The Love Boat

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.