , t= Mike Marmer
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 12, 10
, EpisodeNumber=179
, EpisodeNumber2=13
, ShortSummary=

A retired actress (Claire Trevor) seeks help from her son-in-law ( James Houghton) in effecting a reconciliation with her daughter (Morgan Brittany); a widowed passenger (Arlene Dahl) has a shipboard romance with the ship's engineer (Vic Tayback); two newlyweds (Delta Burke and Lou Richards) cause havoc as the husband is convinced the world is coming to an end.
''Guest stars'': Morgan Brittany, Delta Burke, Arlene Dahl, James Houghton, Lou Richards, Vic Tayback, Claire Trevor
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, Title_1=The Last Case
, Title_2= Looking for Mr. Wilson
, Title_3= Love on Strike
, DirectedBy = Richard A. Wells
, WrittenBy_1 = David Abrams
, Writtenby_2 = {{StoryTeleplay, s= Shea E. Butler, t= Mike Marmer
, WrittenBy_3 = {{StoryTeleplay, s= Ben Joelson & Art Baer, t= Richard Albrecht & Casey Keller
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 12, 17
, EpisodeNumber=180
, EpisodeNumber2=14
, ShortSummary= A detective traveling with his secretary investigates the case of a vanished passenger; an engaged couple is harassed by his jilted fiancée.
''Guest stars'': Claude Akins, Didi Conn, Tony Dow, Grant Goodeve, John Hillerman, Allyn Ann McLerie, Wendy Schaal, Jeannie Wilson, R.J. Williams
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, Title_1=How Do I Love Thee?
, Title_2= No More Alimony
, Title_3= Authoress! Authoress!
, DirectedBy = Kim Friedman
, WrittenBy_1 = Mike Marmer
, WrittenBy_2 = Howard Albrecht & Sol Weinstein
, WrittenBy_3 = Tony Webster
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 1, 7
, EpisodeNumber=181
, EpisodeNumber2=15
, ShortSummary= Captain Stubing reunites with an old friend (Rue McClanahan) but when she shows up for a cruise breakfast with bruises, he suspects her salesman husband (Dick Van Patten) is abusing her; a man named Alan Price (Alan Thicke) tries to rush his ex-wife Sheila (Michelle Phillips) into marrying her new fiance Lou (Fred Willard) so he will no longer have to pay alimony; Aunt Sylvia (Carol Channing) and her friend Betsy (Betty White) try to persuade a famous publisher (Cesar Romero) to print Betsy's memoirs.

''Guest stars'': Carol Channing as Aunt Sylvia Duvall, Rue McClanahan as Laura Thornton Hayes, Michelle Phillips as Sheila Price, Cesar Romero as John Drake, Alan Thicke as Alan Price, Dick Van Patten as George Hayes, Betty White as Betsy Boucher, and Fred Willard as Lou.

Also Starring: Christie Claridge as Cindy
Note: Betty White and Rue McClanahan both appeared on Mama's Family in 1983-84. They would later star on The Golden Girls on NBC from 1985 to 1992, and on its spinoff show, The Golden Palace on CBS in 1992.
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, Title_1=For Better or Worse
, Title_2= The Buck Stops Here
, Title_3= Bet on It
, DirectedBy = Richard Kinon
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 1, 14
, EpisodeNumber=182
, EpisodeNumber2=16
, ShortSummary= A gambling cruise for charity proves a chancy thing for a teacher (McLean Stevenson), two honeymooners (Leah Ayres and Shea Farrell), and the charity drive chairwoman (Celeste Holm).

''Guest Stars'': Leah Ayres as Nancy Sidon, Shea Farrell as Stewart Sidon, Celeste Holm as Florence Flanders, Richard Jaeckel as Frank Bannon, Jo Ann Pflug as Sally, and McLean Stevenson as Michael Borden.

Other Guests: Antony Ponzini as Al Dixon, Gil Mandelik as Croupier, and Sam Nickens as Ship Passenger (uncredited).
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, Title_1=Aunt Emma, I Love You
, Title_2= Hoopla
, Title_3= The First Romance
, DirectedBy = Don Weis
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 1, 21
, EpisodeNumber=183
, EpisodeNumber2=17
, ShortSummary= Bound for an exhibition game, the Harlem Globetrotters become wary of their promoter; a painting ruins a second honeymoon.
''Guest stars'': Sid Caesar, Bert Convy, Irena Ferris, Darrow Igus, Rose Marie, Philip McKeon, Jimmy Blacklock, Lou Dunbar, Billy Ray Hobley, Curly Neal, Gator Rivers, and the Harlem Globetrotters ("Hoopla")
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, Title_1=Ace in the Hole
, Title_2= Uncle Joey's Song
, Title_3= Father in the Cradle
, DirectedBy = Richard Kinon
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 1, 28
, EpisodeNumber=184
, EpisodeNumber2=18
, ShortSummary= A photographer (Ted McGinley) joins the crew and when all the girls — especially two sisters (Julie Ronnie and K.C. Winkler) who Doc and Gopher are interested in — throw themselves at him, it makes the guys unhappy. The retired host of a children's show, “Uncle Joey” (Barnard Hughes), comes aboard and tries to help a traumatized boy (David Faustino), whose father died recently. A guy (Michael Spound) comes aboard to meet his mother (Lee Meriwether), who just got married but is not happy that the guy (Dean Paul Martin) she married is almost his age.

''Guest stars'': Barnard Hughes as Joseph Stobble, Dean Paul Martin as Brad Elliott, Ted McGinley as Ashley 'Ace' Covington Evans, Lee Meriwether as Jessica Chapman-Elliott, Michael Spound as Larry Chapman, and Carlene Watkins as Mrs. Susan Russell.

Other Guests: David Faustino as Scott Russell, Julie Ronnie as Jeannie Colby, K.C. Winkler as Caroline Colby, and David Armstrong as Passenger (uncredited).

Note: Ted McGinley is listed as a Guest Star in the opening credits, and introduced in the opening scene as the new ship’s photographer, and a longtime family friend to Gopher. In the final scene, Ace explains to the Captain that he will be taking full-time photography classes and be back in three weeks.

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, Title_1=Polly's Poker Palace
, Title_2= Shop Ahoy
, Title_3= Double Date
, Title_4= The Hong Kong Affair
, Title_5= Two Tails of a City
, DirectedBy = Richard Kinon
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 2, 4
, EpisodeNumber=185

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186
, EpisodeNumber2=19

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, ShortSummary= On a Hong Kong cruise: a Senator romances a woman until he learns the nature of her visit; two brothers date Julie and Vicki; a woman passenger is a shopaholic; a retired spy is on vacation and romances a woman passenger.

''Guest stars'': Herb Edelman as Robert Savage, Noel Harrison as Trevor Staines, Pamela Hensley as Kathy James, Gene Kelly as Charles Dane, Lee Majors II as Jimmy Adams, Frank Maxwell as Colonel Charles Holmsey, Leigh McCloskey as Peter Adams, Yvette Mimieux as Leni Martek, Ben Murphy as Matthew Saver, Donna Reed as Polly Sullivan, Brenda Vaccaro as Eleanor Savage, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Senator Dan Whitman
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, Title_1=Ace's Valet
, Title_2= Mother Comes First
, Title_3= Hit or Miss America
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, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 2, 25
, EpisodeNumber=187
, EpisodeNumber2=21
, ShortSummary=Ace's parents send the family valet, Ernest Finley (Jeremy Brett), to be his valet on the ship, but Ace is afraid that Finley will embarrass him in front of the other crew members. Mrs. Rhodes (Marian Mercer) is afraid of growing old, so her daughter Jenny (Audrey Landers) tries to fix her up with eligible men, by recruiting Gopher to pose as an Eastern Indian named Punjab Singh. Isaac's high school friend, Cassie (Gloria Gifford), wants him to be her date for their upcoming reunion, but he only has eyes for Vanessa Williams, who is one of four Miss Americas on board. And Vanessa has an admirer of her own, Tyrone (Glynn Turman).

