The BEST episodes written by Ray Jessel
#1 - Alaska Wedding Cruise: Carol & Doug/Peter & Alicia/Julie/Buddy & Portia (2)
The Love Boat - Season 3 - Episode 2
The engaged couple gets married despite numerous obstacles, and Julie encounters heartbreak upon surprising an ex-lover.
#2 - Dumb Luck/Tres Amigos/Hey, Jealous Lover
The Love Boat - Season 3 - Episode 24
Julie worries that her brilliant nuclear physicist friend will never find a man because her intelligence intimidates suitors. She encourages her to act dumb to attract a man's attention. Vicki befriends a wealthy young passenger. While exploring the ship, they discover a stowaway, a young boy who wants to visit his mother in Mexico. A jealous husband terrifies the crew as he constantly threatens the guys, who he suspects are coming on to his wife.
#3 - Alaska Wedding Cruise: Carol & Doug/Peter & Alicia/Julie/Buddy & Portia (1)
The Love Boat - Season 3 - Episode 1
The ship voyages to Alaska for the wedding of a wealthy heir and the granddaughter of a fiercely independent oil man.
#4 - Not Now, I'm Dying/Eleanor's Return/Too Young to Love
The Love Boat - Season 3 - Episode 13
A man tries to avoid a wedding by faking a terminal illness. Capt. Stubing hopes for another chance at love with his recently divorced ex-flame. Gopher must keep an eye on two teenagers posing as newlyweds.
#5 - Gopher's Opportunity/Home Sweet Home/The Switch
The Love Boat - Season 2 - Episode 16
Gopher quits his job to manage a new hotel; a wealthy eccentric widow books a five-year passage and begins meddling in the crew members' lives; a magician tries to avoid his assistant by sending his brother to perform in his place.
#6 - Second Time Around/The 'Now' Marriage/My Sister, Irene
The Love Boat - Season 2 - Episode 15
Doc's ex-wife hires an actor to play her fiancé; a philandering marriage counselor's wife seeks solace from Capt. Stubing; a woman pretends to be her own sister for a reunion with a former sweetheart.
#7 - The Old Man and the Runaway/A Fine Romance/The Painters
The Love Boat - Season 1 - Episode 12
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.
#8 - Lost and Found/The Understudy/Married Singles
The Love Boat - Season 1 - Episode 8
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.
#9 - A Matter of Principal
The Bob Newhart Show - Season 2 - Episode 24
It's a matter of principal versus principle when Emily refuses to skip one of her students ahead two grades at the elementary school where she teaches.
#10 - The Secret Life of Arvid Engen
Head of the Class - Season 1 - Episode 22
Arvid starts to daydream about Lori and it affects his schoolwork
#11 - Play It Again, Woody
Head of the Class - Season 2 - Episode 11
Charlie and Arvid reflect on their love woes at a Woody Allen marathon going on at a movie theater.
#12 - Love Is Debatable
Head of the Class - Season 2 - Episode 17
Darlene pretends to like Alan to win debates
#13 - Scuttlebutt
Head of the Class - Season 3 - Episode 12
An accomplished journalist alumnus visits.
#14 - Viki in Love
Head of the Class - Season 4 - Episode 4
Viki believes she is in love with Mr. Moore, but Alan believes she loves him.
#15 - The Quiet Kid
Head of the Class - Season 4 - Episode 20
A new student rejects the Academic Olympics.
#16 - It Couldn't Last Forever (1)
Head of the Class - Season 5 - Episode 21
With a wrecking ball ready to demolish the school, the IHP class waits to fund out who's to be valedictorian. (Part 1 of 2)
#17 - It Couldn't Last Forever (2)
Head of the Class - Season 5 - Episode 22
The IHP class graduates, with T.J. as valedictorian. (Part 2 of 2, and series finale)