The BEST episodes of The Love Boat season 1
Every episode of The Love Boat season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Love Boat season 1!
Passengers find romance aboard a cruise ship.
#1 - This Business of Love/Crash Diet Crush/I'll Never Fall in Love Again
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/13/1978
A reformed prostitute causes trouble between a one-time "John" and his wife; Captain Stubing re-encounters an old flame; a fun-loving older couple help bring two lovers back together
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#2 - Computerman/Parlez-Vous/Memories of You
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/13/1978
A slick computer matchmaker proceeds to pair up cruise guests while setting himself up with Julie; two American gold-diggers pretend to be French; a New York advertising executive meets up with a long-lost love.
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#3 - The Love Boats
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/5/1978
A young bachelor must marry within the week in order to claim a $3 million inheritance; a drab widow poses as a glamorous adventuress and captures the heart of the Captain; a confirmed male chauvinist angers his fiancee, who finds comfort in sick bay with Doc; a scandal sheet reporter sets out to compile material for a sins-at-sea story.
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#4 - Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (Part 1)
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1978
Part 1: A famous Hollywood couple tries to find a balance between their professional and personal lives. Inept thieves try steal an expensive jewel. Blind childhood friends meet up, but one of them can now see. A philandering husband is caught on board with wife and mistress.
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#5 - Isaac's Double Standard/One More Time/Chimpanzeeshines
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1978
Isaac's possessive mother becomes jealous of her son's lady friend, while he objects to his mom sharing a cabin with her latest boyfriend; a divorced comedy team is too busy making jokes to admit they miss each other; Gopher's budding romance is nearly foiled by a jewel-stealing monkey.
#6 - The Inspector/A Very Special Girl/Until the Last Goodbye
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1978
The crew after being informed that an inspector from the line will coming on board to do a report on them, but not knowing who he is, they try to be extra nice to anyone whom they is the inspector but always come up wrong. Two girls, one a stunner, the other, a plain girl. Now when two guys compete for the hot girl and when one of them gets her, the other has to take care of her companion.
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#7 - Parents Know Best/A Selfless Love/The Nubile Nurse
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/25/1978
A couple takes their son on a cruise in an attempt to end his relationship with an unsuitable girl; a May-December couple rethink their romance; an ex-showgirl's glamorous past jeopardizes her new career as a registered nurse.
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#8 - Taking Sides/A Friendly Little Game/Going by the Book
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/18/1978
An older couple's problems affect the marriage of newlyweds. An elderly man who is riddled with debts, but is desperate to take his wife on a cruise to meet their grandchildren, decides to pay for the trip with a dodgy deck of cards and aims to take the crew for all the money they have. A young man who is very inexperienced with women relies on a self-help book on how to win them over. However, he and Doc Bricker butt heads by going after the same girl.
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#9 - Lonely at the Top/Divorce Me, Please/Silent Night
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1977
It's Christmas on the ship and the captain tries to strike the right balance between leadership and friendship. A married man and woman desperately try to get each other to grant a divorce. An ex-con seeks revenge on the person who framed him. A priest brings a group of orphans on the cruise.
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#10 - Ex Plus Y/Graham and Kelly/Goldenagers
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1977
A divorced couple takes the cruise with new mates, and can't seem to avoid one another or stop arguing. Two adolescents develop an awkward flirtation. A senior group inadvertently interferes with its director's fledgling romance with Julie.
#11 - The Captain's Captain/Hounded/Romance Roulette
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1977
The captain's demanding father leaves the entire crew on edge. A dog traps a passenger in his cabin. Three friends try to meet men through an unusual game.
#12 - Gopher, the Rebel/Cabin Fever/Pacific Princess Overture
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/20/1978
A young female passenger encourages Gopher to be his own person and stand up for himself to Captain Stubing. However, neither were expecting the consequences of their actions. A cheating husband is caught when his neighbors from home also board the cruise. However, being holed up in a cabin with his mistress isn't all that he hoped it would be. A businessman uses all his wiles to convince a grieving widow to sell her husband's business to a Japanese conglomerate. But he soon comes to realize that this may not be the best idea.