Miss America (Vanessa Williams) dazzles Isaac; A woman (Audrey Landers) seeks a date for her mother; A butler complicates Ace's job.

''Guest Stars:'' Jeremy Brett as Ernest Finley, Audrey Landers Jenny Rhodes, Ted McGinley as Ashley 'Ace' Covington Evans, Marian Mercer as Mrs. Rhodes, Glynn Turman as Tyrone, and Vanessa Williams as herself (as Miss America 1984).

''Other Guests:'' Gloria Gifford as Cassie Jones, Jean Bartel as herself (as Miss America 1943), Marian McKnight as herself (as Miss America 1957), and Nancy Fleming as herself (as Miss America 1961).
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, Title_1=The Lady and the Maid
, Title_2= Love Is Blind
, Title_3= The Babymakers
, DirectedBy = Richard Kinon
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 3, 3
, EpisodeNumber=188
, EpisodeNumber2=22
, ShortSummary=A ship's maid (Luise Rainer) has resented her twin sister for decades; Barry (Kin Shriner) and Sheila (Jenilee Harrison) take a scientific approach to conception; Isaac and blind Darnell ( LaVar Burton) compete for Terry Cook (Shari Belafonte).
''Guest Stars:'' Don Ameche
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, Title_1=Side by Side
, Title_2= A Fish Out of Water
, Title_3= Rub Me Tender
, DirectedBy = Richard Kinon
, WrittenBy = Mike Marmer
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 3, 10
, EpisodeNumber=189
, EpisodeNumber2=23
, ShortSummary= A teenage boy (Ross Harris (actor)) is preoccupied with his Grandma's (Glynis Johns) health. An awkward man ( Ed Begley Jr.) meets an unusual woman (Mary Crosby) while snooping. Gopher hires a woman (Mandy Perryment) as a masseuse but doesn't have time to tell Merrill, who falls for her.
''Guest Stars:'' Nita Talbot, Leigh Lombardi
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, Title_1=A Rose Is Not a Rose
, Title_2= Novelties
, Title_3= Too Rich and Too Thin
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, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 3, 17
, EpisodeNumber=190
, EpisodeNumber2=24
, ShortSummary= A man impersonating a female singer gets double trouble when a passenger falls for the singer and Julie falls for him; a novelty salesman has difficulty separating business from pleasure.

''Guest Stars:'' Don Adams, Jaime Lyn Bauer, Arte Johnson, Rich Little, and Audrey Meadows.
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, NumParts= 5
, Title_1=Dreamboat
, Title_2= Gopher, Isaac & the Starlet
, Title_3= The Parents
, Title_4= The Importance of Being Johnny
, Title_5= Julie and the Producer
, DirectedBy = Robert Scheerer
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 5, 5
, EpisodeNumber=191

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192
, EpisodeNumber2=25

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, ShortSummary= A Hollywood movie company is filming a musical called Dream Boat on board the ship with plans to use both crew and passengers as extras. Starlet Shelley Rush (Melba Moore) desperately wants to audition for the production crew but can't seem to get their attention. Merrill falls for faded star Angela Lovett (Alexis Smith), while Vicki is enamored of Johnny Lovett (Jimmy Osmond), a rock star who has never acted before, is very apprehensive about his debut, and takes it out on Vicki by being rude to her. Producer Marty Chenault ( Dean Jones) is the older brother of Jack Chenault, whom Julie almost married once.

''Also guest starring'': Ben Vereen, David L. Lander, Juliet Prowse
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, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Best Ex-Friends
, Title_2= All the Congressman's Women
, Title_3= Three Faces of Love
, DirectedBy = Ted Lange
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 5, 12
, EpisodeNumber=193
, EpisodeNumber2=27
, ShortSummary= Isaac is taken with the new barmaid ( Eugenia Wright), but it gets complicated when Gopher tells him to fire her. A movie makeup man (Sal Viscuso) tests his fiancée's ( Heidi Bohay) fidelity. Meanwhile, a congressman (Sam Groom) brings his daughter (Tori Spelling) aboard the Pacific Princess after receiving letters threatening her young life, which comes between him and his fiancée (Phyllis Davis).

Guest Stars: ( Heidi Bohay) as Suzy Rand, (Phyllis Davis) as Gayle Ludwig, (Sam Groom) as Congressman Blake Gibson, (Tori Spelling) as Penny Gibson, (Sal Viscuso) as Wendell Shamer, and ( Eugenia Wright) as Tina Burrell.

Other Guests: ( Fred Leaf) as Burt Reynolds look-alike.

Note: This was the final appearance of (Lauren Tewes), as she was fired before filming commenced for Season 8.

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Season 8 (1984–85)

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, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=The Crew's Cruise Director
, Title_2= What a Drag
, Title_3= Doc's Slump (Alaska Cruise)
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 9, 22
, EpisodeNumber=194
, EpisodeNumber2=1
, ShortSummary= The crew is working a special Alaskan cruise:
* All the passengers are women who are vying for a date with Engelbert Humperdinck.
* Because Julie has married, the crew has a new cruise director, the terrorizing Bernice (Diane Ladd). Meanwhile, Julie's recently divorced sister Judy (Pat Klous) is aboard.
* Harry (Bert Convy) fears he's inadequate for wife Jane (Patty Duke), the cruise's organizer. He and his friend Ralph (Arte Johnson) pose as women to follow Jane.
* Doc's romance with Emily (Michelle Phillips) crumbles.

''Also Guest Starring'': Lydia Cornell as Bonnie, Rebecca Holden as Diane, Selma Archerd as Mrs. Carter, Anulka Dziubinska as Ginger, and Linda Stayer as Angie.

''Notes'': This is a 90-minute episode. Patty Duke is credited as Patty Duke Astin. Pat Klous is credited as Patricia Klous. Julie (Lauren Tewes) does not appear in this episode. Klous joins the cast, as does Ted McGinley as "Your Ship's Photographer," Ashley "Ace" Covington Evans.
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, NumParts= 4
, Title_1=Vicki and the Fugitive
, Title_2= Lady in the Window
, Title_3= Stolen Years
, Title_4= Dutch Treat
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 9, 29
, EpisodeNumber=195

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, EpisodeNumber2=2

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, ShortSummary= The crew works a Netherlands voyage:
* Vicki hooks up with a new crew member ( Patrick Cassidy) who is being sought by Interpol.
* Milton (Pat Harrington Jr.), traveling with his wife Helen (Eileen Brennan), discovers his mistress Tracy (Teri Copley) is also on the ship.
* The Captain is taken with Inga, (Elke Sommer) who, for some reason, tries to keep him at bay.
* Lisa (Cloris Leachman) meets a former lover, Erik (George Kennedy), who thinks she betrayed him. He doesn't remember her when they meet.
The Netherlands voyage concludes with heartbreak for Vicki.
''Also Guest Starring'': Tim Robbins as young Erik.
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, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Ace Meets the Champ
, Title_2= Why Justin Can't Read
, Title_3= Call Me a Doctor
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 10, 6
, EpisodeNumber=197
, EpisodeNumber2=4
, ShortSummary= Ace tries to impress an old girlfriend ( Jennifer Holmes) by boxing the heavyweight champion ( Dick Butkus). A father ( James Noble) refuses to believe his son (Dick Billingsley) may be dyslexic, which the son's tutor (Jeannie Wilson) believes he may be. An overbearing mother (Doris Roberts) tells lies about her daughter (Tovah Feldshuh) to a fellow passenger (Louis Giambalvo).
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, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Only the Good Die Young
, Title_2= Honey Beats the Odds
, Title_3= The Light of Another Day
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 10, 13
, EpisodeNumber=198
, EpisodeNumber2=5
, ShortSummary= An undercover FBI agent ( Jack Riley) butters up a bookie (James Sloyan)'s girlfriend (Stephanie Faracy) to get the scoop on his operation. Believing that good people die young, a charming boy (Emmanuel Lewis) goes on a rampage of bad behavior. A blind passenger (Barbara Parkins), with whom she went to college and had a crush on.

