The Love Boat (TV Series) Youth Takes a Holiday/Don't Leave Home Without It/Prisoner of Love (1983) User Reviews

A storyline that would never fly now.

[tennym · 6/10 · 11 December 2020]

This episode features a storyline where a female passenger who hasn't been near a man for six months kidnaps Gopher. She locks him in her cabin and plies him with champagne and aphrodisiacs in an effort to seduce him, not letting him leave for two days. She even ties him up and gags him when the crew comes looking for him. The craziest part is once she lets him go, he is suddenly interested in her.

This storyline doesn't land today, and instead feels creepy. Really makes one realise how things have changed since 1983.

You'll Never Believe It

[WalterKafka · 14 April 2024]

'Remember when he got stuck in that suit of armor?' Captain Tobin has been in the Arctic, and she needs a man. She sets her sights on Gopher. In fact, she kidnaps him. Now the crew can't find him. They've got to get to him before he victims a permanent love slave. Louis Nye and Charlotte Rae are worried about Jamie Farr. Imagine their shock when he comes on board with Heather Locklear. Boy, that's kind of, uh, unbelievable. Cornel Wilde is an overeager police officer. His wife is mourning their son. Alan is Vicky's friend from camp. He's offering Vicki expensive gifts, but where are they coming from? On Kafka's Love Boat Scale, this episode gets 3 * out of a possible 4 *.