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All episodes Season 2 S02E17 1979-01-27 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Like Father, Like Son / Don't Push Me / Second Chance

TV Flash files “Like Father, Like Son / Don't Push Me / Second Chance” as hour 42 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 2, episode 17, aired 1979-01-27, 60 min.

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This leaf is S02E17: listed hour 42 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 17 of 27 in season 2. It aired 1979-01-27 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Gopher's Opportunity / Home Sweet Home / The Switch” (S02E16). Next is “Disco Baby / Alas, Poor Dwyer / After the War / Ticket to Ride / Itsy Bitsy Part 1” (S02E18).

The Love Boat — Like Father, Like Son / Don't Push Me / Second Chance (S02E17)

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A charming widower (Robert Mandan of Soap') and his son (Randolph Mantooth) fall in love with the same girl (Cathy Lee Crosby); an easygoing bachelor (Roddy McDovali) becomes allergic to the idea of marrying his aggressive girlfriend (Tammy Grimes); and Isaac and an influential ex-shoplifter (Debbi Morgan of "Roots: The Next Generations") on the ABC Television Network's "The Love Boat," SATURDAY, JAN. 27 (8:30-9:30 p.m., EST). From the moment Woody Sillingsley (Mandan) is introduced to his son's new girlfriend, the two hit it off too well to suit young Billingsley, in "Like Father, Like Son," written by Jerry Winnick. In "Don't Push Me," written by Barbara Evans, Christine (nis. Grimes) surprises the bachelor by joining him on the cruise, then mistakenly believes he has proposed marriage. In "Second Chance,'' written by Lee Aronsohn, after Capt. Stubing has given the teenager a job in the ship's gift shop through a juvenile rehabilitation program, he sees her alone with earrings that later disappear.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Like Father, Like Son / Don't Push Me / Second Chance sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S02E17 is listed hour 42 of 245 — hour 17 of 27 in season 2, season 2 episode 17.

When did The Love Boat S02E17 air?

Like Father, Like Son / Don't Push Me / Second Chance aired 1979-01-27 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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