List of The Love Boat episodes

Captain Stubing's ex-wife (Bonnie Franklin) is a passenger with her new husband (Robert Symonds), a cruise line executive. She makes the crew pay for her animosity with the Captain (Gavin MacLeod). A former centerfold model (Meredith Baxter) struggles to hide her past from her fiancé who is a Congressman. A woman is followed by her boyfriend whom she dumped because he won't commit to marriage.

A man (John Ritter) poses as a woman because the only available cabin mate was already occupied by another woman (Tovah Feldshuh). A quarreling couple (Sherman Hemsley, LaWanda Page) is trapped in an elevator. A tycoon hires a detective (Dennis Cole) to find out if his wife (Jaclyn Smith) is cheating.

A man (Robert Reed) and woman (Loretta Swit) who are divorced meet. Two teens (Kristy McNichol, Scott Baio) fall in love. A senior-citizens' guide (Charles Frank) is kept busy by his group and interfering with his romance with Julie.

A sportswriter (Bill Bixby) romances a sidelined tennis pro (Brenda Benet). Doc falls for a seasick stowaway (Charo). A practical joker (Milton Berle) plays one joke too many.

Also guest starring Audra Lindley.

A faded comic (Phil Foster) wangles a stand-up bit in the ship's showroom. A college student (Robert Hegyes) hopes to lose his virginity before returning to shore. A woman (Ruth Gordon) plays matchmaker for her granddaughter (Patty Duke).

A cruise-director trainee (Jo Ann Harris) is after Julie's job. A bickering married couple (Polly Bergen, Steve Allen) pose as swinging singles. A childless couple (Sandy Duncan, Jim Stafford) take in a young runaway (James Bond III).

Three women (Jane Curtin, Susan Heldfond, Joanna Kerns) romance—but complications occur when they try to dump—three men. The Captain's father (Phil Silvers) visits and falls for a galley cook (Judy Canova). A security dog traps a passenger (Gary Burghoff) in his bathroom.

An advice columnist (Eva Gabor) overlooks her own marital problems. The new chef (Al Molinaro) is outraged by the Captain's tastes. Doc consoles a pregnant woman (Pamela Franklin) who is about to be divorced and unaware that her soon-to-be-ex (Robert Urich) is also on the cruise.

A curmudgeon (Will Geer) strikes up a friendship with a runaway teen. Julie's old boyfriend (Anson Williams) rebuffs her advances. Inept painters (Arte Johnson, Pat Morita) make a shambles of the Captain's cabin.

Honeymooners (John Rubinstein & Kathy Bates) experience a nightmare of a honeymoon. A supermarket assistant manager (Bruce Solomon), traveling with his wife (Judy Luciano), poses as a hot-shot executive with the crew's connivance. A ship's steward (Bob Crane) is reunited with his long lost daughter (Dori Brenner).

A thieving chimp almost wrecks Gopher's love life. Isaac's mother (Pearl Bailey) shocks her son by sharing quarters with her boyfriend. Feuding performers (Nanette Fabray, Don Adams) reunite for a show.

A Hollywood couple (Michele Lee, Fernando Lamas) argue about a film he wants to produce, unaware that thieves are planning to rob them of a precious diamond in their possession. A blind girl is reunited with her schoolmate—who is no longer blind. A lawyer tries to keep his wife from finding out about his girlfriend who is also on the cruise.

Other guest stars: Harold Gould, Juliet Mills, John Schuck, Karen Valentine, Larry Storch, Stephanie Zimbalist, Desi Arnaz Jr., Adrienne Barbeau, Dan Rowan

A beauty contest on board ship divides a couple (Maureen McCormick, Bobby Sherman). A reporter (Vicki Lawrence) falls for a disgraced congressman (Dick Van Patten). A visiting college professor (Vernee Watson-Johnson) researching Black history disapproves of an older passenger's hambone moves – even though most of the others like it—and convinces Isaac to feel the same way, until they find out to their embarrassment that the man (Scatman Crothers) is one of the greatest pitchers in Negro League history.

Captain Stubing's nephew (Peter Isacksen) turns out to be a klutz. An embezzler falls for a cop (Marcia Strassman). Romance comes between two unmarried sisters (Marion Ross, Pat Crowley).

The crew is on its best behavior for an incognito cruise inspector while a Russian elderly man keeps asking the same phrase over and over. Illness affects an adoring couple (Susan Blanchard, Paul Burke). A children's book author (Jim Backus) tries to find inspiration on the cruise. Two girlfriends (Laurette Spang, Debralee Scott) cruise, and one is ignored by all the men on board while all the others hit on the other.

