List of The Love Boat episodes

Captain Stubing's ex-wife (Bonnie Franklin) is a passenger with her new husband (Robert Symonds), a cruise line executive. She makes the crew pay for her animosity with the Captain (Gavin MacLeod). A former centerfold model (Meredith Baxter) struggles to hide her past from her fiancé who is a Congressman. A woman is followed by her boyfriend whom she dumped because he won't commit to marriage.

A man (John Ritter) poses as a woman because the only available cabin mate was already occupied by another woman (Tovah Feldshuh). A quarreling couple (Sherman Hemsley, LaWanda Page) is trapped in an elevator. A tycoon hires a detective (Dennis Cole) to find out if his wife (Jaclyn Smith) is cheating.

A man (Robert Reed) and woman (Loretta Swit) who are divorced meet. Two teens (Kristy McNichol, Scott Baio) fall in love. A senior-citizens' guide (Charles Frank) is kept busy by his group and interfering with his romance with Julie.

A sportswriter (Bill Bixby) romances a sidelined tennis pro (Brenda Benet). Doc falls for a seasick stowaway (Charo). A practical joker (Milton Berle) plays one joke too many. Also guest starring Audra Lindley.

An advice columnist (Eva Gabor) overlooks her own marital problems. The new chef (Al Molinaro) is outraged by the Captain's tastes. Doc consoles a pregnant woman (Pamela Franklin) who is about to be divorced and unaware that her soon-to-be-ex (Robert Urich) is also on the cruise.

A curmudgeon (Will Geer) strikes up a friendship with a runaway teen. Julie's old boyfriend (Anson Williams) rebuffs her advances. Inept painters (Arte Johnson, Pat Morita) make a shambles of the Captain's cabin.

Honeymooners (John Rubinstein & Kathy Bates) experience a nightmare of a honeymoon. A supermarket assistant manager (Bruce Solomon), traveling with his wife (Judy Luciano), poses as a hot-shot executive with the crew's connivance. A ship's steward (Bob Crane) is reunited with his long lost daughter (Dori Brenner).

A thieving chimp almost wrecks Gopher's love life. Isaac's mother (Pearl Bailey) shocks her son by sharing quarters with her boyfriend. Feuding performers (Nanette Fabray, Don Adams) reunite for a show.

A Hollywood couple (Michele Lee, Fernando Lamas) argue about a film he wants to produce, unaware that thieves are planning to rob them of a precious diamond in their possession. A blind girl is reunited with her schoolmate—who is no longer blind. A lawyer tries to keep his wife from finding out about his girlfriend who is also on the cruise. Other guest stars: Harold Gould, Juliet Mills, John Schuck, Karen Valentine, Larry Storch, Stephanie Zimbalist, Desi Arnaz Jr., Adrienne Barbeau, Dan Rowan

A beauty contest on board ship divides a couple (Maureen McCormick, Bobby Sherman). A reporter (Vicki Lawrence) falls for a disgraced congressman (Dick Van Patten). A visiting college professor (Vernee Watson-Johnson) researching Black history disapproves of an older passenger's hambone moves – even though most of the others like it—and convinces Isaac to feel the same way, until they find out to their embarrassment that the man (Scatman Crothers) is one of the greatest pitchers in Negro League history.

The crew is on its best behavior for an incognito cruise inspector while a Russian elderly man keeps asking the same phrase over and over. Illness affects an adoring couple (Susan Blanchard, Paul Burke). A children's book author (Jim Backus) tries to find inspiration on the cruise. Two girlfriends (Laurette Spang, Debralee Scott) cruise, and one is ignored by all the men on board while all the others hit on the other.

A matchmaker uses a computer to pair up the cruise guests; American gold-diggers pass themselves off as French; A New York ad executive and a long-lost love reunite.

Captain Stubing's deputy turns out to be incompetent in his new role. The captain, Doc, Julie, Gopher and some of the guests visit an island near Cabo San Lucas. They are taken hostage by a nutty hermit and caught in a hurricane. Gopher, who is anxious about his upcoming vacation, drives everyone crazy. Isaac sails on the ship as a passenger, and hopes to impress a woman with his lies about being rich and famous. A passenger tracks a down a woman who gave her up as a newborn, and also meets a soap-opera actor.

