The Love Boat
Chef's Special / Kleinschmidt / Beginning Anew
Season 5, Episode 6 · Aired 1981-11-07
Synopsis
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.
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 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