The BEST episodes of The Love Boat season 6

Every episode of The Love Boat season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Love Boat season 6!

American comedy/drama series set on a cruise ship known for its romantic charm.

Last Updated: 1/29/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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The Same Wavelength/Winning Isn't Everything/A Honeymoon for Horace
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9.00
3 votes

#1 - The Same Wavelength/Winning Isn't Everything/A Honeymoon for Horace

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1982

Psychic Tess entertains passengers and meets Mike, who's separated from his wife. Merrill's friend Jack brags of his son Chip's accomplishments, but Chip has a secret. Elderly Horace worries about his honeymoon with wife Twinky.

Venetian Love Song/Down for the Count/Arrividerci, Gopher/The Arrangement (2)
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8.33
3 votes

#2 - Venetian Love Song/Down for the Count/Arrividerci, Gopher/The Arrangement (2)

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1982

Conclusion. The ship cruises to Rome, Capri and Venice as an aristocrat (John James) finds romance; and a married couple (Ernest Borgnine and Shelley Winters) considers separating.

Venetian Love Song/Down for the Count/Arrividerci, Gopher/The Arrangement (1)
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8.00
4 votes

#3 - Venetian Love Song/Down for the Count/Arrividerci, Gopher/The Arrangement (1)

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1982

The crew goes to Italy to work on a cruise ship there. Among the passengers is a family whose patriarch and matriarch (Ernest Borgnine and Shelley Winters) originally came from Italy and accompanying them are their 2 daughters (Candice Azzara and Meredith Baxter) and granddaughter (Marie Osmond). Into the trip, the couple bicker to the point that they're considering separating. One of the daughters (Baxter) is meeting someone on a sort of blind date but, not known to her, is a gigolo (David Birney). And the granddaughter (Osmond), who's been promised to another guy back home, meets a local (John James) and is attracted to him. And Gopher meets a local woman (Christopher Norris), who says he reminds her of someone she knows. While on shore, the man, who's the spitting image of Gopher, kidnaps him and assumes his identity.

The Tomorrow Lady/Father, Dear Father/Still Life
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8.00
3 votes

#4 - The Tomorrow Lady/Father, Dear Father/Still Life

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1982

A man meets a woman with clairvoyant powers; a single man borrows a friend's daughter to score points with a single mother; Isaac is scared that he is going deaf.

Hits and Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act/The Real Thing/Do Not Disturb/Lulu and Kenny (2)
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8.00
2 votes

#5 - Hits and Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act/The Real Thing/Do Not Disturb/Lulu and Kenny (2)

Season 6 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/30/1983

The Anniversary Gift/Honey Bee Mine/Bewigged Bothered & Bewilderedd
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7.50
4 votes

#6 - The Anniversary Gift/Honey Bee Mine/Bewigged Bothered & Bewilderedd

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1982

An woman secretly plans to have a child as a 30th anniversery gift for her husband, even though he is ecstatic over their new-found freedom in being retired and, especially, having their older children grown and out of the house; Julie sneakily sets Honey Bee, an old high school friend who always tried to steal her boyfriends, after Gopher (newly smitten with a girl ashore) so that she can concentrate on a handsome new officer; Captain Stubbing wears his hat everywhere in an attempt to keep an old high school flame from finding out he is bald, and she thinks he has a full head of hair because she saw him hatless when he was wearing a toupe for a shipboard costume party.

Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way/The Best of Friends
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7.50
2 votes

#7 - Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way/The Best of Friends

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1982

A father and his adopted son try to evade the boy's biological father; an older couple comes to terms with their future son-in-law's disability; the crew members argue and end up not speaking with each other.

Directors: Richard Kinon
Writer: Art Baer
Vicki's Dilemma/Discount Romance/ Loser and Still Champ
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7.50
2 votes

#8 - Vicki's Dilemma/Discount Romance/ Loser and Still Champ

Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/5/1983

Vicki's friend Mark abuses pills. Gopher's Uncle Jim endangers the job of a gift shop attendant to whom he's taken a liking. Tom travels with girlfriend Stacy but is emasculated because she's better at his hobbies than he is.

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The Fountain of Youth/Bad Luck Cabin/Uncle Daddy
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7.50
2 votes

#9 - The Fountain of Youth/Bad Luck Cabin/Uncle Daddy

Season 6 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/7/1983

Aged Dwight bilked Henry years ago and wants to see the fountain of youth that keeps Henry young. Newlyweds Cora and Ed are booked into Fiesta Cabin 213, a bad luck cabin for newlyweds. Isaac's widowed friend Gayle has marriage in mind.

The Groupies/The Audition/Doc's Nephew
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7.33
6 votes

#10 - The Groupies/The Audition/Doc's Nephew

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1982

A psychiatrist, who is on vacation is followed by four of his patients. An actor pursues the writer of a soap opera, who rejected him for a role on her show. Doc's nephew is making a move on his girlfriend.

The Captain's Replacement/Sly as a Fox/Here Comes the Bride – Maybe
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7.25
4 votes

#11 - The Captain's Replacement/Sly as a Fox/Here Comes the Bride – Maybe

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1983

A scheming captain is out for Capt. Stubing's job; two bumbling men compete for a woman's foxhound and her affection; a working-class girl must hide her status from her wealthy fiancé and his family.

Hits and Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act/The Real Thing/Do Not Disturb/Lulu and Kenny (1)
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7.00
1 votes

#12 - Hits and Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act/The Real Thing/Do Not Disturb/Lulu and Kenny (1)

Season 6 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/30/1983

A popular songwriter secretly writes better songs for his former lover than for his wife, both performers. A country star traveling with her "adopted" children has to choose between the kids and her boyfriend. Doc deals with a country-folk doctor who insists on practicing medicine on board, while at the same time chasing her beautiful daughter. A married woman's affair haunts her as she claims an expensive broach is only costume jewelry. Gopher tries his best to get his picture taken with a privacy-seeking female country music star. Two overweight performers who love food come to love each other.

