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The Love Boat

Parents Know Best / A Selfless Love / The Nubile Nurse

TV Flash files “Parents Know Best / A Selfless Love / The Nubile Nurse” as hour 22 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 1, episode 22, aired 1978-02-25, 60 min.

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This leaf is S01E22: listed hour 22 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 22 of 25 in season 1. It aired 1978-02-25 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Taking Sides / Going By the Book / A Friendly Little Game” (S01E21). Next is “Musical Cabins” (S01E23).

The Love Boat — Parents Know Best / A Selfless Love / The Nubile Nurse (S01E22)

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In "Parents Know Best," Phyllis and Harry Morrison : (Janis Paige and Monty Hall) take their 22-year-old son, Bruce (Mark Shera), on a cruise, seeking to end his relationship with Diana Lane (Laurie Prange), who is aboard for reasons of her own. Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs wrote the script. Dan Michaels (Leslie Nielsen) and Laura Wakefield (Lynda Day George) plan to marry when the ship docks at Cabo San Lucas. Dan is pushing 50. Laura is much younger. During the cruise, Laura becomes friendly with a young man named Gary (Craig Littler) and Dan enjoys the company of Glenda Fairbanks (Marla Adams), a lady closer to his age. With a little help from Capt. Stubing, Dan and Laura get an unexpected lesson in true love in "A Selfless Love," written by Phil Foster and Marion Zola. Dawn Delaney (Elaine Joyce) is a shapely ex-showgirl who happens to be a registered nurse reporting for duty with a year of pre-med training in "The Nubile Nurse." Doc can only think of Dawn in Las Vegas, but this RN is full of surprises. Barry Blitzer wrote the script.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Parents Know Best / A Selfless Love / The Nubile Nurse sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S01E22 is listed hour 22 of 245 — hour 22 of 25 in season 1, season 1 episode 22.

When did The Love Boat S01E22 air?

Parents Know Best / A Selfless Love / The Nubile Nurse aired 1978-02-25 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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