Trivia
Japan Cruise: When Worlds Collide/The Captain and the Geisha/The Lottery Winners/The Emperor's Fortune: Part 1
The Love Boat
Nancy Morgan (Joanie Hoffman) and John Ritter (Ben Cummins) play love interests in this two-part episode. The couple were married in real life, from 1977-1996, and are the parents of actors Jason and Tyler Ritter, and singer Carly Ritter.
Gavin MacLeod (Captain Merrill Stubing) and Ted Knight (Barney Gordon) previously worked together on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) as Murray Slaughter and Ted Baxter respectively.