The Bob Newhart Show

E01

Episode 1

★ 8.0

Last TV Show

1973-09-15

Bob's therapy group insists that he accept an invitation for the group to conduct one of its weekly sessions on television.

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E02

Episode 2

★ 7.0

Motel

1973-09-22

A trip to Peoria turns into one long embarrassment for Bob when Jerry introduces him to a pretty girl named Janine. Janine doesn't seem to care that Bob is a married man.

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E03

Episode 3

★ 7.0

Backlash

1973-09-29

One of Bob's more masculine patients enthusiastically slaps him on the back—and, unfortunately for Bob, it throws his back out. Even more unfortunately, Bob and Emily were supposed to be going to Mexico for a vacation.

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E04

Episode 4

★ 8.0

Somebody Down Here Likes Me

1973-10-06

Rev. Dan Bradford seeks professional advice from Bob then makes a startling announcement in his Sunday sermon.

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E05

Episode 5

★ 8.0

Emily in for Carol

1973-10-13

With Carol on vacation, Emily is elected to fill in as the receptionist. Everyone loves the idea—except Bob.

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E06

Episode 6

★ 7.0

Have You Met Miss Dietz?

1973-10-20

Marilyn Dietz, a very attractive divorcee, creates a feud between Jerry and Howard when she starts dating both of them.

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E07

Episode 7

Old Man Rivers

1973-10-27

A rather embarrassing operation leads to romance between Carol and her doctor. Everyone questions the relationship due to the new couple's age disparity.

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E08

Episode 8

★ 8.0

Mister Emily Hartley

1973-11-03

Bob suffers an inferiority attack when a test reveals that Emily's IQ is higher than his.

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E09

Episode 9

★ 8.0

Mutiny on the Hartley

1973-11-10

Bob decides to meet the rising cost of living by raising his rates. But the members of his therapy group revolt when he picks the most inappropriate moment to tell them.

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E10

Episode 10

★ 7.0

I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?

1973-11-17 · 30m

Bob turns out to be an uncooperative patient when Emily makes an appointment for them to see a marriage counselor.

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E11

Episode 11

★ 7.0

Fit, Fat, and Forty-One

1973-11-24

Determined to lose eight pounds from around his middle, Bob goes on a strict diet. With Jerry's help, he joins a weight-reducing class that seems to be populated mostly by women.

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E12

Episode 12

Blues for Mr. Borden

1973-12-01 · 30m

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.

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E13

Episode 13

★ 8.0

My Wife Belongs to Daddy

1973-12-08

Emily's parents pay a surprise visit that makes Bob terribly uncomfortable. Emily's father is gregarious, well-traveled, a war hero, an outdoors man—in short, everything that Bob isn't.

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E14

Episode 14

★ 8.0

T. S. Elliot

1973-12-15

Bob's patient Elliot Carlin parades all his phobias and insecurities as he prepares to ask Carol Kester for a date. He then finds it even harder to accept her answer—which is "yes."

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E15

Episode 15

★ 7.0

I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas

1973-12-22

Christmas Eve is almost spoiled when Bob is trapped in the office because of a power failure.

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E16

Episode 16

★ 6.0

Oh, Brother

1974-01-05 · 30m

Jerry Robinson's brother shows up in Chicago after finishing dental school. He takes over Jerry's life, his apartment, and his dental practice.

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E17

Episode 17

★ 8.0

The Modernization of Emily

1974-01-12

Emily decides to update her image with a kicky new wardrobe that she says is youthful and Bob says is childish.

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E18

Episode 18

★ 7.0

The Jobless Corps

1974-01-19

Depressed after losing his job with the airline, Howard accepts Bob's offer to join his "out of workshop," a special therapy group for the unemployed. (Bob extends the invitation at Emily's insistence when Howard's attempts to help her around the apartment begin driving her up the wall.)

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E19

Episode 19

★ 7.0

Clink Shrink

1974-01-26

Hoping to make a contribution to society, Bob offers his psychological counseling services free to a parolee out on an armed-robbery conviction. But Bob seems to be more influenced by his patient's manner than the patient is by Bob's therapy.

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E20

Episode 20

★ 7.0

Mind Your Own Business

1974-02-02

At Jerry's urging, Bob hires a business manager to handle his money. He ends up living on a meager allowance that affords him only such luxuries as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch.

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E21

Episode 21

★ 4.0

A Love Story

1974-02-09

Howard falls head over heels in love with Bob's sister Ellen. Under most circumstances, Bob would find this perfectly acceptable—except that Ellen is getting married to someone else.

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E22

Episode 22

★ 7.0

By the Way... You're Fired

1974-02-16

When Carol's new love interest interferes with her work, Jerry Robinson doesn't seemed too concerned. But when it disrupts his love life, he decides to fire her.

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E23

Episode 23

Confessions of An Orthodontist

1974-02-23

While filling in for a fellow psychologist, Bob is surprised to find that his first patient is Jerry Robinson, who is reluctant to reveal his problem. A little prodding produces the startling admission that Jerry is in love with Emily.

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E24

Episode 24

A Matter of Principal

1974-03-02

It's a matter of principal versus principle when Emily refuses to skip one of her students ahead two grades at the elementary school where she teaches.

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