The Bob Newhart Show
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1. Fly the Unfriendly Skies
First aired: 9/16/1972 Production Code: 7251Bob invites Emily to join his fear of flying group on a trip to New York City. Much to Bob's surprise he finds that Emily also has a fear of flying and refuses to go. After a conversation with Howard she decides to go, only to back out after boarding the plane.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Jack Riley (Elliot Carlin), Noam Pitlik (Victor Gianelli), Florida Friebus (Lillian Bakerman), Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover) , Penny Marshall (Stewardess)
2. Tracy Grammar School, I'll Lick You Yet
Community Score
| 8.0 Great |
It's Vocation Day in Emily's class, and Bob feels left out when he's not invited. At the last minute, he's asked to fill in, but Emily's worst fears are confirmed when Bob fails to excite the kids' interest.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Larry Gelman (Dr. Bernie Tupperman), Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover) , King Moody (Fireman), Tony Dickson (Student), Mia Bendixsen (Student)
3. Tennis, Emily?
Community Score
| 8.5 Great |
Bob experiences pangs of jealousy when Emily's handsome new tennis instructor comes to see him with an emotional problem, namely, his inability to turn down the women who are all uncontrollably attracted to him.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Peter Brown (Stan Connors), Barbara Barnett (Cheryl Sherwood), Pat Lysinger (Marci Wintersol)
4. Mom, I L-L-Love You
Community Score
| 8.0 Great |
Bob finds it extremely difficult to tell his mother that he loves her.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Martha Scott (Mrs. Eleanor Hartley), Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover) , Marilyn Child (Mrs. Walker)
5. Goodnight Nancy
Community Score
| 8.1 Great |
Bob's old girlfriend comes to Chicago with her husband and calls on Emily and Bob.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover) , Penny Fuller (Nancy), Richard Schaal (Chuck Brock), James B. Sikking (Dick), Anna Aries (Judy), Jack Bernardi (Waiter)
6. Come Live with Me
Community Score
| 7.2 Good |
Carol tries to get Bob to approve her moving in with her new boyfriend Roger, who has just separated from his wife. Bob refuses, telling her she will have to make her own decision.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: John Fiedler (Emil Peterson) , Eugene Troobnick (Roger Dixon), Jack Bernardi (Waiter), Ric Carrott (Ronnie)
7. Father Knows Worst
Community Score
| 7.2 Good |
Bob's divorced neighbor, Howard Borden, is convinced that his son, Howie, doesn't really like him. Later, Howard's ex-wife convinces him that Howie thinks he is the greatest guy in the world.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Moosie Drier (Howie Borden) , Janice Carroll (The Waitress), Kit Smythe (The Lady Patient), Alice Borden (Lois Borden)
8. Don't Go to Bed Mad
First aired: 11/11/1972 Production Code: 7262Bob wants to watch football every Monday night. Emily feels this is unfair: their other activities keep the couple busy or exausted every other night of the week, and she thinks they should do something that they both enjoy. This leads to an unresolved, all-night argument that ends only when the two participants become exhausted.
9. Pilot
First aired: 11/18/1972 Production Code: 5536Bob and Emily have been trying for some time to have a child. When they attend a party where the conversation turns to the subject of children, they feel so left out that they decide to adopt a child.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Jack Riley (Elliot Carlin), Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover) , William Redfield (Arthur Hoover), M. Emmet Walsh (Jack Hoover), Helen Page Camp (Myrna Hoover), Ted Foulkes (Scottie), Robert Foulkes (Eric), Ron Masak (Mike Mitchell), Louise Lasser (Joan Radford)
10. Anything Happen While I Was Gone?
Community Score
| 7.3 Good |
As soon as Bob returns to the office from his vacation in Mexico, Jerry announces that he is about to be married to a girl he met nine days ago. Cynthia, a beautiful but domineering oral hygienist, becomes too much for Jerry, and he realizes that he has made a mistake.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover) , Elaine Giftos (Cynthia Fremont)
11. I Want to Be Alone
Community Score
| 9.0 Superb |
Bob decides that for his own mental well-being, he needs some peace and quiet. He moves into a hotel room by himself for a few days, leaving a confused Howard Borden thinking that Bob and Emily have split up.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Jack Riley (Elliot Carlin), Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover) , Alan Hewitt (Mr. Warner), Helen Page Camp (Mrs. Prince), Nora Morlow (Mrs. Brandell), Bernie Kopell (Dr. Fred Arnold), Archie Hahn (The Bellman)
12. Bob and Emily and Howard and Carol and Jerry
First aired: 12/9/1972 Production Code: 7263Howard "floats" into Bob's office on Cloud Nine after having a tooth pulled. He is so poetic that Carol tells Emily, "I want him." Emily agrees to help Carol get him, and the two have an up-and-down romance.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Marilyn Child (Mrs. Walker), Pat Morita (The Bartender), Shizuko Hoshi (The Waitress), James Hong (The Man)
13. I Owe It All to You... But Not That Much
Community Score
| 7.7 Good |
Jerry decides there is something wrong with him because he never becomes serious about any of the girls he dates. He asks Bob if he can become one of his patients. Bob agrees, but they have to abandon the plan when it begins to interfere with their friendship.
