The Bob Newhart Show

The professional and personal misadventures of a psychologist and his family, patients, friends and colleagues.

Genre: Comedy

Cast:Bob Newhart , Suzanne Pleshette , Bill Daily , Marcia Wallace , Peter Bonerz , Jack Riley , Florida Friebus , John Fiedler , RenÃ©e Lippin , Pat Finley , Larry Gelman , Oliver Clark , Patricia Smith , Martha Scott , Will Mackenzie , Howard Platt , Bobby Ramsen , Howard Hesseman

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Fly the Unfriendly Skies

Sat, Sep 16, 1972

Emily joins Bob's fear of flying group after she confesses that she is also afraid of flying in airplanes.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Tracy Grammar School, I'll Lick You Yet

Sat, Sep 23, 1972

Bob wants to go to Emily's class to talk about being a psychologist, but Emily is worried that he will bore the kids.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Tennis, Emily?

Sat, Sep 30, 1972

Emily's new tennis teacher is also one of Bob's patients, who feels cursed for being too good looking and having women chase after him.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Mom, I L-L-Love You

Sat, Oct 7, 1972

Emily invites Bob's mother over for dinner, so that Bob can confront an issue that's between him and his mother for years.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Goodnight Nancy

Sat, Oct 21, 1972

Bob thinks his ex-girlfriend is interested in him after he and Emily have dinner with his ex and her her husband.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Come Live with Me

Sat, Oct 28, 1972

Carol has a new boyfriend and their relationship interferes with her time at work. She thinks about moving in with him to be together more. Howard has another girlfriend and is worried about keeping her.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Father Knows Worst

Sat, Nov 4, 1972

Howard's son Howie is coming for a 4-day visit. Howard wants to impress him with fun and exciting things to do. Howard worries about Howie liking him.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Don't Go to Bed Mad

Sat, Nov 11, 1972

Bob makes plans with Jerry to watch Monday Night Football at Bob's place. Emily is upset because she feels left out. They argue the next night about his ignoring her. Since they do not go to bed angry, they stay up all night.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ P-I-L-O-T

Sat, Nov 18, 1972

Bob and Emily have an interview with an adoption agency after Emily announces at a dinner party that she's ready for a baby.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Anything Happen While I Was Gone?

Sat, Nov 25, 1972

Bob returns from vacation to discover that Jerry is engaged to a woman he just met, but Bob wonders if they aren't moving too quickly.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ I Want to Be Alone

Sat, Dec 2, 1972

Bob feels like everyone wants his time and that he has no time to himself. He decides to stay at a hotel for a night for the solitude. Everyone thinks he is leaving Emily. Meanwhile, Emily tries to get a book for the school library.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Bob and Emily and Howard and Carol and Jerry

Sat, Dec 9, 1972

Howard is smitten with Carol after they go out on a double date with Bob and Emily, but Carol is not interested in him at all.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ I Owe It All to You... But Not That Much

Sat, Dec 16, 1972

Jerry talks to Bob about not being happy in life, and then decides he wants to see Bob professionally. When Bob presents the bill to Jerry, he is shocked to see how much he is charged. The bill causes problems in their friendship.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ His Busiest Season

Sat, Dec 23, 1972

It's Christmas time and Bob's therapy group is not a happy bunch. Bob invites his patients to share Christmas Eve with him and Emily. Bob worries about what to give Emily for a gift.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Let's Get Away from It Almost

Sat, Jan 6, 1973

Bob & Emily decide to go on a weekend trip and pick a nearby ski resort. Instead of a relaxing time together, the only other guests share their bathroom and want to share time with them.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ The Crash of 29 Years Old

Sat, Jan 13, 1973

Carol turns 29 and feels unfulfilled. She quits her job to explore other options. Carol joins one of Bob's group sessions and as the group explores Carol's feelings, Bob is asked how he feels. The group treats him as just another member.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ The Man with the Golden Wrist

Sat, Jan 20, 1973

Emily gets Bob a really expensive watch for his birthday. When he finds out how much it costs, he is shocked that she would spend that much money on one small gift.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ The Two Loves of Dr. Hartley

Sat, Jan 27, 1973

One of Bob's patients has fallen in love with him which makes Emily incredibly jealous.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Not with My Sister You Don't

Sat, Feb 3, 1973

Howard's sister Debbie, visits, and he wants to remove all signs of his dating habits. He thinks she is young and impressionable. Debbie arrives and Emily sets her up on a date. Howard turns over protective.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ A Home Is Not Necessarily a House

Sat, Feb 10, 1973

Emily and Bob look at a house for sale, make an offer and worry what the change will mean if their offer is accepted.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Emily, I'm Home - Emily?

