The Love Boat
A Frugal Pair / Doc's Dismissal / The Girl Next Door
Season 4, Episode 12 · Aired 1981-01-03
Synopsis
A couple takes a cruise to celebrate its 40th anniversary, but considers breaking up after the husband learns that his wife secretly invested money in the stock market for years. They are now wealthy, but he is furious because he could have retired much sooner. A woman tries to get her husband's attention by claiming that Doc made a pass at her during an examination. A man sneaks on the cruise because he doesn't believe the man travelling with his girlfriend is her brother. He convinces the passenger in the cabin next to theirs to let him stay by claiming to be with the CIA.
In the series
This episode is part of The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC.
Excursion of the week — guest stars, cupids in white, and Pacific soft-focus.
Key cast
- Gavin MacLeod as Capt. Merrill Stubing
- Bernie Kopell as Dr. Adam Bricker
- Fred Grandy as Burl 'Gopher' Smith
- Ted Lange as Isaac Washington
- Lauren Tewes as Julie McCoy
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)