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The Love Boat Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
28 Episodes 1979 - 1980
Episode 1
Alaska Wedding Cruise: Buddy and Portia's Story/Julie's Story/Carol and Doug's Story/Peter and Alicia's Story: Part 1
Sat, Sep 15, 197960 mins
The ship goes to Alaska to host the wedding of Doug Bradbury (Mark Harmon) and Carol Bowers (Lisa Hartman). The wedding arouses problems between the two families (Ray Milland and Eleanor Parker, and Lorne Greene and Audra Lindley). What's more, Doug's old girlfriend (Caren Kaye) is still in love with him. Marv Prine (Don Most) pursues Julie but she is hoping to reconnect with Jack Chenault (Tony Roberts), the man who once asked her to marry him. And Alicia Bradbury (Eleanor Parker) struggles to avoid the shame of her impending bankruptcy.
Episode 2
Alaska Wedding Cruise: Buddy and Portia's Story/Julie's Story/Carol and Doug's Story/Peter and Alicia's Story: Part 2
Sat, Sep 15, 197960 mins
Natalie (Caren Kaye) tries to prevent Doug (Mark Harmon) and Carol (Lisa Hartman) from getting married; Buddy (Lorne Greene) and Portia (Audra Lindley) come to an important decision; Julie gets a surprise when she finds her lost love, Jack (Tony Roberts); Doug and Carol's wedding is endangered by both Natalie's interference and Alicia's (Eleanor Parker) bankruptcy. Conclusion of two parts.
Episode 3
The Grass Is Always Greener/Three Stages of Love/Oldies But Goodies
Sat, Sep 22, 197960 mins
Julie (Lauren Tewes) envies her friend Tina (Joan Hackett), who gave up a cruise director career for marriage and mother of a son (Adam Rich); Mike (Eddie Mekka) annoys his girlfriend Robin (Lani O'Grady), with constant talk about the stages of love; a romance between seniors Nora (Amanda Blake) and Phillip (Barry Sullivan) is disrupted by her flighty daughter Daphne (Karen Morrow) and his stuffy valet Perkins (Werner Klemperer).
Episode 4
Going My Way/Dance with Me/Doc, Be Patient
Sat, Sep 29, 197960 mins
A free spirit (Arlene Golonka) impulsively invites a cabbie (Buddy Hackett) she just met to go with her on a cruise; a former ballet dancer (Carol Lawrence) interjects herself into the affairs of her former partner (John Meehan), which doesn't please his current partner (Starr Danias); Dr. Bricker (Bernie Kopell) becomes ill and becomes a difficult patient under the care of an attractive doctor (Susan Sullivan), who is a cruise passenger.
Episode 5
The Scoop/The Audit Couple/My Boyfriend's Back
Sat, Oct 6, 197960 mins
An IRS agent (Phyllis Diller) comes on board to audit Capt. Stubing (Gavin MacLeod). Now, she's so uptight, Julie (Lauren Tewes) tells the Captain to try and get her to loosen up, which leads to a misunderstanding, which is worse than being audited. A female celebrity (Joyce DeWitt) comes on board and a tabloid reporter (Ray Buktenica) follows her because he thinks she's meeting someone, possibly a secret lover. A newlywed (Jennifer Salt), on her honeymoon, discovers her ex-boyfriend (Lyle Waggoner) is on the cruise and is trying to get her back.
Episode 6
Gopher's Greatest Hits/The Vacation/One Rose a Day
Sat, Oct 13, 197960 mins
A singer cancels and Julie (Lauren Tewes) tries to find another. So when Doc (Bernie Kopell) and Isaac (Ted Lange) overhear Gopher (Fred Grandy) singing in the shower, they persuade Julie to recruit Gopher as the replacement. Sisters Joan Horner (Joanna Cassidy) and Olivia Brinkley (Jaye P. Morgan) take a cruise together once a year and are joined this time by Joan's stuffy husband, Byron (Conrad Janis). Widow Janet Latham (Martha Scott) receives a surprise from her florist Henry Dobson (Don Ameche), who has been delivering a rose each day, in her husband's name, since he died.
Episode 7
The Reunion/Haven't I Seen You?/Crew Confessions
Sat, Oct 20, 197960 mins
A shoe salesman (Don Knotts), who strongly resembles a famous TV star, initially tries to deny it until an attractive woman (Julie Newmar) hits on him; a woman (Jane Wyatt), who was separated from her husband (Jean-Pierre Aumont) in WW II, hopes to reunite with him; Isaac (Ted Lange) decides to become a writer but can't decide on what kind of genre to write.
Episode 8
Play by Play/Cindy/What's a Brother For?
