'I don't want you to feel obligated. I did take a bus 348 miles to meet you.' A private eye is looking for a woman who has information. That would be Markie Post. In order to get on the ship, she, uh, disguises herself as a little girl, like Shirley Temple actually. Ok. Why in the world do you cast Markie Post and then cover her up? I had given up, until 35 minutes into the episode, we do get Markie in a bikini top. Ok, episode. You've earned yourself half a star. The casting gets even stranger. They must have figured they couldn't have an actual kid hitting on Markie Post, so the "boy" they cast looks like he's twenty! (The actor was 25!) Markie, still disguised as a little girl, ends up dancing with his dad instead! What in the world is going on!!! Slobby Walter O is not what Julie had in mind. 'We're both from states that begin with an O. That's got to mean something.' Then he tells her, 'You're a young girl. Sorta.' Once again, Julie wonders why she's 30 and single. Julie McCoy will die single and childless. Tom Poston is a writer. He's invited his secretary to come on the cruise. Tom's wife is rather upset. It turns out that Leslie knows something about Tom, and he's got to do what she wants. This is a weird one, even by the standards of this show. I've always been a fan of Walter O since Twin Peaks. He's a sad and pathetic figure. (I can relate.) Leslie Easterbrook has bizarre 80s hair. However, I like the way she dresses for breakfast. Absurd disguises must be the last refuge of a desperate writer. On Kafka's Love Boat Scale, this episode gets 2 1/2 * out of a possible 4 *.
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