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All episodes Season 1 S01E07 1977-11-05 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

The Identical Problem / Julie's Old Flame / The Jinx

TV Flash files “The Identical Problem / Julie's Old Flame / The Jinx” as hour 7 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 1, episode 7, aired 1977-11-05, 60 min.

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This leaf is S01E07: listed hour 7 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 7 of 25 in season 1. It aired 1977-11-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Joker is Mild / First Time Out / Take My Granddaughter, Please” (S01E06). Next is “The Understudy / Married Singles / Lost and Found” (S01E08).

The Love Boat — The Identical Problem / Julie's Old Flame / The Jinx (S01E07)

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In "Identical Problem," twins Helen and Ellen (both played by Diana "Soap" Canova) pretend to be one person, which nearly drives Doc crazy because Helen is warm, Ellen is cold and Doc is feeling amorous. The script was written by David Ketchum and Tony DiMarco and directed by Don Weis. David Hedison is "Julie's old Flame," a guy the pretty cruise director loved until she discovered he was married. Michael Norell wrote the script; Don Weis directed. Ray Bolger and Harriet Nelson are Horace and Henrietta MacDonald, an elderly couple celebrating an anniversary aboard the Pacific Princess in "The Jinx." When Horace reveals that the ship on which they were wed sunk right after the ceremony, the Princess crew is amused. But after a few mishaps involving the MacDonalds, Capt. Stubing and the rest of the crew have reason to be superstitious.

Viewer FAQ

Where does The Identical Problem / Julie's Old Flame / The Jinx sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S01E07 is listed hour 7 of 245 — hour 7 of 25 in season 1, season 1 episode 7.

When did The Love Boat S01E07 air?

The Identical Problem / Julie's Old Flame / The Jinx aired 1977-11-05 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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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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