Sat, Feb 17, 1973

Emily is offered a job with the school, and Bob tells her she should take the job if she wants it. She takes the job and Bob has a hard time adjusting to the differences.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ You Can't Win 'Em All

Sat, Feb 24, 1973

Bob helps a Cubs pitcher get out of a slump when playing baseball. The pitcher does well in the next game and credits it to Bob. Hearing this, another player, the catcher, goes to Bob for help.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ Bum Voyage

Sat, Mar 3, 1973

Bob's therapy group had a great session and Bob is reluctant to take a vacation during this time. Bob & Emily have a 63-day cruise scheduled and he thinks it is too long to be away. His patients encourage him to go.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ Who's Been Sleeping on My Couch?

Sat, Mar 10, 1973

Bob finds out that Jerry has been sleeping on his couch overnight. Jerry is hurt over a broken romance and does not want to go home to his apartment.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Last TV Show

Sat, Sep 15, 1973

Bob is offered an opportunity to televise a session with his support group, but he is reluctant to do it.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Motel

Sat, Sep 22, 1973

Jerry convinces Bob into going to Peoria to watch a football game that is blacked out in Chicago. At the motel, Bob feels guilty, especially when two women want to spend time with he and Jerry.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Backlash

Sat, Sep 29, 1973

Bob & Emily have vacation plans to visit Mexico. Bob seems hesitant, but he says he is excited to go. At work, a patient thanks Bob for the session and whacks him on the back - throwing his back out of whack and in pain.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Somebody Down Here Likes Me

Sat, Oct 6, 1973

The pastor at Bob and Emily's church asks Bob if he can become one of his patients.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Emily in for Carol

Sat, Oct 13, 1973

Carol goes on vacation and the doctors in Bob's building need a temporary receptionist. Emily fills in and everyone enjoys her - except Bob.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Have You Met Miss Dietz?

Sat, Oct 20, 1973

Emily's recently divorced friend moves into the same apartment complex as Bob & Emily. Marilyn meets Howard and Emily takes Marilyn to Bob's work where she meets Jerry. Jerry and Howard compete for her affection.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Old Man Rivers

Sat, Oct 27, 1973

Carol goes to the hospital for minor surgery and she falls for her doctor who is twice her age.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Mister Emily Hartley

Sat, Nov 3, 1973

Emily becomes certified to give IQ tests and has Bob take one. The results of his test show Emily's IQ is a lot higher than his. They attend a banquet for geniuses and Bob feels out of place because everyone acts superior.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Mutiny on the Hartley

Sat, Nov 10, 1973

Bob's support group becomes very angry when he decides to raise his rates for his sessions.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?

Sat, Nov 17, 1973

When Emily suffers a malaise in the marriage, she and Bob turn to a marriage counselor for help.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Fit, Fat and Forty One

Sat, Nov 24, 1973

Birthday-boy Bob's physical finds him eight pounds plumper than he should be at 41, so Bob determines to diet and exercise away those excess pounds.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Blues for Mr. Borden

Sat, Dec 1, 1973

Howard's son, Howie is visiting. Howard tells Bob he and his ex-wife, Lois, are getting along really well lately, and he thinks she wants to get together again, but Howard's upset to find out she's getting married, and wants Howard's approval.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ My Wife Belongs to Daddy

Sat, Dec 8, 1973

Emily's parents pay an unexpected visit to Bob & Emily. They're the opposite in personality from Bob; exuberant, joking, and over the top. Bob feels left out of the comradely with Emily and her parents.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ T.S. Elliot