A matchmaker uses a computer to pair up the cruise guests. He also manipulates it to pair himself with Julie.; American gold-diggers pass themselves off as French; A New York ad executive and a long-lost love reunite.

An elder couple's (Audrey Meadows and Robert Mandan) marriage problems affect a young couple's (Diana Canova and Robert Urich) marriage; A passenger (Harvey Jason) tries to court a girl (Georgia Engel) who is being overprotected by Doc who happens to be a friend of her father; A passenger (Harry Morgan) pays his debts by playing cards with a marked deck.

A couple (Monty Hall and Janis Paige) takes their son (Mark Shera) along on the cruise, hoping he will end a relationship; A couple (Leslie Nielsen and Lynda Day George) rethink their romance; An ex-showgirl (Elaine Joyce) jeopardizes her nursing career.

Captain Stubing's deputy turns out to be incompetent in his new role. The captain, Doc, Julie, Gopher and some of the guests visit an island near Cabo San Lucas. They are taken hostage by a nutty hermit and caught in a hurricane. Gopher, who is anxious about his upcoming vacation, drives everyone crazy. Isaac sails on the ship as a passenger, and hopes to impress a woman with his lies about being rich and famous. A passenger tracks a down a woman who gave her up as a newborn, and also meets a soap-opera actor.

Julie's parents (Norman Fell and Betty Garrett) are getting divorced; an author (James Coco) and a censor (Dody Goodman) fall in love, unaware they are sharing the same cabin; a young girl (Melissa Gilbert) loses her tomboy image after receiving her first kiss.

Captain Stubing's uncle (Red Buttons) makes efforts to be alone with Julie but is thwarted by her aunt – Gopher in disguise; A businessman (Allen Ludden) tries to close a deal, using his daughter (Mackenzie Phillips) as bait; the neglected wife (Hope Lange) of a publisher (Gene Barry) hopes to find inspiration for the remaining chapter of a book by romancing a novelist (Richard Mulligan).

A shy young man becomes a different person at night; a businessman learns a lesson about neglecting his family; a man believes he has better chances of surviving at sea than on trial.

An illusionist is in such demand that he nearly misses what is in front of him; two recently reunited parents have trouble trying to stop their son from telling tall tales; Julie's model friend, scarred physically and psychologically by a car accident, is romanced by Gopher and Doc but is suspicious of their motives.

A stuffy executive loosens up and falls in love with his secretary; a songwriter rekindles a wife's love for her husband; Captain Stubing takes charge of the orphaned child of his former love; a stern Russian cruise director gets a new image, to Doc's delight. (90 minutes)

Guest stars: Soupy Sales, Jo Anne Worley, Richard Dawson, Juliet Mills, Robert Goulet, Jill Whelan, Melendy Britt, Loretta Swit

A widow who hasn't gotten over her husband's death is followed by her husband's ghost, who tries to fix her up with another passenger; a divorced couple sees their daughter and her husband off but get locked in one of the unused cabins; Gopher's sister comes on board and makes a beeline for Doc.

Guest stars: Melissa Sue Anderson, Conrad Bain, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Greg Morris, Jimmie Walker, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Peter Coffield, Bebe Drake, Raymond Allen, Deney Terrio

A minister falls for a Las Vegas exotic dancer, much to the dismay of a female parishioner, who attempts to break them up but causes a strain on her own marriage; a man tries to help his wife overcome her denial over her blindness; the crew convince the chief engineer to forgo his Thanksgiving holiday by having his entire family stow away on board the ship.

A woman in charge of the presentation of the Captain's Cup convinces an engineer to pose as the executive in charge so as not to disappoint Captain Stubing; Doc begins spending all of his time with an older couple from his hometown; a recently divorced man is paired up with his ex's divorce attorney.

A couple and their friend meet a former marketing executive who is penniless and looking for work. A couple looking to adopt a child in Puerto Vallarta get the sad news the biological parents had a change of heart but the director of the orphanage has another child in mind. A friend of Julie's is romanced by both Doc and the Captain; Isaac and Gopher take sides and even bet their last $100 on the outcome.

A double wedding is in store for identical twins; a separated couple argue through their ventriloquist act; Julie settles an argument between two adolescent girls, to the pleasure of their father, and the girls then decide to fix up him and Julie.

A woman poses as her sister to avoid an old flame. An author tries to live up to the philosophies he espoused in his recent work. One of Doc's ex-wives hires an actor to pose as her fiancé in order to win him back.

