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All episodes Season 1 S01E03 1977-10-08 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Ex Plus Y / Graham and Kelly / Golden Agers

TV Flash files “Ex Plus Y / Graham and Kelly / Golden Agers” as hour 3 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 1, episode 3, aired 1977-10-08, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S01E03: listed hour 3 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 3 of 25 in season 1. It aired 1977-10-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Oh, Dale! / The Main Event / A Tasteful Affair” (S01E02). Next is “Message for Maureen / Acapulco Connection / Gotcha” (S01E04).

The Love Boat — Ex Plus Y / Graham and Kelly / Golden Agers (S01E03)

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In "Ex Plus Y," newlyweds Terri and Ron Larson (Loretta "M*A*S*H" Swit and Richard "Soap" Mulligan) are adjusting well until Terri encounters ex-husband Barney (Robert Reed) aboard ship with his lady friend. "Graham and Kelly" is about a 13-year-old girl (Kristy McNichol of "Family") and boy (Scott Baio) who feel love for the first time, face its hardships, then see it blossom. Cruise director Julie McCoy is attracted to handsome Die young Jim Wright (Charles Frank) who is conducting a Life Begins-at-Sixty tour in "The Goldenagers." But the active senior citizens leave Jim little time for romance.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Ex Plus Y / Graham and Kelly / Golden Agers sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S01E03 is listed hour 3 of 245 — hour 3 of 25 in season 1, season 1 episode 3.

When did The Love Boat S01E03 air?

Ex Plus Y / Graham and Kelly / Golden Agers aired 1977-10-08 and is listed at 60 minutes.

Do I watch in order?

No. It is a multi-story guest-star anthology with a regular crew. Sample any cruise; Stubing's ship is the constant.

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Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality · Show package

Gavin MacLeod's Captain Stubing hosts three guest-star storylines a week while Julie, Doc, Gopher, and Isaac keep the Pacific Princess meddling. Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise: formula as feature, theme as furniture. Bon voyage, subtlety — the cameo sport still photographs.

The first image is white: uniforms, rails, Pacific soft-focus, and Gavin MacLeod's Captain Merrill Stubing hosting three guest-star storylines before the dessert cart. ABC's The Love Boat (1977–1986) turned cruise vacation into Aaron Spelling's floating hit factory — nine seasons, 245 episodes, formula as feature. Lauren Tewes's Julie McCoy, Ted Lange's Isaac, Bernie Kopell's Doc, and Fred Grandy's Gopher never age out of meddling. Jeraldine Saunders' nonfiction about cruise life inspired the premise; Wilford…

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