Sat, Dec 15, 1973

While in session with Bob, Elliot says he needs a date for a banquet/ He asks Carol and they go. They both have a good time - Elliot asks her to marry him.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas

Sat, Dec 22, 1973

Bob has to go to work for one appointment on Christmas Eve and then go home for a small Christmas celebration with Emily. Events conspire against him as his patient has a break down, the weather turns hazardous, and he has to walk home.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Oh, Brother

Sat, Jan 5, 1974

Jerry's brother, also a dentist, is in town and visits Jerry. After a few days, Jerry is tired of spending so much time for him. Jerry turns inferior around him.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ The Modernization of Emily

Sat, Jan 12, 1974

As Bob & Emily grocery shop, she runs into a former student of hers who's now grown, with a job, and entering college, which makes her feel old, and unattractive. Then Bob gives Emily a blender as an anniversary gift. Emily becomes upset, with Bob's impersonal gift, so, Emily decides to change her appearance, and look 'youthful'.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ The Jobless Corps

Sat, Jan 19, 1974

Bob starts a therapy group for the unemployed. Howard is laid off from his job with the airlines and joins the therapy group.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Clink Shrink

Sat, Jan 26, 1974

Bob gets a new patient on the day Howard's apartment's robbed. Bob's new patient? He's just-released from prison - for robbery, 'natch, and Bob's understandably nervous.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Mind Your Own Business

Sat, Feb 2, 1974

Bob learns that Jerry has certain luxuries like a yacht. Jerry attributes it to his business manager, Jeff. Jerry arranges for Bob to meet him. Part of his program is for him to be in complete control of their finances which means Bob won't have access to any of it. And he gives Bob $50 a week for pocket money. But when Bob uses it right away and asks Jeff to give him a little more. Jeff tells him that to give him the receipt for what he used it on but because he doesn't get a receipt, Jeff gives him a lecture.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ A Love Story

Sat, Feb 9, 1974

Bob's sister, Ellen, is getting married and Emily throws her a shower. But things get complicated when Howard falls in love with her at first sight.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ By the Way... You're Fired

Sat, Feb 16, 1974

Carol has a new boyfriend, and is in love. Her new romance takes up all of her work-time, and she's not focusing on work. But, when Bob & Emily meet the boyfriend, they find him to be condescending.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Confessions of an Orthodontist

Sat, Feb 23, 1974

Dr. Walburn's a therapist from the 9th floor, is seeing Bob professionally but doesn't want it known publicly. When he's called out of town, he asks Bob to fill in for him. Bob's first patient - of Dr. Walburn's is Jerry, and that's when he reveals to Bob a secret reason he's been seeing Dr. Walburn.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ A Matter of Principal

Sat, Mar 2, 1974

One of Emily's students wrote an great report for class, but she knows it was written by the father who wants the boy to be moved to an advanced class. The principal of the school tries to convince Emily to skip the child.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Big Brother Is Watching

Sat, Sep 14, 1974

Bob's sister Ellen is looking for a new apartment. Since she & Howard plan to marry one day, Howard suggests Ellen move in with him. Bob does not approve.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ The Battle of the Groups

Sat, Sep 21, 1974

Bob's reluctant to let his sister house-sit while the Hartleys are away at a group retreat, because fly-boy Howard's in the next apartment waiting to pounce. Bob wishes he'd never proposed the retreat, because his new therapy group is jealous that he only invited his other group to go, plus Emily made Bob feel guilty for leaving her out of the fun in the wilds of Wisconsin, so she's coming along too. Everybody is spooked at the vision of Eliott Carlin again streaking through the woods naked.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-Op Experiment

Sat, Sep 28, 1974

Dr Newman removed a wart from Bob's neck and charged him. Bob tells Jerry he should have done it for free since Bob had helped him with his marriage. Jerry agrees and sets up a plan where all the doctors treat each other for free.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ The Separation Story

Sat, Oct 5, 1974

With Emily busy studying for her masters and Bob busy with therapy groups, things are hectic at home. Emily moves to a hotel so she can study without interruption and be closer to the school. Friends think Bob & Emily have separated.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Sorry, Wrong Mother

