Episode
The Love Boat: A Good & Faithful Servant/Secret Life of Burl Smith/Tug of War/Designated Lover
Overview
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Details
- Series
- The Love Boat
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1979-02-17
- Runtime
- 90 min
Episode context
A Good & Faithful Servant/Secret Life of Burl Smith/Tug of War/Designated Lover is Episode 21 in Season 2 of The Love Boat. It aired on 1979-02-17. The runtime is 90 min.
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Episode 20: Dream Ship/Best of Friends/Aftermath
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
Episode 22: The Decision/Poor Little Rich Girl/Love Me, Love My Dog
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Episode 19: Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy (2)
Julie's high-school class holds its ten-year reunion on board the Pacific Princess.
Episode 23: Funny Valentine/The Wallflower/A Home is Not a Home
Episode 18: Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy (1)
Julie's high-school class holds its ten-year reunion on board the Pacific Princess.
Episode 24: Ages of Man/Families/Bo 'n' Sam
Julie ends up in the middle of an unusual love triangle when the visiting 13-year-old son of the head of the cruise line develops a crush on her at the same time that she is trying to win over a charming older passenger. Two longtime acquaintances find their attempt at building a romance complicated by their parents' antagonistic relationship: her father is publisher of the newspaper where he works; and his mother is leading the efforts to unionize the workers. In honor of Capt. Stubing's fifth anniversary at the helm, the crew pays two men to build a wooden model of the ship. The builders are left scrambling to undo the damage after the present accidentally gets smashed.
Episode 17: Like Father, Like Son/Don't Push Me/Second Chance
A father takes too much of a liking to his son's new girlfriend; a bachelor is terrified at the idea of marrying his gung-ho girlfriend; the crew gives a troubled teen a chance at rehabilitation.
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 16: Gopher's Opportunity/Home Sweet Home/The Switch
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.
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.
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 27: Third Wheel/Grandmother's Day/Second String Mom
Gopher gives his parents a cruise as a Mother's Day present. Gopher's father grows jealous of the close relationship between mother and son. An older couple, who has finally seen its youngest child move out of the house, is stunned by an unexpected pregnancy. A widower's teenage daughters repeatedly reject his new wife, but must rely on her help when they get into a jam in Mexico.