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#13 - The Congressman Was Indiscreet/Isaac's History Lesson/Winner Take Love
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/1978
A congressman unjustly accused of being involved in a scandal seeks refuge aboard the Pacific Princess; Isaac and a lovely intellectual snob clash over a colorful old passenger; a beauty pageant contestant's whose chances of winning are jeopardized by her possessive boyfriend.
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#14 - Last of the Stubings/Million Dollar Man/The Sisters
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1978
Stubing's nephew comes on board to train to be a seaman but doesn't do a good job at anything he does. A man who just stole a million dollars meets a woman who upon learning of what he has done reveals herself to be a cop who plans to turn him in. Two sisters compete for the affections of the same man.
#15 - Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (Part 2)
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/21/1978
Part 2: A famous Hollywood couple tries to find a balance between their professional and personal lives. Inept thieves try steal an expensive jewel. Blind childhood friends meet up, but one of them can now see. A philandering husband is caught on board with wife and mistress.
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#16 - Cinderella Story/Family Reunion/Too Hot to Handle
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1978
A woman who believes her departed dad was a noble sea captain forms an attachment for a devilish old purser; a newlywed couple are prevented by dislocated backs, sunburn and even poison ivy from enjoying their honeymoon; the crew upgrades a couple with modest means to a luxurious suite without consulting Capt. Stubing, forcing the couple to pose as wealthy socialites.
#17 - The Old Man and the Runaway/A Fine Romance/The Painters
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/24/1977
A crotchety old man and a teenage runaway form an unlikely friendship. Julie grows frustrated when an old friend of her brother's repeatedly rejects her advances without explanation. A pair of incompetent painters continually screws up the re-painting of Capt. Stubing's cabin.
#18 - The Captain and the Lady/One If by Land/Centerfold
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1977
Captain Stubing is trapped on the cruise with his ex-wife. The future wife of a politician worries over some scandalous photos. A woman is pursued by her boyfriend at all the ship's ports of call.
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#19 - Oh, Dale!/The Main Event/A Tasteful Affair
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1977
A man must pose as a woman to gain passage on the ship so that he can pursue an ex-girlfriend. A bickering married couple gets trapped in the elevator. A detective falls for a married woman whose husband has hired him to trail her.
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#20 - The Joker Is Mild/First Time Out/Take My Granddaughter, Please
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1977
Julie's family friend turns to her for help reviving his sputtering standup comedy career. A meddling woman tries to interfere in her granddaughter's love life. A young man's fraternity brothers pressure him to lose his virginity during the cruise.
#21 - Dear Beverly/The Strike/Special Delivery
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1977
An advice columnist neglects her husband. A substitute chef has a bad history with Capt. Stubing. A man and his estranged pregnant wife take the cruise without knowing the other is also on board.
#22 - Help, Murder/Isaac the Groupie/Mr. Popularity
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1977
A woman gets the wrong idea from her husband's secretive behavior and fears that he is plotting to murder her. Isaac begins a whirlwind romance with an internationally known singer. A couple suspects that a painfully boring passenger is actually a wanted jewel thief.
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#23 - Identical Problem/Julie's Old Flame/The Jinx
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1977
Identical twins pretend to be one person but both fall for Doc. Julie is reacquainted with an ex-lover. The crew believes that an elderly couple who survived the Titanic is cursed.
#24 - Lost and Found/The Understudy/Married Singles
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1977
A boy befriends a couple who recently lost a young son. A trainee schemes to steal Julie's job. A bickering married couple takes the cruise and stays in separate cabins.
#25 - Message for Maureen/The Acapulco Connection/Gotcha
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1977
A wheelchair-ridden tennis star rekindles a romance with a critical sportswriter. A Mexican woman with singing aspirations stows away on the ship. A man annoys his wife and other passengers with his incessant practical jokes.
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