The BEST episodes of The Love Boat season 5
Every episode of The Love Boat season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Love Boat season 5!
Passengers find romance aboard a cruise ship.
#1 - His Girls Friday/A Wife for Wilfred/The Girl Who Stood Still
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/1982
Crew members become matchmakers when a man offers a handsome reward to anyone who can find him a good woman. Plus, a teen girl traveling with her mother faces potential humiliation when she runs into a former boyfriend. Finally, a man who's traveling with his dowdy secretary becomes romantically involved with a voluptuous blonde.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - The Lady from Laramie/Vicki Swings/Phantom Bride
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1981
An earthy woman comes between a socialite and her escort; psychic researchers search for a ghost aboard the ship; Vicki meets an older boy traveling alone.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - I Don't Play Anymore/Gopher's Roomate/Crazy for You
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/23/1982
Gopher thinks he knows a female passenger but just can't remember from where. When she reveals how they know each other, it shocks him. A man, who feigned being mentally ill so that he could get his full pension, is being followed by a woman who tasked with proving he's faking. A concert pianist, who has stopped playing because he has arthritis in his hands, is being pestered by some fans to play. Initially, he refuses but, upon meeting one of the ship's staff who needs an operation, he agrees to give a performance.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - The Expedition/Julie's Wedding/The Mongala/Julie's Replacement/The Three R's/The Professor's Wife (2)
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1981
Julie and Tony give the crew a tour of the Rossmore Animal Preserve. Isaac finds a flaw in the wedding gift that he bought on the crew's behalf. Barbara feels jealous of Connie and Ralph's relationship. Vivian issues an ultimatum to Milo.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Doc Take the Fifth/Safety Last/A Business Affair
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/2/1982
Doc returns from his vacation and introduces Tania, his new wife of a couple of hours, to the crew. Don Adams is a safety inspector taking a vacation and finds danger around every corner on board the ship, but then falls in love with fellow passenger Alice. The president of a financial group comes aboard to talk his female VP out of resigning, due to untrue rumors about them having an affair.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Green, But Not Jolly/Past Perfect Love/Instant Family
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/1982
A fellow believes he was married to a woman in a past life; Julie decides to change her hairstyle, which results in a shade of green; a high school coach is attracted to a woman with a hyperactive son.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - New York, A.C./Live It Up/All's Fair in Love and War
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/1982
Three divorced men swear off serious relationships; a married man's girlfriend gives him an ultimatum.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier (2)
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/27/1982
Lionel promises to give Isaac an executive position, if Millie marries him. Doc's in-laws help him make up with Gopher. A stranger paid for Victor's passage. The crew's relatives squabble over who's going to star in the musical.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - The Expedition/Julie's Wedding/The Mongala/Julie's Replacement/The Three R's/The Professor's Wife (1)
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/1981
Julie prepares to marry Tony in Sydney and asks Merrill and the crew to join her bridal party. Anthropologist Milo and his wife Vivian are off to a South Pacific dig where his colleague Deke plans to unveil a find. Gopher and Doc pursue Julie's successor.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Farnsworth's Fling/Three in a Bed/I Remember Helen/Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia/Gopher Farnsworth Smith (1)
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1981
Capt. Stubing and the crew play host to a billionaire who has gathered all his relatives on board to announce his new will. However, unbeknownst to the wealthy passenger, a recent chance meeting with a beautiful woman is part of scheme by his niece who has her eyes set on his fortune. Meanwhile, the captain makes plans to marry the daughter of his former love.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - The Return of the Captain's Lady/Love Ain't Illegal/The Irresistible Man
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/1982
Capt. Stubing considers getting remarried while an unscrupulous businessman leaves his girlfriend on the ship with his shy partner. Plus, a man wreaks havoc while trying to attract the attention of a woman, much to the chagrin of another female passenger.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#12 - Two Grapes on the Vine/Aunt Sylvia/Deductible Divorce
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1981
The Virgin Islands serve as a backdrop for the Grand Prix Wine-Tasting Competition, whose winner receives a $25,000 prize. Judge Alan Curtis starts a shipboard fling with Marion Blake, without getting to know her well. Julie's Aunt Sylvia Duvall is on the cruise with her friend, Betsy Boucher. Their scheme is for Betsy to meet the wine competition's sponsor Elliott Banning, marry him, and become a wealthy bride. But their efforts may be in jeopardy due to Sylvia's well-intentioned bumbling. Also among the judges is snobbish judge Vincent Van Durling
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier (1)
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/1982
The crew puts on the First Annual Cruise Show, which includes the combined musical talents of Gopher's mother (Ethel Merman), who rekindles a romance with a former movie star (Van Johnson); one of Doc's former in-laws (Ann Miller), who tries to steal the show; Isaac's mom (Della Reese), who is being chased by an ardent suitor (Cab Calloway); and Julie's eccentric Aunt Sylvia (Carol Channing).
