The Love Boat
Chef's Special / Kleinschmidt / Beginning Anew
TV Flash files “Chef's Special / Kleinschmidt / Beginning Anew” as hour 114 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 5, episode 6, aired 1981-11-07, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E06: listed hour 114 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 6 of 29 in season 5. It aired 1981-11-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Country Blues / Daddy's Little Girl / Jackpot” (S05E05). Next is “The Lady from Laramie / Vicki Swings / Phantom Bride” (S05E07).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Academy Award-winning actress Joan Fontaine stars as a beautiful, fun-loving woman with a secret who meets a former love aboard ship; an inept German detective almost turns the ship upside down when the jewels of the woman who has hired him are stolen; and the ship's temperamental chef quits when a female chef joins the staff.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chef's Special / Kleinschmidt / Beginning Anew sit in the The Love Boat guide?
S05E06 is listed hour 114 of 245 — hour 6 of 29 in season 5, season 5 episode 6.
When did The Love Boat S05E06 air?
Chef's Special / Kleinschmidt / Beginning Anew aired 1981-11-07 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 5
- S05E01 The Expedition / Julie's Wedding / The Mongala / Julie's Replacement / The Three R's / The Professor's Wife (1)
- S05E02 The Expedition / Julie's Wedding / The Mongala / Julie's Replacement / The Three R's / The Professor's Wife (2)
- S05E03 Two Grapes on the Vine / Aunt Sylvia / Deductible Divorce
- S05E04 The Incredible Hunk / Isaac, the Marriage Counselor / Jewels and Jim
- S05E05 Country Blues / Daddy's Little Girl / Jackpot
- S05E07 The Lady from Laramie / Vicki Swings / Phantom Bride