Gopher's friend offers him a job at a plush hotel in Lake Havasu, Arizona; Gopher considers it after an argument with the Captain. A magician's assistant is upset when he sends his brother to replace him in the act. A dowager is attracted to a cabin steward.

A charming widower and his son fall in love with the same girl. An easygoing bachelor becomes allergic to the idea of marrying his aggressive girlfriend. Isaac and an influential passenger help an ex-shoplifter.

Julie is driving everyone crazy since she is organizing her high school reunion on board ship:

1. Julie's high school teacher is on board but is struggling with his alcoholism.
2. A former boyfriend of hers is on board with her high school rival.
3. The football quarterback is reunited with former teammates.
4. Another couple, who had moved to Canada for him to avoid the Vietnam War draft and recently returned under amnesty, meet another classmate who is in a wheelchair due to wounds received in the war.
5. Doc romances one of Julie's classmates.
6. Julie learns her recently divorced friend Wendy is on the cruise because unknown admirer has sent her the cruise ticket.

Guest stars: Raymond Burr, Michael Cole, Kim Darby, Bob Denver, Conchata Ferrell, Christopher George, Lisa Hartman, Michael Lembeck, Kelly Monteith, John Rubinstein, Judi West, David Landsberg.

Doc's old mentor from Johns Hopkins disapproves of his lifestyle while dealing with the loss of an arm in a car accident, not realizing his wife has become addicted to painkillers; a series of misunderstandings strains an engaged couple and the woman's best friend. A representative from the cruise ship Lorelei evaluates the Captain as a possible commanding officer for that ship.

A vacationing chauffeur and his wealthy employer fall in love; a famous model causes love-smitten Gopher to fantasize that he is various flamboyant heroes; a separated couple vie for their son's affection; Reggie Jackson (as himself) can't convince anyone on board that he is who he says he is. (90 minutes)

Note: John, Hayley, and Juliet Mills were real-life father and daughters.

A terrier "protects" its mistress from the advances of a gentleman; a waitress inherits a fortune and finds her new life, and her former fiancé's renewed interest, a big adjustment; Isaac laments his ill-fated love affairs.

A wallflower is secretly followed by a shy milquetoast; Stubing is charmed by a fortuneteller; two honeymooning retirees are unexpectedly joined by their overprotective children .

Julie falls for an older man while an adolescent boy falls for her; two rival publishers clash while their children become romantic; the crew's plans for a present for their captain's anniversary keep hitting a huge snag.

A rocker meets and falls in love with a deaf girl; a gambler in marital trouble gets Doc to tell his wife how he feels; Isaac mistakes a conversation by two writers about an upcoming mystery-murder novel as an actual plot to kill the captain.

An old war buddy of the captain's is reunited with a long-lost love from that period; a couple on their second honeymoon have their four children with them; April (Charo), now a successful singer with the cruise line, tries her hand at cruise directing, without much success.

Gopher's parents visit but the father feels like a third wheel; a couple with five already grown children find out they will have a new addition to the family; two sisters are less than friendly to their new stepmother.

This wedding cruise takes place up the Alaska and British Columbia coastline:

• The couple getting married (Mark Harmon, Lisa Hartman) have to deal with his interfering ex-girlfriend (Caren Kaye).
• The groom's divorced parents (Ray Milland, Eleanor Parker) quarrel while he is suffering from terminal cancer and she having to declare bankruptcy. Both try to keep their problems from one another.
• Julie is making a decision about accepting Jack's (Tony Roberts) proposal (from Season 2 episode "Julie Falls Hard") while fending off the advances of the best man of this wedding (Donny Most).
• The grandfather of the bride (Lorne Greene) and the aunt of the groom (Audra Lindley) fall in love and get married.

Other guest stars: Robert Lussier, Stephanie Steele, and Julia Duffy

A woman and her man-hunting daughter arrive on the ship, the mother is attracted to a disabled man but their relationship is hampered by his snobby and obnoxious aide . Julie thinks she's opted for the wrong career when she meets her happily married friend who took the cruise director course with her, especially when she feels that Capt. Stubing is overly friendly to the woman. A man feels that he and his wife are experiencing the three stages of love.

A vacationing doctor cares for an ailing Doc, and he falls for her; A former dancer asks her reluctant ex-partner to teach with her at her school in Germany—much to the annoyance of his new and younger partner; After being stood up, a woman brings her cab driver along on the cruise.