''Also Guest Starring'': Vernee Watson-Johnson as Lydia Somers.
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, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Soap Gets in Your Eyes
, Title_2= A Match Made in Heaven
, Title_3= Tugs of the Heart
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 10, 20
, EpisodeNumber=199
, EpisodeNumber2=6
, ShortSummary= A dead man (Bill Macy) must perform a selfless act to get into heaven, with an angel (Fritz Weaver) watching. Gopher is leery of a girl (Dianne Kay) who rejected his marriage proposal years ago. A soap opera fan (Jayne Meadows) confuses an actor (Charles Frank) for the villainous character he plays when he and her daughter (Susan Blanchard (actress), Susan Blanchard) get together.

''Also Guest Starring'': Juliet Mills as Blair Chapman; Nedra Volz as a passenger.
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, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=And One to Grow On
, Title_2= Seems Like Old Times
, Title_3= I'll Never Forget What's Her Name
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 10, 27
, EpisodeNumber=200
, EpisodeNumber2=7
, ShortSummary= Vicki has too much champagne on her 18th birthday, before learning of her father's history of alcoholism. Arthur (Richard Kline) tries to renew a relationship with his former fiancée Rose (Morgan Brittany) by pretending to have amnesia. Using information provided by a private detective (Alex Rocco), Deborah (Joan Van Ark) tracks down her college boyfriend Larry (Robert Reed).
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, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Aerobic April
, Title_2= The Wager
, Title_3= Story of the Century
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 11, 3
, EpisodeNumber=201
, EpisodeNumber2=8
, ShortSummary= April Lopez (Charo) comes aboard as the ship's new aerobics instructor. Rich brothers ( Ben Murphy and Charles Siebert) bet $1 million that they will not fall in love on the cruise. A reporter (Ralph Bellamy) pursues a woman (Dorothy McGuire) to get the story that she is aviator Amelia Earhart.

''Also Guest Starring'' Gordon Jump as Nathan Wills, Mary Kate McGeehan as Anne Loring.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=The Last Heist
, Title_2= Starting Over
, Title_3= Watching the Master
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 11, 10
, EpisodeNumber=202
, EpisodeNumber2=9
, ShortSummary= Judy's friend Beth (Deborah Adair) can't trust men after the rape and subsequent divorce until she meets fellow passenger Joe (Brodie Greer). Paula (Julia Duffy) wants her jewel-thief uncle David (Patrick Macnee) to retire, but he's after a diamond necklace belonging to Martha (Abby Dalton). Meanwhile, Paula falls for Andy (Douglas Barr). Hal (William Christopher), engaged to Doc's ex-wife Samantha, studies his every move as inspiration to be a perfect husband. This puts a crimp in Doc's fling with Gloria (Delta Burke).
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=By Hook or by Crook
, Title_2= Revenge with Proper Stranger
, Title_3= Don't Get Mad, Get Even
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 11, 17
, EpisodeNumber=203
, EpisodeNumber2=10
, ShortSummary= Depressed on what would have been her wedding anniversary, Judy falls for soft-spoken Mike Morell (Patrick Wayne), which worries Gopher, who harbors a gut feeling that Morell is not to be trusted. Doc's first patient Missy ( Heidi Bohay) plans to have an affair and even the score with her loving husband Jack (William R. Moses), who had an accidental affair a few months earlier. Missy chooses Lester Erwin (Ken Kercheval), a loser who fancies himself a ladies' man. Consumer advocate Marvin Cooperman (Ray Buktenica) keeps taking his work home with him but balks when his wife Carol (Jan Smithers) considers taking a job with her former sorority sister Ellen Brown (Devon Ericson), a baked goods manufacturer who makes Marvin's favorite brownies.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 4
, Title_1=My Mother, My Chaperone
, Title_2= The Present
, Title_3= The Death and Life of Sir Alfred Demerest
, Title_4= Welcome Aboard
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 11, 24
, EpisodeNumber=204

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, EpisodeNumber2=11

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, ShortSummary= The crew journeys to London and Paris:
* Novelist Lilly Marlowe (Lilli Palmer) keeps a tight rein on her daughter Samantha (Ana Alicia), who is attracted to fellow passenger Roger (Morgan Stevens).
* Judy's ex-husband John (Marc Singer) tries to win her back.
* Kathy (Loretta Swit) pays an English tart (Catherine Oxenberg) to test her husband Leonard (Dennis Holahan)'s fidelity.
* Maud (Colleen Dewhurst) and her son Byron (Peter Barton (actor), Peter Barton) are reunited with her actor husband, Sir Alfred (Trevor Howard).
* The London and Paris cruise concludes.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Paying the Piper
, Title_2= Baby Sister
, Title_3= Help Wanted
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 12, 1
, EpisodeNumber=206
, EpisodeNumber2=13
, ShortSummary= After twenty-three years of marriage, Shirley Enicker (Rue McClanahan) wants to live comfortably, rather than continue to be a penny pincher. Her frugal and cheap husband Howard (Donald O'Connor) doesn't like the changes that are in store for their marriage. Eve Springer (Vera Miles) is on board with her two daughters, Eleanor (Jaime Lyn Bauer) and Patty (Dana Plato). Eleanor doesn't like fast romances because she got burned one years ago, claiming it ruined her life. Eleanor overprotects Patty, trying to throw cold water on her shipboard fling with Peter Barkan (Christopher Knight (actor), Christopher Knight). Merrill's friend's niece, Kim Carlisle (Michelle Johnson (actress), Michelle Johnson), is an energetic intern rotating through the different jobs on the ship. Unfortunately, she fails at all of them.

''Note'': Michelle Johnson appears as Kim in a recurring role throughout the season.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Country Blues
, Title_2= A Matter of Taste
, Title_3= Frat Brothers Forever
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 12, 8
, EpisodeNumber=207
, EpisodeNumber2=14
, ShortSummary= Country music singer-songwriter Billy Boy Bodine (Matt McCoy (actor), Matt McCoy) cruises with his manager Cappy (Claude Akins). Cappy tries to come between Billy and adoring admirer Arlene Cort (Leah Ayres) because Billy writes his best music when he's depressed. Shipboard neighbors Simon Ashford (Farley Granger) and Valerie Frasier (Terry Moore (actress), Terry Moore) are interior designers engaged in cutthroat competition to win the contract to redecorate the ship, stopping at nothing to sabotage each other. Doc enjoys a visit from his fraternity brother Buzz McLaine (Roy Thinnes), who travels with his cousin Jim Dolan (Michael McGrady). But things are not what they seem.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Santa, Santa, Santa
, Title_2= Another Dog Gone Christmas
, Title_3= Noel's Christmas Carol
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 12, 15
, EpisodeNumber=208
, EpisodeNumber2=15
, ShortSummary= On a Christmas cruise, three men (Avery Schreiber, Ray Walston, and Scatman Crothers) are scheduled to play one jolly St. Nick. Vicki gives her dog (Tundra the Wonder Dog) to a lonely comic (Howard Morris). Carol Kelsey (Kim Lankford) asks Ace to pose as her fiancé and fool her mother (Anne Francis). Ace's friend Noel Kane (Shea Farrell) complicates things by falling for Carol.

Judy, Gopher, and Isaac each hire a Santa, who don't get along and try to outdo each other. To placate her mother, a woman asks Ace to pose as her fiancé. A has-been comic finds his career resurrected by an abandoned dog.

‘’Guest Stars:’’ Scatman Crothers as Malcolm, Shea Farrell as Noel Kane, Anne Francis as Mrs. Kelsey (credited as Anne Lloyd Francis), Michelle Johnson (actress), Michelle Johnson as Kim Carlisle, Kim Lankford as Carol Kelsey, Howard Morris as Billy Banks, Avery Schreiber as Patrick Turney, Tundra the Wonder Dog as Tundra (as Tundra), and Ray Walston as Max Phelps.

‘’Other Guests:’’ Justin Gocke as Mark, Cherilyn Milton as Mark's mother (credited as Mother), and Hector Hernandez as Steward.