Sat, Oct 12, 1974

Howard's son, Howie comes to visit, and Ellen meets him for the first time. Ellen wants to make a good impression on Howie, but fails at her attempts, and Howie's uncooperative, so Bob talks to Howie to find out why Howie doesn't like Ellen.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ The Gray Flannel Shrink

Sat, Oct 19, 1974

Bob and Carol review his accounts and which ones still owe for services. Jerry suggests a collection agency, but Bob does not want to do that. Bob gets a job offer to be a company psychologist where he does not have to deal with billing.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Dr. Ryan's Express

Sat, Oct 26, 1974

With Carol out of town, the doctors need a temporary receptionist. Jerry finds a receptionist that is not has trouble remembering what she is doing and cannot even remember Bob's name. Emily has problems with new drapes that are too short.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley

Sat, Nov 2, 1974

Bob's brutal honesty campaign makes Emily a pariah at her school because Bob offends two of Emily's fellow teachers, when Emily attempts to widen the Hartleys' social circle, by inviting the colleagues over for dinner. Psychologist Bob is overreacting to being caught not practicing what he preaches, by his therapy group patients Elliot & Michelle, after he counsels the spatting members to be more honest with each other.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Ship of Shrinks

Sat, Nov 9, 1974

Bob writes a chapter for a book, and is excited the day it is to be published. When Bob gets his copy of the book, he is disappointed to find they only used two of his twenty pages in the book.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Life Is a Hamburger

Sat, Nov 16, 1974

Carol announces her engagement to her boyfriend Don, an uncertain creative and unpublished poet. Her friends are not that enthused about the news. Ellen is writing a restaurant review for the newspaper.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ An American Family

Sat, Nov 23, 1974

Emily's parents and Bob's parents arrive to celebrate Thanksgiving with Bob & Emily. All sets of families have their own idea of traditions and meal fixings. Bob's mother and Emily's father insult each other the day before Thanksgiving.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ We Love You... Good-Bye

Sat, Nov 30, 1974

Bob has a women only therapy group for women to improve their self confidence. The women tell Bob to bring Emily to the next meeting - to get her point of view. But, Bob's sorry he took their advice, because, when he brings her, he's kicked out of the meeting; for being 'like other men'.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Jerry Robinson Crusoe

Sat, Dec 7, 1974

Jerry decided to move to Tahiti, and Bob can't believe Jerry will go through with it.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Serve for Daylight

Sat, Dec 14, 1974

Dr Tupperman is organizing the doctor's tennis tournament and all the doctors in the building will be there. Bob is hopeful for winning, but then Emily plans to join for the doubles match.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Home Is Where the Hurt Is

Sat, Dec 21, 1974

Carol goes on and on about her unhappy childhood, and ruins Bob and Emily's Christmas party

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ Tobin's Back in Town

Sat, Jan 4, 1975

Howard gets jealous when Ellen's ex comes to town with the intention of winning her back.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Think Smartly--Vote Hartley

Sat, Jan 11, 1975

Bob decides to run for the school board.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ The Way We Weren't

Sat, Jan 18, 1975

Howard has a party and an old girlfriend attends. Howard worries about what Ellen thinks. Meanwhile, an old girlfriend of Bob's is in town and Bob does not want to talk to Emily about the girlfriend. Howard tells Emily about the girlfriend.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ A Pound of Flesh

Sat, Jan 25, 1975

Jerry feels a bit depressed and decides to buy a motorcycle. He wants to borrow money from Bob. Bob turns him down and says it is to save their friendship. Jerry is upset that Bob won't loan him the money.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ My Business Is Shrinking

Sat, Feb 1, 1975

Bob suffers a loss of confidence when several patients cancel appointments. He regains his groove by attending group therapy in a friend's office.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ The New Look

Sat, Feb 8, 1975

Bob avoids Emily as she completely redecorates the apartment and he hates the result. When she gives away Bob's favorite chair it is just too much. A compromise is reached.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Bob Hits the Ceiling

Sat, Feb 15, 1975

Emily asks Bob to help her friend Diane with marital problems. Howard asks Bob to help his ex-wife with her marital problems. Bob is reluctant because he has a rule about treating friends, but he does agree. Of course, complications arise.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ Emily Hits the Ceiling

Sat, Feb 22, 1975

The school season is over and Emily helps organize a summer camp for two weeks in July. Bob has a full schedule at work that time, so he is unable to help. His plans change so he can help, but the summer camp plan falls through after all.

