The Love Boat
Soap Gets in Your Eyes / A Match Made in Heaven / Tugs of the Heart
Season 8, Episode 6 · Aired 1984-10-20
Synopsis
Captain Stubing's neighbor joins the cruise to tell her friend she's dying, only to fall for a man with questions about the afterlife. Then, a woman from Gopher's past hopes he'll propose marriage, while an overprotective mother is concerned when an actor who plays a TV villain develops a crush on her daughter.
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 8
- S08E01 The Crew's Cruise Director / What a Drag / Doc's Slump
- S08E02 Vicki and the Fugitive / Lady in the Window / Stolen Years / Dutch Treat (1)
- S08E03 Vicki and the Fugitive / Lady in the Window / Stolen Years / Dutch Treat (2)
- S08E04 Ace Meets the Champ / Why Justin Can't Read / Call Me A Doctor
- S08E05 Only The Good Die Young / Honey Beats The Odds / The Light Of Another Day
- S08E07 And One to Grow On / Seems Like Old Times / I'll Never Forget What's Her Name