The Love Boat
A Different Girl / The Man Who Loved Women / Oh, My Aching Brother
TV Flash files “A Different Girl / The Man Who Loved Women / Oh, My Aching Brother” as hour 29 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 2, episode 4, aired 1978-09-30, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E04: listed hour 29 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 4 of 27 in season 2. It aired 1978-09-30 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Rocky / Julie's Dilemma / Who's Who?” (S02E03). Next is “Julie's Aunt / Where is it Written? / The Big Deal” (S02E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
"The Man Who Loved Women" A man makes a move on three women; not knowing that they are travelling companions. "A Different Girl" Captain Stubbing's god son is taking a cruise with his wife, whom he married two years ago but his military duty kept him away. "Oh, My Aching Brother" And two brothers who stage false injuries, so that they can sue the insurance company, have targeted the cruise line.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Different Girl / The Man Who Loved Women / Oh, My Aching Brother sit in the The Love Boat guide?
S02E04 is listed hour 29 of 245 — hour 4 of 27 in season 2, season 2 episode 4.
When did The Love Boat S02E04 air?
A Different Girl / The Man Who Loved Women / Oh, My Aching Brother aired 1978-09-30 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.…