‘’Others:’’ Stephen Shortridge (uncredited).
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Instinct
, Title_2= Unmade for Each Other
, Title_3= BOS
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 1, 5
, EpisodeNumber=209
, EpisodeNumber2=16
, ShortSummary= Shelley (Vic Tayback) and Leslie (Conrad Bain) are on a cruise to meet their matches chosen by a computer dating service. Discovering they were matched with each other, both meet Joan (Janet Leigh) and both pursue her. Isaac pretends to accept Lynda's (Berlinda Tolbert)'s self-help philosophy. Emelyne (Irlene Mandrell), who was supposed to travel with her boyfriend, discovers he's not coming and sent Neil (Bruce Penhall) to keep her company. Neil says her boyfriend is with her best friend, but she learns he's not being completely honest with her.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Ace Takes the Test
, Title_2= The Counterfeit Couple
, Title_3= The Odd Triple
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 1, 12
, EpisodeNumber=210
, EpisodeNumber2=17
, ShortSummary= Donna and Gus Braddock (Teresa Ganzel and Christopher Mayer) want Ace to father their child. Strangers Barbara and Lyle (Erin Moran and Richard Gilliland) pose as newlyweds after a mix-up puts them in the honeymoon suite. Annette (Mary Ann Mobley) competes with her daughter, Susie (Crystal Bernard) for Gopher's company.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Love on the Line
, Title_2= Don't Call Me Gopher
, Title_3= Her Honor, the Mayor
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 1, 26
, EpisodeNumber=211
, EpisodeNumber2=18
, ShortSummary= Corporate bigwig and workaholic John Stockton (Cesar Romero) meets charming but slightly evasive Marcy Banes (Jane Wyatt), not realizing she is the switchboard operator in his office building. Big-time advertising executive Janet Thompson (Katherine Moffat) reunites with her friend Gopher, whose adamant insistence that people call him Burl winds up alienating all his friends in the process. Newly elected mayor Frances Hardy (Shelley Fabares) is on the cruise with her campaign manager Barry Singer (David Hedison), but falls for Phil Haines (Robert Fuller (actor), Robert Fuller), the city council president whom she beat for the elected office.
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, NumParts= 4
, Title_1=Girl of the Midnight Sun
, Title_2= There'll Be Some Changes Made
, Title_3= Too Many Isaacs
, Title_4= Mr. Smith Goes to Stockholm
, DirectedBy = Robert Scheerer
, WrittenBy_1 = Ray Jessel & Cynthia Thompson
, WrittenBy_2 = Donald Ross
, WrittenBy_3 = {{StoryTeleplay, t=Mike Marmer, s=Sid Morse
, WrittenBy_4 = Richard Goldman
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 2, 2
, EpisodeNumber=212

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, EpisodeNumber2=19

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, ShortSummary= A Scandinavian cruise on the Royal Viking Sky begins in London and travels through Oslo and Stockholm:
* Grant Cooper (John Davidson (entertainer), John Davidson), vice president of promotions for a suntan lotion, seeks a native Scandinavian female from dozens of applicants to be the company spokesperson. Greta Lund (Christopher Norris (actress), Christopher Norris) impersonates a native Scandinavian in hopes of winning.
* Lonely Mel Davis (Jack Klugman) thinks women don't like him because of his large nose. Planning to get cosmetic surgery in Stockholm, he meets Kay Webber (Susannah York). She falls in love with him but thinks he's planning a different kind of surgery.
* Scientist Dr. Fabian Cain (Telly Savalas) creates a robot duplicate of Isaac and plans to use him for nefarious purposes. He's helped by aspiring actress Delia Parks (Janet Jackson), who may or may not be in love with Isaac.
* Wealthy Swedish actress Helga Bjorsson (Priscilla Barnes) captivates Gopher.
* Grant and Ace go to Greta's parent's home for a photo shoot with her.
* Kay expresses concern to Doc about Mel's operation.
* Dr. Cain tries out Isaac's robot double in public, while the real Isaac goes on a romantic boat ride with Delia.
* Gopher leaves the cruise line to work with Helga.
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, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Ace Takes a Holiday
, Title_2= The Runaway
, Title_3= Courier
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 2, 9
, EpisodeNumber=214
, EpisodeNumber2=21
, ShortSummary= A courier (Michael Spound) refuses to remove the briefcase handcuffed to his wrist but still pursues a fellow passenger (Charlene Tilton). Irene (Florence Henderson) can't understand her daughter's (Tracy Nelson (actress), Tracy Nelson)'s hostility toward her stepfather (Peter Mark Richman). Ace is temporarily sidelined with an injured foot, replaced by Kim, and nursed to health by passenger Lisa (Marla Heasley).
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Getting Started
, Title_2= Daughter's Dilemma
, Title_3= The Captain Wears Pantyhose
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 2, 16
, EpisodeNumber=215
, EpisodeNumber2=22
, ShortSummary= The Captain fails Officer Deirdre Crichton (Cathy Lee Crosby) when she tests for a captaincy. Paul (Jimmy Osmond) is convinced that his father's surprise birthday present is a prostitute (Karen Kopins). Nancy (Tracy Reed) has a dislike for her father(Bernie Hamilton)'s on-board romance (Esther Rolle).

''Also Guest Starring'': Glenn Scarpelli as Boomer; James A. Watson Jr. as James.
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, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Vicki's Gentleman Caller
, Title_2= Partners to the End
, Title_3= The Perfect Arrangement
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 2, 23
, EpisodeNumber=216
, EpisodeNumber2=23
, ShortSummary= Captain Stubing isn't pleased when Marc Silverton (James MacArthur), an older man, charms Vicki. Business partners Lou Tangle (James Coco) and Stan Garner (David Doyle) have borrowed money from loan sharks to meet their company's payroll. Their plan to have Lou fake his death so they can collect the insurance money and pay back the sharks is complicated when fellow passenger Harriet Wolters (Ruta Lee) seems attracted to Lou. Bicoastal television personalities Jennifer Kearn (Cristina Raines) and Tom Whitlaw (Richard Hatch (actor), Richard Hatch) have been married for six months but have spent little time together until their cruise.
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, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Judy Hits a Low Note
, Title_2= Love Times Two
, Title_3= The Problem with Papa
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 3, 23
, EpisodeNumber=217
, EpisodeNumber2=24
, ShortSummary= Without an audition, producer Phil ( James Houghton) hires Judy to sing in a commercial. Roger (Barry Van Dyke) is drawn to his wife Terry (Ellen Bry)'s best friend Courtney (Judy Landers). Louise (Jessica Walter) fears her father (John McIntire) is senile.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Charmed, I'm Sure
, Title_2= Ashes to Ashes
, Title_3= No Dad of Mine
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 3, 30
, EpisodeNumber=218
, EpisodeNumber2=25
, ShortSummary= Ace reunites with an old girlfriend (Morgan Brittany) who is now in a wheelchair. A couple (Jimmie Walker and Telma Hopkins) take advantage of the cruise to quit smoking. A man and woman (John Beck (actor), John Beck and Cathy Silvers) hide that they are relatives.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 4
, Title_1=Caribbean Cruise: Call Me Grandma
, Title_2= A Gentleman of Discretion
, Title_3= The Perfect Divorce
, Title_4= Letting Go
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 5, 4
, EpisodeNumber=219

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, EpisodeNumber2=26

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, ShortSummary= The crew works a Caribbean voyage:
* A British ex-military officer (Stewart Granger), escorting singing sensations Menudo (band), Menudo, is tired of a woman (Lana Turner) who lies.
* Jim and Dianne Tipton (Jared Martin and Hayley Mills) are bewildered by Doc and his visiting ex-wife Nancy (Elizabeth Ashley) being very much in love, especially since Doc attributes it to why they divorced.
* Vicki falls for Curtis (Timothy Patrick Murphy), who is continually pampered by a mother (Anne Baxter) who refuses to see him as anything other than a child.
* Larry (Andrew Stevens) is being set up for a sex-discrimination lawsuit by Anne (Linda Purl), who is disguised as a man.
* Elizabeth falls for Thomas.
* Anne continues to pose as a man while on the ship.
* Jim and Dianne reconsider their relationship.
* Curtis proposes to Vicki.

