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Episode 1: "Captain & the Lady / Centerfold / One If by Land.." (recap)
Original airdate: 9/24/1977

Captain Stubing is tormented by his bitchy ex-wife, who's now married to one of the ship's line directors. A young lawyer tries to keep her congressman fiancé from finding out that she once posed nude in Kitten. A buffoonish exterminator urges his girlfriend to give up on the idea of marriage.
Episode 2: "Oh, Dale! / Main Event / Tasteful Affair" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/1/1977

A private investigator falls in love with the woman he's tailing. A married couple who bickers constantly gets stuck in an elevator. A man who's just been dumped is so desperate to be on the same cruise with his ex-girlfriend that he poses as a woman in order to get the last female only cabin available.
Episode 3: "Ex Plus Y / Graham & Kelly / Goldenagers" (recap)
​Original airdate: 10/8/1977

Julie becomes smitten with a handsome tour guide. A recently divorced couple enjoy one last roll in the hay before pretending it never happened and going back to their significant others. Two preteens explore the awkwardness of falling in love for the first time.
Episode 4: "Message for Maureen / Gotcha / Acapulco Connection" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/15/1977

Captain Stubing is charmed by a Mexican guitar playing stowaway named April. A sportswriter and the tennis player he once bashed in his column resolve their differences and fall in love. A prankster finally gets a taste of his own medicine.
Episode 5: "Help, Murder / Isaac the Groupie / Mr. Popularity" (recap)
​Original airdate: 10/22/1977

Isaac hooks up with a famous recording artist. An annoying passenger ends up being an international jewel thief. A skittish wife is convinced her husband is trying to kill her aboard the ship.
Episode 6: "Joker is Mild / First Time Out / Take My Granddaughter, Please" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/29/1977

A college-age virgin scours the ship for female companionship. A grandmother sets up her granddaughter with Doc. Julie re-connects with an old comedian friend of her father's who's desperate to perform in her nightly entertainment show.
Episode 7: "Julie's Old Flame / The Jinx / The Identical Problem" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/10/1977

Julie reconnects with an old flame who used to cheat with her on his wife. Doc unwittingly romances twins who are pretending to be the same person. Gopher is convinced that a husband and wife who survived the Titanic are jinxed.
Episode 8: "The Understudy / Married Singles / Lost & Found" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/19/1977

Julie is tasked with showing the ropes to a trainee, who quickly conspires to replace her as cruise director. A couple in mourning over the death of their son shows kindness to a child travelling solo. A husband and wife attempting to take separate vacations decide they really want to be monogamous after all.
Episode 9: "The Captain's Captain / Dog's Life / Romance Roulette" (recap)
​Original airdate: 11/25/1977

Captain Stubing is stressed out when his belligerent father boards the ship for a cruise vacation. Three gals who reunite after their college years indulge in a dating game that ends with true love. A German Shepherd terrorizes one of the ship's passengers.
Episode 10: "Dear Beverly / The Strike / Special Delivery" (recap)
Original airdate: 12/2/1977

Captain Stubing quarrels with the ship's arrogant new chef, which leads to a general strike of the kitchen staff. An advice columnist is pressured into putting her career on the back burner in order to placate her insecure husband. An estranged couple reunites moments before their baby is born.
Episode 11: "Lonely at the Top / Divorce Me, Please / Silent Night" (recap)
​Original airdate: 12/9/1977

A married couple spends their cruise desperately wishing the other would ask for a divorce. A man wrongly convicted for embezzlement seeks revenge against his ex-bestie. Captain Stubing plays Santa Claus on Christmas Eve and bonds with a group of boy orphans. 
Episode 12: "The Old Man and the Runaway / A Fine Romance / The Painters" (recap)
Original airdate: 12/23/1977

A teenage runaway charms a widower into paying her passage. Julie makes a pass at an old crush, who doesn't reciprocate 'cause he's a priest. Two painters wreak havoc aboard the ship while painting Captain Stubing's cabin.
Episode 13: "Family Reunion / Too Hot to Handle / Cinderella Story" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/6/1978

