The Love Boat/The Family Plan / The Promoter / May the Best Man Win / Forever Engaged / The Judges

The Family Plan / The Promoter / May the Best Man Win / Forever Engaged / The Judges
Season 4, Episodes 2 & 3
Airdate	November 1, 1980
Written by	"The Family Plan" Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs "The Promoter" and "May the Best Man Win" Ben Joelson and Art Baer "Forever Engaged" and "The Judges" Tony Webster
Directed by	Roger Duchowny
Produced by	Ben Joelson and Art Baer and Henry Colman
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The Love Boat — Season Four

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The Family Plan / The Promoter / May the Best Man Win / Forever Engaged / The Judges is the second and third episodes of the fourth season of The Love Boat, and the eighty-second and eighty-third episodes overall.

Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: Kathie Browne (Mary Ann Walker), Peter Graves (Carl Lawrence), Ann Jillian (Rena Ward), Brian Kerwin (Ted Lawrence), Ted Knight (Tom McMann), Rue McClanahan (Mary Hubble), Darren McGavin (Lawrence Evans), Erin Moran (Carrie Walker), Donny Most (Marv Prine), Debbie Reynolds (Sheila Evans), Charlene Tilton (Emily Marcus), Dawn Wells (Valerie Madden)

Starring Your Love Boat Crew: Gavin MacLeod (Your Captain), Bernie Kopell (Your Ship's Doctor), Fred Grandy (Your Yeoman Purser), Ted Lange (Your Bartender), Jill Whelan (Vicki)

and Lauren Tewes (Julie, Your Cruise Director)

Co-Starring: Lloyd Alann (Brian Litz), Steve Carlson (Ed Wight)

Plot Overview

A man organizes a "marriage-a-thon" cruise, with special prizes to be given to the couple found to be the most compatible. At the same time, he tries to save his own crumbling marriage. Doc tricks Gopher into taking his place as one of the judges, but comes to regret it when the two attractive female judges constantly try to make time with Gopher. The single parents of one of the engaged couples come aboard with the hopes of breaking up their kids, who they think are too young to be tying the knot. A couple tries to finally get married after ten years together--and nine broken engagements. A groom decides to dump his fiancée, but skips the cruise and leaves his best man to break the news to the bride. The best man is Marv, the young man who befriended Julie when he was best man for another wedding on the Alaska cruise. He cannot bring himself to tell the bride the truth, particularly because he also has feelings for her.