''Note'': This is Michelle Johnson (actress), Michelle Johnson's last episode as Kim.
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Season 9 (1985–86)

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, overall=2
, season=2
, title=20
, director=19
, writer=19
, airdate=10
, episodes=
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, NumParts = 4
, Title_1 = A Day in Port
, Title_2 = The Villa
, Title_3 = The Racer's Edge
, Title_4 = Love or Money
, DirectedBy = Kim Friedman
, WrittenBy_1 = Paula A. Roth
, WrittenBy_2 = Michael L. Grace
, WrittenBy_3 = Jill Baer
, WrittenBy_4 = Mike Marmer
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 9, 28
, EpisodeNumber=221
, EpisodeNumber2=1
, ShortSummary= The ship gets a makeover and gains new dancers. Isaac gets a surprising visit from a former girlfriend who wants to renew with him. Introducing the Love Boat Mermaids. Their choreographer is Phylicia Ayers-Allen (a.k.a. Phylicia Rashad).

The Mermaids' choreographer charms Isaac; Gopher plays mediator; Doc looks after Gopher's girlfriend; Judy falls for a mysterious man.

The Love Boat Mermaids include: Debbie Bartlett as Susie – Love Boat Mermaid (credited as Deborah Bartlett); Tori Brenno as Maria – Love Boat Mermaid; Nanci L. Hammond as Jane – Love Boat Mermaid (credited as Nanci Lynn Hammond); Teri Hatcher as Amy – Love Boat Mermaid; Debra Johnson as Patti – Love Boat Mermaid; Macarena as Sheila – Love Boat Mermaid; Andrea Moenas as Starlight – Love Boat Mermaid (credited as Andrea Moen); and Beth Myatt as Mary Beth – Love Boat Mermaid.

''Guest Stars:'' Phylicia Rashad as Lonette Becker (credited as Phylicia Ayers Allen), Conrad Bain as Charles Custers, Diane Ladd as Christa Johanson, John Ratzenberger as Marty Elder, Gordon Thomson (actor), Gordon Thomson as Nick Durrell, Ava Cadell as Dee Dee Winters (listed in final credits as Didi Winters), and Steven M. Gagnon as Paul (credited as Steve Gagnon).

Note: This episode introduced the Love Boat Mermaids; it also included a newer version of the introductory credits and the title theme song was now sung by Dionne Warwick.
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, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Your Money or Your Wife
, Title_2= Joint Custody
, Title_3= The Temptations
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 10, 5
, EpisodeNumber=222
, EpisodeNumber2=2
, ShortSummary=Vicki is thrilled to let everyone know that she got the famous band the Temptations to perform during the cruise. A couple fights each other to gain custody of their son.

The Temptations board with their manager; a loan shark (Vic Tayback) bargains for a date; the captain becomes involved in a kidnapping.

''Guest Stars:'' Franklin Cover as Marvin Brown, Penny Fuller as Catherine Gerra, Charlotte Rae as Milly Brown, Robert Reed as Carl Gerra, Michael Spound as Ted Belmond, Connie Stevens as Heidi Lester, Robert Jayne as Brian Gerard (credited as Bobby Jacoby), and Vic Tayback as Jack Hamilton.

The Temptations as Themselves – Musical Guests: Melvin Franklin as himself (as the Temptations), Richard Street as himself (as the Temptations), Ron Tyson as himself (as the Temptations), Otis Williams as himself (as the Temptations), and Ali-Ollie Woodson as himself (as the Temptations).
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Hidden Treasure
, Title_2= Picture from the Past
, Title_3= Ace's Salary
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 10, 12
, EpisodeNumber=223
, EpisodeNumber2=3
, ShortSummary=A couple is looking for a rare stamp hidden somewhere on the boat. Ace and the crew campaign for a salary raise. A woman avoids Andy Warhol, wanting to forget the time she was in one of his movies.

''Guest Stars:'' Milton Berle as Lionel Cooper, Tom Bosley as George Hammond, Peter Duchin as Peter Duchin, Andy Griffith as Larry Cooper, Cloris Leachman as Karen Cooper, Marion Ross as Mary Hammond, Raymond St. Jacques as Ramon, and Andy Warhol as Andy Warhol.

''Other Guests:'' Lisa Dean Ryan as Spock and Vera Perez as B.F.D.
Marion Ross and Tom Bosley played husband and wife on the hit ABC show Happy Days

In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #82 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 4
, Title_1= German Cruise: The Villa
, Title_2= The Racer's Edge
, Title_3= Love or Money
, Title_4= The Accident
, DirectedBy = Richard Kinon
, WrittenBy_1 = Michael L. Grace
, WrittenBy_2 = Jill Baer
, WrittenBy_3 = Mike Marmer
, WrittenBy_4 = Art Baer & Ben Joelson
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 11, 2
, EpisodeNumber=224

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, EpisodeNumber2=4

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, ShortSummary=German Cruise: Part 1 of 2. The crew is now in Germany and among the passengers is a woman (Alexis Smith), whose family estate was taken by a nemesis (Craig Stevens), who runs into an old flame (Mel Ferrer). Doc meets a woman (Susan Blakely), who's traveling with her brother (Ken Olandt), who doesn't warm up to Doc. Later, while they're out, Doc hits a man (Olandt) who appears to be seriously injured. Two sisters (Audrey Landers and Judy Landers), are looking to score a rich guy but, when one of them is attracted to Ace, the other tries to sabotage the relationship. And a biker (Jack Coleman), who just got married (Lisa Whelchel) and is retiring from competition, is being courted by his coach (Harry Morgan), who says he wants him to enter one last race so that the coach can get the job he's trying to get. On the Rivera: a former bike-racing coach (Harry Morgan) tries to lure a newlywed champion (Jack Coleman) out of retirement; a woman (Alexis Smith) wants to visit the family villa before it's sold; Doc feels bad about a young man (Ken Olandt)'s death; two sisters (Audrey Landers and Judy Landers) try to attract wealthy men.

''Guest Stars:'' Susan Blakely as Nicole Phillips, Jack Coleman (actor), Jack Coleman as Scott Barrett, Mel Ferrer as Jack Powers, Audrey Landers as Brenda Adams-Rosenberg, Judy Landers as Edie Adams-Rosenberg, Harry Morgan as Charly Fields, Ken Olandt as Don Phillips, Alexis Smith as Justina Downey, Craig Stevens (actor), Craig Stevens as Viktor Lukas, and Lisa Whelchel as Kelly Barrett.

''Other Guests:'' Patti MacLeod as Society Matron (credit only), Richard Wren as Carl Mueller, William Jackson (actor), William Jackson as Alexander Dietrich (credited as William B. Jackson), Peter Kelly (actor), Peter Kelly as Marcel Villemin, Barbara Ward as Gina, Charles Howard (actor), Charles Howard as man at Bar, Sisse Hasbo as Sophia, Ulrich Matschoss as Anton, and Gil Mandelik as Croupier (credit only).

Note: The Love Boat Mermaids did not appear.
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{{Episode list
, Title=Forties Fantasy
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 11, 16
, EpisodeNumber=226
, EpisodeNumber2=6
, ShortSummary=Gopher envisions the liner as a World War II troop ship en route to France.

''Guest Stars:'' Charo as Lupe Zapata De Vega Valdez, Nathan Cook (actor), Nathan Cook as Carl Tysdell, Leigh McCloskey as Charles "Chip" Reynolds, Stephanie Mills as Tara, and Erin Moran as Janet Reynolds.

''Other Guests:'' John Zarchen as Martin and Michael Pniewski as Stefanowicz.

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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Good Time Girls
, Title_2= The Iron Man
, Title_3= Soap War
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 11, 23
, EpisodeNumber=227
, EpisodeNumber2=7
, ShortSummary=Three college girls (Carrell Myers, Toni Hudson, and Christie Claridge) are mistaken for prostitutes; fitness expert and health book author Andy (Charles Frank) suffers fainting spells during triathlon training and Doc tells him he has diabetes; Judy (Pat Klous) soap opera star aunt Sylvia's (Carol Channing) jealous friend Betsy (Betty White) auditions for a new part on their soap opera with Sylvia's lecherous co-star Roger (Louis Nye).