24Season 3

S3.E24 ∙ The Ceiling Hits Bob

Sat, Mar 8, 1975

Bob's sagging office ceiling collapses and he must relocate all his patient sessions. Meanwhile, Carol gets a job offer hoping to make Bob and Jerry to give her a raise and Howard gets a job transfer to New York and informs Ellen that they are to get married and move.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ The Longest Good Bye

Sat, Sep 13, 1975

Bob's college roommate ('the peeper') visits Chicago and shows he has not lost his school age demeanor. He keeps extending his stay, causing friction between Bob and Emily.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Here's Looking at You, Kid

Sat, Sep 20, 1975

Howard is ready to propose to Ellen. She accepts, but then each of them wonder if they are ready for marriage. Bob & Emily celebrate their wedding anniversary and discuss the gifts each receives.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Death of a Fruitman

Sat, Sep 27, 1975

Bob Hartley resists his therapy group booting out a caustic patient, when he doesn't show up with the brain cake at their birthday party for Bob. That's only part of Dr. Bob's bad day, but it gets worse when Emily isn't sufficiently sympathetic. To unload his anger, Bob uses reverse psychology on the often-missing Mr. Gianelli by calling him, shouting that he's out of the group, plus fired as a client. Bob expects the contrary Mr. Gianelli to return to group, contrite for his disruptive behavior. But before he can, Mr. Gianelli, a fruit vendor, is crushed to death by a load of vegetables.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Change Is Gonna Do Me Good

Sat, Oct 4, 1975

Emily starts to feel she and Bob are in a rut. They start trading jobs to shake up the routine. Each find it is not that easy to pick up the other person's job. Carol is also bored with her routine.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ The Heavyweights

Sat, Oct 11, 1975

Bob's therapy group for overweight people has one negative member, saying it is thin people who have the problem against their weight. Bob asks Carol to sit in on the meeting since she used to be heavy. Carol is asked out by a heavy man.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Carol's Wedding

Sat, Oct 18, 1975

Emily has a penchant for setting up couples and Carol is her next target. However, when Carol's sudden romance with Larry leads to marriage, no one seems to believe that Carol will actually go through with it.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Shrinks Across the Sea

Sat, Oct 25, 1975

The Hartleys agree to host a French colleague and his wife when they visit Chicago. Things do not go as smoothly as they planned.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ What's It All About, Albert?

Sat, Nov 1, 1975

Bob starts to question his profession thinking he has wasted the last twenty years of his life. He visits his former professor for some reassurance.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Who Is Mr. X?

Sat, Nov 8, 1975

Bob's asked by Ruth Corley ('Jennifer Warren'), to appear on her morning interview program. After taking up the charming, and demure-sounding Ruth on her offer, she turns into a cut-throat host, on-air, who has Bob in her clutches, and he lets it slip that one of the patients he's treated, is a politician, and everyone begins guessing who that person could be.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Sat, Nov 15, 1975

Bob wonders why a colleague has more free time than he. Frank says it is because his patients control his time instead of Bob setting specific office hours. Bob and Frank form a partnership, but Bob is uncomfortable about the setup.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Over the River and Through the Woods

Sat, Nov 22, 1975

With Emily out of town, Bob spends Thanksgiving with Jerry and Mr Carlin watching a football game. They proceed to get drunk and try to order Moo Goo Gai Pan from a Chinese restaurant for dinner.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Fathers and Sons and Mothers

Sat, Nov 29, 1975

Bob's mother stays with Bob and Emily while her house is being painted. Bob has issues with her meddling and treating him like a child.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ The Article

Sat, Dec 6, 1975

Bob's sister, Ellen, wants to write a story for the newspaper about the doctors in Bob's building.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ A Matter of Vice-Principal