14. His Busiest Season
Community Score
| 7.8 Good |
Christmas becomes a sad memory for Bob's group therapy session, and it's evident that "'tis not the season" for everyone to be jolly. Bob decides to invite the group over for Christmas Eve.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Florida Friebus (Lillian Bakerman), Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo) , King Moody (Ken Willett), Harvey J. Goldenberg (Barry Gorman)
15. Let's Get Away From it Almost
Community Score
| 8.3 Great |
Bob and Emily travel to a ski lodge that's nearly deserted except for the annoying couple with whom they share a bathroom. After sitting through a disastrous dinner, the Hartleys decide to leave—only to find themselves caught in the spotlight of the abominable floor show they're trying to escape.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Jack Riley (Elliot Carlin) , Chuck McCann (Hal Miller), Allen Garfield (Manager), Danny Rees (Sanford Hettie), John Meloch (Boom Bass), Rudolph Schmelk (Accordian), Joe Kier (Tuba), Joyce Van Patten (Connie Miller)
16. The Crash of 29 Years Old
Community Score
| 7.3 Good |
Feeling unfulfilled as a woman, and having just passed her 29th birthday, Carol quits her job as Bob's receptionist. After having been gone for a while, Carol suddenly shows up at one of Bob's group-therapy sessions and creates a situation in which Bob finds himself more of a patient than a doctor.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Jack Riley (Elliot Carlin), Florida Friebus (Lillian Bakerman), Noam Pitlik (Victor Gianelli), Renée Lippin (Michelle Nardo) , Jill Jaress (Mary Ellen), Don Barrows (Mr. Keeney), Jack Bender (Paul Sanders)
17. The Man with the Golden Wrist
Community Score
| 9.0 Superb |
Bob refuses to wear the beautiful gold watch Emily gave him for his 40th birthday after he learns just how expensive it was.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Larry Gelman (Dr. Bernie Tupperman) , Joan Tompkins (Aunt May), Mimi Torchin (Wendy Rivers), Michael Lerner (Mr. Carolla)
18. The Two Loves of Dr. Hartley
Community Score
| 7.9 Good |
When one of his patients falls in love with him, Bob has problems at the office and at home.
19. Not With My Sister You Don't
Community Score
| 7.5 Good |
Howard Borden's 22-year old sister Debbie arrives to spend the week with him. Emily arranges a blind date for her with Jerry Robinson—and Howard suddenly turns into an overprotective big brother.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Heather Menzies (Debbie Borden), Mel Stewart (Mr. Dabney)
20. A Home is Not Necessarily a House
Community Score
| 8.7 Great |
Bob and Emily try to decide if they should give up their apartment and buy a house.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Jack Riley (Elliot Carlin) , Jenna McMahon (Shirley Wolfson), Dick Clair (Roy West), Betty Palivoda (Betty)
21. Emily, I'm Home... Emily?
Community Score
| 8.6 Great |
Bob is upset when Emily takes a fulltime job with the Board of Education. Emily explains that working full-time makes her feel wonderful, while quitting would make her miserable. Bob decides to leave well enough alone.
Director: Rick Edelstein
Guest star: Jack Riley (Elliot Carlin), Larry Gelman (Dr. Bernie Tupperman) , Edward Winter (Professor Trainer), Alma Beltran (Marina), Jill Jaress (Mary Ellen), Jessica Myerson (Mrs. Warren)
22. You Can Win 'Em All
Community Score
| 8.5 Great |
When a star pitcher for the Chicago Cubs credits Bob with saving his career, the endorsement brings Bob a new patient, Moose Washburn—a second-string player whose career is beyond a mere psychologist's help.
Director: Jerry London
Guest star: Larry Gelman (Dr. Bernie Tupperman) , Vern Rowe (Moose Washburn), Roy West (Ernie Atkins), Jim Watkins (Phil Bender)
23. Bum Voyage
Community Score
| 7.7 Good |
Afraid that his practice, as well as his patients, will fall apart if he leaves, Bob keeps resisting Emily's plans for a two-month European cruise.
Director: Martin Cohan
Guest star: Jack Riley (Elliot Carlin), Renée Lippin (Michelle Nardo), Noam Pitlik (Victor Gianelli), John Fiedler (Emil Peterson), Florida Friebus (Lillian Bakerman) , Pat McCormick (The Strange Man), Archie Hahn (The Steward)
24. Who's Been Sleeping on My Couch?
Community Score
| 7.2 Good |
Recovering from another broken romance, Jerry Robinson accepts Bob's invitation to spend a couple of days at his apartment. Bob soon comes to regret his kindness.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Renée Lippin (Michelle Nardo) , Herbie Faye (Mr. Atlee)
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