The Professor Has Class/When the Magic Disappears/We, the Jury
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7.00
1 votes

#13 - The Professor Has Class/When the Magic Disappears/We, the Jury

Season 6 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/2/1983

Noble-winning professor Roscoe's ex-pupil Helen was hired to replace him. Magician Stellini thinks his daughter's suitor Joe wants to steal his secrets. The crew simulates a small claims court for landlady Minnie and former tenant Harlan.

Going to the Dogs/Putting on the Dog/Women's Best Friend/Whose Dog Is It Anyway?
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1 votes

#14 - Going to the Dogs/Putting on the Dog/Women's Best Friend/Whose Dog Is It Anyway?

Season 6 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/26/1983

A woman thinks that a dog belonging to another passenger is the dog she lost some time ago. Isaac's Aunt Tanya enters her pet and is pampering him so much that her husband is feeling neglected. Gopher and Isaac get a dog and enter him in the contest but they have trouble training him. And the mail clerk from the dog food company is sent by the dog food company president to deliver some contest information to Captain Stubing.

Directors: Bob Sweeney
Paroled to Love/First Impressions/Love Finds Florence Nightingale
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7.00
1 votes

#15 - Paroled to Love/First Impressions/Love Finds Florence Nightingale

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1983

a man confesses his guilt to the lawyer who defended him. Two women impersonate celebrities after a booking mix-up. An actress finds love with a man who doesn't think much of her business.

So Help Me Hanna/The Maid Cleans Up/C.P.R. I.O.U
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7.00
1 votes

#16 - So Help Me Hanna/The Maid Cleans Up/C.P.R. I.O.U

Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/12/1983

Hannah clashes with Jarvis over his son Kent's future. Maid Didi is in love with her boss Greg, whose girlfriend Meredith mistreats them. Gopher persuades Merrill to offer CPR. Retired plumber Fenley argues with son Dwayne over business.

Abby's Maiden Voyage / He Ain't Heavy / I Like to Be in America
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7.00
1 votes

#17 - Abby's Maiden Voyage / He Ain't Heavy / I Like to Be in America

Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/26/1983

An inexperienced young woman contemplates getting physical; a rude man discovers the man he has been harassing is actually his long-lost older brother; April Lopez is too nervous to take her U.S. citizenship test.

The Captain's Crush/Out of My Hair/Off-Course Romance
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7.00
1 votes

#18 - The Captain's Crush/Out of My Hair/Off-Course Romance

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/19/1983

The captain rekindles an old flame with a glamorous celebrity. A woman must decide between her wealthy fiancé and a passionate lover. Two men compete for one woman.

The Zinging Valentine/The Very Temporary Secretary/Final Score
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1 votes

#19 - The Zinging Valentine/The Very Temporary Secretary/Final Score

Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1983

A girl delivers a singing valentine to a rude man whom she falls for; a secretarial agency owner plays assistant, and then lover, to a writer; a womanizing former pro football star finds love with a straight-laced English professor.

Isaac's Aegean Affair/The Captain and the Kid/Poor Rich Man/The Dean and the Flunkee (1)
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7.00
2 votes

#20 - Isaac's Aegean Affair/The Captain and the Kid/Poor Rich Man/The Dean and the Flunkee (1)

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1983

On a Greek cruise, Isaac falls in love and quits his job, the captain is upset when Vicki talks about marriage with her boyfriend, a college valedictorian who finds out his aunt is not wealthy keeps her identity a secret, and a college senior tries to persuade his dean to let him graduate.

Gopher's Daisy/Our Son, the Lawyer/Salvaged Romance
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7.00
1 votes

#21 - Gopher's Daisy/Our Son, the Lawyer/Salvaged Romance

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1983

A college girl hides in Gopher's cabin as part of a sorority initiation. A feuding couple tries to get their lawyer son to handle their divorce. A woman is reluctant to date after having a mastectomy;

The Man in the Iron Shorts/The Victims/Heavens to Betsy
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7.00
1 votes

#22 - The Man in the Iron Shorts/The Victims/Heavens to Betsy

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1982

Gopher is trapped in a suit of armor while trying to romance a young lady; the daughter of a woman whose husband was killed by a drunk driver falls for the son of the man responsible; an eligible minister draws the romantic attention of two of his congregation.

The Spoonmaker Diamond/Papa Doc/The Role Model/Julie's Tycoon (2)
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7.00
1 votes

#23 - The Spoonmaker Diamond/Papa Doc/The Role Model/Julie's Tycoon (2)

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1982

Julie's old friend and new love interest pops the question; the secret association between two passengers is revealed; the photographer who tricked his ex-wife to come aboard rekindles the old flame; Vicki contemplates a modeling career; the famous diamond ends up in the ocean.

Command Performance/Hyde and Seek/Sketchy Love
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7.00
3 votes

#24 - Command Performance/Hyde and Seek/Sketchy Love

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1982

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

The Spoonmaker Diamond/Papa Doc/The Role Model/Julie's Tycoon (1)
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6.75
4 votes

#25 - The Spoonmaker Diamond/Papa Doc/The Role Model/Julie's Tycoon (1)

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1982

A priceless diamond is stolen in Turkey; the crew sets sail on the Aegean Sea; an eccentric married couple insists they know a fellow passenger; a woman is in love with a reporter who wrote nasty things about her mother; Doc contemplates marrying an unwed pregnant woman; a man entices his ex-wife aboard with promises of a lavish photo shoot; Julie runs into an old pen pal who has hit it big in Greece.