Episode
The Love Boat: Gopher's Opportunity/Home Sweet Home/The Switch
Overview
Gopher quits his job to manage a new hotel; a wealthy eccentric widow books a five-year passage and begins meddling in the crew members' lives; a magician tries to avoid his assistant by sending his brother to perform in his place.
Details
- Series
- The Love Boat
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1979-01-20
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Gopher's Opportunity/Home Sweet Home/The Switch is Episode 16 in Season 2 of The Love Boat. It aired on 1979-01-20. The runtime is 60 min.
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