An IRS agent (Phyllis Diller) comes on board to audit the Captain. A celebrity (Joyce DeWitt) tries to avoid a tabloid reporter (Ray Buktenica) trying to uncover her secret. Newlyweds (Richard Kline, Jennifer Salt) discover her ex (Lyle Waggoner) is also on the cruise and wants to win her back.

The Captain and Vicki (Jill Whelan) are reunited now that he has confirmation of what they have long suspected. An older woman (Gale Storm) who wants to "get with it" seeks advice from Julie, but the coaching backfires when Rose falls for Doc leaving one suitor behind (Louis Nye). He on the other hand mistakes Julie's attempts to fix him up with the lady as affection for him and feels uncomfortable with too young an admirer. A man and a woman (Vic Tayback and Jo Ann Pflug) who were on the same deadlocked jury meet again. Unfortunately, the two can't stand each other because of personal idiosyncrasies, but make the most of the situation on the high seas.

This takes place during a charity cruise involving The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

• A bachelor executive hires actors to pose as his family to impress his boss and wife who don't know of his status. He however falls for one of the cheerleaders.
• A beautiful movie star is on board be chairperson for the ship's charity cruise. However, once on board, she runs into the dean of American film and drama critics who has never given Miss Logan a good review. Once the two get together it's a contest of digs, and a surprise happening between the two.
• One of the cheerleaders gets her friends to spend time with a persistent suitor in order to get him out of her hair. However when one of them begins spending too much time with him, she starts to re-evaluate her relationship.
• A man and a woman search for a supposedly hidden treasure on board.

Guest stars: Bill Daily, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Jackie Earle Haley, John Hillerman, Gunilla Hutton, Patsy Kelly, Roz Kelly, Larry Linville, Dina Merrill, Ginger Rogers, Natalie Schäfer, Stephen Shortridge, William Windom

To keep Julie from finding out about her surprise birthday party, Gopher, Isaac and Doc invent a phony fraternity in order to keep her busy and devise frat-like procedures in order for her to join in. This interferes with her romance with a passenger (Christopher Connelly). A womanizer (Demond Wilson) has his friend (Jimmie Walker) take the responsibility when his girlfriend (Thelma Hopkins) finds a letter from another woman in his jacket. A young gymnast's (Nancy McKeon) whole cruise is taken up by her father-coach (Alex Cord).

A woman whom Stubing likes (Barbara Rush) comes on board but before he could make a move she hooks up with another man (Jon Cypher). A friend of Doc's (Barbi Benton) comes on board with her boyfriend (Dack Rambo). Now she wants a commitment but the guy keeps on making excuses to the point of faking an illness. Doc tries to help her by calling his bluff but discovers he actually truly is sick. And an underage couple (Timothy Patrick Murphy and Cristen Kauffman) comes on board to lose their virginity together. The girl's father (Frank Aletter) who's an exec of the line tells Stubbing to make sure nothing happens between them. And Stubing lays that task on Gopher.

A 12-year-old resents the romance between his mother (Jessica Walter) and his teacher (Richard Gautier); a financially troubled man (Sonny Bono) finds $2000 in a borrowed coat; Doc and his ex-wife (Juliet Prowse) realize they're still married.

A singer (Donny Osmond) is ashamed of his family, who arouse the curiosity of a novelist; two passengers (Robert Guillaume, Pam Grier) cheat on their mates; Captain Stubing invites the crew into his suite when their quarters are flooded.

Gopher's widowed mother (Ethel Merman) tries to hide her grief from her son; a comic (Johnny Yune) falls for a reporter (Momo Yashima) doing a story on him; a waiter (Nicholas Hammond) pretends to be a banker to win over a jet-setter (Hayley Mills).

Julie helps a brilliant, but plain-looking woman become a glamor queen. Vicki and a young passenger try to help out a stowaway and a very jealous man accuses crew members of making passes at his wife.

An accident victim (Alan Feinstein) and the woman (Britt Ekland) who caused it keep their distance; Vicki tries to look shapely to catch a singer's (Rex Smith) eye; a palimony victim (Steve Kanaly) wants to avoid new relationships.

A model (BernNadette Stanis) uses Isaac to make her husband (Clifton Davis) jealous; a lawyer (David Hasselhoff) wants to marry a colleague (Shelley Fabares) who is afraid to commit due to the ten-year difference in their ages; a woman (Peggy Cass) thinks a carefree attitude will save her marriage from boredom.

