The Love Boat/The Scoop / My Boyfriend's Back / The Audit Couple

The Scoop / My Boyfriend's Back / The Audit Couple
Season 3, Episode 5
Airdate	October 6, 1979
Written by	"The Scoop" Howard Albrecht and Sol Weinstein "My Boyfriend's Back" Joyce Armor and Judie Neer "The Audit Couple" Bob Fraser and Rob Dames
Directed by	Jack Arnold
Produced by	Gordon and Lynne Farr and Henry Colman
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The Love Boat — Season Three

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The Scoop / My Boyfriend's Back / The Audit Couple is the fifth episode of the third season of The Love Boat, and the fifty-seventh episode overall.

Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: Ray Buktenica (Simon Scott), Joyce Dewitt (Jackie Landers), Phyllis Diller (Viola Penny), Richard Kline (Danny Lucas), Jennifer Salt (Patricia Lucas), Lyle Waggoner (Jay Cavanaugh)

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

and Lauren Tewes (Julie, Cruise Director)

Co-Starring: Shane Butterworth (Billy), David Matthau (Walt)

Uncredited: Virginia Hawkins (Claire Rice), Frank Slaten (Passenger)

Plot Overview

Captain 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 Captain Stubing. A TV star tries to keep a tabloid reporter from learning that she has a son with a disability, as she believes the press would be cruel to the boy. A man tries to steal his ex-girlfriend away from her new husband.