Julie's parents (Norman Fell and Betty Garrett) are getting divorced; an author (James Coco) and a censor (Dody Goodman) fall in love, unaware they are sharing the same cabin; a young girl (Melissa Gilbert) loses her tomboy image after receiving her first kiss.

Captain Stubing's uncle (Red Buttons) makes efforts to be alone with Julie but is thwarted by her aunt – Gopher in disguise; A businessman (Allen Ludden) tries to close a deal, using his daughter (Mackenzie Phillips) as bait; the neglected wife (Hope Lange) of a publisher (Gene Barry) hopes to find inspiration for the remaining chapter of a book by romancing a novelist (Richard Mulligan).

A shy young man becomes a different person at night; a businessman learns a lesson about neglecting his family; a man believes he has better chances of surviving at sea than on trial.

An illusionist is in such demand that he nearly misses what is in front of him; two recently reunited parents have trouble trying to stop their son from telling tall tales; Julie's model friend, scarred physically and psychologically by a car accident, is romanced by Gopher and Doc but is suspicious of their motives.

A stuffy executive loosens up and falls in love with his secretary; a songwriter rekindles a wife's love for her husband; Captain Stubing takes charge of the orphaned child of his former love; a stern Russian cruise director gets a new image, to Doc's delight. (90 minutes)

A widow who hasn't gotten over her husband's death is followed by her husband's ghost, who tries to fix her up with another passenger; a divorced couple sees their daughter and her husband off but get locked in one of the unused cabins; Gopher's sister comes on board and makes a beeline for Doc.

Guest stars: Melissa Sue Anderson, Conrad Bain, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Greg Morris, Jimmie Walker, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Peter Coffield, Bebe Drake, Raymond Allen, Deney Terrio

A minister falls for a Las Vegas exotic dancer, much to the dismay of a female parishioner, who attempts to break them up but causes a strain on her own marriage; a man tries to help his wife overcome her denial over her blindness; the crew convince the chief engineer to forgo his Thanksgiving holiday by having his entire family stow away on board the ship.

A woman in charge of the presentation of the Captain's Cup convinces an engineer to pose as the executive in charge so as not to disappoint Captain Stubing; Doc begins spending all of his time with an older couple from his hometown; a recently divorced man is paired up with his ex's divorce attorney.

A couple and their friend meet a former marketing executive who is penniless and looking for work. A couple looking to adopt a child in Puerto Vallarta get the sad news the biological parents had a change of heart but the director of the orphanage has another child in mind. A friend of Julie's is romanced by both Doc and the Captain. Isaac and Gopher take sides and even bet their last $100 on the outcome.

A double wedding is in store for identical twins; a separated couple argue through their ventriloquist act; Julie settles an argument between two adolescent girls, to the pleasure of their father, and the girls then decide to fix up him and Julie.

A woman poses as her sister to avoid an old flame. An author tries to live up to the philosophies he espoused in his recent work. One of Doc's ex-wives hires an actor to pose as her fiancé in order to win him back.

Gopher's friend offers him a job at a plush hotel in Lake Havasu, AZ. Gopher considers it after an argument with the Captain; a magician's assistant is upset when he sends his brother to replace him in the act; a dowager is attracted to a cabin steward.

A charming widower and his son fall in love with the same girl. An easygoing bachelor becomes allergic to the idea of marrying his aggressive girlfriend. Isaac and an influential passenger help an ex-shoplifter.

Julie is driving everyone crazy since she is organizing her high school reunion on board ship:

1. Julie's high school teacher is on board but is struggling with his alcoholism.
2. A former boyfriend of hers is on board with her high school rival.
3. The football quarterback is reunited with former teammates.
4. Another couple, who had moved to Canada for him to avoid the Vietnam War draft and recently returned under amnesty, meet another classmate who is in a wheelchair due to wounds received in the war.
5. Doc romances one of Julie's classmates.
6. Julie learns her recently divorced friend Wendy is on the cruise because unknown admirer has sent her the cruise ticket.

