Episode
The Love Boat: Captain's Triangle/Boomerang/Out of This World
Overview
The captain's ex-girlfriend comes aboard the ship and constantly makes passes at him because she feels neglected by her husband. A model pretends to be married to keep away annoying suitors. A man is convinced that a fellow passenger is an alien who turns into a plant every night.
Details
- Series
- The Love Boat
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1980-12-13
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Captain's Triangle/Boomerang/Out of This World is Episode 10 in Season 4 of The Love Boat. It aired on 1980-12-13. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 9: She Stole His Heart/Return of the Captain's Brother/Swag and Mag
A kleptomaniac seeks the help of a psychiatrist to deal with her problem. He tries to distance himself from her when they begin falling for each other. Capt. Stubing's brother Marshall returns to the ship to get married. He has second thoughts when his fiancée reveals that she is broke, and is tempted by a past fling. A television star comes aboard the ship to accept a hero award on behalf of his character, a tough detective. A loudmouth begins harassing him, causing him to look bad in front of both his manager/girlfriend and number one fan Vicki.
Episode 11: The Captain's Bird/That's My Dad/Captive Audience
Capt. Stubing decides to get Vicki a parrot for Christmas. Unfortunately, it hasn't been trained to talk, and Gopher and Isaac's efforts to train it prove disastrous. A stowaway convinces the crew that a playboy passenger is his father. A father and son, who haven't spoken for ten years since the younger man left their singing act to go solo, resist their wives' efforts to reunite them.
More episodes from this season
Episode 8: Tell Her She's Great/Matchmaker, Matchmaker Times Two/The Baby Alarm
Isaac forces his friends to lie to his aunt about the quality of her performance in a local play, but his plan soon backfires. Two young people grow tired of their parents' constant attempts to push them together. A single mother hopes to find romance aboard the ship. She uses her son as a judge of character--she doesn't trust anyone who causes the baby to cry.
Episode 12: Doc's Dismissal/A Frugal Pair/The Girl Next Door
A couple takes a cruise to celebrate its 40th anniversary, but considers breaking up after the husband learns that his wife secretly invested money in the stock market for years. They are now wealthy, but he is furious because he could have retired much sooner. A woman tries to get her husband's attention by claiming that Doc made a pass at her during an examination. A man sneaks on the cruise because he doesn't believe the man travelling with his girlfriend is her brother. He convinces the passenger in the cabin next to theirs to let him stay by claiming to be with the CIA.
Episode 7: Secretary to the Stars/Julie's Decision/The Horse Lover/Gopher and Isaac Buy a Horse
Episode 13: Isaac's Teacher/Seal of Approval/The Successor
Episode 6: The Mallory Quest/The Offer/Julie, the Vamp (2)
As the search for Mallory's nephew continues, a mysterious man begins following Gopher, Marvin, Peter and Marcia and trying to thwart their efforts. Peter grows suspicious, and forces Mallory to come clean about his real reasons for wanting to track down his nephew. A suddenly repentant Mallory tries to make amends with his wife. Peter and his brother's fiancée grow attracted to each other. Capt. Stubing considers taking the job offer so that he can set aside more money for Vicki's college education. Julie's college friend and his crazy girlfriend continue to make her life difficult.
Episode 14: From Here to Maternity/Jealousy/The Trigamist
Episode 5: The Mallory Quest/The Offer/Julie, the Vamp (1)
Famed author Brian Mallory gives three people free tickets to a Caribbean cruise. He then presents each of them--and Gopher--with gold coins. He explains that they are among the last people to have spent time with his nephew; and offers them $100,000 if they can track down the young man, who is believed to be on one of the islands the ship will be visiting. One of the passengers taking part in the quest is about to donate a kidney to his brother. A young woman follows him around and seems to take a special interest in everything he does. Mallory's wife finally grows tired of his aloof and cruel behavior toward her. She leaves him, and seeks comfort with Doc. An old friend asks Capt. Stubing to leave the ship to help him run his business. A jealous woman accuses Julie of trying to steal her fiancé, a man who was a casual acquaintance of Julie's in college.
Episode 15: April the Ninny/The Loan Arranger/First Voyage, Last Voyage
Episode 4: Target Gopher/The Major's Wife/Strange Honeymoon/The Oilman Cometh
Episode 16: Gopher's Bride/Workaholic/On Second Thought
Gopher worries about meeting his pen pal Nicole, at first. Ned, married to workaholic Margo meets widow Kay, who's willing to take his wife's place. Helen evicts her handsome cabin mate Jack, who is desperate to find a room.