Sat, Dec 13, 1975

Ed and Janet are a married couple who also teach at the same school as Emily. They all assume Ed will be named the new vice-principal and Emily suggests they have a party at the apartment to celebrate, which doesn't go as planned.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in

Sat, Dec 20, 1975

While everyone else is making plans for Christmas, Bob learns he needs to be hospitalized right away to have his tonsils removed. Not only is he embarrassed by having the operation at his age but his nurse was once his patient as well.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ No Sale

Sat, Jan 3, 1976

Mr. Carlin needs to raise money for a real estate deal and convinces Bob and Jerry to invest.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Carol at 6:01

Sat, Jan 10, 1976

The Hartleys notice the devotion that Larry has for Carol but it seems to go beyond the usual behavior of newlyweds. Even Carol wishes to have some time to herself once in a while.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Warden Gordon Borden

Sat, Jan 17, 1976

Meet Howard's brother Gordon Borden 'William Rdefield', a game warden - from Oregon who has a history of stealing his kid brother's wallet, skates, shirts and ... girlfriend?

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ My Boy Guillermo

Sat, Jan 24, 1976

Jerry is lonely and misses his former girlfriend, Courtney. She returns and they resume their romance with a new twist - she is adopting a Spanish boy and wants Jerry to be his father.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ Duke of Dunk

Sat, Jan 31, 1976

The Chicago Sun Spots' star basketball player is an obnoxious hot dog whom Dr. Hartley is asked to teach the virtues of humility, teamwork and good sportsmanship.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ Guaranteed Not to Shrink

Sat, Feb 7, 1976

Carol wants more from her work and job, so she goes to night school for classes. She decides to study psychology and do what Bob does. Within one or two classes, she starts analyzing everyone's every behavior - whether they want it or not.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ Birth of a Salesman

Sat, Feb 14, 1976

One of Bob's patients is a shy, uncertain, non-assertive salesman. Bob tells him to be a bit more assertive to do his job. When Mr Heard tries to follow his advice, he gets injured by a home owner and decides to sue Bob.

23Season 4

S4.E23 ∙ The Boy Next Door

Sat, Feb 21, 1976

Howard gains custody of his son Howie and is ecstatic. Since Howard has to travel a lot, he asks Bob & Emily to find a babysitter for Howie. They find a beautiful woman that Jerry wants to date.

24Season 4

S4.E24 ∙ Peeper Two

Sat, Feb 28, 1976

Bob's friend Cliff, also known as Peeper, visits Bob & Emily. Emily is not thrilled. Peeper's wife kicked him out. Jerry shows Peeper how to be a swinging single.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Enter Mrs. Peeper

Sat, Sep 25, 1976

Bob's college roommate (The Peeper) is back but surprises Bob and Emily by bringing his new wife as well.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Caged Fury

Sat, Oct 2, 1976

Bob and Emily salute the Bicentennial locked in their storage room, when they go to haul up party goods. Their neighbor Howard's throwing the 4th of July costume party in his apartment, though the Hartleys are supplying everything. Emily lights the fireworks by needling paunchy Bob for having all of his exercise equipment in storage, after Bob won't get nostalgic over their wedding album. They know their friends will eventually track them down, because the Hartleys were providing the food and booze for the celebration.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Some of My Best Friends Are...

Sat, Oct 9, 1976

Bob's therapy group is looking for a new person to join them as they feel things are getting stale. Meanwhile, Bob is getting excited about his glee club's 25th reunion.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Still Crazy After All These Years

Sat, Oct 16, 1976

The Hartleys take a vacation and, in the hope making Howard less dependent on them, leave him with Dr. Podbillion, whose new psychological method changes Howard's entire personality for the worse.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ The Great Rent Strike

Sat, Oct 23, 1976

The Hartleys' landlord is MIA, when their pricey high-rise alternates between searing hot and freezing cold during a fierce Chicago winter. Psychologist Bob is so desperate, he seeks the counsel of his long-time patient Elliot Carlin, who's a predatory real-estate mogul. The notoriously abrasive Carlin luxuriates in the role reversal, insisting therapist Bob lay on his own couch, then advises Bob to launch an all-out rent strike among the aloof tenants of the lakeside apartment building.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Et Tu, Carol?

