The Love Boat
Marooned / The Search / Isaac's Holiday Part 1
TV Flash files “Marooned / The Search / Isaac's Holiday Part 1” as the first listed hour of season 2 — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 2, episode 1, aired 1978-09-16, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 26 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 1978-09-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Pacific Princess Overtures / Cabin Fever / Gopher, the Rebel” (S01E25). Next is “Marooned / The Search / Isaac's Holiday Part 2” (S02E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A hurricane devastates the tropical island where a shore party of Capt. Stubing, his crew members and passengers are held captive by a strange hermit while the Pacific Princess totters under the command of a bumbling deputy captain.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Marooned / The Search / Isaac's Holiday Part 1 sit in the The Love Boat guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 26 of 245 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did The Love Boat S02E01 air?
Marooned / The Search / Isaac's Holiday Part 1 aired 1978-09-16 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.
In the series
Why this series still plays
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…
Filed against
- Gavin MacLeod as Capt. Merrill Stubing
Gavin MacLeod's Capt. Merrill Stubing hosted three guest-star storylines a week on The Love Boat while Julie, Doc, Gopher, and Isaac kept the Pacific Princess meddling. Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise: formula as…
- Bernie Kopell as Dr. Adam Bricker
Bernie Kopell’s Dr. Adam Bricker kept The Love Boat meddling — Gavin MacLeod’s Captain Stubing, three guest-star storylines a week, Julie, Gopher, Isaac, Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise. Formula as feature, theme…
- Fred Grandy as Burl 'Gopher' Smith
Fred Grandy kept the Pacific Princess meddling as Burl 'Gopher' Smith on The Love Boat — three guest-star storylines a week, Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise, formula as feature. Bon voyage, subtlety. TV Flash…
- Ted Lange as Isaac Washington
Ted Lange poured The Love Boat as Isaac Washington — bartender as Greek chorus, three guest-star storylines a week, Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise. Formula as feature, theme as furniture. TV Flash files him as…
- Lauren Tewes as Julie McCoy
Lauren Tewes's Julie McCoy kept The Love Boat meddling on schedule — Gavin MacLeod's Captain Stubing, three guest-star storylines a week, Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise. Formula as feature, theme as furniture.…
Also in season 2
- S02E02 Marooned / The Search / Isaac's Holiday Part 2
- S02E03 Rocky / Julie's Dilemma / Who's Who?
- S02E04 A Different Girl / The Man Who Loved Women / Oh, My Aching Brother
- S02E05 Julie's Aunt / Where is it Written? / The Big Deal
- S02E06 The Kissing Bandit / The Witness / Mike and Ike
- S02E07 Ship of Ghouls