Season 6

E1. Venetian Love Song/Down for the Count/Arrividerci, Gopher/The Arrangement (1)

Oct 2, 1982 · 45m

The crew goes to Italy to work on a cruise ship there. Among the passengers is a family whose patriarch and matriarch (Ernest Borgnine and Shelley Winters) originally came from Italy and accompanying them are their 2 daughters (Candice Azzara and Meredith Baxter) and granddaughter (Marie Osmond). Into the trip, the couple bicker to the point that they're considering separating. One of the daughters (Baxter) is meeting someone on a sort of blind date but, not known to her, is a gigolo (David Birney). And the granddaughter (Osmond), who's been promised to another guy back home, meets a local (John James) and is attracted to him. And Gopher meets a local woman (Christopher Norris), who says he reminds her of someone she knows. While on shore, the man, who's the spitting image of Gopher, kidnaps him and assumes his identity.

E2. Venetian Love Song/Down for the Count/Arrividerci, Gopher/The Arrangement (2)

Oct 2, 1982 · 45m

Conclusion. The ship cruises to Rome, Capri and Venice as an aristocrat (John James) finds romance; and a married couple (Ernest Borgnine and Shelley Winters) considers separating.

E3. The Anniversary Gift/Honey Bee Mine/Bewigged, Bothered and Bewildered

Oct 16, 1982

An woman secretly plans to have a child as a 30th anniversery gift for her husband, even though he is ecstatic over their new-found freedom in being retired and, especially, having their older children grown and out of the house; Julie sneakily sets Honey Bee, an old high school friend who always tried to steal her boyfriends, after Gopher (newly smitten with a girl ashore) so that she can concentrate on a handsome new officer; Captain Stubbing wears his hat everywhere in an attempt to keep an old high school flame from finding out he is bald, and she thinks he has a full head of hair because she saw him hatless when he was wearing a toupe for a shipboard costume party.

E4. The Same Wavelength/Winning Isn't Everything/A Honeymoon for Horace

Oct 23, 1982 · 45m

Psychic Tess entertains passengers and meets Mike, who's separated from his wife. Merrill's friend Jack brags of his son Chip's accomplishments, but Chip has a secret. Elderly Horace worries about his honeymoon with wife Twinky.

E5. Hyde and Seek/Command Performance/Sketchy Love

Oct 30, 1982

A young girl who's infatuated with Gopher pretends to be her older sister. An artist meets a unhappily married guy. And the ship's comic runs into the wife and daughter he left years ago.

E6. The Groupies/The Audition/Doc's Nephew

Nov 6, 1982

Doc's nephew is making a move on his girlfriend. A psychiatrist, who is on vacation is followed by four of his patients. An actor pursues the writer of a soap opera, who rejected for a role on her show.

E7. The Spoonmaker Diamond/Julie's Tycoon/The Role Model/Papa Doc (1)

Nov 13, 1982 · 45m

A priceless diamond is stolen in Turkey; the crew sets sail on the Aegean Sea; an eccentric married couple insists they know a fellow passenger; a woman is in love with a reporter who wrote nasty things about her mother; Doc contemplates marrying an unwed pregnant woman; a man entices his ex-wife aboard with promises of a lavish photo shoot; Julie runs into an old pen pal who has hit it big in Greece.

E8. The Spoonmaker Diamond/Julie's Tycoon/The Role Model/Papa Doc (2)

Nov 13, 1982 · 45m

Julie's old friend and new love interest pops the question; the secret association between two passengers is revealed; the photographer who tricked his ex-wife to come aboard rekindles the old flame; Vicki contemplates a modeling career; the famous diamond ends up in the ocean.

E9. Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way/The Best of Friends

Nov 20, 1982

On this Thanksgiving cruise, a father and his adopted son try to evade the boys biological father by escaping to Mexico; an older couple plan to travel with their daughter and her fiance who, unknown to them, is crippled; the smooth operation of the ship suffers as one by one the entire crew, after trading a bevy of insults, ends up not speaking with one another.

E10. The Victims/Heavens To Betsy/The Man In The White Shorts

Nov 27, 1982 · 45m

Gopher is trapped in a suit of armor while trying to romance a young lady; the daughter of a woman whose husband was killed by a drunk driver falls for the son of the man responsible; an eligible minister draws the romantic attention of two of his congregation.

E11. Tomorrow Lady, The/Father, Dear Father/Still Life

Dec 4, 1982 · 45m

A man meets a woman with clairvoyant powers; a single man borrows a friend's daughter to score points with a single mother; Isaac is scared that he is going deaf.

E12. Baby Talk/My Friend, The Executrix/Programmed for Love

Dec 11, 1982

A previously happy couple suddenly find themselves a world apart when they meet the surrogate mother of their child-to-be. Meanwhile, Julie's zany and extravagant Aunt Sylvia (Carol Channing) is forced to start watching her pennies after her friend Betsy (Betty White) breaks the news that Sylvia is now broke. Plus, a lovely woman competes with a super-smart robot when she wants to romance a handsome passenger.

E13. A Christmas Presence

Dec 18, 1982 · 45m

A con man schemes to get his gold past the custom's agents by using a pair of traveling nuns. A young married couple consider separating. A mysterious stranger seems to be able to help people at just the right moment.

E14. First Impressions/Love Finds Florence Nightingale/Paroled to Love

Jan 8, 1983 · 45m

A man confesses his guilt to the lawyer who defended him. Two women impersonate celebrities after a booking mix-up. An actress finds love with a man who doesn't think much of her business.

E15. Captain's Replacement, The/Sly as A Fox/Here Comes The Bride...Maybe

Jan 15, 1983 · 45m

A scheming captain is out for Capt. Stubing's job; two bumbling men compete for a woman's foxhound and her affection; a working-class girl must hide her status from her wealthy fiancé and his family.