Sat, Oct 27, 197960 mins
Cindy Jerome (Melissa Sue Anderson), who is traveling with her stepmother Margaret (Carolyn Jones) and stepsisters Sue-Sue (Rhonda Bates) and Dee-Dee (Lila Kent), gets a chance to shine, thanks to both Gopher (Fred Grandy) and popular singer Preston Maddox (Frank Sinatra Jr.). Sportscaster Peggy Rossmore (Lynda Day George) gets surprised by her sexist TV partner Bud Pomeroy (Christopher George) and challenges him to a contest, with the loser resigning from the team and looking for a new job. Tom Benton (Tom Hallick) is traveling with his handicapped brother Matt (Patrick Wayne) and meets beautiful fellow passenger Kris Hayley (Joan Van Ark).
Episode 9
Trial Romance/Never Say Goodbye/A New Woman
Sat, Nov 3, 197960 mins
Two opposing members of a hung jury (Jo Ann Pflug and Vic Tayback) run into each other on the cruise; the Captain's (Gavin MacLeod) estranged daughter (Jill Whelan) runs away from her aunt (Sandra Deel)'s home to be with Stubing; Julie (Lauren Tewes) tries to play matchmaker for a male passenger (Louis Nye) and a female passenger (Gale Storm), but he (Nye) mistakenly thinks Julie is after him.
Episode 10
The Love Lamp Is Lit/Critical Success/Rent a Family/Take My Boyfriend, Please/The Man in Her Life: Part 1
Sat, Nov 10, 197960 mins
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are among those on board for a charity cruise to benefit an orphanage. Show business legend Stella Logan (Ginger Rogers) rebuffs her ex-fiancé Elliott Norman (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), a tough theatre critic who has written a play for her and wants her to critique it but is afraid she'll reject it, due to his past treatment of her when they broke up. Divorcing Lou and Nora Hayman (Larry Linville and Gunilla Hutton) plot to steal fifty thousand dollars in gems that are hidden in a lamp, which is making the rounds of the crew members. Helen Ames (Dina Merrill) thinks that her daughter Wendy (Gaye Carter), a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, is trying to steal her boyfriend Bill Kelly (William Windom) from her. Childless bachelor Paul Turner (Bill Daily) hires actors to portray his wife, mother, and son (Roz Kelly, Patsy Kelly and Jackie Earle Haley) so that he can impress Ed Hartnett (John Hillerman), who only hires family men for his company. A complication ensues when Paul is attracted to a cheerleader (Kim Kilway). Cheerleader Stacy (Tami Barber) is followed on-board by persistent suitor Mark Scott (Stephen Shortridge), so she recruits her fellow cheerleaders to run interference for her and keep him occupied for the duration of the cruise.
Episode 11
The Love Lamp Is Lit/Critical Success/Rent a Family/Take My Boyfriend, Please/The Man in Her Life: Part 2
Sat, Nov 10, 197960 mins
Stacy (Tami Barber) begins to regret her decision to avoid Mark's (Stephen Shortridge) amorous advances. Lou (Larry Linville) and Nora (Gunilla Hutton) look high and low for the diamonds. Helen (Dina Merrill) thinks that Bill (William Windom) is really interested in her daughter Wendy (Gaye Carter), instead of her and wants to marry her. Paul (Bill Daily) regrets his decision to fool his new boss (John Hillerman) with a fake family (Roz Kelly, Patsy Kelly and Jackie Earle Haley), when he falls in love with Lisa (Kim Kilway), one of the cheerleaders. Elliot (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and Stella (Ginger Rogers) continue to bicker with each other, until they each reveal a secret they've each been hiding.
Episode 12
The Brotherhood of the Sea/Letter to Babycakes/Daddy's Pride
Sat, Nov 17, 197960 mins
A rich businessman (Demond Wilson) uses his milquetoast valet (Jimmie 'JJ' Walker) to keep his girlfriend (Telma Hopkins) occupied while he spends time with a fellow passenger (Sydney Goldsmith); a young gymnast (Nancy McKeon) wants to spend her time with a boy (Stephen Manley) instead of practicing in the gym, as her father (Alex Cord) wants; Julie (Lauren Tewes)'s birthday is coming up and the guys disguise their planning with an initiation ruse.
Episode 13
Not Now, I'm Dying/Too Young to Love/Eleanor's Return
Sat, Nov 24, 197960 mins
A divorced woman from a previous cruise (Barbara Rush), whom Stubing (Gavin MacLeod) likes, returns and, before he could make a move, she hooks up with another man (Jon Cypher). Doc's (Bernie Kopell) friend (Barbi Benton) comes on board with her boyfriend (Dack Rambo). She wants a commitment but the guy keeps on making excuses, to the point of faking an illness. Doc tries to help her by calling his bluff but then discovers that he is sick. And an underage couple (Cristen Kauffman and Timothy Patrick Murphy) come on board for... The girl's father (Frank Aletter), who's an exec of the cruise line, tells Stubing to make sure nothing happens between them. And Stubing lays that task on Gopher (Fred Grandy).
