As of July 2026, The Love Boat Season 3 aired in 1979 with 28 episodes — streaming now on Paramount Plus Premium. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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The Love Boat Season 3

1979 28 Episodes Drama · Comedy ⭐ 6/10

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, The Love Boat Season 3 is available on and right now. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. 193 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Watch it for Gavin MacLeod — stay for everyone else around them. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

The Love Boat Season 3 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The Love Boat Season 3 gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. Season 3 of The Love Boat includes 28 episodes. It aired from September 1979 to May 1980. This season stars Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell and Fred Grandy. Gavin MacLeod and Bernie Kopell lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1979. The timing in The Love Boat Season 3 is precise enough that even the throwaway lines land on a second watch. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

If you need a comedy that actually makes you laugh, The Love Boat Season 3 is a strong candidate. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Gavin MacLeod's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.

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🎬 The Love Boat Season 3 — Episode Guide

E1
Alaska Wedding Cruise: Carol & Doug/Peter & Alicia/Julie/Buddy & Portia (1)
1979-09-15
The Pacific Princess transports a wedding party to Alaska for the nuptials of the son of a wealthy heiress and the granddaughter of a fiercely independent oil man. The groom's old friend does her best to ensure that the wedding never happens. The groom's mother tries to hide the truth about her cr...
E2
Alaska Wedding Cruise: Carol & Doug/Peter & Alicia/Julie/Buddy & Portia (2)
1979-09-15
Carol and Doug's wedding is threatened by Natalie's interference and the financial problems of Doug's mother. Peter hides the truth about his health as he tries to teach Alicia the importance of living each day to the fullest. Buddy and Portia impulsively decide to get married. Julie gets swept a...
E3
Oldies but Goodies/The Grass Is Always Greener/Three Stages of Love
1979-09-22
An older couple finds its attempts at romance complicated by the presence of her obnoxious, golddigging daughter and his overprotective manservant. Julie's roommate from cruise director training takes a cruise with her young son. Julie and Tina each envy the life the other has chosen for herself. ...
E4
Doc, Be Patient/Dance With Me/Going My Way
1979-09-29
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 her own school tries to convince her ex-partner to come to Germany to teach ...
E5
The Audit Couple/The Scoop/My Boyfriend's Back
1979-10-06
Capt. Stubing must cope with an IRS audit. Julie believes the feisty auditor is so caught up in her work because she is lonely, and goads the captain into spending time with her. The woman winds up trying to get a little too close to Capt. Stubing. A TV star tries to keep a tabloid reporter from ...
E6
Gopher's Greatest Hits/The Vacation/One Rose a Day
1979-10-13
Julie is in a bind when the scheduled singer takes ill just before the ship sails. Isaac and Doc overhear Gopher singing in the shower, and Julie tries to persuade him to fill in as the entertainment. Two married sisters continue their tradition of taking a yearly cruise together. However, one of...
E7
Crew Confessions/Haven't I Seen You?/Reunion
1979-10-20
Isaac shocks the crew when he writes about them in a tell-all novel; a celebrity lookalike tries to convince a newfound romance that he isn't who she thinks he is; a reunited husband and wife share a deep secret.
E8
Cindy/Play by Play/What's a Brother For?
1979-10-27
Gopher befriends a young woman who is constantly put upon by her mean-spirited stepmother and two gawky step-sisters. Gopher takes note of her singing talent and tries to help her get an audition with the famous singer who is performing on the cruise. A sports broadcaster clashes with his female p...
E9
Never Say Goodbye/A New Woman/Trial Romance
1979-11-03
Capt. Stubing receives a letter from his daughter, Vicki. When he tries to call her, he learns that she has run away from her aunt and uncle's home. She shows up on the ship and reveals that she has read her mother's diary, and now knows that the captain is her father. She wants to stay with him,...
E10
Critical Success/The Love Lamp Is Lit/Take My Boyfriend, Please/Rent a Family/The Man in Her Life (1)
1979-11-10
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders come on board as part of a charity fundraiser for an Acapulco orphanage. One of the cheerleaders enlists the help of her friends to dodge the advances of a persistent suitor, who has followed her onto the ship. A cheerleader's mother mistakenly fears that her daught...
E11
Critical Success/The Love Lamp Is Lit/Take My Boyfriend, Please/Rent a Family/The Man in Her Life (2)
1979-11-10
A jealous Stacy comes to regret pushing Mark away. Wendy and Bill try to stop her mother from leaving after she misinterprets their purchase of wedding rings. Paul tries to keep his boss from learning about his girlfriend; and Lisa from learning about his ""family."" The Haymans have second thoug...
E12
Brotherhood of the Sea/Letter to Babycakes/Daddy's Pride
1979-11-17
The crew plans a surprise birthday party for Julie. Isaac, Gopher and Doc try to keep her from getting suspicious by claiming that all of their secretive conversations are part of the ""Brotherhood of the Sea,"" a clandestine organization that only accepts men. This infuriates Julie, who becomes d...
E13
Not Now, I'm Dying/Eleanor's Return/Too Young to Love
1979-11-24
Doc suspects that a friend's boyfriend is still playing the field. When she tries to prove him wrong by suggesting a quickie wedding, the man claims to have contracted a terminal illness. Capt. Stubing hopes for another chance at love with his recently divorced ex-flame, Eleanor, but she takes an ...
E14
The Stimulation of Stephanie/The Next Step/ Life Begins at 40
1979-12-01
A professor studies the causes of sexual stimulation, but doesn't realize that his test subject is in love with him. A woman tries to help her ex-football star husband move on after he gets cut by his team. Gopher accidentally aggravates the man with his comments. A woman books the honeymoon suit...
E15
The Spider Serenade/Next Door Wife/The Harder They Fall
1979-12-08
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 to theirs. Two dist...
E16
Making the Grade/The Gift/Doc's 'Ex' Change
1979-12-15
Doc's most recent wife, Samantha, comes aboard with some shocking news: thanks to a crooked divorce lawyer who never filed their papers, they are still married. A man admits to his wife that he ""borrowed"" from his company's petty cash to pay for their cruise, as he felt ashamed by the fact that ...
E17
April's Love/Happy Ending/We Three
1980-01-12
April returns to the ship with her fiancé, a former used car salesman turned manager whom she has known only a few weeks. The crew is certain that the man is scamming her. A couple comes aboard the ship to finish a script before filing for divorce. A man is shocked to run into the daughter he gav...
E18
Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/Too Close for Comfort/The Affair (1)
1980-01-19
A singer worries that his hillbilly relatives will embarrass him and ruin his chance of catching a record producer's eye. The producer becomes attracted to the singer's sister, who begins to doubt her commitment to her fiancé from back home. An author pictures the family as potential characters fo...
E19
Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/Too Close for Comfort/The Affair (2)
1980-01-19
Danny blames his family when Steve fails to show for his performance, leading to a rift with his father and grandfather. Kitty considers leaving her family to marry Steve. The captain lays down the law to his annoying houseguests, who end up at each other's throats. Dave finds out about Frank and...
E20
Rent a Romeo/Matchmaker, Matchmaker/Y' Gotta Have Heart
1980-01-26
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 divorced parents. A woman tries to keep her h...

🎭 Cast of The Love Boat Season 3

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

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