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The Love Boat S3E15 — The Spider Serenade/Next Door Wife/The Harder They Fall

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The Love Boat•Season 3•Episode 15

The Spider Serenade/Next Door Wife/The Harder They Fall

6.7/10 · 126 votesDec 8, 197960 min

Ranked #25 of 28 in Season 3•−0.3 vs season avg

Gopher finds romance with a recently separated passenger--until her estranged husband suddenly shows up and announces his intention of winning her back. A woman tries to pry her soon-to-be-ex-husband away from his girlfriend by coming on the cruise and rooming in the cabin next

Written byCarmen Finestra

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Seasons10

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Season 3 Episodes28

Alaska Wedding Cruise: Carol & Doug/Peter & Alicia/Julie/Buddy & Portia (1) still

Alaska Wedding Cruise: Carol & Doug/Peter & Alicia/Julie/Buddy & Portia (1)

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Alaska Wedding Cruise: Carol & Doug/Peter & Alicia/Julie/Buddy & Portia (2)

Oldies but Goodies/The Grass Is Always Greener/Three Stages of Love still

Oldies but Goodies/The Grass Is Always Greener/Three Stages of Love

Doc, Be Patient/Dance With Me/Going My Way still

Doc, Be Patient/Dance With Me/Going My Way

The Audit Couple/The Scoop/My Boyfriend's Back still

The Audit Couple/The Scoop/My Boyfriend's Back

Gopher's Greatest Hits/The Vacation/One Rose a Day still

Gopher's Greatest Hits/The Vacation/One Rose a Day

Crew Confessions/Haven't I Seen You?/Reunion still

Crew Confessions/Haven't I Seen You?/Reunion

Cindy/Play by Play/What's a Brother For? still

Cindy/Play by Play/What's a Brother For?

Never Say Goodbye/A New Woman/Trial Romance still

Never Say Goodbye/A New Woman/Trial Romance

Critical Success/The Love Lamp Is Lit/Take My Boyfriend, Please/Rent a Family/The Man in Her Life (1) still

Critical Success/The Love Lamp Is Lit/Take My Boyfriend, Please/Rent a Family/The Man in Her Life (1)

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Critical Success/The Love Lamp Is Lit/Take My Boyfriend, Please/Rent a Family/The Man in Her Life (2)

Brotherhood of the Sea/Letter to Babycakes/Daddy's Pride still

Brotherhood of the Sea/Letter to Babycakes/Daddy's Pride

Not Now, I'm Dying/Eleanor's Return/Too Young to Love still

Not Now, I'm Dying/Eleanor's Return/Too Young to Love

The Stimulation of Stephanie/The Next Step/ Life Begins at 40 still

The Stimulation of Stephanie/The Next Step/ Life Begins at 40

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The Spider Serenade/Next Door Wife/The Harder They Fall

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Making the Grade/The Gift/Doc's 'Ex' Change

April's Love/Happy Ending/We Three still

April's Love/Happy Ending/We Three

Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/Too Close for Comfort/The Affair (1) still

Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/Too Close for Comfort/The Affair (1)

Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/Too Close for Comfort/The Affair (2) still

Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/Too Close for Comfort/The Affair (2)

Rent a Romeo/Matchmaker, Matchmaker/Y' Gotta Have Heart still

Rent a Romeo/Matchmaker, Matchmaker/Y' Gotta Have Heart

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The Captain's Ne'er-Do-Well Brother/The Perfect Match/The Remake

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Not So Fast, Gopher/Haven't We Met Before?/Seoul Mates

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Another Time, Another Place/Doctor Who/Gopher's Engagement

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Dumb Luck/Tres Amigos/Hey, Jealous Lover

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Celebration/Captain Papa/Honeymoon Pressure

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Vicki's First Love/Accident Prone/The High Cost of Loving

Invisible Maniac/September Song/Peekaboo still

Invisible Maniac/September Song/Peekaboo

The Caller/Marriage of Convenience/No Girls for Doc/Witness for the Prosecution still

The Caller/Marriage of Convenience/No Girls for Doc/Witness for the Prosecution

Cast6

Gavin MacLeod

Gavin MacLeod

Merril Stubing

Bernie Kopell

Bernie Kopell

Adam Bricker

Fred Grandy

Fred Grandy

Gopher Smith

Ted Lange

Ted Lange

Isaac Washington

Lauren Tewes

Lauren Tewes

Julie McCoy

Jill Whelan

Jill Whelan

Vicki Stubing

Crew2

C

Carmen Finestra

Writer

B

Ben Lanzarone

Music

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Episode Summary

"The Spider Serenade/Next Door Wife/The Harder They Fall" is episode 15 of The Love Boat season 3. It scored 6.7/10 from 126 votes, ranking #25 of 28 episodes this season (season average 7.0). Written by Carmen Finestra, it aired on December 8, 1979.

Next: E16 · Making the Grade/The Gift/Doc's 'Ex' Change Best of Season 3