Doc's old mentor from Johns Hopkins disapproves of his lifestyle while dealing with the loss of an arm in a car accident, not realizing his wife has become addicted to painkillers; a series of misunderstandings strains an engaged couple and the woman's best friend. A representative from the cruise ship Lorelei evaluates the Captain as a possible commanding officer for that ship.

A vacationing chauffeur and his wealthy employer fall in love; a famous model causes love-smitten Gopher to fantasize that he is various flamboyant heroes; a separated couple vie for their son's affection; Reggie Jackson (as himself) can't convince anyone on board that he is who he says he is. (90 minutes)

Note: John, Hayley, and Juliet Mills were real-life father and daughters.

A terrier "protects" its mistress from the advances of a gentleman; a waitress inherits a fortune and finds her new life, and her former fiancé's renewed interest, a big adjustment; Isaac laments his ill-fated love affairs.

A wallflower is secretly followed by a shy milquetoast; Stubing is charmed by a fortuneteller; two honeymooning retirees are unexpectedly joined by their overprotective children .

Julie falls for an older man while an adolescent boy falls for her; two rival publishers clash while their children become romantic; the crew's plans for a present for their captain's anniversary keep hitting a huge snag.

A rocker meets and falls in love with a deaf girl; a gambler in marital trouble gets Doc to tell his wife how he feels; Isaac mistakes a conversation by two writers about an upcoming mystery-murder novel as an actual plot to kill the captain.

An old war buddy of the captain's is reunited with a long-lost love from that period; a couple on their second honeymoon have their four children with them; April (Charo), now a successful singer with the cruise line, tries her hand at cruise directing, without much success.

Gopher's parents visit but the father feels like a third wheel; a couple with five already grown children find out they will have a new addition to the family; two sisters are less than friendly to their new stepmother.

This wedding cruise takes place up the Alaska and British Columbia coastline:

• The couple getting married (Mark Harmon, Lisa Hartman) have to deal with his interfering ex-girlfriend (Caren Kaye).
• The groom's divorced parents (Ray Milland, Eleanor Parker) quarrel while he is suffering from terminal cancer and she having to declare bankruptcy. Both try to keep their problems from one another.
• Julie is making a decision about accepting Jack's (Tony Roberts) proposal (from Season 2 episode "Julie Falls Hard") while fending off the advances of the best man of this wedding (Donny Most).
• The grandfather of the bride (Lorne Greene) and the aunt of the groom (Audra Lindley) fall in love and get married.

A woman and her man-hunting daughter arrive on the ship, the mother is attracted to a disabled man but their relationship is hampered by his snobby and obnoxious aide . Julie thinks she's opted for the wrong career when she meets her happily married friend who took the cruise director course with her, especially when she feels that Capt. Stubing is overly friendly to the woman. A man feels that he and his wife are experiencing the three stages of love.

A vacationing doctor cares for an ailing Doc, and he falls for her; A former dancer asks her reluctant ex-partner to teach with her at her school in Germany—much to the annoyance of his new and younger partner; After being stood up, a woman brings her cab driver along on the cruise.

An IRS agent (Phyllis Diller) comes on board to audit the Captain. A celebrity (Joyce DeWitt) tries to avoid a tabloid reporter (Ray Buktenica) trying to uncover her secret. Newlyweds (Richard Kline, Jennifer Salt) discover her ex (Lyle Waggoner) is also on the cruise and wants to win her back.

This takes place during a charity cruise involving The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

• A bachelor executive hires actors to pose as his family to impress his boss and wife who don't know of his status. He however falls for one of the cheerleaders.
• A beautiful movie star is on board be chairperson for the ship's charity cruise. However, once on board, she runs into the dean of American film and drama critics who has never given Miss Logan a good review. Once the two get together it's a contest of digs, and a surprise happening between the two.
• One of the cheerleaders gets her friends to spend time with a persistent suitor in order to get him out of her hair. However when one of them begins spending too much time with him, she starts to re-evaluate her relationship.
• A man and a woman search for a supposedly hidden treasure on board.

