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All episodes Season 5 S05E29 1982-05-15 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Mothers Don't Do That / Marrying for Money / Substitute Lover

TV Flash files “Mothers Don't Do That / Marrying for Money / Substitute Lover” as the last listed hour of season 5 — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 5, episode 29, aired 1982-05-15, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S05E29: listed hour 137 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, last listed hour of season 5. It aired 1982-05-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Dress to Remember” (S05E28). Next is “Venetian Love Song / The Arrangement / Arrividerci, Gopher / Down for the Count (1)” (S06E01).

The Love Boat — Mothers Don't Do That / Marrying for Money / Substitute Lover (S05E29)

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The captain (Gavin MacLeod) and his crew suspect that a beautiful woman (Caren Kaye) is trying to kill her millionaire husband (Arte Johnson); a glamorous divorcee (Eva Gabor) tries to get reacquainted with her son (Brad Savage), who yearns for his dad (Hank Brandt); and a woman (Judy Landers) gets a shock when she meets her supposed pen pal (Eddie Mekka of ABC's "Laverne & Shirley").

Viewer FAQ

Where does Mothers Don't Do That / Marrying for Money / Substitute Lover sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S05E29 is listed hour 137 of 245 — last listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 29.

When did The Love Boat S05E29 air?

Mothers Don't Do That / Marrying for Money / Substitute Lover aired 1982-05-15 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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Why this series still plays

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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