Judy's soap-star aunt boards; a health-book author finds out what ails him; three women court Ace.

''Guest Stars:'' Carol Channing as Sylvia Bennett, Charles Frank as Andy Singer, Belinda Montgomery as Valerie Singer, Louis Nye as Roger Garrett, and Betty White as Betsy Boucher.

''Other Guests:'' Carrell Myers as Denise, Toni Hudson as Rita, Christie Claridge as Sherry, Don Bovingloh as Howard, Joe Renteria as Ramon, Rose Parrah as Chi Chi, and Anthony Barton (actor), Anthony Barton as Dean.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Trouble in Paradise
, Title_2= No More Mister Nice Guy
, Title_3= The Mermaid and the Cop
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 11, 30
, EpisodeNumber=228
, EpisodeNumber2=8
, ShortSummary=Julie McCoy asks Gopher for advice when her marriage starts to fall apart. Amy (Teri Hatcher), one of the Mermaid dancers, believes she was involved in a crime and is afraid that a Las Vegas cop who is being friendly to her might recognize her. Ace is forced to fire two employees.

Julie McCoy Chenault (Lauren Tewes) comes back; Ace must prove himself by firing two employees; A police detective woos mermaid Amy.

''Guest Stars:'' Pamela Brull as Linda Hershel, Richard Hatch (actor), Richard Hatch as Ryan Curly, Lauren Tewes as Julie McCoy Chenault, and David Wayne as Max Marshall.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Roommates
, Title_2= Heartbreaker
, Title_3= Out of the Blue
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 12, 7
, EpisodeNumber=229
, EpisodeNumber2=9
, ShortSummary=New roommates Vicki and Judy have to deal with their opposite habits. A multimillionaire makes everyone's dreams come true. A rich man promises to make wishes come true; Vicki and Judy become roommates; A pro golfer learns the truth about the woman he loves.

''Guest Stars:'' Diana Canova as Christine Bradley, Jeff Conaway as Randy Jackson, Sandy Dennis as Gina Caldwell, and Harvey Korman as Cabot Fairfield.

''Other Guests:'' Toni Lamond as Mrs. Burton and Warren Munson as Edgar Fairchild.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Father of the Bride
, Title_2= The Best Man
, Title_3= Members of the Wedding
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 1, 11
, EpisodeNumber=230
, EpisodeNumber2=10
, ShortSummary=Love is in the air with a wedding on board. Ace is attracted by the bride that ran away, and the groom is getting closer to her sister. Passengers involved in a shipboard wedding include the nearly bankrupt father of the bride, the best man, and a wedding party-crasher.

''Guest Stars:'' Lydia Cornell as Jackie Ryan Proctor, Fannie Flagg as Laurie Ryan, Robert Mandan as Ernie Ryan, Denver Pyle as Eric Springer, and Morgan Stevens as Kurt Duncan.

''Other Guests:'' John Scott Clough as Matthew Springer (listed as Matt Springer), Elaine Wilkes as Lori Ryan, Archie Hahn (actor), Archie Hahn as Eldon Lundy, Lou Richards as Andrew Proctor (listed as Doctor Proctor), and Danny Goldman as George Thurlow.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Dare Devil
, Title_2= Picture Me as a Spy
, Title_3= Sleeper
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 1, 18
, EpisodeNumber=231
, EpisodeNumber2=11
, ShortSummary=Ace's cabin has been searched and he suspects spy teamwork. Doc's new patient is sleepwalking. A woman is scared by her boyfriend's risky stunts. Ace photographs a spy and his daughter; A girl challenges a daredevil (Peter Scolari); Doc helps a senator (Alan Thicke) and his wife.

''Guest Stars:'' Courteney Cox as Carol, Herb Edelman as Dr. Ivan Petrovska (credited as Herbert Edelman), Peter Scolari as Frank Hobbs, Shelley Smith (actress), Shelley Smith as Phyllis Townsend, Alan Thicke as Senator Bob Townsend, and Kristina Wayborn as Anna Petrovska.

''Other Guests:'' Yakov Smirnoff as Dmitri Kostov.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Hippies and Yuppies
, Title_2= Frat Wars
, Title_3= Return of the Lambdas
, DirectedBy =
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, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 1, 25
, EpisodeNumber=232
, EpisodeNumber2=12
, ShortSummary=When a fraternity has the turnover of one of their relics from one chapter to another, the chapter receiving the relic feels the chapter currently in possession of it is not worthy to be part of the fraternity, so the recipient chapter leader (Tim Ryan) tries to make it appear that they violated several of the fraternity's laws so that they would be thrown out. He even sends a girl (Karen L. Scott) to seduce and distract the leader (Steven Eckholdt) of the other group, who seems to keep them in check. And two couples, who were also in the fraternity 20 years ago and were hippies then, meet and while one of them (Larry Wilcox and Carlene Watkins) is still hippie, the other one is now more yuppie (Melanie Chartoff and James Houghton), so they feel as if they don't have anything in common anymore.

Rival fraternities vie to impress the head of their national alumni association; Old college pals find they have different lifestyles.

''Guest Stars:'' Melanie Chartoff as Betty Bell, James Houghton as Buddy Bell, Gordon Jump as Grant Woodrow, Carlene Watkins as Rebecca Davis, and Larry Wilcox as Larry Davis.

''Other Guests:'' Steven Eckholdt as Eric Matthews, Karen L. Scott as Connie Disch, Tim Ryan (actor born 1958), Tim Ryan as Nolan Dickford (aka Timothy Ryan Meinelschmidt), Robbie Rist as Zit, Stephen Lee (actor), Stephen Lee as Hockstein, Claud Mann as Carnegie, and Daniel Roebuck as S. C. U. Lambda.
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, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Miss Mom
, Title_2= Who's the Champ
, Title_3= Gopher's Delusion
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 2, 1
, EpisodeNumber=233
, EpisodeNumber2=13
, ShortSummary=Judy thinks a writer (Ben Murphy) of children's books is perfect for her picky cousin (Ellen Bry), who is also pregnant; A pro wrestler (Tim Rossovich) forbids his sister (Jennifer Holmes) to associate with his opponent (Bruce Jenner); Gopher is accidentally hypnotized and given a post-hypnotic suggestion that he's the captain.

''Guest Stars:'' Ellen Bry as Gretchen Sommers, Hulk Hogan as himself, Jennifer Holmes as Linda Sharkey, Caitlyn Jenner as Lover Boy Bob (credited as Bruce Jenner), Ben Murphy as Nathan Paul, and Tim Rossovich as Thomas "The Mangler" Sharkey.

''Other Guests:'' Patrick Cronin (actor), Patrick Cronin as Eddie Dumont, Neil Thompson as The Amazing Zimmerman, and Jim Holmes as Camera Man.
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{{Episode list
, Title=Egyptian Cruise: Parts 1 & 2
, DirectedBy =
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, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 2, 8
, EpisodeNumber=234

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, EpisodeNumber2=14

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, ShortSummary=Part 1 of 2. Cruising the Nile – the Captain and his friend's widow (Jean Stapleton) share memories; A producer (John Astin) wants a starlet (Deborah Adair) to play Cleopatra; A woman (Catherine Oxenberg) eyes the gold ankh that Doc was given at a bazaar; A busy man (James Sloyan) may lose his schoolteacher wife (Valerie Harper) to a former student.

On the Nile: Stubing meets a widow; Two agents want Doc's souvenir; A couple faces facts; A reporter upsets an actress.

''Guest Stars:'' Deborah Adair as Deborah Grant, John Astin as Michael Sawyer, Joseph Campanella as Nabil El Masri, Chad Everett as Wayne Richmond, Valerie Harper as Laurel Peters, Catherine Oxenberg as Carrie Barton, John Putch as Jason Matthews, Grant Show as Christopher Stuart, James Sloyan as Greg Peters and Jean Stapleton as Helen Branigan.

''Other Guests:'' René Assa as Ahmed and Ken Lewis as Steward.

