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The Love Boat

The Inspector / A Very Special Girl / Until the Last Goodbye

TV Flash files “The Inspector / A Very Special Girl / Until the Last Goodbye” as hour 19 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 1, episode 19, aired 1978-02-11, 60 min.

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This leaf is S01E19: listed hour 19 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 19 of 25 in season 1. It aired 1978-02-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Last of the Stubings / Million Dollar Man / The Sisters” (S01E18). Next is “Computerman / Memories of You / Parlez Vous?” (S01E20).

The Love Boat — The Inspector / A Very Special Girl / Until the Last Goodbye (S01E19)

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In "The Inspector," Capt. Stubing, Doc Bricker, cruise director Julie McCoy, Isaac, the bartender, and the purser, Gopher, feel edgy when they hear that an efficiency expert, hired by the ship's owners, is watching their every move while posing as a passenger. Suspects include a note-taking fuddy duddy named Waterman (Jim Backus), little Mrs. Corwin (Patti MacLeod), who appears to be permanently confused, and Mr. Zidresczky (Jack Bernardi), who wanders around the ship asking the same question in a language no one understands. The script was written by Bruce Howard. Jane (Debralee Scott) is plain, but her friend, Melanie (Laurette Spang), is lovely. Mike (Bob Seagren), the best looking guy aboard, latches on to Melanie while his shy pal, Doug (Sal Viscuso), and Jane quietly take the love boat to paradise, in "A Very Special Girl," scripted by Jerry Winnick. Handsome, middle-aged Brian Sherwood (Paul Burke) and pretty young SarahLambert (Susan Blanchard) cherish every moment they spend together, but the loving relationship is not what it appears to be in "Until the Last Goodbye." Ben Joelson and Art Baer wrote the script. Roger Buchowny directed all episodes.

Viewer FAQ

Where does The Inspector / A Very Special Girl / Until the Last Goodbye sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S01E19 is listed hour 19 of 245 — hour 19 of 25 in season 1, season 1 episode 19.

When did The Love Boat S01E19 air?

The Inspector / A Very Special Girl / Until the Last Goodbye aired 1978-02-11 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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