The Love Boat
She Stole His Heart / Return of the Captain's Brother / Swag and Mag
TV Flash files “She Stole His Heart / Return of the Captain's Brother / Swag and Mag” as hour 89 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 4, episode 9, aired 1980-12-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E09: listed hour 89 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 9 of 28 in season 4. It aired 1980-12-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Tell Her She's Great / Matchmaker, Matchmaker Times Two / The Baby Alarm” (S04E08). Next is “Captain's Triangle / Boomerang / Out of This World” (S04E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A kleptomaniac meets a psychiatrist who tries to help her but when they fall for each other, he keeps his distance. A television star whom Vicki adores comes on board with his girlfriend-agent but has to deal with an overbearing passenger. The Captain's brother comes on the cruise to introduce the woman he is going to marry, but an ex follows, determined to win him back.
Viewer FAQ
Where does She Stole His Heart / Return of the Captain's Brother / Swag and Mag sit in the The Love Boat guide?
S04E09 is listed hour 89 of 245 — hour 9 of 28 in season 4, season 4 episode 9.
When did The Love Boat S04E09 air?
She Stole His Heart / Return of the Captain's Brother / Swag and Mag aired 1980-12-06 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…
Filed against
- Gavin MacLeod as Capt. Merrill Stubing
Gavin MacLeod's Capt. Merrill Stubing hosted three guest-star storylines a week on The Love Boat while Julie, Doc, Gopher, and Isaac kept the Pacific Princess meddling. Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise: formula as…
- Bernie Kopell as Dr. Adam Bricker
Bernie Kopell’s Dr. Adam Bricker kept The Love Boat meddling — Gavin MacLeod’s Captain Stubing, three guest-star storylines a week, Julie, Gopher, Isaac, Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise. Formula as feature, theme…
- Fred Grandy as Burl 'Gopher' Smith
Fred Grandy kept the Pacific Princess meddling as Burl 'Gopher' Smith on The Love Boat — three guest-star storylines a week, Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise, formula as feature. Bon voyage, subtlety. TV Flash…
- Ted Lange as Isaac Washington
Ted Lange poured The Love Boat as Isaac Washington — bartender as Greek chorus, three guest-star storylines a week, Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise. Formula as feature, theme as furniture. TV Flash files him as…
- Lauren Tewes as Julie McCoy
Lauren Tewes's Julie McCoy kept The Love Boat meddling on schedule — Gavin MacLeod's Captain Stubing, three guest-star storylines a week, Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise. Formula as feature, theme as furniture.…
Also in season 4
- S04E01 Friends and Lovers / Sergeant Bull / Miss Mother
- S04E02 The Promoter / The Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged / May the Best Man Win (1)
- S04E03 The Promoter / The Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged / May the Best Man Win (2)
- S04E04 Target Gopher / The Major's Wife / Strange Honeymoon / The Oilman Cometh
- S04E05 The Mallory Quest / The Offer / Julie, the Vamp (1)
- S04E06 The Mallory Quest / The Offer / Julie, the Vamp (2)