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All episodes Season 3 S03E22 1980-02-09 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Not So Fast, Gopher / Haven't We Met Before? / Seoul Mates

TV Flash files “Not So Fast, Gopher / Haven't We Met Before? / Seoul Mates” as hour 74 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 3, episode 22, aired 1980-02-09, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S03E22: listed hour 74 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 22 of 28 in season 3. It aired 1980-02-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Captain's Ne'er-Do-Well Brother / The Perfect Match / The Remake” (S03E21). Next is “Another Time, Another Place / Doctor Who / Gopher's Engagement” (S03E23).

The Love Boat — Not So Fast, Gopher / Haven't We Met Before? / Seoul Mates (S03E22)

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Gopher invites his widowed mother onto the ship in the hopes of cheering her up, but is hurt by her seemingly cheerful attitude, which he interprets as an insult to his father. A group of buddies takes a cruise. One of the men meets a woman who is a regular customer at the restaurant where he works. He lies about his identity because he thinks she would be put off by the fact that he is a waiter. A comic's romance with the reporter who is writing a feature about him appears doomed after she takes offense to his act.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Not So Fast, Gopher / Haven't We Met Before? / Seoul Mates sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S03E22 is listed hour 74 of 245 — hour 22 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 22.

When did The Love Boat S03E22 air?

Not So Fast, Gopher / Haven't We Met Before? / Seoul Mates aired 1980-02-09 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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