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All episodes Season 3 S03E15 1979-12-08 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

The Spider Serenade / Next Door Wife / The Harder They Fall

TV Flash files “The Spider Serenade / Next Door Wife / The Harder They Fall” as hour 67 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 3, episode 15, aired 1979-12-08, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S03E15: listed hour 67 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 15 of 28 in season 3. It aired 1979-12-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Stimulation of Stephanie / The Next Step / Life Begins at 40” (S03E14). Next is “Doc's 'Ex' Change / The Gift / Making the Grade” (S03E16).

The Love Boat — The Spider Serenade / Next Door Wife / The Harder They Fall (S03E15)

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Gopher finds romance with a recently separated passenger--until her estranged husband suddenly shows up and announces his intention of winning her back. A woman tries to pry her soon-to-be-ex-husband away from his girlfriend by coming on the cruise and rooming in the cabin next to theirs. Two distinguished passengers, who squared off in a boxing match decades earlier, renew their rivalry. They schedule a fight on the ship to settle the score once and for all.

Viewer FAQ

Where does The Spider Serenade / Next Door Wife / The Harder They Fall sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S03E15 is listed hour 67 of 245 — hour 15 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 15.

When did The Love Boat S03E15 air?

The Spider Serenade / Next Door Wife / The Harder They Fall aired 1979-12-08 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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