A ship's steward is stunned when a passenger turns out to be his long lost daughter. Doc, Gopher, and Julie egg on a poor couple to stay in the ritzy Promenade Suite after a sudden cancellation. Forces work against a newlywed couple as they try to consummate their marriage. 
Episode 14: "Isaac's Double Standard / One More Time / Chimpanzeeshines" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/13/1978

Isaac is displeased when he learns that his mother is shacking up with her new boyfriend. A performing duo decides to re-couple and take their bickering act on the road. Gopher sneaks aboard a chimpanzee named Louise, who quickly proves herself to be a thief and a ransacker. 
Episode 15: "Hollywood Royalty / The Caper / The Eyes of Love / Masquerade" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/20/1978

A gang of thieves board the ship with the intention of stealing a ginormous diamond necklace owned by a fellow passenger/famous movie star. A blind woman re-connects with a formerly blind friend, and the two rapidly fall in love. A lawyer's wife learns that her new cruise friend is actually her husband's mistress.
Episode 16: "The Congressman Was Indiscreet / Isaac's History Lesson / Winner Take Love" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/27/1978

A reporter falls in love with the disgraced congressman she's secretly stalking for a salacious exposé. Isaac gets a stern lesson in appreciating his racial heritage the way Captain Stubing thinks he should. A pageant contestant gives up her Ambassadress title to make her sulky boyfriend happy.
Episode 17: "The Last of the Stubings / The Million Dollar Man / The Sisters" (recap)
​Original airdate: 2/3/1978

Captain Stubing's gangly nephew joins the cruise to begin his training as a future seaman, but soon confesses that he's not remotely interested in this career path. A widow gets jealous when her sister falls in love with a handsome stranger. An embezzler unwittingly confesses his crime to a police officer.
Episode 18: "The Inspector / A Very Special Girl / Until the Last Goodbye" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/10/1978

A plain-looking friend travelling with her gorgeous BFF unexpectedly finds love. A father who's unnaturally close to his daughter enjoys one last vacation before his end-of-life hospital visit. The crew is tipped off about a cruise line inspector being aboard the ship.
Episode 19: "Computerman / Parlez Vous / Memories of You" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/12/1978

Love blossoms aboard The Love Boat's Valentine's Day singles' cruise, during which Gopher romances a beautiful woman who pretends to only speak French and Julie falls for the computer whiz she hired as the ship's matchmaker. A quasi-amnesiac is confronted by the woman who was once his ad agency partner and fiancée. 
Episode 20: "Taking Sides / A Friendly Little Game / Going By the Book" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/17/1978

A retiree is shamed by Captain Stubing when he's caught cheating the crew at Gin Rummy to earn some much needed cash. A newly married couple befriends a bickering husband and wife and soon begins bickering themselves. A sheltered young woman is entrusted to Doc to keep suitors at bay.
Episode 21: "Parents Know Best / A Selfless Love / The Nubile Nurse" (recap)
​Original airdate: 2/24/1978

A young man cons his parents into accepting his girlfriend as his future wife. An engaged couple contends with their considerable age difference. Doc hires an ex-Vegas showgirl to be his new nurse.
Episode 22: "Musical Cabins" (recap)
​Original airdate: 5/5/1978

A lonely widow pretends to be glamorous in an attempt to meet glamorous people. A squat young man is desperate to get married to avoid being cut out of his late grandfather's will. A male chauvinist alienates his fiancée with his shitty personality. A journalist spies on the crew and passengers in order to gather salacious fodder for an exposé.
Episode 23: "The Business of Love / Crash Diet Crisis / I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (recap)
​Original airdate: 5/12/1978

Two dullards connect while grieving the loss of their loved ones. A call girl finds it difficult to leave the world of hooking behind when she runs into a former john who threatens to blab about how she's been making a living. Captain Stubing goes on a crash diet in order to impress a woman he used to crush on in high school. 
Episode 24: "Pacific Princess Overtures / Cabin Fever / Gopher, The Rebel" (recap)
Original airdate: 5/19/1978

A philanderer is reluctant to be seen in public with his mistress for fear of running into his nosy neighbor. A Japanese industrialist pressures his salesman to make a big acquisition. Gopher is fired when he takes the advice of a pretty young woman who urges him to not take any crap from Captain Stubing.