To keep Julie from finding out about her surprise birthday party, Gopher, Isaac and Doc invent a phony fraternity in order to keep her busy and devise frat-like procedures in order for her to join in. This interferes with her romance with a passenger (Christopher Connelly). A womanizer (Demond Wilson) has his friend (Jimmie Walker) take the responsibility when his girlfriend (Thelma Hopkins) finds a letter from another woman in his jacket. A young gymnast's (Nancy McKeon) whole cruise is taken up by her father-coach (Alex Cord).

A 12-year-old resents the romance between his mother (Jessica Walter) and his teacher (Richard Gautier); a financially troubled man (Sonny Bono) finds $2000 in a borrowed coat; Doc and his ex-wife (Juliet Prowse) realize they're still married.

A singer (Donny Osmond) is ashamed of his family, who arouse the curiosity of a novelist; two passengers (Robert Guillaume, Pam Grier) cheat on their mates; Captain Stubing invites the crew into his suite when their quarters are flooded.

Julie helps a brilliant, but plain-looking woman become a glamor queen. Vicki and a young passenger try to help out a stowaway and a very jealous man accuses crew members of making passes at his wife.

An accident victim (Alan Feinstein) and the woman (Britt Ekland) who caused it keep their distance; Vicki tries to look shapely to catch a singer's (Rex Smith) eye; a palimony victim (Steve Kanaly) wants to avoid new relationships.

A model (BernNadette Stanis) uses Isaac to make her husband (Clifton Davis) jealous; a lawyer (David Hasselhoff) wants to marry a colleague (Shelley Fabares) who is afraid to commit due to the ten-year difference in their ages; a woman (Peggy Cass) thinks a carefree attitude will save her marriage from boredom.

A widow must make a serious decision about her friend, a woman being bothered by a mystery caller. The male members of the crew are shocked when Doc swears off women, so challenge him to a bet. A man who has had a gorgeous young woman in protective custody falls for her. (90 minutes)

This trip revolves around a "Marriage-a-Thon" special of 50 couples set to make their vows. The cruise begins in the US Virgin Islands and ends in Los Angeles. Sights include Curaçao and the Panama Canal.

1. The promoter of the marriage cruise is ironically trying to reconcile with his wife but when he makes a crooked deal with one of the couples he is in danger of losing his wife to Captain Stubing.
2. Doc tricks Gopher into being a contestant judge but then comes to regret it when he discovers the other two judges are attractive women who vie for Gopher's attention.
3. Another couple has a reputation of being perpetually engaged because the man literally can't say, "I do."
4. Julie's old friend Mark (from "Doug and Carol's Story" in season 3) is supposed to be a best man in the mass wedding but the groom is caught with another girl. Mark has the burden of telling the bride about her groom only to fall in love with her himself.
5. A groom's father and bride's mother attempt to talk their children out of marrying, only to fall in love themselves.

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders come aboard. Gopher loses his job because Fleers, the promoter, becomes jealous when the cheerleader that he is interested in likes Gopher and not him. A man and his bride-to-be share the honeymoon with his best man. An Air Force officer and his Japanese-born wife find themselves confronted by his ex-girlfriend. A Saudi oil sheik mistakes his gift from Fleers' assistant to be one of the cheerleaders. (90 minutes)

As the quest for Mallory's nephew (Gregg Robblee) continues, the people involved become suspicious and eventually make Mallory confess his real motives. In the meantime, a repentant Mallory tries to reconcile with his wife. A mysterious man (Sorrell Booke) begins following them. The kidney donor and the fiancėe become attracted to each other. In the meantime Julie's friend and his girlfriend continue to drive her crazy.

A couple on board to celebrate their 40th anniversary find themselves in a fight when he finds something about his penny-pinching wife. A woman fed up with her husband's constant ogling of other woman attempts to use Doc to make him jealous with unfortunate consequences. A man suspecting his girlfriend of cheating on him convinces the lady in the cabin next door that he is CIA tracking down KGB operatives.

