Episode
The Love Boat: Dream Ship/Best of Friends/Aftermath
Overview
Crew members learn that Captain Stubing is under consideration to take over a prestigious cruise ship and go overboard to help their captain make an outstanding impression; a woman unknowingly makes a date with a friend's fiance; a disabled surgeon belittles Doc for practicing aboard a cruise ship until Doc makes a surprising diagnosis. GUEST STARS: Hans Conried, Ben Murphy, Donna Pescow, Carol Lynley, Richard Anderson, Diana Muldaur
Details
- Series
- The Love Boat
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 1979-02-10
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Dream Ship/Best of Friends/Aftermath is Episode 20 in Season 2 of The Love Boat. It aired on 1979-02-10. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 24: Ages of Man/Families/Bo 'n' Sam
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Episode 15: Second Time Around/The 'Now' Marriage/My Sister, Irene
Doc's ex-wife hires an actor, who takes his role a bit too seriously, as her fiance; a philandering marriage counselor's wife seeks solace from Captain Stubing; a woman pretends to be her own sister for a reunion with a long-ago sweetheart.
Episode 25: Sounds of Silence/Cyrano de Bricker/Murder on the High Seas
A singer tries to persuade his manager to let him abandon the shock tactics that made him famous and let his music speak for itself. He becomes even more determined to establish some credibility after he falls for a deaf friend of Julie's. Doc finds himself caught in the middle when an old friend grows tired of her inattentive husband's tendency to put gambling ahead of their relationship. Isaac becomes convinced that a couple plans to murder Capt. Stubing. Everyone initially believes that he is just too caught up in the murder mystery that he has been reading, but the captain and Gopher soon begin to share his suspicions.
Episode 14: Double Wedding/The Dummies/Julie Falls Hard
Identical twin sisters decide to swap fiances; a separated ventriloquist team use their dummies to rebuild their relationship; a handsome widower proposes to Julie, who has fallen in love with him and his teenage children.
Episode 26: Super Mom/I'll See You Again/April's Return
One-time stowaway April Lopez returns to the ship as a popular singer. However, she grows tired of the hassles of fame and decides that she would like to become a cruise director. Julie tries to show her the ropes, but April ends up creating havoc wherever she goes. A couple brings its four rambunctious children along on its second honeymoon. The woman repeatedly ignores her husband to tend to the children's needs, and April inadvertently creates further problems with their marriage. A buddy of Capt. Stubing's from his military days comes aboard, and is shocked to see the former USO star with whom he once had a romance. Due to a misunderstanding, each believes the other is to blame for cutting off their affair.