The Love Boat
Klondike Carnival / The Viking's Son / Separate Vacations / The Experiment / Getting to Know You (1)
TV Flash files “Klondike Carnival / The Viking's Son / Separate Vacations / The Experiment / Getting to Know You (1)” as hour 130 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 5, episode 22, aired 1982-03-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E22: listed hour 130 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 22 of 29 in season 5. It aired 1982-03-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Musical / My Ex-Mom / The Show Must Go On / The Pest / My Aunt, The Worrier (2)” (S05E21). Next is “Klondike Carnival / The Viking's Son / Separate Vacations / The Experiment / Getting to Know You (2)” (S05E23).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
It's a battle of luxury cruise ships when Capt. Stubing and his sailing adversary pit their respective crews against each other in wild sporting events that start in Vancouver, B.C., and wind up in a tense match of wits and action when the two find themselves competing against each other in Alaska.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Klondike Carnival / The Viking's Son / Separate Vacations / The Experiment / Getting to Know You (1) sit in the The Love Boat guide?
S05E22 is listed hour 130 of 245 — hour 22 of 29 in season 5, season 5 episode 22.
When did The Love Boat S05E22 air?
Klondike Carnival / The Viking's Son / Separate Vacations / The Experiment / Getting to Know You (1) aired 1982-03-06 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