The Eyes of Love/Masquerade/Hollywood Royalty/The Caper: Part 1 (21 Jan. 1978)

A husband and wife as a famous Hollywood couple arrive with paparazzi. She is adorned in a famous gigantic diamond which, of course, entices a dim-witted bumbling crooks in a delightful ... See full summary »

Director:

Allen Baron

Writers:

Tony Webster, Louis Pelletier,

Stars:

Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Gavin MacLeod	...	Captain Merrill Stubing
Bernie Kopell	...	Doctor Adam Bricker
Fred Grandy	...	Ship's Purser 'Gopher' Smith
Ted Lange	...	Bartender Isaac Washington
Lauren Tewes	...	Cruise Director Julie McCoy
Desi Arnaz Jr.	...	Steve Hollis
Adrienne Barbeau	...	Cathy Randall
Harold Gould	...	Vernon Crowler
Fernando Lamas	...	Bill Teague
Michele Lee	...	Miss Roz Rogers
Juliet Mills	...	Barbara Danver
Dan Rowan	...	Alan Danver
John Schuck	...	Ox
Larry Storch	...	Elwood Riggs
Karen Valentine	...	Taffy Martino

Storyline

A husband and wife as a famous Hollywood couple arrive with paparazzi. She is adorned in a famous gigantic diamond which, of course, entices a dim-witted bumbling crooks in a delightful caper reminiscent of old Hollywood. A husband is chagrined into bringing his wife on the cruise when he finds the tickets for his mistress and himself with some unexpected surprises. A masquerade night moves the plots right along.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 January 1978 (USA)

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aaron Spelling Productions, Douglas S. Cramer Company, The Love Boat Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Awesome "caper"

A great "Love Boat" episode, because the show was still in its first-season, experimental "anything goes" period, and not so formulaic. Michelle Lee and Fernando Lamas are celebrities who board with an exquisitely large diamond. Enter the bumbling crime gang of Harold Gould (the boss), Karen Valentine (the dame), Larry Storch (the hot head) and John Schuck (the dim-witted muscle). They're out to switch the real diamond with a fake made of cut glass. Hi-jinx ensue as our gang tries and fails ... several times ... to swipe the diamond.

Later, the gang witnesses Michelle Lee throwing the diamond overboard in a grand gesture to Fernando Lamas to show him that he means more to her than "a mere object." The frustrated crime gang is foiled, much to their chagrin.

In a twist to the end of the story, as the celebrity couple disembarks at the end of the cruise, Lamas says to Lee something to the effect of, "I can't believe you really threw the diamond overboard." Lee replies something to the effect of, "The real diamond is at home in the safe. I threw the fake overboard!"

As with other first season episodes, this episode features shipboard sequences filmed on the Pacific Princess, which add to the feeling that the episode is more of an "event" with guest stars walking onto what is obviously an actual cruise ship, and not just a studio recreation on a sound stage.