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All episodes Season 4 S04E03 1980-11-01 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

The Promoter / The Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged / May the Best Man Win (2)

TV Flash files “The Promoter / The Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged / May the Best Man Win (2)” as hour 83 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 4, episode 3, aired 1980-11-01, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S04E03: listed hour 83 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 3 of 28 in season 4. It aired 1980-11-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Promoter / The Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged / May the Best Man Win (1)” (S04E02). Next is “Target Gopher / The Major's Wife / Strange Honeymoon / The Oilman Cometh” (S04E04).

The Love Boat — The Promoter / The Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged / May the Best Man Win (2) (S04E03)

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Vicki tries to play matchmaker for Capt. Stubing and Emily, whose husband still plans on winning her back. Gopher lands in a Curacao jail after Doc sends him on a wild goose chase so that he can get cozy with the marriage-a-thon judges. Carl and Mary Ann decide that they were wrong to interfere with their kids' wedding plans; but their new romance drives a wedge between the couple. Mary considers calling it quits with Tom, who is physically unable to say the words "I do" because of his subconscious fears about marriage. Emily accuses Marv of treachery after her fiancé suddenly reappears in Curacao and denies that he planned to leave her.

Viewer FAQ

Where does The Promoter / The Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged / May the Best Man Win (2) sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S04E03 is listed hour 83 of 245 — hour 3 of 28 in season 4, season 4 episode 3.

When did The Love Boat S04E03 air?

The Promoter / The Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged / May the Best Man Win (2) aired 1980-11-01 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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