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All episodes Season 3 S03E27 1980-04-19 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

The Invisible Maniac / September Song / Peekaboo

TV Flash files “The Invisible Maniac / September Song / Peekaboo” as hour 79 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 3, episode 27, aired 1980-04-19, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S03E27: listed hour 79 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 27 of 28 in season 3. It aired 1980-04-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Vicki's First Love / Accident Prone / The High Cost of Loving” (S03E26). Next is “The Caller / Marriage of Convenience / No Girls for Doc / Witness for the Prosecution” (S03E28).

The Love Boat — The Invisible Maniac / September Song / Peekaboo (S03E27)

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Isaac is nervous about the arrival of a famous model, who was his classmate in the first grade. The woman tries to use Isaac to make her sports-obsessed husband jealous. Two sisters overhear Janet pretending to fend off an attack by Isaac, and come to believe that a sex maniac is loose on the ship. Two attorneys must keep their affair a secret because they work for the same firm. He wants to make the relationship public and get married, but she experiences doubts. An older woman undergoes a drastic makeover to shake out of her humdrum life, and encourages her skeptical husband to do the same.

Viewer FAQ

Where does The Invisible Maniac / September Song / Peekaboo sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S03E27 is listed hour 79 of 245 — hour 27 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 27.

When did The Love Boat S03E27 air?

The Invisible Maniac / September Song / Peekaboo aired 1980-04-19 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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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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