The BEST episodes directed by Gordon Farr
#1 - The Stimulation of Stephanie/The Next Step/ Life Begins at 40
The Love Boat - Season 3 - Episode 14
A sex researcher doesn't realize his assistant is in love with him. A woman helps her football star husband move on after he is cut by his team. A woman tries to find a husband just before her 40th birthday.
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#2 - Not So Fast, Gopher/Haven't We Met Before?/Seoul Mates
The Love Boat - Season 3 - Episode 22
Gopher invites his widowed mother onto the ship in the hopes of cheering her up, but is hurt by her seemingly cheerful attitude, which he interprets as an insult to his father. A group of buddies takes a cruise. One of the men meets a woman who is a regular customer at the restaurant where he works. He lies about his identity because he thinks she would be put off by the fact that he is a waiter. A comic's romance with the reporter who is writing a feature about him appears doomed after she takes offense to his act.
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The Love Boat - Season 3 - Episode 28
In this special 90-minute episode that guest stars theater icon Helen Hayes (and her real-life son), the actress' character navigates romance after becoming a widow. Also, a district attorney falls for the woman he has in protective custody, and Doc swears off his own romances for a while.
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#4 - Never Say Goodbye/A New Woman/Trial Romance
The Love Boat - Season 3 - Episode 9
Capt. Stubing receives a letter from his daughter, Vicki. When he tries to call her, he learns that she has run away from her aunt and uncle's home. She shows up on the ship and reveals that she has read her mother's diary, and now knows that the captain is her father. She wants to stay with him, but he feels that it is best that he return her. Vicki's aunt reveals that she is getting a divorce and wants to send her children away for a while so that they won't be affected by the proceedings. Capt. Stubing and Vicki are thrilled by the chance to live together on the ship. Julie plays matchmaker for two shy, old-fashioned people who are unaccustomed to the workings of modern romance. A man is annoyed by the presence of the woman who deadlocked the jury for the attempted murder trial on which they both served, leading to a mistrial. They constantly argue about the case.
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#5 - Third Wheel/Grandmother's Day/Second String Mom
The Love Boat - Season 2 - Episode 27
Gopher gives his parents a cruise, but his father is jealous of Gopher's relationship with his mother; an older couple is stunned by an unexpected pregnancy; a widower's teenage daughters reject his new wife, but then need her help.
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#6 - Doc's 'Ex' Change/The Gift/Making the Grade
The Love Boat - Season 3 - Episode 16
Doc's most recent wife, Samantha, comes aboard with some shocking news: thanks to a crooked divorce lawyer who never filed their papers, they are still married. A man admits to his wife that he "borrowed" from his company's petty cash to pay for their cruise, as he felt ashamed by the fact that he couldn't give her things. They believe they may have found a way out of their predicament when they find 2000 dollars hidden in a jacket loaned to them by a passenger's wife. The man tries to retrieve his money without letting his wife find out that he is still gambling. A boy is horrified when his mother begins dating his hated history teacher.