10 Season
251 Episode
The Love Boat - Season 1 Episode 21 Taking Sides/A Friendly Little Game/Going by the Book
An older couple's problems affect the marriage of newlyweds. An elderly man who is riddled with debts, but is desperate to take his wife on a cruise to meet their grandchildren, decides to pay for the trip with a dodgy deck of cards and aims to take the crew for all the money they have. A young man who is very inexperienced with women relies on a self-help book on how to win them over. However, he and Doc Bricker butt heads by going after the same girl.
- Year: 1987
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Comedy
- Studio: ABC
- Keyword: ship, cruise ship
- Director: Aaron Spelling, Wilford Lloyd Baumes
- Cast: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Lauren Tewes, Jill Whelan, Ted McGinley