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All episodes Season 8 S08E10 1984-11-17 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

By Hook or By Crook / Revenge With the Proper Stranger / Don't Get Mad, Get Even

TV Flash files “By Hook or By Crook / Revenge With the Proper Stranger / Don't Get Mad, Get Even” as hour 203 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 8, episode 10, aired 1984-11-17, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S08E10: listed hour 203 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 10 of 27 in season 8. It aired 1984-11-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Last Heist / Starting Over / Watching the Master” (S08E09). Next is “My Mother, My Chaperone / The Present / The Death and Life of Sir Albert Demerest / Welcome Aboard (1)” (S08E11).

The Love Boat — By Hook or By Crook / Revenge With the Proper Stranger / Don't Get Mad, Get Even (S08E10)

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Gopher suspects that a passenger who's interested in Judy isn't who he claims to be; a man agrees that his wife should have an affair because of his infidelity; a consumer advocate (Ray Buktenica) threatens to criticize a company's product if his wife accepts their job offer.

Viewer FAQ

Where does By Hook or By Crook / Revenge With the Proper Stranger / Don't Get Mad, Get Even sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S08E10 is listed hour 203 of 245 — hour 10 of 27 in season 8, season 8 episode 10.

When did The Love Boat S08E10 air?

By Hook or By Crook / Revenge With the Proper Stranger / Don't Get Mad, Get Even aired 1984-11-17 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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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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