A widow must make a serious decision about her friend, a woman being bothered by a mystery caller. The male members of the crew are shocked when Doc swears off women, so challenge him to a bet. A man who has had a gorgeous young woman in protective custody falls for her. (90 minutes)

This trip revolves around a "Marriage-a-Thon" special of 50 couples set to make their vows. The cruise begins in the US Virgin Islands and ends in Los Angeles. Sights include Curaçao and the Panama Canal.

1. The promoter of the marriage cruise is ironically trying to reconcile with his wife but when he makes a crooked deal with one of the couples he is in danger of losing his wife to Captain Stubing.
2. Doc tricks Gopher into being a contestant judge but then comes to regret it when he discovers the other two judges are attractive women who vie for Gopher's attention.
3. Another couple has a reputation of being perpetually engaged because the man literally can't say, "I do."
4. Julie's old friend Mark (from "Doug and Carol's Story" in season 3) is supposed to be a best man in the mass wedding but the groom runs off with an ex-girlfriend. Mark has the burden of telling the bride about her groom only to fall in love with her himself.
5. A groom's father and bride's mother attempt to talk their children out of marrying, only to fall in love themselves.

Guest stars: Darren McGavin, Debbie Reynolds, Peter Graves, Brian Kerwin, Erin Moran, Charlene Tilton, Donny Most, Rue McClanahan, Ted Knight, Ann Jillian, Dawn Wells, Kathie Browne

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders come aboard. Gopher loses his job because Fleers, the promoter, becomes jealous when the cheerleader that he is interested in likes Gopher and not him. A man and his bride-to-be share the honeymoon with his best man. An Air Force officer and his Japanese-born wife find themselves confronted by his ex-girlfriend. A Saudi oil sheik mistakes his gift from Fleers' assistant to be one of the cheerleaders. (90 minutes)

As the quest for Mallory's nephew (Gregg Robblee) continues, the people involved become suspicious and eventually make Mallory confess his real motives. In the meantime, a repentant Mallory tries to reconcile with his wife. A mysterious man (Sorrell Booke) begins following them. The kidney donor and the fiancėe become attracted to each other. In the meantime Julie's friend and his girlfriend continue to drive her crazy.

Isaac causes comedic chaos when he convinces the crew to bolster his stagestruck aunt's (Isabel Sanford) ego, which turns her into an outrageous prima donna, and upsetting his uncle (Mel Stewart); Two sets of parents, the Cummings (Farley Granger & Joan Lorring) and the Clarks (Terry Moore & Troy Donahue), go overboard trying to spark a romance between their respective children (Lorenzo Lamas & Melissa Sue Anderson); an unwed mother's (Susan Howard) infant son has an unusual way of showing his disapproval to men who try to romance her.

A kleptomaniac (Joan Van Ark) meets a psychiatrist (Stephen Keep Mills) who tries to help her but when they fall for each other, he keeps his distance. A television star (Ron Ely) whom Vicki adores comes on board with his girlfriend-agent (Erin Gray) has to deal with an overbearing passenger (William Boyett). The Captain's brother Marshall (O.D. Warbux) comes on the cruise to introduce the woman he is going to marry (Arlene Dahl) but a woman whom he was involved with (Zsa Zsa Gabor) follows determined to win him back.

The Captain decides to get Vicki a parrot for Christmas. Unfortunately, it hasn't been trained to talk, and Gopher and Isaac's efforts to train it prove disastrous. A stowaway (Meeno Peluce) convinces the crew that a playboy passenger (Dirk Benedict) is his father. A father and son (Allan Jones & Jack Jones), who haven't spoken for ten years since the younger man left their singing act to go solo, resist their wives' (Dorothy Lamour & Laraine Stephens) efforts to reunite them.

A couple on board to celebrate their 40th anniversary find themselves in a fight when he finds something about his penny-pinching wife. A woman fed up with her husband's constant ogling of other woman attempts to use Doc to make him jealous with unfortunate consequences. A man suspecting his girlfriend of cheating on him convinces the lady in the cabin next door that he is CIA tracking down KGB operatives.

Isaac is afraid to tell his former high school teacher (Lillian Gish) that his job is Chief Bartender because she had high hopes for him, so Gopher gets him to pose as the ship's First Officer. Shirley the Seal goes overboard – literally – when she spots her trainer (Donald O'Connor) with another woman (Georgia Engel). A woman (Florence Henderson), convinced of her impending death, tries to find a new wife for her husband (Jeffrey Tambor).

A lady judge finds herself attracted to the man whom she had placed on probation for being married to three women at the same time. Vicki becomes the "green-eyed monster" when she sees her father's attraction to a beautiful passenger. An expectant couple keep pestering Doc when he tries to court another passenger.