Note: The Love Boat Mermaids did not appear.
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, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Hello, Emily
, Title_2= The Tour Guide
, Title_3= The Winning Number
, DirectedBy =
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, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 2, 15
, EpisodeNumber=236
, EpisodeNumber2=16
, ShortSummary=A widow (Marion Ross) has her eyes on the Captain. A freshly appointed tour guide (Teri Copley) has to deal with a group of demanding senior citizens. A recent lottery winner (Noah Beery Jr.) becomes greedy.

A wealthy businesswoman (Marion Ross) flirts with Stubing; A tour guide loses her group; An $ 8 million lottery winner becomes a boor.

''Guest Stars:'' Noah Beery Jr. as Daryl Wilcox, Teri Copley as Donna Louise Bedford, Virginia Mayo as Virginia Wilcox, Marion Ross as Emily Haywood and Barry Van Dyke as Brandon Cobb.

''Other Guests:'' Martin Hewitt (actor), Martin Hewitt as Kirby Haywood, Isabelle Walker as Karen Haywood, Iris Adrian as Emma Baxter, and Helen Kleeb as Mildred Wiley.

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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=The Second Time Around
, Title_2= Hello, Spencer
, Title_3= Runaway, Go Home
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 2, 22
, EpisodeNumber=237
, EpisodeNumber2=17
, ShortSummary=The Captain welcomes back a widow (Marion Ross), who has romantic plans for her new cruise. Larry Gatlin is trying to help a runaway (Quinn Cummings).

Stubing proposes to Emily (Marion Ross); A teenage stowaway who meets Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers; A phony agent who dupes a comedian.

''Guest Stars:'' Quinn Cummings as Anny, Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers as Themselves – Musical Guests (credited as The Gatlin Brothers), Marion Ross as Emily Haywood, Michael Winslow as Spencer Wilson, Larry Gatlin as himself, Steve Gatlin Rudy Gatlin as himself.

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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=The Art Lover
, Title_2= Couples
, Title_3= Made for Each Other
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 3, 1
, EpisodeNumber=238
, EpisodeNumber2=18
, ShortSummary=Gopher is afraid of getting fired, after breaking a very valuable art piece. Newlyweds (Mary Cadorette and Dean Butler) realize that they have nothing in common besides sex. Gopher breaks a passenger's (Jose Ferrer) priceless statue; Judy is labeled a home-wrecker; Ace snaps a telling shot of two couples.

''Guest Stars:'' Dean Butler as Brent Harper, Mary Cadorette as Darlene Harper, José Ferrer as Simon Beck, Caren Kaye as Paula Mercer, Vicki Lawrence as Betty Logan, David Spielberg as Marc Mercer, Alana Stewart as Miss Enty and Fred Willard as Nil Logan.

''Other Guests:'' Bert Rosario as Julio.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Second Banana
, Title_2= The Prodigy
, Title_3= What Goes Around Comes Around
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 3, 8
, EpisodeNumber=239
, EpisodeNumber2=19
, ShortSummary=An artist (Donald O'Connor) and his orangutan give their last performance during the cruise. Doc falls for a radio psychologist; A gambler (Thomas Bray) risks love; A woman wants to retire her spouse's (Donald O'Connor) orangutan.

''Guest Stars:'' Thom Bray as Lowell Mandell, CJ the Orangutan as Tanny the Orangutan, Patti Davis as Brenda (credited as Patricia Davis), Gloria DeHaven as Mary Halbert, Nancy Dussault as Dr. Dorothee Davis, and Donald O'Connor as Leo Halbert.

''Other Guests:'' Vincent Di Paolo as Passenger (uncredited).
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Gothic Romance
, Title_2= Whatever Happened to Crazy Joe Flash?
, Title_3= We'll Meet Again
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 3, 15
, EpisodeNumber=240
, EpisodeNumber2=20
, ShortSummary=Searching for inspiration, a romance novelist (Morgan Brittany) fantasizes that Ace is courting her; A rock star (Joe Regalbuto) tries to act like a regular guy and finds romance with another passenger (Donna Pescow); A couple (Jayne Meadows and Bill Macy) who regularly take the cruise and have the same cabin, for ten years, are really married to other people and sneaking away for the cruise. A disguised rock star faces rejection; A novelist sees Ace as the hero of her next book; Two lovers celebrate their 10th anniversary.

''Guest Stars:'' Jayne Meadows as Janice (credited as Jayne Meadows Allen), Morgan Brittany as Katherine Wilde, Bill Macy as Myles, Donna Pescow as Joyce Anderson, Joe Regalbuto as Herb Hanson / Crazy Joe Flash, and Michael Young (actor), Michael Young as Henry Gordon.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=The Will
, Title_2= Deja Vu
, Title_3= The Prediction
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, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 3, 22
, EpisodeNumber=241
, EpisodeNumber2=21
, ShortSummary=A millionaire is after a mysterious woman who turned out to be his wife. A psychic (Eva Gabor) makes a very scary prediction. A psychic predicts doom; A woman and an old beau are reunited by her dead husband's design; A man discovers that he was once married.
''Guest Stars:'' Eva Gabor as Leila Kane, Mimi Kuzyk as Nancy Brown, Garrett Morris as Gary Samuels, Roxie Roker as Rhonda Whitney, and Patrick Wayne as Jim Stanton / Ed Brown.

Note: Nanci L. Hammond as Jane – Love Boat Mermaid (credited as Nanci Hammond, instead of Nanci Lynn Hammond as in previous episodes).
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 4
, Title_1=Spain Cruise: The Matadors
, Title_2= Mrs. Jameson Comes Out
, Title_3= Love's Labor Found
, Title_4= Marry Me, Marry Me
, DirectedBy =
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, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 5, 3
, EpisodeNumber=242

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, EpisodeNumber2=22

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, ShortSummary=Spain cruise: The grandson (Lorenzo Lamas) of a famous matador (Cesar Romero) wants to write rather than become a bullfighter; A woman (Sada Thompson), who spent 20 years in prison, hopes to be reunited with her daughter (Melissa Sue Anderson); A passenger (Adrian Zmed) is seeing both Judy and Vicki without their knowledge; Isaac helps a pregnant unmarried stowaway (Olivia Brown). A matador clashes with his grandson; A released convict seeks her daughter; Isaac finds a stowaway; A man woos two women.

Note: The crew is on vacation in Genoa, Italy, before returning to work and sailing on the Vistafjord around Spain and Portugal. Part 1 includes stops in Barcelona, Ibiza, and Malaga. Part 2 starts in Malaga and includes a stop in Lisbon.

''Guest Stars:'' Melissa Sue Anderson as Dana Colton, Olivia Brown as Lois Hendrix, Mary Crosby as Helen Elaine, Lorenzo Lamas as Antonio Belmonte, William R. Moses as Mark Davis, Cesar Romero as Carlos Belmonte, Sada Thompson as Laura Jameson, and Adrian Zmed as Eddy Conrad.

''Other Guests:'' Mykelti Williamson as James Russell (credited as Mykel T. Williamson) (credit only), Robin Harlan as Beautiful Girl (credit only), Peter Forbes-Robertson as Doctor (credit only), Denise Gallup as Twin #1 (credit only), and Dian Gallup as Twin #2 (credit only). Note: These five Other Guests are credited in Part 1 and Part 2, but only appear in Part 2.

Note: Chiquito de la Calzada appeared as Musician (uncredited) in Part 1 only.

Note: The Love Boat Mermaids did not appear.
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=My Stepmother, Myself
, Title_2= Almost Roommates
, Title_3= Cornerback Sneak
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 5, 17
, EpisodeNumber=244
, EpisodeNumber2=24
, ShortSummary=Captain Stubing's happiness is darkened by Vicki's jealousy. The crew learns that they have to share their cabins. Stubing's pending marriage upsets Vicki; A veteran football player faces being cut; A cook (Michael Winslow) has two roommates.
''Guest Stars:'' Marion Ross as Emily Heywood, Geoffrey Scott as John Jackson / John 'Hatchet Man' Hatcher, Trish Van Devere as Amanda Dailey (new owner of the San Jose Friars), Vanessa Williams as Pearl, and Michael Winslow as Spencer Wilson (also introduced as Assistant Cruise Director by Gopher in beginning dialogue).

