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The Love Boat S3E4 — Doc, Be Patient/Dance With Me/Going My Way

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The Love Boat•Season 3•Episode 4

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

6.8/10 · 121 votesSep 29, 197960 min

Ranked #22 of 28 in Season 3•−0.2 vs season avg

A doctor who had planned on taking the cruise as a vacation cares for Doc when he comes down with the flu. He is initially a difficult patient, but soon begins to fall for his physician. A former dancer who has now opened

Directed byJames Sheldon, Alan Rafkin

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Season 3 Episodes28

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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)

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

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

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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

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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

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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)

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

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

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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

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April's Love/Happy Ending/We Three

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

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

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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

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Invisible Maniac/September Song/Peekaboo

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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

Crew6

James Sheldon

James Sheldon

Director

Alan Rafkin

Alan Rafkin

Director

Artie Kane

Artie Kane

Music

N

Norman Wallerstein

Editor

I

Irving Lippman

Director of Photography

R

Robert Moore

Editor

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Episode Summary

"Doc, Be Patient/Dance With Me/Going My Way" is episode 4 of The Love Boat season 3. It scored 6.8/10 from 121 votes, ranking #22 of 28 episodes this season (season average 7.0). Directed by James Sheldon, Alan Rafkin, it aired on September 29, 1979.

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