Watch The Love Boat Season 8 Episode 26: Caribbean Cruise: Call Me Grandma; A Gentleman of Discrimination; The Perfect Divorce; Letting Go

Love, `exciting and new,' kept this campy anthology series afloat for nine seasons. As passengers cruised on the Pacific Princess, tales of romance inevitably played out and intertwined, even involving the ship's crew. Producer Aaron Spelling called it `a show for people who couldn't afford a cruise.' Guest roles were sometimes filled by genuine legends (more…)

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Season 8, Episode 26 Caribbean Cruise: Call Me Grandma; A Gentleman of Discrimination; The Perfect Divorce; Letting Go

First Aired: May 4, 1985

Part 1 of 2. The "proper" English chaperone of pop group Menudo is put off by a woman's lies; a woman (Anne Baxter) overprotects her mentally disabled son; an employer is baited for a sex-discrimination suit by a woman (Linda Purl) posing as a man. Gavin MacLeod, Fred Grandy. Elizabeth Raleigh: Lana Turner.

Guest Cast

Lana Turner Elizabeth Raleigh

Jared Martin Jim Tipton

Michelle Johnson Kim Carlisle

Linda Purl Anne Lester

Hayley Mills Dianne Tipton

Patricia Klous Judy McCoy

Elizabeth Ashley Nancy Bricker

Andrew Stevens Larry Alexander

Brian Matthews Officer

Stewart Granger Gen. Thomas Preston

Menudo Themselves

Anne Baxter Helen Williams

Timothy Patrick Murphy Curtis Williams

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Premiered: September 24, 1977
Rating: TV-PG
Premise: Love, `exciting and new,' kept this campy anthology series afloat for nine seasons. As passengers cruised on the Pacific Princess, tales of romance inevitably played out and intertwined, even involving the ship's crew. Producer Aaron Spelling called it `a… (more)