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The Love Boat

A Dress to Remember

TV Flash files “A Dress to Remember” as hour 136 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 5, episode 28, aired 1982-05-08, 60 min.

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This leaf is S05E28: listed hour 136 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 28 of 29 in season 5. It aired 1982-05-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “April in Boston / Saving Grace / Breaks of Life” (S05E27). Next is “Mothers Don't Do That / Marrying for Money / Substitute Lover” (S05E29).

The Love Boat — A Dress to Remember (S05E28)

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An expensive dress ties all the stories together in this episode. First, the captain helps reunite a poor woman with her daughter, who happens to be traveling aboard the Pacific Princess with her fiance. Then, a doctor is out to prove his new diet works, but ends up getting sweet on another physician. And, a man dons an unusual disguise to win back his ex-wife, who is accompanied by her father, who hates her former husband.

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Where does A Dress to Remember sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S05E28 is listed hour 136 of 245 — hour 28 of 29 in season 5, season 5 episode 28.

When did The Love Boat S05E28 air?

A Dress to Remember aired 1982-05-08 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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Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality · Show package

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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