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The Love Boat

Good Neighbors / Captain's Portrait / Familiar Faces

TV Flash files “Good Neighbors / Captain's Portrait / Familiar Faces” as hour 122 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 5, episode 14, aired 1982-01-09, 60 min.

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This leaf is S05E14: listed hour 122 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 14 of 29 in season 5. It aired 1982-01-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Doc Takes the Fifth / Safety Last / A Business Affair” (S05E13). Next is “I Don't Play Anymore / Gopher's Roommate / Crazy For You” (S05E15).

The Love Boat — Good Neighbors / Captain's Portrait / Familiar Faces (S05E14)

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In "The Captain's Portrait" written by Richard Albrecht and Casey Keller, a misunderstanding leads Capt. Stubing (MacLeod) to believe that the results will be too revealing when he poses for an artist (Ms. Merriwether) who is painting his portrait for the cruise line. When a gung-ho public relations man (Shroyer) spots a woman (Ms. Golonka) who is a neighbor in his apartment building, he does everything in his power to get her attention but she won't bend her strict rule against becoming involved with her neighbors, in "Good Neighbors," written by Tony Webster. In "Familiar Faces" a recently married couple (Butler and Ms. McDonough) is ecstatically happy until the groom sees a man (Henry Jones) with whom he had a dangerous encounter during his youth. When they meet, the outcome may destroy the new marriage.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Good Neighbors / Captain's Portrait / Familiar Faces sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S05E14 is listed hour 122 of 245 — hour 14 of 29 in season 5, season 5 episode 14.

When did The Love Boat S05E14 air?

Good Neighbors / Captain's Portrait / Familiar Faces aired 1982-01-09 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.

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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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