The Love Boat
Mothers Don't Do That / Marrying for Money / Substitute Lover
Season 5, Episode 29 · Aired 1982-05-15
Synopsis
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").
In the series
This episode is part of The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC.
Excursion of the week — guest stars, cupids in white, and Pacific soft-focus.
Key cast
- Gavin MacLeod as Capt. Merrill Stubing
- Bernie Kopell as Dr. Adam Bricker
- Fred Grandy as Burl 'Gopher' Smith
- Ted Lange as Isaac Washington
- Lauren Tewes as Julie McCoy
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