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All episodes Season 3 S03E04 1979-09-29 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Doc, Be Patient / Dance With Me / Going My Way

TV Flash files “Doc, Be Patient / Dance With Me / Going My Way” as hour 56 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 3, episode 4, aired 1979-09-29, 60 min.

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This leaf is S03E04: listed hour 56 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 4 of 28 in season 3. It aired 1979-09-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Oldies but Goodies / The Grass Is Always Greener / Three Stages of Love” (S03E03). Next is “The Audit Couple / The Scoop / My Boyfriend's Back” (S03E05).

The Love Boat — Doc, Be Patient / Dance With Me / Going My Way (S03E04)

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A doctor who had planned on taking the cruise as a vacation cares for Doc when he comes down with the flu. He is initially a difficult patient, but soon begins to fall for his physician. A former dancer who has now opened her own school tries to convince her ex-partner to come to Germany to teach for her. He is reluctant to give up his life with his much younger (and very talented) partner/girlfriend, even though he is putting his health at risk and holding her back from a potentially successful career. A free-spirited woman invites a cab driver along on the cruise after her boyfriend stands her up.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Doc, Be Patient / Dance With Me / Going My Way sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S03E04 is listed hour 56 of 245 — hour 4 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 4.

When did The Love Boat S03E04 air?

Doc, Be Patient / Dance With Me / Going My Way aired 1979-09-29 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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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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