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 their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
IMDb rating
6.3(15,810 votes)
Episode average
7.0↑ +0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons
10
Streaming (US)
Paramount+
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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The Mallory Quest/Julie, the Vamp/The Offer: Part 1
7.3
135
6
The Mallory Quest/Julie, the Vamp/The Offer: Part 2
7.1
118
7
The Horse Lover/Secretary to the Stars/Julie's Decision/Gopher and Isaac Buy a Horse/Village People Ride Again
7.0
99
8
The Baby Alarm/Tell Her She's Great/Matchmaker, Matchmaker Times Two
7.0
121
9
She Stole His Heart/Return of the Captain's Brother/Swag and Mag
7.3
104
10
Boomerang/Captain's Triangle/Out of This World
6.6
126
11
That's My Dad/The Captain's Bird/Captive Audience
7.5
136
12
Doc's Dismissal/A Frugal Pair/The Girl Next Door
7.2
113
13
Isaac's Teacher/Seal of Approval/The Successor
6.9
141
14
The Trigamist/Jealousy/From Here to Maternity
7.1
117
15
First Voyage, Last Voyage/April, the Ninny/The Loan Arranger
7.0
107
16
Gopher's Bride/Love with a Married Man/Not Tonight, Jack!
7.0
116
17
Lose One, Win One/The $10,000 Lover/Mind My Wife
7.1
125
18
Aquaphobiac/Humpty Dumpty/The Starmaker
6.8
110
19
Return of the Ninny/Touchdown Twins/Split Personality
7.0
117
20
Quiet, My Wife's Listening/Eye of the Beholder/The Nudist from Sunshine Gardens
6.7
118
21
Clothes Make the Girl/Black Sheep/Hometown Doc
7.1
103
22
Sally's Paradise/I Love You, Too, Smith/Mama and Me
7.2
108
23
The Duel/Two for Julie/Aunt Hilly
6.8
120
24
That Old Gang of Mine/Love with a Skinny Stranger/Vicki and the Gambler
6.9
109
25
This Year's Model/The Model Marriage/Vogue Rogue/Too Clothes for Comfort/Original Sin: Part 1
6.9
143
26
This Year's Model/The Model Marriage/Vogue Rogue/Too Clothes for Comfort/Original Sin: Part 2
7.1
124
27
Maid for Each Other/Lost and Found/Then There Were Two
7.2
120
28
Tony and Julie/Separate Beds/America's Sweetheart
7.7
117
Season 5 (1981)
7.19 avg29 episodes7.2 → 6.957 min avg
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#
Title
Rating
Votes
1
The Expedition/Julie's Wedding/The Mongala/Julie's Replacement/The Three R's/The Professor's Wife: Part 1
7.2
135
2
The Expedition/Julie's Wedding/The Mongala/Julie's Replacement/The Three R's/The Professor's Wife: Part 2
7.5
120
3
Two Grapes on the Vine/Aunt Sylvia/Deductible Divorce
7.3
83
4
The Incredible Hunk/Isaac, the Marriage Counselor/Jewels & Jim
7.0
118
5
Country Blues/Daddy's Little Girl/Jackpot
7.0
96
6
Chef's Special/Beginning Anew/Kleinschmidt
7.5
125
7
The Lady from Laramie/Vicki Swings/Phantom Bride
7.4
109
8
Farnsworth's Fling/Three in a Bed/I Remember Helen/Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia/Gopher Farnsworth Smith: Part 1
7.5
134
9
Farnsworth's Fling/Three in a Bed/I Remember Helen/Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia/Gopher Farnsworth Smith: Part 2
7.5
112
10
Love, Honor and Obey/Gladys and Agnes/Radioactive Isaac
7.4
109
11
He's My Brother/Zeke and Zelda/Teach Me Tonight
7.3
110
12
Take a Letter, Vicki/The Floating Bridge Game/The Joy of Celibacy
7.0
109
13
Doc Take the Fifth/Safety Last/A Business Affair
6.9
113
14
Good Neighbors/Captain's Portrait/Familiar Faces
7.0
105
15
I Don't Play Anymore/Gopher's Roomate/Crazy for You
7.4
150
16
Green, But Not Jolly/Past Perfect Love/Instant Family
7.1
120
17
The Return of the Captain's Lady/Love Ain't Illegal/The Irresistible Man
7.0
115
18
His Girls Friday/A Wife for Wilfred/The Girl Who Stood Still
7.4
122
19
New York, A.C./Live It Up/All's Fair in Love and War
7.2
100
20
The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier: Part 1
7.2
163
21
The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier: Part 2
6.7
129
22
Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You: Part 1
7.4
117
23
Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You: Part 2
7.1
101
24
Isaac Gets Physical/She Brought Her Mother Along/Cold Feet
