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All episodes Season 3 S03E26 1980-04-05 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Vicki's First Love / Accident Prone / The High Cost of Loving

TV Flash files “Vicki's First Love / Accident Prone / The High Cost of Loving” as hour 78 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 3, episode 26, aired 1980-04-05, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S03E26: listed hour 78 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 26 of 28 in season 3. It aired 1980-04-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Celebration / Captain Papa / Honeymoon Pressure” (S03E25). Next is “The Invisible Maniac / September Song / Peekaboo” (S03E27).

The Love Boat — Vicki's First Love / Accident Prone / The High Cost of Loving (S03E26)

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Vicki develops a crush on a popular singer, but soon has her heart broken when she misinterprets his kindness as something more. Two extremely clumsy people, who have recently been involved in an auto accident, alternately bicker and romance each other--while everyone else tries to stay out of their way. A man is afraid to become involved with a woman because the court recently forced him to give up a large portion of his income to his last girlfriend. His lawyer tells him that he cannot sleep with any woman unless he first gets her to sign a waiver.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Vicki's First Love / Accident Prone / The High Cost of Loving sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S03E26 is listed hour 78 of 245 — hour 26 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 26.

When did The Love Boat S03E26 air?

Vicki's First Love / Accident Prone / The High Cost of Loving aired 1980-04-05 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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