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All episodes Season 1 S01E11 1977-12-10 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Lonely at the Top / Silent Night / Divorce Me, Please

TV Flash files “Lonely at the Top / Silent Night / Divorce Me, Please” as hour 11 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 1, episode 11, aired 1977-12-10, 60 min.

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This leaf is S01E11: listed hour 11 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 11 of 25 in season 1. It aired 1977-12-10 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Dear Beverly / The Strike / Special Delivery” (S01E10). Next is “Old Man and the Runaway / A Fine Romance / The Painters” (S01E12).

The Love Boat — Lonely at the Top / Silent Night / Divorce Me, Please (S01E11)

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In "Lonely at the Top," Dick Sargent guests as Father Mike, an outspoken clergyman who comes aboard with six orphaned kids for a Christmas cruise financed by an unknown benefactor. When Mike detects a touch of Scrooge in Capt. Stubing's manner, he takes some very positive action which results in smooth sailing for all. Gordon and Lynne Farr wrote the script. Audrey and Paul Baynes (Florence Henderson and Shecky Greene) are an unhappily married couple, pretending to be compatible until they discover they are lucky to have each other in "Divorce Me, Please," written by Bruce Howard. In "Silent Night," Lila and Dan Barton (Donna Mills and John Gavin) seek to redirect their lives. Dan has served three years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Aboard the Pacific Princess, Dan faces Walter Perry (Dean Santoro), the man he holds responsible. Ben Joelson and Art Baer wrote the script.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Lonely at the Top / Silent Night / Divorce Me, Please sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S01E11 is listed hour 11 of 245 — hour 11 of 25 in season 1, season 1 episode 11.

When did The Love Boat S01E11 air?

Lonely at the Top / Silent Night / Divorce Me, Please aired 1977-12-10 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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