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The Best Episodes of The Love Boat Season 2

Every episode of The Love Boat Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Love Boat Season 2!

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Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 26 - Super Mom/I'll See You Again/April's Return
    7.3/10(154 votes)

    S2:E26

    One-time stowaway April Lopez returns to the ship as a popular singer. However, she grows tired of the hassles of fame and decides that she would like to become a cruise director. Julie tries to show her the ropes, but April ends up creating havoc wherever she goes. A couple brings its four rambunctious children along on its second honeymoon. The woman repeatedly ignores her husband to tend to the children's needs, and April inadvertently creates further problems with their marriage. A buddy of Capt. Stubing's from his military days comes aboard, and is shocked to see the former USO star with whom he once had a romance. Due to a misunderstanding, each believes the other is to blame for cutting off their affair.

    Director:George Tyne
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 11 - Heads or Tails/The Little People/Mona of the Movie
    7.2/10(162 votes)

    S2:E11

    No description available

    Director:Buddy Tyne
    Writers:Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Ann Gibbs, Barry Blitzer, Joel Kimmel

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  3. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 19 - Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy (2)
    7.2/10(159 votes)

    S2:E19

    Julie's high-school class holds its ten-year reunion on board the Pacific Princess.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 27 - Third Wheel/Grandmother's Day/Second String Mom
    7.2/10(166 votes)

    S2:E27

    Gopher gives his parents a cruise as a Mother's Day present. Gopher's father grows jealous of the close relationship between mother and son. An older couple, who has finally seen its youngest child move out of the house, is stunned by an unexpected pregnancy. A widower's teenage daughters repeatedly reject his new wife, but must rely on her help when they get into a jam in Mexico.

    Director:Gordon Farr
    Writers:Lee Aronsohn, Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel

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  5. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 3 - Julie's Dilemma/Who's Who?/Rocky
    7.1/10(172 votes)

    S2:E3

    Julie's parents arrive on board the Pacific Princess and announce their plans to divorce; an author of morally uplifting pamphlets and a prim censor fall in love while sharing a cabin; a young girl's tomboy image falters after she receives her first kiss.

    Directors:Allen Baron, Roger Duchowny
    Writers:Rob Dames, Bob Fraser, Art Baer, Joel Kimmel, Ben Joelson, Ann Gibbs

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  6. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 8 - Accidental Cruise/The Song is Ended/A Time for Everything/Anoushka
    7.1/10(157 votes)

    S2:E8

    An executive and his secretary are mistakenly assigned the honeymoon suite; a songwriter's music renews a woman's love for her husband; Captain Stubing meets his daughter by a former girlfriend; Julie helps give a Russian commissar a sexy new image.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lee Aronsohn

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  7. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 10 - Tony's Family/The Minister and the Stripper/Her Own Two Feet
    7.1/10(159 votes)

    S2:E10

    Crew members make a valiant effort to keep six stowaways a secret from Capt. Stubing; a church member disapproves of her minister's new romance; a nearly-blind woman refuses to admit her problem until Doc intercedes.

    Director:Richard Kinon
    Writers:Seaman Jacobs, Joel Kimmel, Ann Gibbs, Fred S. Fox, Henry Colman

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  8. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 16 - Gopher's Opportunity/Home Sweet Home/The Switch
    7.1/10(132 votes)

    S2:E16

    Gopher quits his job to manage a new hotel; a wealthy eccentric widow books a five-year passage and begins meddling in the crew members' lives; a magician tries to avoid his assistant by sending his brother to perform in his place.

    Directors:Allen Baron, Roger Duchowny
    Writers:Lan O'Kun, Sue Masters, Ray Jessel, John Walsh, Natalie Schafer

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  9. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 18 - Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy (1)
    7.1/10(183 votes)

    S2:E18

    Julie's high-school class holds its ten-year reunion on board the Pacific Princess.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 6 - The Kissing Bandit/Mike and Ike/The Witness
    7.0/10(164 votes)

    S2:E6

    A shy young man becomes a completely different person at night; a businessman who doesn't have time for his family learns a valuable lesson; a man who believes his chances of survival are better at sea than as a witness in a gangland trial receives loving sympathy from a fellow passenger.

    Directors:Allen Baron, Roger Duchowny
    Writers:Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Arnold Grossman

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  11. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 7 - Ship of Ghouls
    7.0/10(200 votes)

    S2:E7

    A magician keeps his engagement secret in order to dazzle female audiences, while his neglected fiancee turns to Captain Stubing for comfort; Doc and Gopher pursue a model who is afraid to face people after a recent accident; a boy with a habit of lying can't get anyone to help during a real time of need.

    Director:Roger Duchowny
    Writer:Mickey Rose

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  12. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 9 - Till Death Do Us Part - Maybe/Chubs/Locked Away
    7.0/10(165 votes)

    S2:E9

    A ghost experiences jealousy as his mission to find his wife a new husband appears to be succeeding; overprotective Gopher mistakenly entrusts his kid sister to Doc to stave off the ship's wolves, not realizing that she's all grown up; a long-divorced couple is accidentally trapped in an isolated cabin.

    Director:Allen Baron
    Writers:Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Art Baer, Loraine Despres, Ben Joelson

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  13. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 12 - Folks from Home/The Captain's Cup/Legal Eagle
    7.0/10(149 votes)

    S2:E12

    Doc must perform a risky operation after an accident; one of the ship's laborers is recruited to replace a missing dignitary; a bitterly divorced man has it in for his ex-wife's attorney.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writers:Fred Grandy, Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Bernie Kopell

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  14. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 17 - Like Father, Like Son/Don't Push Me/Second Chance
    7.0/10(157 votes)

    S2:E17

    A father takes too much of a liking to his son's new girlfriend; a bachelor is terrified at the idea of marrying his gung-ho girlfriend; the crew gives a troubled teen a chance at rehabilitation.