Isaac is afraid to tell his former high school teacher (Lillian Gish) that his job is Chief Bartender because she had high hopes for him, so Gopher gets him to pose as the ship's First Officer. Shirley the Seal goes overboard – literally – when she spots her trainer (Donald O'Connor) with another woman (Georgia Engel). A woman (Florence Henderson), convinced of her impending death, tries to find a new wife for her husband (Jeffrey Tambor).

A lady judge finds herself attracted to the man whom she had placed on probation for being married to three women at the same time. Vicki becomes the "green-eyed monster" when she sees her father's attraction to a beautiful passenger. An expectant couple keep pestering Doc when he tries to court another passenger.

April's vacation takes a turn when she unofficially becomes a "ninny" to the two children of a TV sportscaster. A loan shark sends one of his men to collect an outstanding debt from a passenger – only to have complications develop. A young woman traveling with her parents meets and falls in love with another passenger, only that she does not know she is dying from leukemia.

Isaac and Doc's joke backfires when the girl they have been writing love letters to, under Gopher's name, shows up. When they see what a beauty she (Marie Laurin) is, Doc and Gopher try to outdo each other for her attention. A couple (Dana Wynters, Paul Burke) drift apart over work habits. The man whose wife is too busy for him finds another love (Susan Oliver). A man (Patrick Wayne) finds himself out on his ear after his girl friend (Trish Stewart) discovers they were to share quarters.

Isaac tries to impress a visiting concert promoter with his singing skills and convinces three chambermaids to act as his backup. A former All-American football player has a romance with Julie. A man with a horrible fear of water is forced by wife to take the cruise in order to overcome it.

April and her charges accidentally find themselves on board while her employer and his new fiancée set sail. Their attempts to avoid them while they find a way off are unsuccessful. A college friend of Gopher's tries to be one thing for the boss and another for the boss' daughter, all the while not realizing they are father and daughter. Two college football friends go on the cruise with the mother of one of them but she becomes the object of the other's affections.

A self-pitying blind woman is romanced by a gentle farmer . An almost-divorced man traveling with his new girl friend is convinced his soon-to-be-ex has planted bugs in his cabin. Gopher's attempts to convince a nudist from sunbathing au naturel are blocked by a conservative lawyer who feels her rights are being denied.

Isaac's uncle (Demond Wilson) who's not exactly been an upstanding guy comes on board. A government agent (Robert Ginty) tells the Captain that he is following Isaac's uncle he thinks he's involved in something that's not exactly legal. A member of the crew (Larry Breeding) is attracted to a passenger (Kyle Aletter) but her mother (Lee Meriwether) is hoping she can snag a wealthy man, so he borrows another passenger's clothes and pretends to be a man of means. And a guy from Doc's hometown (Randolph Powell) whom he helped send to medical school and paid for by their hometown so that the town can have a doctor comes on board to introduce Doc to his fiancée (Cindy Morgan) but tells him that he's not going to practice in their hometown. So Doc decides to resign and be the doctor of his hometown.

Gopher has a love-hate relationship with a US Customs official who is traveling on the cruise with her boyfriend. A young man is reunited with an old girlfriend but his mother objects because she has someone else in mind for him at home. The manager of the gift shop has her hands full with all three of her fiancés on board

A woman dating a man who was once obese now has to deal with a romantic rival. A professional gambler makes friends with Vicki. A group of aging crooks meet to plan one last heist (Jack Gilford played a similar character in the movie Who's Minding the Mint?, for which R.S. Allen & Harvey Bullock also wrote.)

On a special cruise to Acapulco for a fashion festival, designers Geoffrey Beene, Halston, Bob Mackie, and Gloria Vanderbilt play themselves. Problems of the heart are in store for a husband and wife who are owners of a model agency. Their marriage is in jeopardy when tempers flare over the use of one of the models who has captured the captain's eye. Another heartache involves a cosmetic king who is searching for a unique woman to represent his new product, and finds not just one, but two likely candidates. Cruise director Julie McCoy gets the limelight when she models in place of a model friend who has fallen in love. A couple is in frantic search of some designer clothes that they have misplaced as well as having to keep their marriage secret from the boss – the woman's father.