''Other Guests:'' Sam Scarber as Bubba Powell.

Note: Nanci L. Hammond as Jane – Love Boat Mermaid (credited as Nanci Hammond, instead of Nanci Lynn Hammond as in previous episodes).
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{{Episode list
, NumParts= 3
, Title_1=Happily Ever After
, Title_2= Have I Got a Job for You
, Title_3= Mr. Smith Goes to Minikulu
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 5, 24
, EpisodeNumber=245
, EpisodeNumber2=25
, ShortSummary=The Captain might reconsider his marriage to Emily (Marion Ross). Gopher has second thoughts about an offer to manage an island resort when Isaac leaves the project. Stubing has prenuptial jitters; Ace is prepared to take over as purser if Gopher accepts an offer to manage a tropical resort.

''Guest Stars:'' Clive Revill as Slade Collins, Marion Ross as Emily Heywood / Emily Stubing, Renée Taylor as Monica Douglas and Michael Winslow as Spencer Wilson.

''Other Guests:'' Jan Peters (actor), Jan Peters as Minister.

Note: Nanci L. Hammond as Jane – Love Boat Mermaid (credited as Nanci Hammond, instead of Nanci Lynn Hammond as in previous episodes).

Note: This was the series finale. Some special episodes followed, and are sometimes referred to as Season 10, but are not usually included in the series syndication re-runs.
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Specials (1986–90)

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, Title=The Shipshape Cruise
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 11, 21
, EpisodeNumber=246
, EpisodeNumber2=1
, ShortSummary=An overweight diet doctor hires a fitness instructor to promote her nutrition program; a man tells his significant other that he wants to see other women; Doc runs into an ex (Stephanie Beacham) while he is on his honeymoon.

Ted McGinley is now the ship's yeoman purser, Ashley "Ace" Covington Evans, and Lauren Tewes rejoins the cast as cruise director Julie McCoy.

''Guest Stars:'' Marion Ross as Emily Stubing, Stephanie Beacham as Elaine Riskin, Heidi Bohay as Jerry Sullivan Bricker, Cathy Lee Crosby as Carol Darnell, Katherine Helmond as Harriet Darnell Stevens, Jennifer Holliday as Dr. Charlene Thomas, Steve Lundquist as Steve Riskin, Dack Rambo as Boyd Hughes, and Stephanie E. Williams, Stephanie Williams as Doris Johnson.

''Other Guests:'' Julius Harris as Minister, and Lana Clarkson as Angela.

Note: Fred Grandy left the show to successfully run for a seat in the United States House of Representatives. Grandy, a Republican Party (United States), Republican representing Iowa's 6th congressional district, went on to serve four consecutive terms (1987–1995).

Pat Klous did not appear in this episode.
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{{Episode list
, Title=The Christmas Cruise – Part 1
, DirectedBy =
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, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 12, 25
, EpisodeNumber=247
, EpisodeNumber2=2
, ShortSummary=Part 1 of 2. Mother and daughter cons work a Christmas cruise; depression overcomes a comic portraying Santa; a couple is reunited after 11 years; the new Mrs. Stubing wonders what to get her husband for Christmas.

''Guest Stars:'' Marion Ross as Emily Stubing, John Byner as Arthur Burkley, Leslie Caron as Mrs. Duvall, Anthony Franciosa as David Morgan, Jennifer Caron Hall as Heather Duvall, Gina Lollobrigida as Carla Lucci, and Peter Scolari as Wellington Davis Rothmeyer.

''Other Guests:'' Judith Barsi as Christmas Angel, Efrain Figueroa as Bartender, Ruben Moreno as Maitre D', Janet Maylie as Maid, Peter Love as Cabin Boy, Cindy Adlesh as Bikini Girl #1, Renee Gentry as Bikini Girl #3, Eva LaRue as Bikini Girl #4, Stacy Lindholm as Bikini Girl #5, Meilani Paul as Bikini Girl #2 (credited as Meilani Figalan), Patty Robinson as Bikini Girl #6 and Lorin Jean Vail as Bikini Girl #7.

''Others:'' Bert Parks as Rich Businessman (uncredited).
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{{Episode list
, Title=The Christmas Cruise – Part 2
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1986, 12, 25
, EpisodeNumber=248
, EpisodeNumber2=3
, ShortSummary=Conclusion. Heather wonders if Wellington will still love her when he finds out about her; a chance meeting between David and the morose Santa helps them both make a fateful decision; Mrs. Stubing struggles to find a present for Merrill.

''Guest Stars/Other Guests:'' Same as Part 1.
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{{Episode list
, Title=Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1987, 2, 27
, EpisodeNumber=249
, EpisodeNumber2=4
, ShortSummary=A billionaire who had secretly given free cruises to six strangers is reported missing, and Ace suspects that one of the cruise recipients murdered him; Emily (Marion Ross) searches for fulfillment as someone other than the captain's wife.

''Guest Stars:'' Marion Ross as Emily Stubing, Lloyd Bochner as George Tillman, Arlene Dahl as Jessica York, Peter Graves as Leonard Culver, Julie Harris (actress), Julie Harris as Irene Culver, Jenilee Harrison as Sarah York, Roger E. Mosley as Jeffrey T. Gilbert, John Rubinstein as Allan Davis, Connie Stevens as Margret Grant, Alan Thicke as Robert McBride, Jayne Meadows as Jayne Meadows (credited as Jayne Meadows Allen), Steve Allen as Steve Allen, Army Archerd as himself, Selma Archerd as Selma Archerd, Barbi Benton as Barbi Benton, Milton Berle as himself, Barbara Billingsley as June Cleaver, Tom Bosley as Howard Pfister, Ruth Buzzi as Ruth Buzzi, Carol Channing as Tante Sylvia, Charo as April Lopez, Bert Convy as Bert Convy (credited as Bert Convey), Elinor Donahue as Betty Anderson, Tony Dow as Wally Cleaver, Florence Henderson as Carol Brady, Gordon Jump as Maître d, Don Knotts as Don Knotts, Judy Landers as Judy Landers, Tina Louise as Tina Louise, Patti MacLeod as Patti MacLeod, Robert Mandan Robert Mandan, Jerry Mathers as Beaver Cleaver, Christopher Norris (actress), Christopher Norris as herself, Louis Nye as Louis Nye, Tom Poston as Tom Poston, Juliet Prowse as Juliet Prowse, Robert Reed as Mike Brady (The Brady Bunch), Mike Brady, Charles Siebert as Dr. Stanley Riverside, Gale Storm as Gale Storm, Vic Tayback as Vic Tayback, Charlene Tilton as Secretary, Leslie Uggams as Leslie Uggams, Jo Anne Worley as Jo Anne Worley, and Jane Wyatt as Margaret Anderson.

''Others:'' David Doyle as Repairer #1 and Arte Johnson as Repairer #2.
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{{Episode list
, Title=The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage
, DirectedBy =
, WrittenBy =
, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1990, 2, 12
, EpisodeNumber=250
, EpisodeNumber2=5
, ShortSummary=A Valentine's Day episode, centered on a suspended police lieutenant trailing a group of jewel thieves and Captain Stubing and Vicki mourning Emily's sudden death and eventually returning to Barbados (where the Stubings honeymooned) to find closure. Also: The new cruise director sets her eyes on a passenger who is a TV star, but another ship employee is interested in her. Doc has to care for the pregnant wife of the ship's chief executive.

''Guest Stars:'' Steve Bond as Kirk, Tom Bosley as Lt. Logan, Julia Duffy as Myrna Foley, Roddy Piper as Maurice Steiger, Shanna Reed as Nina Morgan, Joe Regalbuto as Tony Blanchard, Ted Shackelford as Paul Royce, Kim Johnston Ulrich as Kelly
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Home media

The following DVD sets were released by CBS Home Entertainment:DVD release info
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References

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External links

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