April's vacation takes a turn when she unofficially becomes a "ninny" to the two children of a TV sportscaster. A loan shark sends one of his men to collect an outstanding debt from a passenger – only to have complications develop. A young woman traveling with her parents meets and falls in love with another passenger, only that she does not know she is dying from leukemia.

Isaac and Doc's joke backfires when the girl they have been writing love letters to, under Gopher's name, shows up. When they see what a beauty she (Marie Laurin) is, Doc and Gopher try to outdo each other for her attention. A couple (Dana Wynters, Paul Burke) drift apart over work habits. The man whose wife is too busy for him finds another love (Susan Oliver). A man (Patrick Wayne) finds himself out on his ear after his girl friend (Trish Stewart) discovers they were to share quarters.

Isaac tries to impress a visiting concert promoter with his singing skills and convinces three chambermaids (played by the Grammy award-winning Pointer Sisters) to act as his backup. A former All-American football player has a romance with Julie. A man with a horrible fear of water is forced by wife to take the cruise in order to overcome it.

April and her charges accidentally find themselves on board while her employer and his new fiancée set sail. Their attempts to avoid them while they find a way off are unsuccessful. A college friend of Gopher's tries to be one thing for the boss and another for the boss' daughter, all the while not realizing they are father and daughter. Two college football friends go on the cruise with the mother of one of them but she becomes the object of the other's affections.

A self-pitying blind woman is romanced by a gentle farmer . An almost-divorced man traveling with his new girl friend is convinced his soon-to-be-ex has planted bugs in his cabin. Gopher's attempts to convince a nudist from sunbathing au naturel are blocked by a conservative lawyer who feels her rights are being denied.

Isaac's uncle (Demond Wilson) who's not exactly been an upstanding guy comes on board. A government agent (Robert Ginty) tells the Captain that he is following Isaac's uncle he thinks he's involved in something that's not exactly legal. A member of the crew (Larry Breeding) is attracted to a passenger (Kyle Aletter) but her mother (Lee Meriwether) is hoping she can snag a wealthy man, so he borrows another passenger's clothes and pretends to be a man of means. And a guy from Doc's hometown (Randolph Powell) whom he helped send to medical school and paid for by their hometown so that the town can have a doctor comes on board to introduce Doc to his fiancée (Cindy Morgan) but tells him that he's not going to practice in their hometown. So Doc decides to resign and be the doctor of his hometown.

Gopher has a love-hate relationship with a US Customs official who is traveling on the cruise with her boyfriend. A young man is reunited with an old girlfriend but his mother objects because she has someone else in mind for him at home. The manager of the gift shop has her hands full with all three of her fiancés on board

A woman dating a man who was once obese now has to deal with a romantic rival. A professional gambler makes friends with Vicki. A group of aging crooks meet to plan one last heist (Jack Gilford played a similar character in the movie Who's Minding the Mint?, for which R.S. Allen & Harvey Bullock also wrote.)

On a special cruise to Acapulco for a fashion festival, designers Geoffrey Beene, Halston, Bob Mackie, and Gloria Vanderbilt play themselves. Problems of the heart are in store for a husband and wife who are owners of a model agency. Their marriage is in jeopardy when tempers flare over the use of one of the models who has captured the captain's eye. Another heartache involves a cosmetic king who is searching for a unique woman to represent his new product, and finds not just one, but two likely candidates. Cruise director Julie McCoy gets the limelight when she models in place of a model friend who has fallen in love. A couple is in frantic search of some designer clothes that they have misplaced as well as having to keep their marriage secret from the boss – the woman's father.

Note: This episode is Part-1 of a two-hour story.

The conclusion of a special cruise to Acapulco for a fashion festival, designers Geoffrey Beene, Halston, Bob Mackie, and Gloria Vanderbilt play themselves. Problems of the heart are in store for a husband and wife who are owners of a model agency. Their marriage is in jeopardy when tempers flare over the use of one of the models who has captured the captain's eye. Another heartache involves a cosmetic king who is searching for a unique woman to represent his new product, and finds not just one, but two likely candidates. Cruise director Julie McCoy gets the limelight when she models in place of a model friend who has fallen in love. A couple is in frantic search of some designer clothes that they have misplaced as well as having to keep their marriage secret from the boss – the woman's father.

Note: This episode is Part-2 of a two-hour story.

