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The Love Boat S3E20 — Rent a Romeo/Matchmaker, Matchmaker/Y' Gotta Have Heart

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The Love Boat•Season 3•Episode 20

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

7.0/10 · 134 votesJan 26, 198060 min

Ranked #17 of 28 in Season 3•matches the season avg

Doc's plans for a rendezvous are spoiled when the woman's recently dumped (and extremely depressed) sister tags along on the cruise. Doc tries to get some privacy by having a playboy romance the sister. Vicki helps a young boy's efforts to reunite his

Directed byRoger Duchowny

Written byR.S. Allen, Anitra Earle

Previous episodeE19 · Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/Too Close for Comfort/The Affair (2)Next episodeE21 · The Captain's Ne'er-Do-Well Brother/The Perfect Match/The Remake

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dumb Luck/Tres Amigos/Hey, Jealous Lover still

Dumb Luck/Tres Amigos/Hey, Jealous Lover

Celebration/Captain Papa/Honeymoon Pressure still

Celebration/Captain Papa/Honeymoon Pressure

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

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

Crew4

Charles Fox

Charles Fox

Music

R

Roger Duchowny

Director

R

R.S. Allen

Writer

A

Anitra Earle

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Rent a Romeo/Matchmaker, Matchmaker/Y' Gotta Have Heart" is episode 20 of The Love Boat season 3. It scored 7.0/10 from 134 votes, ranking #17 of 28 episodes this season (season average 7.0). Directed by Roger Duchowny and written by R.S. Allen, Anitra Earle, it aired on January 26, 1980.

Next: E21 · The Captain's Ne'er-Do-Well Brother/The Perfect Match/The Remake Best of Season 3