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All episodes Season 6 S06E27 1983-04-30 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Hits and Missus / Return of Annabelle / Just Plain Folks Medicine / Caught in the Act / The Real Thing / Do Not Disturb / Lulu and Kenny (1)

TV Flash files “Hits and Missus / Return of Annabelle / Just Plain Folks Medicine / Caught in the Act / The Real Thing / Do Not Disturb / Lulu and Kenny (1)” as hour 164 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 6, episode 27, aired 1983-04-30, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S06E27: listed hour 164 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 27 of 29 in season 6. It aired 1983-04-30 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Professor Has Class / When The Magic Disappears / We, The Jury” (S06E26). Next is “Hits and Missus / Return of Annabelle / Just Plain Folks Medicine / Caught in the Act / The Real Thing / Do Not Disturb / Lulu and Kenny (2)” (S06E28).

The Love Boat — Hits and Missus / Return of Annabelle / Just Plain Folks Medicine / Caught in the Act / The Real Thing / Do Not Disturb / Lulu and Kenny (1) (S06E27)

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A country star travelling with her "adopted" children has to choose between the kids and her boyfriend; a popular songwriter secretly writes better songs for his former lover than for his wife, both performers; Doc deals with a country folk doctor who insists on practicing medicine on board, while at the same time chasing her beautiful daughter; a married woman's affair haunts her as she claims an expensive broach is only costume jewelry; Gopher tries his best to get his picture taken with a privacy- seeking female country music star; two overweight performers who love food come to love each other.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Hits and Missus / Return of Annabelle / Just Plain Folks Medicine / Caught in the Act / The Real Thing / Do Not Disturb / Lulu and Kenny (1) sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S06E27 is listed hour 164 of 245 — hour 27 of 29 in season 6, season 6 episode 27.

When did The Love Boat S06E27 air?

Hits and Missus / Return of Annabelle / Just Plain Folks Medicine / Caught in the Act / The Real Thing / Do Not Disturb / Lulu and Kenny (1) aired 1983-04-30 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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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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