Gopher's aunt (Jane Powell) is afraid to tell him she is no longer wealthy and has to work as a maid for another passenger (Mary Wickes). It becomes more complicated when she meets a charming passenger (Howard Keel). A playboy (Joe Namath) hatches a scheme for his best friend (Fred Willard) to get him married off so that he can claim a cash windfall but the friend turns the tables on him. An abandoned infant is soon in need of an emergency blood transfusion.

Julie has a run in with a guy who turns out to be a passenger and they butt heads. A young actress comes on board and makes a fool of Vicki. And an estranged husband and wife,one of whom is neat freak and the other a slob find themselves not only on the ship but in the same cabin.

Julie prepares to marry her fiancé during a stopover in Sydney, with Vicki as bridesmaid, Capt. Stubing giving her away and the guys as ushers; an anthropologist gives a golden opportunity to a disgraced former colleague but neglects his wife; a rancher holds a secret from a fellow passenger while catching the eye of a pretty girl; Gopher and Doc vie for the affections of the new cruise director.

In the Virgin Islands, a wine-tasting competition is held, and Julie's aunt helps her friend scheme to snag the contest's wealthy sponsor; a judge starts a shipboard fling without getting to know his new partner well; a married couple who gets divorced every year for tax purposes takes the cruise; Vicki pines over a pro football player.

A teacher tries to hide his side job as a male stripper from a PTA member; Isaac's advice leads a husband astray, and his attempts to fix the problem only make matters worse; the captain suspects a known burglar in a theft of expensive jewels.

Gopher finds some money and fantasizes how he'll spend it; a folk singer meets an old friend who's now a politician and traveling with a female companion; a woman traveling with her father meets a veterinarian.

A new female cook lends a hand to the busy chef, who is not too happy with the arrangement; a bumbling German detective (Bernie Kopell) watches a lady's jewels; an embittered old sea dog meets a former girlfriend.

A male escort traveling with a companion meets a widow from Wyoming; a married couple checks into the honeymoon suite to find the "Phantom Bride"; Vicki pretends to be older to attract an 18-year old boy away from another girl.

After 20 years of marriage, a couple bickers over renewing wedding vows; a reluctant old maid is tricked into romance by her sister; Isaac's dental work has strange side effects.

A man seeks revenge on his brother, a member of the ship's crew; an elderly couple evicted from their home tries to scam a free cruise; a plain woman meets the suave author of the trashy romance novel she is reading.

Vicki's overzealous approach to her new duties annoys the crew; a group of bridge players schemes to get a former member back; a casanova plays hard-to-get to defrost a frigid female.

Doc weds a concert cellist but finds she didn't marry him for love; an overly cautious safety inspector learns it may be too risky to play it safe; a high-strung executive falls for his female vice president.

A persistent passenger tries to win over a reluctant neighbor; the captain frets over the painting of his portrait; an aspiring lawyer fears being recognized by a figure from his wild days.

A famed pianist fights through pain to finance a maid's operation; Gopher must deal with an old buddy who is now a woman; a psychologist suspects a claimant of faking his quirky disability.

Julie's hair turns green; two people are brought together by visions of reincarnation; a single mother's devotion to her special-needs son threatens a budding romance.

The captain commemorates his tenth year with the cruise line and proposes to an old flame; business associates double-cross each other in various ways; the appeal of a rebuked suitor soars when scintillating rumors circulate.

The crew and guests stage musical numbers.

The Pacific Princess competes with another ship while cruising to Alaska; Captain Stubing enters a dog-sled race against the other ship's captain, who is angry that his son is working for Stubing; a man and woman spend the entire cruise in their cabin to get acquainted; a newly separated couple find they cannot handle being apart; a scientist obsesses over his love potion and neglects his girlfriend.

Isaac avoids a physical exam to hide a congenital condition that could jeopardize his job, while the nurse develops a crush on him; a young woman's older boyfriend turns out to be her mother's former lover; Julie's cousin wants to dump his fiancée.

An expensive dress involved in each of this episode's storylines. A model sponsored by a diet doctor is the target of the doctor's rival; the captain helps a poor flower merchant reconnect with her long-lost daughter; a man dresses as a woman to avoid his murderous former father-in-law; Gopher and Isaac fret over the care of the dress, afraid their jobs may be at stake.

The crew goes to Italy to work on a cruise ship there. Among the passengers is a family whose patriarch and matriarch originally came from Italy and accompanying them are their 2 daughters and grand daughter. Into the trip the couple bicker to the point that they're considering separating. One of the daughters is meeting someone on a sort of blind date but not known to her is a gigolo. And the grand daughter who's been promised to another guy back home meets a local and is attracted to him. And Gopher meets a local woman who says he reminds her of someone she knows.

