The Love Boat
Country Blues / A Matter of Taste / Frat Brothers Forever
Season 8, Episode 14 · Aired 1984-12-08
Synopsis
A cute country girl who aspires to be a singer falls for a young country music star, but his manager knows that his star can only write songs when sad; two interior designers, former lovers, compete to redecorate the ship and eventually end up together again; one of Doc's womanizing fraternity brothers from his college days arrives on board, but with his male lover secretly in tow.
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
- S08E06 Soap Gets in Your Eyes / A Match Made in Heaven / Tugs of the Heart