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All episodes Season 7 S07E27 1984-05-12 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Best Ex-Friends / All the Congressman's Women / Three Faces of Love

TV Flash files “Best Ex-Friends / All the Congressman's Women / Three Faces of Love” as the last listed hour of season 7 — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 7, episode 27, aired 1984-05-12, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S07E27: listed hour 193 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, last listed hour of season 7. It aired 1984-05-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Dreamboat / Gopher and Isaac and the Starlet / The Parents / The Importance of Being Johnny / Julie and the Producer (2)” (S07E26). Next is “The Crew's Cruise Director / What a Drag / Doc's Slump” (S08E01).

The Love Boat — Best Ex-Friends / All the Congressman's Women / Three Faces of Love (S07E27)

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In "Best Ex-Friends," written by Chris Vane and Jill Baer, Isaac's new involvement with an enthralling but incompetent barmaid (Eugenia Wright) hinders his better judgement. When Gopher asks him to fire her, Isaac refuses to cooperate, so Gopher fires Isaac. In "All the Congressman's Women," written by Lisa Bannick, a Congressman (Sam Groom) and his fiancee (Phyllis Davis) are joined by his young daughter (Tori Spelling) on what they had planned to be a romantic getaway. It was the best precaution to take because he has received letters threatening the life of his daughter. But the scare intensifies when he receives more notes on board the ship. In "Three Faces of Love," written by David Swift, a makeup man (Sal Viscuso) and his actress girlfriend (Heidi Bohay) are destined for Mexico to shoot a movie, but his habit of disguising himself as other men to test her finally drives her to exasperation.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Best Ex-Friends / All the Congressman's Women / Three Faces of Love sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S07E27 is listed hour 193 of 245 — last listed hour of season 7, season 7 episode 27.

When did The Love Boat S07E27 air?

Best Ex-Friends / All the Congressman's Women / Three Faces of Love aired 1984-05-12 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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