A couple celebrating their 30th anniversary find that even with grown children, she still wants another baby. Julie tries to keep ex-roommate who has a history of hitting on her boyfriends from hitting on her current beau so she tells her that Gopher is her latest. Gopher goes along even though he is in love with someone else. The Captain's high school classmate is on board but he is self-conscious about his baldness so he wears a toupee when she is around.

A psychic comes on board to entertain the passengers and she meets a man who's separated from his wife and is uncertain if he wants to remain with his wife. And a friend of Stubbing's comes on board with his son whom he doesn't see much of. And he can't help but boast of his son's accomplishments but the son later reveals to Vicki that's his accomplishments are not true. And an elderly couple who are engaged come on board and the guy is nervous about taking the plunge.

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

A psychiatrist who specializes in group therapy goes on board for a little vacation but one of his groups joins him. And they still want him to help them. And when two of them get attracted to each other, they don't know what to do. An actor runs into the writer of a soap who rejected him. And she wonders if he has something up his sleeve. And Doc's girlfriend joins him, as does his nephew and he makes a move on her. Prompting Doc to challenge him.

It is Thanksgiving, and among the passengers is a woman who wants to introduce her fiancé to her parents but she neglected to tell them that he is a paraplegic. And a father and his son are trying to get away from the boy's natural father who wants to take him away. And the crew is bickering with each other to the point that they're not speaking with each other.

The crew are in Greece working a cruise where a college is having its graduation ceremony. The principal is attracted to a teacher who rebuffs him because he won't give a student a make-up test so he can graduate. And the student and a couple of his friends are hounding the principal to do that. A prodigy is attracted to Julie which doesn't make the Captain happy. And the valedictorian whose education was provided by his Greek aunt whom he assumed is wealthy but upon meeting her learns she's just a woman of humble means. And when she goes on board he does not tell anyone that he is her aunt. And Isaac meets a woman who is estranged from her husband.

A woman who worked as a singing telegram is left stranded on board ship after delivering a "Dear John" message to a passenger. A temp agency owner takes the place of the secretary scheduled to sail with a magazine editor. An NFL quarterback's attempt to get close to an English professor keeps getting penalty flags.

A woman's ability to dispense advice irritates the Captain as well as the father of a young man who wants to pursue his own path. A maid goes on the cruise to win the heart of her employer. Gopher's CPR course come in handy to save a passenger who has had a heart attack.

Aboard a Jamboree Cruise, Gopher thwarts an incognito country star's plans for a restful weekend, a friendly wager between a perfectionist jeweler and a returning husband threatens to reveal more than intended, a pro golfer courting a hillbilly singer is ambushed by the arrival of her pint-sized adoring fans, a has-been C&W vocalist uncovers the secret of her protege's sudden chart success, and a snake oil saleswoman needs more than just a taste of her own medicine as Julie struggles to find an opening act for the show.

A woman with a heart condition falls for a man wanted in the U.S. for manslaughter. The police detective who tracked him down is also on the cruise. Doc meets a woman who spent much of her adult life in China and is more of a fan of Eastern than Western medicine. She even helps cure the Captain's back spasms. A man who writes a newspaper column under a fictitious woman's name meets a woman who blames the column for her recent divorce. A friend of Gopher's who is dating two women is on board to decide which one he truly loves, unaware that both women are also on the cruise.

Guest stars: Ursula Andress as Carole, Susan Anton as Leslie, Michael Constantine as Charlie, Linda Evans as Barbara, John Forsythe as Burt, Lee Horsley as Greg, Pat Klous as Laurie, Lee Majors as Robert, Erin Moran as Joanne

Part 1 of 2. On a Hong Kong cruise: a Senator romances a woman , until he learns the nature of her visit; two brothers date Julie and Vicki; a woman passenger is a shopaholic; a retired spy is on vacation and romances a woman passenger.

Conclusion of the previous episode

A Hollywood movie company is filming a musical called Dream Boat on board the ship with plans to use both crew and passengers as extras. Starlet Shelley Rush (Melba Moore) desperately wants to audition for the production crew but can't seem to get their attention. Merrill falls for faded star Angela Lovett (Alexis Smith), while Vicki is enamored of Johnny Lovett (Jimmy Osmond), a rock star who has never acted before, is very apprehensive about his debut, and takes it out on Vicki by being rude to her. Producer Marty Chenault (Dean Jones) is the older brother of Jack Chenault, whom Julie almost married once.