Episode 14
The Stimulation of Stephanie/Life Begins at 40/The Next Step
Sat, Dec 1, 197960 mins
An absent-minded professor (Dick Martin) is insensitive to the passes of his assistant (Char Fontane), who is in love with him; a woman (Melba Moore) lends moral support to her husband (Roosevelt Grier), a recently cut pro-football player; a woman (Jo Anne Worley) comes aboard, determined to marry the first man who proposes, before she turns 40.
Episode 15
The Harder They Fall/The Spider Serenade/Next Door Wife
Sat, Dec 8, 197960 mins
Gopher's (Fred Grandy) new love, passenger Claire Dalrymple (Jill St. John), tells him that she is married but separated from her husband (Robert Sampson); Carol Hanson (Joanna Pettet) brings divorce papers to her husband Chet (James MacArthur) and his girlfriend Kim (Susan Buckner) and is also on the cruise and has the cabin next door to theirs; old boxing rivals Ed Taylor (Milton Berle) and Jack McTigue (Alan Hale Jr.) have a boxing rematch.
Episode 16
Making the Grade/The Gift/Doc's 'Ex' Change
Sat, Dec 15, 197960 mins
One of Doc Bricker's (Bernie Kopell) ex-wives Samantha (Juliet Prowse) says that they are still married; financially-troubled couple Benny and Sally Carter (Sonny Bono and Ronee Blakley) find an envelope, filled with $2,000, which fell from a borrowed jacket in their cabin; Danny Harris (Johnny Timko) is excited about the cruise, until his teacher John Hurley (Dick Gautier) comes on board and romances his widowed mother Madeline Harris (Jessica Walter);
Episode 17
April's Love/We Three/Happy Ending
Sat, Jan 12, 198060 mins
April Lopez (Charo) comes back on board, this time with her manager and fiancé (Forrest Tucker), a man twice her age; a bickering married couple (Don Adams and Juliet Mills) struggle to finish their screenplay; an adopted daughter (Laurie Walters) wants to learn the identity of her birth father (Ross Martin).
Episode 18
Kinfolk/Sis & the Slicker/Moonlight & Moonshine/Too Close for Comfort/The Affair: Part 1
Sat, Jan 19, 198060 mins
Singer Danny Scofield, née Fields (Donny Osmond), thinks his hillbilly relatives (Richard Paul, Marion Ross, Slim Pickens and Loni Anderson) will ruin his chances of impressing record producer Steve Sorrell (Rich Little), who becomes attracted to Danny's sister Kitty (Loni Anderson), who doubts her commitment to her fiancé (Randall Carver). An author (Eve Arden) pictures the Scofield family as potential characters for her next book and poses as a mountain woman to get the grandfather (Slim Pickens) to open up to her. Doc, Isaac, and Gopher's (Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange and Fred Grandy) cabins become flooded, so they bunk in with Capt. Stubing (Gavin McLeod) temporarily, keeping him awake at night, and annoying him incessantly. Two couples (Denise Nicholas and Robert Guillaume, and Pam Grier and Richard Roundtree) take the cruise together and one of the couples' wife (Denise Nicholas) tries to convince the other couple's husband (Richard Roundtree) that their spouses are having an affair.
Episode 19
Kinfolk/Sis & the Slicker/Moonlight & Moonshine/Too Close for Comfort/The Affair: Part 2
Sat, Jan 19, 198060 mins
Conclusion. The Captain (Gavin MacLeod) is ready to abandon ship, after sharing his cabin with Gopher, Isaac and Doc (Fred Grandy, Ted Lange and Bernie Kopell); Kitty Scofield (Loni Anderson) develops a relationship with Steve Sorrell (Rich Little) and breaks her engagement to Elmer (Randall Carver); author Brenda Watts (Eve Arden) poses as a mountain woman to get Grandpa Scofield (Slim Pickens) to open up; Maura (Denise Nicholas) and Dave (Richard Roundtree) know about their spouses' (Robert Guillaume and Pam Grier) affair.
Episode 20
Rent a Romeo/Matchmaker, Matchmaker/Y' Gotta Have Heart
Sat, Jan 26, 198060 mins
Doc (Bernie Kopell) matches a playboy (Joe Namath) with a woman (Vicki Lawrence) so that he can be with her sister (Misty Rowe); Vicki (Jill Whelan) helps a boy (Mark James), who is trying to reunite his divorced parents (Cleavon Little and Ja'net DuBois); a man (Phil Harris) recovering from heart surgery deals with an overbearing wife (Brett Somers), who won't let him do anything that's fun.