E16. Doc's Big Case/A Booming Romance/The Senior Sinners

Jan 22, 1983 · 45m

Doc feels inadequate when a successful doctor friend is aboard. The children of an unmarried older couple object to their cohabitation. A computer expert finds love with a friend.

E17. Salvaged Romance/Our Son The Lawyer/Gopher's Daisy

Jan 29, 1983 · 45m

A college girl hides in Gopher's cabin as part of a sorority initiation. A feuding couple tries to get their lawyer son to handle their divorce. A woman is reluctant to date after having a mastectomy;

E18. Greek Cruise: The Captain and the Kid/The Dean and the Flunkee/Isaac's Aegean Affair (1)

Feb 5, 1983

The crew are in Greece working a cruise where a College is having its graduation ceremony. The Principal is attracted to a teacher who rebuffs him because he won't give a student a make-up test so he can graduate. And the student and a couple of his friends are hounding the Principal to do that. A prodigy is attracted to Vicki which doesn't make the Captain happy. And the valedictorian whose education was provided by his Greek aunt whom he assumed is wealthy but upon meeting her learns she's just a woman of humble means. And when she goes on board he doesn't tell anyone he's her aunt. And Isaac meets a woman who is estranged from her husband.

E19. Greek Cruise: The Captain and the Kid/The Dean and the Flunkee/Isaac's Aegean Affair (2)

Feb 5, 1983 · 45m

Conclusion. Capt. Stubing's daughter falls in love. A beloved crew member decides to leave the ship.

E20. The Zinging Valentine/The Very Temporary Secretary/Final Score

Feb 12, 1983

On this Valentine's Day cruise, a singing valentine "pussycat" falls for a stuck-up guy who has just been dumped by his girlfriend; the owner of a secretarial agency plays secretary to a writer taking a working vacation, even though he is far better at romancing her than he is at taking dictation and typing up her notes; a womanizing pro football player falls for a snooty, straight-laced college English professor.

E21. The Captain's Crush/Off-Course Romance/Out of My Hair

Feb 19, 1983 · 45m

The captain rekindles an old flame with a glamorous celebrity. A woman must decide between her wealthy fiancé and a passionate lover. Two men compete for one woman.

E22. Abby's Maiden Voyage / He Ain't Heavy / I Like to Be in America

Feb 26, 1983

A desperate 23-year old virgin wants to spend the night with a handsome fellow she meets on board, but in the end decides she will hold off until the time is right; a bratty adopted teenager finds out that the assistant bartender that he has been harassing is actually his long lost older brother; the entire crew chips in to help April get ready to take her U.S. citizenship test despite her severe test anxiety.

E23. Vicki's Dilemma/Discount Romance/ Loser & still Champ

Mar 5, 1983 · 45m

Vicki's friend Mark abuses pills. Gopher's Uncle Jim endangers the job of a gift shop attendant to whom he's taken a liking. Tom travels with girlfriend Stacy but is emasculated because she's better at his hobbies than he is.

E24. So Help Me Hanna/The Maid Cleans Up/C.P.R.,I.O.U

Mar 12, 1983 · 45m

Hannah clashes with Jarvis over his son Kent's future. Maid Didi is in love with her boss Greg, whose girlfriend Meredith mistreats them. Gopher persuades Merrill to offer CPR. Retired plumber Fenley argues with son Dwayne over business.

E25. The Dog Show: Putting on the Dog/Going to the Dogs/Women's Best Friend/Whose Dog Is It Anyway?

Mar 26, 1983 · 45m

A woman thinks that a dog belonging to another passenger is the dog she lost some time ago. Isaac's Aunt Tanya enters her pet and is pampering him so much that her husband is feeling neglected. Gopher and Isaac get a dog and enter him in the contest but they have trouble training him. And the mail clerk from the dog food company is sent by the dog food company president to deliver some contest information to Captain Stubing.

E26. The Professor Has Class/When The Magic Disappears/We The Jury

Apr 2, 1983 · 45m

Noble-winning professor Roscoe's ex-pupil Helen was hired to replace him. Magician Stellini thinks his daughter's suitor Joe wants to steal his secrets. The crew simulates a small claims court for landlady Minnie and former tenant Harlan.

E27. Country Music Jamboree: Hits & Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act (1)

Apr 30, 1983

A country star travelling with her ""adopted"" children has to choose between the kids and her boyfriend; a popular songwriter secretly writes better songs for his former lover than for his wife, both performers; Doc deals with a country folk doctor who insists on practicing medicine on board, while at the same time chasing her beautiful daughter; a married woman's affair haunts her as she claims an expensive broach is only costume jewelry; Gopher tries his best to get his picture taken with a privacy- seeking female country music star; two overweight performers who love food come to love each other.

E28. Country Music Jamboree: Hits & Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act (2)

Apr 30, 1983

A country star travelling with her ""adopted"" children has to choose between the kids and her boyfriend; a popular songwriter secretly writes better songs for his former lover than for his wife, both performers; Doc deals with a country folk doctor who insists on practicing medicine on board, while at the same time chasing her beautiful daughter; a married woman's affair haunts her as she claims an expensive broach is only costume jewelry; Gopher tries his best to get his picture taken with a privacy- seeking female country music star; two overweight performers who love food come to love each other.

E29. The Fountain of Youth/Bad Luck Cabin/Uncle Daddy

May 7, 1983 · 45m

Aged Dwight bilked Henry years ago and wants to see the fountain of youth that keeps Henry young. Newlyweds Cora and Ed are booked into Fiesta Cabin 213, a bad luck cabin for newlyweds. Isaac's widowed friend Gayle has marriage in mind.