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The Love Boat

Captain's Triangle / Boomerang / Out of This World

TV Flash files “Captain's Triangle / Boomerang / Out of This World” as hour 90 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 4, episode 10, aired 1980-12-13, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S04E10: listed hour 90 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 10 of 28 in season 4. It aired 1980-12-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “She Stole His Heart / Return of the Captain's Brother / Swag and Mag” (S04E09). Next is “The Captain's Bird / That's My Dad / Captive Audience” (S04E11).

The Love Boat — Captain's Triangle / Boomerang / Out of This World (S04E10)

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The captain's ex-girlfriend comes aboard the ship and constantly makes passes at him because she feels neglected by her husband. A model pretends to be married to keep away annoying suitors. A man is convinced that a fellow passenger is an alien who turns into a plant every night.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Captain's Triangle / Boomerang / Out of This World sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S04E10 is listed hour 90 of 245 — hour 10 of 28 in season 4, season 4 episode 10.

When did The Love Boat S04E10 air?

Captain's Triangle / Boomerang / Out of This World aired 1980-12-13 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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