Episode 21
The Remake/The Perfect Match/The Captain's Ne'er Do Well Brother
Sat, Feb 2, 198060 mins
Captain Stubing (Gavin MacLeod)'s free-wheeling, mooching brother, Marshall (also Gavin MacLeod), comes aboard and has a fun time with a wealthy fellow passenger (Diane Ladd); Julie's (Lauren Tewes) widowed aunt (Florence Henderson) thinks a fellow passenger (James Broderick) is the reincarnation of her husband; a woman (Connie Stevens) is looking for the perfect man to be the father of her child, but not her husband, and hooks up with a fellow passenger' (Kent McCord).
Episode 22
Not So Fast, Gopher/Haven't We Met Before?/Seoul Mates
Sat, Feb 9, 198060 mins
After Gopher's father (Robert Cummings) dies, Gopher (Fred Grandy) invites his mother Roz (Ethel Merman) on board the ship to cheer her up, but she seems to be too cheerful, with a fellow passenger (Gene Rayburn), for a new widow. Waiter Paul Stockwood (Nicholas Hammond) meets Leila Stanhope (Hayley Mills), a regular customer at his bistro, on board and lies about his identity to impress her. Asian comic Jimmy Kim's (Johnny Yune) act offends Asian reporter Kendall Park (Momo Yashima), who is doing a feature article on him.
Episode 23
Another Time, Another Place/Doctor Who/Gopher's Engagement
Sat, Mar 1, 198060 mins
Nun Sister Patricia (Jane Wyman) meets old boyfriend Steve Bryan (Dennis Morgan) on the cruise, but he does not know she is a nun; Evelyn Miller (Phyllis Davis) pursues Dr. Wilfred Jones (Arte Johnson), a shy astronomer, who she mistakes for Dr. Michael Marvy (Bert Parks), a famous sex therapist who is traveling incognito; Celia Elliott's (Maureen McCormick) pushy mom (Audrey Meadows) nags her to find a rich husband and Gopher (Fred Grandy)'s over-the-top joke of giving Celia a ring results in the engagement of Celia and Gopher.
Episode 24
Dumb Luck/Tres Amigos/Hey, Jealous Lover
Sat, Mar 15, 198060 mins
An overprotective husband (James Gregory) thinks every man on board is after his wife (Jayne Meadows); Vicki (Jill Whelan) and a young passenger (Ronnie Scribner) make friends with a boy (Tony Ramirez), who's a stowaway; Julie's (Lauren Tewes) brilliant professor friend (Shelley Hack), a former high school friend, plays dumb to meet men, only to have the man she likes (Kevin Tighe) reject her for not being smart enough.
Episode 25
Celebration/Captain Papa/Honeymoon Pressure
Sat, Mar 29, 198060 mins
Gordon Layton (Noah Beery Jr.) gets carried away trying to lavish gifts on his wife Betty (Alice Faye), as she recovers from surgery. Captain Stubing (Gavin MacLeod) and Vicki (Jill Whelan) meet with a child services worker (Lois Nettleton), who would recommend if he gets full custody of Vicki. A honeymoon is disrupted, when the bride's (Eve Plumb) bodyguards (Norman Alden and Richard Bakalyan) unnerves the groom (Sal Viscuso).
Episode 26
Vicki's First Love/The High Cost of Loving/Accident Prone
Sat, Apr 5, 198060 mins
Vicki (Jill Whelan) gets a crush on a visiting rock star (Rex Smith); a man (Alan Feinstein), with his leg in a cast from a traffic accident, encounters the woman (Britt Ekland) who caused the accident; a man (Steve Kanaly) paying high alimony is instructed by his attorney (Byron Morrow) to have any woman, he becomes involved with, sign a no-alimony agreement.
Episode 27
Invisible Maniac/September Song/Peekaboo
Sat, Apr 19, 198060 mins
A model (BernNadette Stanis) uses her former school friend Isaac (Ted Lange) to make her jock husband (Clifton Davis) jealous; a lawyer (David Hasselhoff) wants to marry a colleague (Shelley Fabares), but she is reluctant to commit because of their age difference; a woman (Peggy Cass) seeks to liven up her marriage to her husband (Gordon Jump).
Episode 28
No Girls for Doc/Marriage of Convenience/The Caller/The Witness
Sat, May 3, 198090 mins
Gopher (Fred Grandy) and Isaac (Ted Lange) challenge Doc (Bernie Kopell) to a bet, after he swears off women during the cruise; a man (Larry Wilcox) falls for the young woman witness in a burglary case (Catherine Bach), who is in his protective custody; a woman (Christopher Norris) repeatedly receives phone calls from a mysterious stranger (Martin Short); a widow (Helen Hayes) considers a marriage of convenience to her friend's (Mildred Natwick) brother (Maurice Evans), in order to allow her protective nephew (James MacArthur), a minister, the freedom to start a relationship.