Note: This is a two-hour episode.

Gopher's aunt (Jane Powell) is afraid to tell him she is no longer wealthy and has to work as a maid for another passenger (Mary Wickes). It becomes more complicated when she meets a charming passenger (Howard Keel). A playboy (Joe Namath) hatches a scheme for his best friend (Fred Willard) to get him married off so that he can claim a cash windfall but the friend turns the tables on him. An abandoned infant is soon in need of an emergency blood transfusion.

Julie has a run in with a guy who turns out to be a passenger and they butt heads. A young actress comes on board and makes a fool of Vicki. And an estranged husband and wife,one of whom is neat freak and the other a slob find themselves not only on the ship but in the same cabin.

Two-part episode filmed in Australia. Julie prepares to marry her fiancé during a stopover in Sydney. Also on board: an anthropologist and his wife on their way to a dig in the South Pacific and a New Zealand rancher with a secret he won't share with a fellow passenger while a young beauty has eyes for him. Gopher and Doc vie for the affections of the new cruise director.

The crew goes to Italy to work on a cruise ship there. Among the passengers is a family whose patriarch and matriarch originally came from Italy and accompanying them are their 2 daughters and grand daughter. Into the trip the couple bicker to the point that they're considering separating. One of the daughters is meeting someone on a sort of blind date but not known to her is a gigolo. And the grand daughter who's been promised to another guy back home meets a local and is attracted to him. And Gopher meets a local woman who says he reminds her of someone she knows.

A couple celebrating their 30th anniversary find that even with grown children, she still wants another baby. Julie tries to keep ex-roommate who has a history of hitting on her boyfriends from hitting on her current beau so she tells her that Gopher is her latest. Gopher goes along even though he is in love with someone else. The Captain's high school classmate is on board but he is self-conscious about his baldness so he wears a toupee when she is around.

A psychic comes on board to entertain the passengers and she meets a man who's separated from his wife and is uncertain if he wants to remain with his wife. And a friend of Stubbing's comes on board with his son whom he doesn't see much of. And he can't help but boast of his son's accomplishments but the son later reveals to Vickie that's his accomplishments are not true. And an elderly couple who are engaged come on board and the guy is nervous about taking the plunge.

A young girl who's infatuated with Gopher pretends to be her older sister. An artist meets an unhappily married guy. And the ship's comic runs into the wife and daughter he left years ago.

A psychiatrist who specializes in group therapy goes on board for a little vacation but one of his groups joins him. And they still want him to help them. And when two of them get attracted to each other, they don't know what to do. An actor runs into the writer of a soap who rejected him. And she wonders if he has something up his sleeve. And Doc's girlfriend joins him, as does his nephew and he makes a move on her. Prompting Doc to challenge him.

It is Thanksgiving, and among the passengers is a woman who wants to introduce her fiancé to her parents but she neglected to tell them that he is a paraplegic. And a father and his son are trying to get away from the boy's natural father who wants to take him away. And the crew is bickering with each other to the point that they're not speaking with each other.

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 Julie 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 does not tell anyone that he is her aunt. And Isaac meets a woman who is estranged from her husband.

A woman who worked as a singing telegram is left stranded on board ship after delivering a "Dear John" message to a passenger. A temp agency owner takes the place of the secretary scheduled to sail with a magazine editor. An NFL quarterback's attempt to get close to an English professor keeps getting penalty flags.

A woman's ability to dispense advice irritates the Captain as well as the father of a young man who wants to pursue his own path. A maid goes on the cruise to win the heart of her employer. Gopher's CPR course come in handy to save a passenger who has had a heart attack.

A woman with a heart condition falls of a man wanted in the US 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, Susan Anton, Michael Constantine, Linda Evans, John Forsythe, Lee Horsley, Pat Klous, Lee Majors, Erin Moran