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Farnsworth's Fling/Three in a Bed/I Remember Helen/Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia/Gopher Farnsworth Smith (2)
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1981
After having spent time with his family, William Farnsworth has finally decided who will be kept in his will.
#15 - He's My Brother/Zeke and Zelda/Teach Me Tonight
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1981
Two stowaways pretend to be another couple and they start charging things, not knowing that the crew members, who approve of the charges, will have to pay for items they charge but don't pay for. A woman meets the author of a book she's reading. And Doc's brother and sister-in-law come aboard and his brother has a lot of pent-up resentment against him.
#16 - Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You (2)
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/6/1982
Ellen and Jesse annoy each other. It turns out that Gunner rigged the games, so Merrill becomes as tough as Gunner is, upsets Vicki, and drives the crew relentlessly to physical exhaustion.
#17 - The Incredible Hunk/Isaac, the Marriage Counselor/Jewels & Jim
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1981
A guy whom Julie booked to entertain the passengers, is a male stripper. He's also a teacher and runs into the head of the PTA and tries to keep her from seeing him perform. A guy, whose wife just divorced him, comes on board and is suicidal. Isaac tries to help by calling his wife but she refuses to talk to him. So Isaac tries to set him up with some girls but then his ex-wife shows up. And the Captain recognizes one of the passengers as a known jewel thief. And when another passenger's diamond pendant is stolen, the Captain suspects him.
#18 - Country Blues/Daddy's Little Girl/Jackpot
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1981
Gopher finds some money and fantasizes how he'll spend it; a country singer meets an old friend , who's now a politician and traveling with a female companion; a father and daughter come aboard and she meets a veterinarian.
#19 - Chef's Special/Beginning Anew/Kleinschmidt
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1981
The head chef is jealous of a new rival chef in the kitchen; a bumbling detective is assigned to protect a client's jewels; two friends reunite.
#20 - Good Neighbors/Captain's Portrait/Familiar Faces
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1982
Capt. Stubing develops an unusual relationship with a lovely woman who is tasked with painting his portrait. Meanwhile, a persistent passenger tries to win over a reluctant neighbor, and a newly married couple finds their relationship on the rocks when they meet up with a man from the groom's past.
#21 - Isaac Gets Physical/She Brought Her Mother Along/Cold Feet
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/20/1982
Nurse Charlene gives company physicals and Isaac fears for his job. Debbie brings mom Millicent to meet boyfriend Ted. Julie's cousin Carter wants to dump his fiancee Muffy for being "very nice".
#22 - Burl of My Dreams/Meet the Author/Rhymes, Riddles, and Romance
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/27/1982
A publisher (Jared Martin), trying to sign up a famous author (Alan Hale Jr.), becomes involved w/the author's niece (Georgia Engel); 2 passengers (Joanna Pettet and Paul Williams) hunt for treasure; Vicki's friend (Rad Daly) comes aboard.
#23 - Pal-I-Mony-O-Mine/Does Father Know Best?/An 'A' for Gopher
Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/10/1982
A doctor is uncomfortable when his companion is too friendly with his ex-lover; Gopher pines after his H.S. teacher; father and son pick up girls.
#24 - April in Boston/Saving Grace/Breaks of Life
Season 5 - Episode 27 - Aired 5/1/1982
April is a Spanish tutor to school headmaster Brad York. Lonely Grace Bostwick plans to jump overboard but white-clad Gabriel claims to be a guardian angel. Newly divorced George and Gwen Finley land in the infirmary together.
#25 - Love, Honor, and Obey/Gladys and Agnes/Radioactive Isaac
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1981
A couple plan to renew their marriage vows aboard the ship; a tooth filling interferes with Isaac's romantic pursuits with his girlfriend and he also has a rival from a male passenger; two sisters take the cruise together and one sister develops a relationship with another passenger.