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The Love Boat

Chubs / Locked Away / Till Death Do Us Part - Maybe

TV Flash files “Chubs / Locked Away / Till Death Do Us Part - Maybe” as hour 34 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 2, episode 9, aired 1978-11-11, 60 min.

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This leaf is S02E09: listed hour 34 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 9 of 27 in season 2. It aired 1978-11-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Accidental Cruise / The Song is Ended / A Time for Everything / Anoushka” (S02E08). Next is “Tony's Family / Man Of The Cloth / Her Own Two Feet” (S02E10).

The Love Boat — Chubs / Locked Away / Till Death Do Us Part - Maybe (S02E09)

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A ghost (Jimmie Walker), husband-hunting for his widow (Vernee Watson of ABC's "Carter Country''), spots an attractive prospect (Greg Morris); remembered by the crew as a tubby youngster, Gopher's sister (Melissa Sue Anderson) reappears grown, gorgeous and interested in Doc, and a divorced couple (Conrad Bain and Janet Leigh), seeing off their daughter (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her husband (Peter Coffield), is accidentally locked in a stateroom together on the ABC Television Network's "The Love Boat," SATURDAY, NOV. 11 (9:00-10:00 p.m., EST). The well-intentioned ghost, seen and heard only by his widow, experiences jealousy as his mission appears to be succeeding in ''Till Death Do Us Part - Maybe," written by Ben Joelson and Art Baer. In "Chubs," written by Loraine Despres, overprotective Gopher entrusts his kid sister to Doc to stave off the ship's wolves, not realizing how sophisticated she apparently has become. The long-divorced couple meets accidentally aboard ship and has ample time to rediscover each other while trapped in an isolated cabin in "Locked Away," written by Howard Albrecht and Sol Weinstein.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Chubs / Locked Away / Till Death Do Us Part - Maybe sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S02E09 is listed hour 34 of 245 — hour 9 of 27 in season 2, season 2 episode 9.

When did The Love Boat S02E09 air?

Chubs / Locked Away / Till Death Do Us Part - Maybe aired 1978-11-11 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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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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