The Love Boat
Julie's Aunt / Where is it Written? / The Big Deal
TV Flash files “Julie's Aunt / Where is it Written? / The Big Deal” as hour 30 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 2, episode 5, aired 1978-10-14, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E05: listed hour 30 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 5 of 27 in season 2. It aired 1978-10-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Different Girl / The Man Who Loved Women / Oh, My Aching Brother” (S02E04). Next is “The Kissing Bandit / The Witness / Mike and Ike” (S02E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In "Julie's Aunt," written by Barry Blitzer, Red Buttons portrays Capt. Stubing's Uncle Cyrus, who takes a shine to Julie and uses every trick in his devious mind to get Julie alone. Julie finally gets an assist from a surprising Aunt Phoebe. In "The Big Deal," written by James F. Henry, Mackenzie Phillips plays the daughter of a desperate businessman (Allen Ludden) who selfishly lets her jeopardize her romance with the bandleader (Erik Estrada) to entice another businessman (Sam Groom) into signing a merger. "Where Is it Written?," by Lan O'Kun, has Hope Lange portraying the neglected wife of a publisher (Gene Barry). She succumbs to the romantic advances of novelist Mark Little john (Richard Mulligan) who is on the cruise, hoping it will give him the inspiration for the final chapter of his book.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Julie's Aunt / Where is it Written? / The Big Deal sit in the The Love Boat guide?
S02E05 is listed hour 30 of 245 — hour 5 of 27 in season 2, season 2 episode 5.
When did The Love Boat S02E05 air?
Julie's Aunt / Where is it Written? / The Big Deal aired 1978-10-14 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.…