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The Love Boat

Gopher's Opportunity / Home Sweet Home / The Switch

TV Flash files “Gopher's Opportunity / Home Sweet Home / The Switch” as hour 41 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 2, episode 16, aired 1979-01-20, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S02E16: listed hour 41 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 16 of 27 in season 2. It aired 1979-01-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Second Time Around / The 'Now' Marriage / My Sister, Irene” (S02E15). Next is “Like Father, Like Son / Don't Push Me / Second Chance” (S02E17).

The Love Boat — Gopher's Opportunity / Home Sweet Home / The Switch (S02E16)

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

In "Gopher's Opportunity," written by Sue Masters and John Walsh, Gopher informs Capt. Stubing he is quitting his job after he is asked to become manager of a new resort hotel. In "Home Sweet Home," written by Ray Jessel and Natalie Schafer, a rich, gregarious widow has her furniture moved aboard, having booked passage for five years, and happily begins planning the lives of crew members, including a steward who is determined to retire to dry land. In "The Switch," written by Lan O'Kun, magician Al Breyer (Palillo) works the cruise in place of his magician-brother (Michael Gregory), who wants to avoid his assistant because she is getting serious about him.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Gopher's Opportunity / Home Sweet Home / The Switch sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S02E16 is listed hour 41 of 245 — hour 16 of 27 in season 2, season 2 episode 16.

When did The Love Boat S02E16 air?

Gopher's Opportunity / Home Sweet Home / The Switch aired 1979-01-20 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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Why this series still plays

Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality · Show package

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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