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All episodes Season 1 S01E18 1978-02-04 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Last of the Stubings / Million Dollar Man / The Sisters

TV Flash files “Last of the Stubings / Million Dollar Man / The Sisters” as hour 18 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 1, episode 18, aired 1978-02-04, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S01E18: listed hour 18 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 18 of 25 in season 1. It aired 1978-02-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Winner Take Love / The Congressman Was Indiscreet / Isaac's History Lesson” (S01E17). Next is “The Inspector / A Very Special Girl / Until the Last Goodbye” (S01E19).

The Love Boat — Last of the Stubings / Million Dollar Man / The Sisters (S01E18)

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Capt. Stubing announces that his nephew, Courtney (Peter Isacksen), will be joining the cruise. The captain tells purser Gopher Smith, Doc Bricker, cruise director Julie McCoy and bartender Isaac that Courtney is "a typical Stubing," that he will soon enter Annapolis and that the crew is under orders to work with the young man, who turns out to be a gangly klutz in need of help. "The Last of the Stubings" was written by Michael Norell. In "The Million Dollar Man," written by Steve Pritzker, embezzler Bill Thompson (Frank Converse) is strongly attracted to the lovely Stephanie Lewis (Marcia Strassman) from the moment he first spots her. Stephanie is equally interested in Bill because she's an undercover cop assigned to the case. Noreen Badger (Pat Crowley), an attractive spinster, and her widowed sister Rose (Marion Ross) had planned a nice, quiet visit at sea in "The Sisters." When Noreen becomes involved with passenger Clark Tyler (Brett Halsey), Rose resents it. Ray Jessel wrote the script. All episodes were directed by Jack Arnold.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Last of the Stubings / Million Dollar Man / The Sisters sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S01E18 is listed hour 18 of 245 — hour 18 of 25 in season 1, season 1 episode 18.

When did The Love Boat S01E18 air?

Last of the Stubings / Million Dollar Man / The Sisters aired 1978-02-04 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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