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All episodes Season 3 S03E18 1980-01-19 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Kinfolk / Sis & the Slicker / Moonlight & Moonshine / Too Close for Comfort / The Affair (1)

TV Flash files “Kinfolk / Sis & the Slicker / Moonlight & Moonshine / Too Close for Comfort / The Affair (1)” as hour 70 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 3, episode 18, aired 1980-01-19, 60 min.

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This leaf is S03E18: listed hour 70 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 18 of 28 in season 3. It aired 1980-01-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “April's Love / Happy Ending / We Three” (S03E17). Next is “Kinfolk / Sis & the Slicker / Moonlight & Moonshine / Too Close for Comfort / The Affair (2)” (S03E19).

The Love Boat — Kinfolk / Sis & the Slicker / Moonlight & Moonshine / Too Close for Comfort / The Affair (1) (S03E18)

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A singer worries that his hillbilly relatives will embarrass him and ruin his chance of catching a record producer's eye. The producer becomes attracted to the singer's sister, who begins to doubt her commitment to her fiancé from back home. An author pictures the family as potential characters for her next book. She poses as a mountain woman to get the grandfather to open up to her. Doc, Isaac and Gopher room with Capt. Stubing after their cabins are flooded. They proceed to drive him crazy, and won't let him get any sleep. Two couples take the cruise together. One of the women tries to convince her friend that their spouses are having an affair.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Kinfolk / Sis & the Slicker / Moonlight & Moonshine / Too Close for Comfort / The Affair (1) sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S03E18 is listed hour 70 of 245 — hour 18 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 18.

When did The Love Boat S03E18 air?

Kinfolk / Sis & the Slicker / Moonlight & Moonshine / Too Close for Comfort / The Affair (1) aired 1980-01-19 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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