6.9
124
25
Burl of My Dreams/Meet the Author/Rhymes, Riddles, and Romance
7.3
107
26
Pal-I-Mony-O-Mine/Does Father Know Best?/An 'A' for Gopher
7.2
100
27
April in Boston/Saving Grace/Breaks of Life
6.8
95
28
A Dress to Remember
7.4
107
29
Mothers Don't Do That/Marrying for Money/Substitute Lover
6.9
111
Season 6 (1982)
7.14 avg29 episodes7.1 → 7.259 min avg
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#
Title
Rating
Votes
1
The Italian Cruise: Venetian Love Song/Down for the Count/Arrividerci, Gopher/The Arrangement: Part 1
7.1
130
2
The Italian Cruise: Venetian Love Song/Down for the Count/Arrividerci, Gopher/The Arrangement: Part 2
6.9
105
3
The Anniversary Gift/Honey Bee Mine/Bewigged, Bothered and Bewildered
6.8
88
4
The Same Wavelength/Winning Isn't Everything/A Honeymoon for Horace
7.2
105
5
Command Performance/Hyde and Seek/Sketchy Love
7.2
113
6
The Groupies/The Audition/Doc's Nephew
7.5
111
7
The Spoonmaker Diamond/Papa Doc/The Role Model/Julie's Tycoon: Part 1
6.8
100
8
The Spoonmaker Diamond/Papa Doc/The Role Model/Julie's Tycoon: Part 2
6.6
97
9
Thanksgiving Cruise: The Best of Friends/Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way
7.1
132
10
The Man in the Iron Shorts/The Victims/Heavens to Betsy
7.3
93
11
The Tomorrow Lady/Father, Dear Father/Still Life
6.9
106
12
Baby Talk/My Friend, the Executrix/Programmed for Love
6.8
101
13
The Christmas Presence
7.3
143
14
Paroled to Love/First Impressions/Love Finds Florence Nightingale
6.7
97
15
The Captain's Replacement/Sly as a Fox/Here Comes the Bride - Maybe
7.2
98
16
Doc's Big Case/Senior Sinners/A Booming Romance
6.8
92
17
Gopher's Daisy/Our Son, the Lawyer/Salvaged Romance
7.4
102
18
Isaac's Aegean Affair/The Captain and the Kid/Poor Rich Man/The Dean and the Flunkee: Part 1
7.6
102
19
Isaac's Aegean Affair/The Captain and the Kid/Poor Rich Man/The Dean and the Flunkee: Part 2
7.3
96
20
The Zinging Valentine/The Very Temporary Secretary/Final Score
7.2
98
21
The Captain's Crush/Out of My Hair/Off-Course Romance
7.0
107
22
I Like to Be in America/He Ain't Heavy/Abby's Maiden Voyage
7.3
95
23
Vicki's Dilemma/Discount Romance/Loser & Still Champ
7.3
92
24
So Help Me Hannah/The Maid Cleans Up/C.P.R, I.O.U.
7.5
96
25
The Dog Show: Putting on the Dog/Going to the Dogs/Women's Best Friend/Whose Dog Is It Anyway?
7.6
107
26
The Professor Has Class/When the Magic Disappears/We, the Jury
7.3
107
27
Hits and Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act/The Real Thing/Do Not Disturb/Lulu & Kenny (Country Music Jamboree): Part 1
7.1
78
28
Hits and Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act/The Real Thing/Do Not Disturb/Lulu & Kenny (Country Music Jamboree): Part 2
7.1
75
29
Fountain of Youth/Bad Luck Cabin/Uncle Daddy
7.2
80
Season 7 (1983)
7.07 avg27 episodes7.7 → 7.258 min avg
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#
Title
Rating
Votes
1
China Cruise: The Pledge/East Meets West/Dear Roberta/My Two Dumplings: Part 1
7.7
107
2
China Cruise: The Pledge/East Meets West/Dear Roberta/My Two Dumplings: Part 2
7.5
86
3
Bricker's Boy/Lotions of Love/The Hustlers
7.1
89
4
Youth Takes a Holiday/Don't Leave Home Without It/Prisoner of Love
6.3
98
5
Rhino of the Year/One Last Time/For Love or Money
6.8
80
6
Friend of the Family/Affair on Demand/Just Another Pretty Face
7.4
106
7
Japan Cruise: When Worlds Collide/The Captain and the Geisha/The Lottery Winners/The Emperor's Fortune: Part 1
7.1
95
8
Japan Cruise: When Worlds Collide/The Captain and the Geisha/The Lottery Winners/The Emperor's Fortune: Part 2
7.1
81
9
Long Time No See/The Bear Essence/Kisses and Makeup
7.1
87
10
Julie and the Bachelor/Set-up for Romance/Intensive Care
6.9
88
11
The World's Greatest Kisser/Don't Take My Wife, Please/The Reluctant Father
7.0
89
12
Dee Dee's Dilemma/Julie's Blind Date/The Prize Winner
6.6
84
13
The Misunderstanding/Love Below Decks/The End Is Near
7.1
84
14
The Last Case/Looking for Mr. Wilson/Love on Strike
6.6
88
15
How Do I Love Thee?/No More Alimony/Authoress! Authoress!