Sat, Oct 30, 1976

The doctors in the building fight over Carol's duties and she quits.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Send This Boy to Camp

Sat, Nov 6, 1976

Howard's son is going to camp and we learn that Bob never went to camp - only summer school. Meanwhile, Jerry is trying to raise money for orphans and Carol suggests that Bob, Jerry and Howard take the kids camping.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ A Crime Most Foul

Sat, Nov 13, 1976

Bob has a brand new expensive tape recorder. Not only does he use it in group sessions but also annoys Emily with it at home. When it comes up missing everyone becomes a suspect.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ The Slammer

Sat, Nov 20, 1976

Bob and the Peeper want to go to their alma mater's annual basketball game between their school and their rival. But along with this bit of odd nostalgia, the pair pull a prank, which lands them both in jail.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Jerry's Retirement

Sat, Nov 27, 1976

Jerry makes a fortune on a real estate deal, and decides to retire at age 38. Emily's father Junior and his friend turn Bob and Emily's home into their vacation lodge.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

Sat, Dec 4, 1976

Jerry returns from a trip to Europe determined to find the parents who left him at an orphanage as a baby. Meanwhile Howard has taken up a new instrument.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Sat, Dec 11, 1976

Bob's mother makes a surprise visit to announce that she and Bob's father have separated.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Making Up Is the Thing to Do

Sat, Dec 25, 1976

Bob wants to try to get his parents back together over Christmas dinner.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ Love Is the Blindest

Sat, Jan 8, 1977

Mr. Carlin thinks his secretary likes him so Bob suggests he take her on a date.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ The Ironwood Experience

Sat, Jan 15, 1977

Bob's been asked to give a lecture about sex at the Ironwood Institute - which also happens to be a nudist colony.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ Of Mice and Men

Sat, Jan 22, 1977

Bob wants to add a woman to his group session and has Emily join them much to the dismay of the men.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ Halls of Hartley

Sat, Jan 29, 1977

The Hartleys are upset by the rise in prices lately and think about leaving the city.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ The Heartbreak Kidd

Sat, Feb 5, 1977

Bob has a female college student shadowing him for a few weeks which makes both Emily and Bob uncomfortable.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ Death Be My Destiny

Sat, Feb 12, 1977

Howard had a problem on a flight which makes him afraid to fly. Bob tries to help Mr. Herd to overcome his fears and try new exciting things. However, Bob has his own frightening experience to deal with also.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ Taxation Without Celebration

Sat, Feb 19, 1977

Bob not only forgets to do his taxes but also forgets his wedding anniversary. Emily plans a surprise trip.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ Desperate Sessions

Sat, Feb 26, 1977

The Hartleys, Jerry and Carol are all at the bank during a robbery. Bob ends up being taken hostage.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ The Mentor

Sat, Mar 5, 1977

Larry is unhappy with his job and is encouraged to start his own travel agency.

23Season 5

S5.E23 ∙ Shrinking Violence

Sat, Mar 12, 1977

Mr. Carlin is told he is misdirecting his anger towards the group. Emily is upset her car is still in the shop and takes it out on Howard.

24Season 5

S5.E24 ∙ You're Having My Hartley

Sat, Mar 19, 1977

Carol announces she is pregnant. The Hartleys are visited by The Peeper and his wife. Emily announces she also is pregnant.

1Season 6

S6.E1 ∙ Bob's Change of Life

Sat, Sep 24, 1977

The Hartleys decide to move to a new apartment. Bob has finally finished writing his book and he begins to worry about all the changes in his life.

2Season 6

S6.E2 ∙ Ex-Con Job

Sat, Oct 1, 1977

Bob's doing group therapy sessions at a prison to counsel men who'll soon be rleased..

3Season 6

S6.E3 ∙ A Jackie Story

Sat, Oct 8, 1977

Jerry's been having trouble meeting women lately, so Carol sets him up with Jackie. However, he's very insecure in the relationship and does everything to sabotage it.

