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All episodes Season 8 S08E17 1985-01-12 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Ace Takes the Test / The Counterfeit Couple / The Odd Triple

TV Flash files “Ace Takes the Test / The Counterfeit Couple / The Odd Triple” as hour 210 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 8, episode 17, aired 1985-01-12, 60 min.

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This leaf is S08E17: listed hour 210 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 17 of 27 in season 8. It aired 1985-01-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Instinct / Unmade for Each Other / BOS” (S08E16). Next is “Love on the Line / Don't Call Me Gopher / Her Honor, the Mayor” (S08E18).

The Love Boat — Ace Takes the Test / The Counterfeit Couple / The Odd Triple (S08E17)

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One of Ace's old high school girlfriends, now married to an impotent man, wants an embarrassed Ace to father her child; Gopher falls in love with an older woman, while that woman's daughter falls for Gopher; two total strangers share the honeymoon suite because they independently bought their tickets from a couple whose wedding was cancelled.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Ace Takes the Test / The Counterfeit Couple / The Odd Triple sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S08E17 is listed hour 210 of 245 — hour 17 of 27 in season 8, season 8 episode 17.

When did The Love Boat S08E17 air?

Ace Takes the Test / The Counterfeit Couple / The Odd Triple aired 1985-01-12 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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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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