The Love Boat
His Girls Friday / A Wife for Wilfred / The Girl Who Stood Still
TV Flash files “His Girls Friday / A Wife for Wilfred / The Girl Who Stood Still” as hour 126 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 5, episode 18, aired 1982-02-13, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E18: listed hour 126 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 18 of 29 in season 5. It aired 1982-02-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Return of the Captain's Lady / Love Ain't Illegal / The Irresistible Man” (S05E17). Next is “New York A.C. / Live It Up / All's Affair in Love and War” (S05E19).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A businessman takes his prissy secretary on a business trip. When he meets a dizzy blonde, his problem is how does he get his secretary to quit, so he can hire the blonde. Wilfred offers the crew $10,000 if they can find him a pretty wife. He's soon surrounded by five beautiful women, all fighting for his attention, and the crew trying to win a quick ten grand. When the crew find out Wilfred lied about paying the money so he can meet girls, the crew get the flower shop girl to pretend to be his wife. Two childhood sweethearts, separated since school, ...
Viewer FAQ
Where does His Girls Friday / A Wife for Wilfred / The Girl Who Stood Still sit in the The Love Boat guide?
S05E18 is listed hour 126 of 245 — hour 18 of 29 in season 5, season 5 episode 18.
When did The Love Boat S05E18 air?
His Girls Friday / A Wife for Wilfred / The Girl Who Stood Still aired 1982-02-13 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
- S05E06 Chef's Special / Kleinschmidt / Beginning Anew