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The Love Boat

Celebration / Captain Papa / Honeymoon Pressure

TV Flash files “Celebration / Captain Papa / Honeymoon Pressure” as hour 77 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 3, episode 25, aired 1980-03-29, 60 min.

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This leaf is S03E25: listed hour 77 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 25 of 28 in season 3. It aired 1980-03-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Dumb Luck / Tres Amigos / Hey, Jealous Lover” (S03E24). Next is “Vicki's First Love / Accident Prone / The High Cost of Loving” (S03E26).

The Love Boat — Celebration / Captain Papa / Honeymoon Pressure (S03E25)

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A man spends beyond his means while trying to lavish his recently hospitalized wife with gifts. Capt. Stubing and Vicki face an interview with a child services worker, who will decide whether the captain can have full custody of his daughter. A newlywed couple has trouble consummating its relationship because the presence of the bride's bodyguards (her family is "connected") makes the groom nervous.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Celebration / Captain Papa / Honeymoon Pressure sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S03E25 is listed hour 77 of 245 — hour 25 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 25.

When did The Love Boat S03E25 air?

Celebration / Captain Papa / Honeymoon Pressure aired 1980-03-29 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.

In the series

Why this series still plays

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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