E Motion Ep 1 Bad Love Boat Pilots

All aboard for a brand-new podcast that dives headfirst into smooth seas, wild guest stars, and peak pop-culture chaos. E-Motion Sickness: A Love Boat Re-Watch is hosted by John Siuntres and Franco from the Word Balloon Network, and it’s exactly what it sounds like: a loving, clear-eyed, occasionally seasick revisit of The Love Boat, episode by episode.

This isn’t just a recap show. Each episode breaks down the guest stars, the bonkers storylines, and the real-world pop-culture moments happening the very week each episode originally aired. If you’ve ever wondered why this episode feels like 1978 in human form, this podcast has answers.

In the debut episode, the guys start where the series itself stumbled: the two misfire pilot TV Movies, featuring different captains, different crews, and a show still trying to figure out what it even is? 

The results? Absolute Madness. Highlights include:

• A shirtless Gabe Kaplan aggressively pursuing a swimsuit model
• Don Adams attempting to murder Florence Henderson
• And Hope Lange Seducing Lyle Waggoner to get even with her husband Robert Reed 

Before The Love Boat became comfort food television, it was a weird, experimental, celebrity-stuffed fever dream, and E-Motion Sickness is here to chart that journey, one questionable cruise at a time.

So grab a drink with an umbrella, brace for turbulence, and join John and Franco as they set sail into TV history. Bon voyage...and try not to lean over the rail.