7.4
113
16
The Buck Stops Here/For Better or Worse/Bet on It
7.1
79
17
Aunt Emma, I Love You/Hoopla/The First Romance
7.1
71
18
Ace in the Hole/Uncle Joey's Song/Father in the Cradle
7.6
91
19
Hong Kong Cruise: Polly's Poker Palace/Shop Ahoy/Double Date/The Hong Kong Affair/Two Tails of a City: Part 1
7.6
111
20
Hong Kong Cruise: Polly's Poker Palace/Shop Ahoy/Double Date/The Hong Kong Affair/Two Tails of a City: Part 2
7.0
94
21
Ace's Valet/Mother Comes First/Hit or Miss America
7.4
87
22
The Lady and the Maid/Love Is Blind/The Babymakers
7.4
94
23
Side by Side/A Fish Out of Water/Rub Me Tender
6.4
99
24
A Rose is Not a Rose/Novelties/Too Rich and Too Thin
7.0
82
25
Dreamboat/Gopher, Isaac & the Starlet/The Parents/The Importance of Being Johnny/Julie and the Producer: Part 1
6.7
82
26
Dreamboat/Gopher, Isaac & the Starlet/The Parents/The Importance of Being Johnny/Julie and the Producer: Part 2
6.8
75
27
Best Ex-Friends/All the Congressman's Women/Three Faces of Love
7.2
91
Season 8 (1984)
6.99 avg27 episodes6.8 → 7.261 min avg
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#
Title
Rating
Votes
1
The Crew's Cruise Director/What a Drag/Doc's Slump
6.8
85
2
Vicki and the Fugitive/Lady in the Window/Stolen Years/Dutch Treat: Part 1
7.1
95
3
Vicki and the Fugitive/Lady in the Window/Stolen Years/Dutch Treat: Part 2
7.0
92
4
Ace Meets the Champ/Why Justin Can't Read/Call Me a Doctor
6.8
74
5
Only the Good Die Young/Honey Beats the Odds/The Light of Another Day
6.9
86
6
Soap Gets in Your Eyes/A Match Made in Heaven/Tugs of the Heart
7.0
76
7
And One to Grow On/Seems Like Old Times/I'll Never Forget What's Her Name
7.3
86
8
Aerobic April/The Wager/Story of the Century
7.2
77
9
The Last Heist/Starting Over/Watching the Master
6.7
80
10
By Hook or by Crook/Revenge with the Proper Stranger/Don't Get Mad, Get Even
6.9
81
11
My Mother, My Chaperone/The Present/The Death and Life of Sir Albert Demerest/Welcome Aboard: Part 1
7.0
99
12
My Mother, My Chaperone/The Present/The Death and Life of Sir Albert Demerest/Welcome Aboard: Part 2
6.9
91
13
Paying the Piper/Baby Sister/Help Wanted
7.2
99
14
Country Blues/A Matter of Taste/Frat Brothers Forever
6.8
91
15
Santa, Santa, Santa/Another Dog Gone Christmas/Noel's Christmas Carol
7.2
117
16
Instinct/Unmade for Each Other/BOS
7.1
80
17
Ace Takes the Test/The Counterfeit Couple/The Odd Triple
7.1
84
18
Love on the Line/Don't Call Me Gopher/Her Honor, the Mayor
6.8
89
19
Scandinavia Cruise: Girl of the Midnight Sun/There'll Be Some Changes Made/Too Many Isaacs/Mr. Smith Goes to Stockholm: Part 1
7.1
102
20
Scandinavia Cruise: Girl of the Midnight Sun/There'll Be Some Changes Made/Too Many Isaacs/Mr. Smith Goes to Stockholm: Part 2