4Season 6

S6.E4 ∙ Who Was That Masked Man?

Sat, Oct 15, 1977

After having a fight with his wife, Mr. Peterson strikes up a surprising friendship with Mr. Carlin. The Hartleys go to a costume party.

5Season 6

S6.E5 ∙ Carlin's New Suit

Sat, Oct 22, 1977

Howard returns from Japan and brings Bob a beeper as a gift. Mr. Carlin's hit with a paternity suit.

6Season 6

S6.E6 ∙ A Day in the Life

Sat, Oct 29, 1977

To the dismay of Bob's patients, the Hartleys are going on a last minute vacation to New Orleans.

7Season 6

S6.E7 ∙ My Son the Comedian

Sat, Nov 12, 1977

Howard's son wants to become a comedian and shows off his talent at Bob's office.

8Season 6

S6.E8 ∙ You're Fired, Mr. Chips

Sat, Nov 19, 1977

Bob's looking for an assistant which is more difficult than it seems. Emily has a new burglar alarm system put in the apartment.

9Season 6

S6.E9 ∙ Shallow Throat

Sat, Nov 26, 1977

Bob's initially encouraged by a patient opening up in his session, but soon regrets hearing what has been said.

10Season 6

S6.E10 ∙ A Girl in Her Twenties

Sat, Dec 3, 1977

While Bob's away at a conference, Emily wants to meet their reclusive neighbor - much to the dismay of Howard who's initially frightened of her.

11Season 6

S6.E11 ∙ Grand Delusion

Sat, Dec 17, 1977

While out having their tenth anniversary dinner, Bob and Emily imagine how different their lives might have been had they married other people.

12Season 6

S6.E12 ∙ 'Twas the Pie Before Christmas

Sat, Dec 24, 1977

The Hartleys throw a Christmas party. However, the group gets angry with Bob when the printer screws up their Christmas cards. Their friends are also fighting with one another, so no one wants to go to the party.

13Season 6

S6.E13 ∙ Freudian Ship

Sat, Jan 7, 1978

The Hartleys go on a Caribbean cruise and Bob ends up counseling a couple on board.

14Season 6

S6.E14 ∙ Grizzly Emily

Sat, Jan 14, 1978

Bob has a fishing trip planned with his father but his flight is delayed. Emily, Jerry and Howard end up going up to the cabin without him and Emily learns her father-in-law only wants her there for cooking and cleaning.

15Season 6

S6.E15 ∙ Son of an Ex-Con Job

Sat, Jan 21, 1978

Bob meets with his ex-con therapy group and talks about their goals. After reading a book on Houdini, Howard tries to perform his tricks.

16Season 6

S6.E16 ∙ Group on a Hot Tin Roof

Sat, Jan 28, 1978

Mr. Plager's written a screenplay about World War I, only it's based on the therapy group.

17Season 6

S6.E17 ∙ Emily Carlin, Emily Carlin

Sat, Feb 4, 1978

Mr. Carlin has a high school reunion coming up and asks Emily to pretend to be his wife.

18Season 6

S6.E18 ∙ Easy for You to Say

Sat, Feb 11, 1978

Bob has a new patient with a stuttering problem joining the therapy group.

19Season 6

S6.E19 ∙ It Didn't Happen One Night

Sat, Feb 18, 1978

When Bob's out of town, Emily invites an old college friend over for dinner. Howard, Jerry and Carol are concerned that this frienda newly divorced old flame.

20Season 6

S6.E20 ∙ Carol Ankles for Indie-Prod

Sat, Mar 4, 1978

Bob and Jerry nominate Carol for Secretary of the Year only to find that Carol wants to quit and work for Mr. Carlin.

21Season 6

S6.E21 ∙ Crisis in Education

Sat, Mar 11, 1978

The reading scores at Emily's school are the lowest in the school's history. Jerry and Howard argue over who is Bob's best friend.

22Season 6

S6.E22 ∙ Happy Trails to You

Sat, Apr 1, 1978

Bob's decided to close his practice and accept a job in Oregon.