The Love Boat
El Kid / The Last Hundred Bucks / Isosceles Triangle
TV Flash files “El Kid / The Last Hundred Bucks / Isosceles Triangle” as hour 38 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 2, episode 13, aired 1978-12-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E13: listed hour 38 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 13 of 27 in season 2. It aired 1978-12-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Folks from Home / The Captain's Cup / Legal Eagle” (S02E12). Next is “Julie Falls Hard / Double Wedding / The Dummies” (S02E14).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In "Isosceles Triangle, written by Mark Fink, Connie Stevens portrays the beauty who can't make up her mind when the captain and Doc both make a play for her. Robert Urich (ABC's "Vega$'') and his actress-wife, Heather Menzies, play a man and his wife who return to the ship with an orphan played by Gabriel Melgar in "El Kid," written by Barry Blitzer. Rue McClanahan plays a hosp impressive businessman played by Dabney Coleman by traveling companions (Dave Madden and Dena Dietrich) who don't realize he is job hunting in "The Last Hundred Bucks," written by Ray Jessel.
Viewer FAQ
Where does El Kid / The Last Hundred Bucks / Isosceles Triangle sit in the The Love Boat guide?
S02E13 is listed hour 38 of 245 — hour 13 of 27 in season 2, season 2 episode 13.
When did The Love Boat S02E13 air?
El Kid / The Last Hundred Bucks / Isosceles Triangle aired 1978-12-09 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
- S02E01 Marooned / The Search / Isaac's Holiday Part 1
- 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