    Director:Allen Baron
    Writers:Lee Aronsohn, Jerry Winnick, Barbara Evans

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  15. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 20 - Dream Ship/Best of Friends/Aftermath
    6.9/10(147 votes)

    S2:E20

    Crew members learn that Captain Stubing is under consideration to take over a prestigious cruise ship and go overboard to help their captain make an outstanding impression; a woman unknowingly makes a date with a friend's fiance; a disabled surgeon belittles Doc for practicing aboard a cruise ship until Doc makes a surprising diagnosis. GUEST STARS: Hans Conried, Ben Murphy, Donna Pescow, Carol Lynley, Richard Anderson, Diana Muldaur

    Director:George Tyne
    Writers:Seaman Jacobs, Bruce Howard, Fred S. Fox

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  16. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 14 - Double Wedding/The Dummies/Julie Falls Hard
    6.8/10(155 votes)

    S2:E14

    Identical twin sisters decide to swap fiances; a separated ventriloquist team use their dummies to rebuild their relationship; a handsome widower proposes to Julie, who has fallen in love with him and his teenage children.

    Director:Bob Claver
    Writers:Lan O'Kun, Ray Jessel, Michael Norell

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  17. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 21 - A Good & Faithful Servant/Secret Life of Burl Smith/Tug of War/Designated Lover
    6.8/10(175 votes)

    S2:E21

    No description available

    Director:Roger Duchowny
    Writers:Rob Dames, Bob Fraser, Art Baer, Barry Blitzer, Bruce Howard, Ben Joelson

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  18. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 25 - Sounds of Silence/Cyrano de Bricker/Murder on the High Seas
    6.8/10(152 votes)

    S2:E25

    A singer tries to persuade his manager to let him abandon the shock tactics that made him famous and let his music speak for itself. He becomes even more determined to establish some credibility after he falls for a deaf friend of Julie's. Doc finds himself caught in the middle when an old friend grows tired of her inattentive husband's tendency to put gambling ahead of their relationship. Isaac becomes convinced that a couple plans to murder Capt. Stubing. Everyone initially believes that he is just too caught up in the murder mystery that he has been reading, but the captain and Gopher soon begin to share his suspicions.

    Director:Richard Kinon
    Writers:Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Joyce Armor, Margie Peters, Judie Neer

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  19. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 4 - The Man Who Loved Women/A Different Girl/Oh, My Aching Brother
    6.7/10(164 votes)

    S2:E4

    A man makes a move on three women; not knowing that they are travelling companions. Captain Stubbing's god son is taking a cruise with his wife, whom he married two years ago but his military duty kept him away. And two brothers who stage false injuries, so that they can sue the insurance company, have targeted the cruise line.

    Director:Allen Baron
    Writers:Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Bruce Howard, Cynthia Santillo

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  20. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 13 - Isosceles Triangle/El Kid/The Last Hundred Bucks
    6.7/10(136 votes)

    S2:E13

    A beauty can't choose between Captain Stubing and Doc; a man and his wife return to the ship with an orphaned boy; a hospital executive falls for a seemingly successful businessman.

    Director:Allen Baron
    Writers:Mark Fink, Barry Blitzer, Ray Jessel

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  21. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 22 - The Decision/Poor Little Rich Girl/Love Me, Love My Dog
    6.7/10(138 votes)

    S2:E22

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 24 - Ages of Man/Families/Bo 'n' Sam
    6.7/10(142 votes)

    S2:E24

    Julie ends up in the middle of an unusual love triangle when the visiting 13-year-old son of the head of the cruise line develops a crush on her at the same time that she is trying to win over a charming older passenger. Two longtime acquaintances find their attempt at building a romance complicated by their parents' antagonistic relationship: her father is publisher of the newspaper where he works; and his mother is leading the efforts to unionize the workers. In honor of Capt. Stubing's fifth anniversary at the helm, the crew pays two men to build a wooden model of the ship. The builders are left scrambling to undo the damage after the present accidentally gets smashed.

    Director:Richard Kinon
    Writers:Lan O'Kun, Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, Art Baer, Ben Joelson

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  23. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 1 - Marooned (1)
    6.6/10(179 votes)

    S2:E1

    No description available

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writers:Lee Aronsohn, Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Michael Norell

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  24. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 2 - Marooned (2)
    6.6/10(159 votes)

    S2:E2

    No description available

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writers:Lee Aronsohn, Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Michael Norell

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  25. The Love Boat Season 2 Episode 15 - Second Time Around/The 'Now' Marriage/My Sister, Irene
    6.5/10(144 votes)

    S2:E15

    Doc's ex-wife hires an actor, who takes his role a bit too seriously, as her fiance; a philandering marriage counselor's wife seeks solace from Captain Stubing; a woman pretends to be her own sister for a reunion with a long-ago sweetheart.

    Director:Roger Duchowny
    Writer:Tony Webster

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Super Mom/I'll See You Again/April's Return" is the best rated episode of "The Love Boat" season 2. It scored 7.3/10 based on 154 votes. Directed by George Tyne and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/5/1979. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Heads or Tails/The Little People/Mona of the Movie".