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The 3 storylines:

1. A boring doofus tries to get an equally boring skeezer by pretending he was amorously assaulted by sex crazed woman. The skeezer's friend then pretends to be the sex crazed woman to get the boring doofus to notice HER.

2. An unscrupulous businessman steals the company funds while his unknowing girlfriend keeps his partner occupied. The plan falls apart when she falls for the partner.

3. A former lover of Captain Stubing comes aboard for some not too clear reason. It's then discovered she's not completely divorced and apparently showed up just for a little on the side action.

There had to be a better way to handle these storylines, implausible as they were. Most of the dialogue and situations were really contrived, although Gopher had some good comedic moments and the Captain's squeeze made an actually intelligent statement about why the Captain was so special that he couldn't be in a clandestine relationship.

Lauren Tewes had only a limited role in this episode and was looking noticeably bloated in the face. This was likely filmed at some point during her substance abuse issues. Plus not coincidentally Patricia Klous, who portrayed the skeezer's friend, eventually replaced Tewes on the show. Perhaps this was her audition. She replaced Tewes two years after this episode.

'If you weren't a dame, I'd punch you in the mouth.' Once again our Captain's 10th anniversary with the Line is mentioned. (What happened to the painting?) Pat Crowley is back as Linda Bradley, Captain Stubing's love interest. Vicki spills the beans. The Captain intends to propose! Too bad Linda doesn't seem too happy about it. Phyllis Davis is Robert Mandan's secretary. Dick Martin is his partner. Doug is after Pam. Too bad he's ignoring Dorothy. Later, Doug reports that a woman has attacked him. What's the truth here? The last time we saw Lydia Cornell she was not much more than a random 'bikini girl.' Now she's flush with the success of Too Close for Comfort. I suggest checking out the movie Bloodtide. Eventually, Pat Klous would replace Lauren Tewes. It's always nice to see Phyllis Davis. (I should get out of my copy of Terminal Island.) What are those horror movie stabs when Dick Martin cuts the money? Uh, I'll just say that Dick Martin is not well cast as a criminal mastermind. Even in her dramatic scenes, Davis keeps that blouse open. Apart from the fun cast of ladies, there's not much else going on. (Come on. What else do you need?) On Kafka's Love Boat Scale, this episode gets 2 1/2 * out of a possible 4 *.