All episodes Season 4 S04E15 1981-01-17 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

April, the Ninny / The Loan Arranger / First Voyage, Last Voyage

TV Flash files “April, the Ninny / The Loan Arranger / First Voyage, Last Voyage” as hour 95 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 4, episode 15, aired 1981-01-17, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S04E15: listed hour 95 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 15 of 28 in season 4. It aired 1981-01-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “From Here to Maternity/Jealousy/The Trigamist” (S04E14). Next is “Gopher's Bride / Love with a Married Man / Not Tonight, Jack!” (S04E16).

The Love Boat — April, the Ninny / The Loan Arranger / First Voyage, Last Voyage (S04E15)

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

April Lopez boards with the idea of leaving show business for good to settle down, until she meets a widower and his obnoxious children; A young gambler finds herself in love with a loan shark; When a girl falls in love on board, her parents have a crucial decision to make regarding her future happiness.

Viewer FAQ

Where does April, the Ninny / The Loan Arranger / First Voyage, Last Voyage sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S04E15 is listed hour 95 of 245 — hour 15 of 28 in season 4, season 4 episode 15.

When did The Love Boat S04E15 air?

April, the Ninny / The Loan Arranger / First Voyage, Last Voyage aired 1981-01-17 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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