The Bob Newhart Show
(1972)Streaming Episode Guide
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Season 6
Happy Trails to You
Episode 22 - 4-01-1978
Bob gives up his psychological practice in Chicago to become a professor at a small college in Oregon.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Crisis in Education
Episode 21 - 3-11-1978
At the school where Emily works, low reading scores prompt indignant outbursts and threats from angry parents. Principal Phil Bannister flees their wrath by going on an extended fishing trip—but not before he tells Emily to handle the crisis.
6.3/10Where to watch
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Carol Ankles for Indie-Prod
Episode 20 - 3-04-1978
On the eve of being announced ""Secretary of the Year,"" Carol informs Bob that she's leaving his employ.
7/10Where to watch
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It Didn't Happen One Night
Episode 19 - 2-18-1978
30m
Bob's friends close ranks to ""protect"" Emily Hartley when a handsome old flame pays her a very warm visit.
6.5/10Haven't Seen
Easy for You to Say
Episode 18 - 2-11-1978
Paul Billingham—known to his radio fans as Ralph Alfalfa, the Happy Farmer—comes to Bob because of his stuttering problem. On radio, he practiced several unseen rhythmic devices to mask his problem, but a new television opportunity threatens to expose his problem with disastrous results.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Emily Carlin, Emily Carlin
Episode 17 - 2-04-1978
Bob's paranoid, perennial patient, Mr. Carlin, involves Emily in his scheme to impress his former schoolmates—especially a girl who never gave him the time of day.
7.1/10Where to watch
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Group on a Hot Tin Roof
Episode 16 - 1-28-1978
Bob advises a patient named Mr. Plager to realize his human potential by writing a play based on his own experiences. But when Plager writes, directs, and produces an actual World War I drama whose characters bear a startling resemblance to the rest of Bob's patients, the warfare really begins.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Son of an Ex-Con Job
Episode 15 - 1-21-1978
Bob counsels a quintet of jovial ex-convicts to help them find honest employment.
6.8/10Where to watch
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Grizzly Emily
Episode 14 - 1-14-1978
Emily Hartley discovers a new low in male chauvinism when Bob's father arranges a fishing trip to his cabin and assigns her woman's work while the men brave the great out-of-doors.
6.9/10Where to watch
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Freudian Ship
Episode 13 - 1-07-1978
The Hartleys embark on a seagoing vacation to put work behind them. But Bob can't resist playing psychologist when he undertakes to counsel a married couple.
7.7/10Where to watch
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'Twas the Pie Before Christmas
Episode 12 - 12-24-1977
Bob finds himself with unhappy and hostile patients who refuse to attend his Christmas party when they are mistakenly informed of a rate increase at the height of the Yuletide season. One patient is moved to hire a pie-throwing service.
8.1/10Haven't Seen
Grand Delusion
Episode 11 - 12-17-1977
30m
Bob and Emily celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary with a dream flight into the fantasy of being married to different partners.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
A Girl in Her Twenties
Episode 10 - 12-03-1977
Emily's protective instincts are aroused when 70-year-old Grace DuBois, an odd but friendly recluse, is threatened with being sent to a rest home for elderly people who can't cope with reality.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Shallow Throat
Episode 9 - 11-26-1977
At first, Bob is thrilled when a nontalkative patient named Mr. Twillmer finally opens up after being told that anything he might say will be held in the strictest confidence. His joy is short-lived when Twillmer confesses to grand larceny.
7.5/10Where to watch
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You're Fired, Mr. Chips
Episode 8 - 11-19-1977
Bob interviews a variety of psychologists to take over his patients while he's out of town. It's soon apparent that they are very much in need of help themselves. When Bob's former teacher, Professor Dreebe, offers his services, it seems the perfect answer.
7.2/10Where to watch
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My Son the Comedian
Episode 7 - 11-12-1977
It's no laughing matter for Howard when his 12 year old son Howie announces he's leaving home to become a comedian.
6.7/10Haven't Seen
A Day in the Life
Episode 6 - 10-29-1977
Bob's impulsive decision to leave town for a week is received with disastrous emotions by his patients, who seemingly can't make it without him.
8/10Haven't Seen
Carlin's New Suit
Episode 5 - 10-22-1977
Bob deals with the amusing problems of an improbable paternity suit and a phone paging service that never pages him.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Who Was That Masked Man?
Episode 4 - 10-15-1977
Bob is puzzled when his henpecked patient, Mr. Petersen, asserts himself with far-reaching consequences.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Ex-Con Job
Episode 2 - 10-01-1977
Bob's attempt at treating convicts who are about to be released has him climbing the walls.
7/10Haven't Seen
Bob's Change of Life
Episode 1 - 9-24-1977
Bob's well-ordered life turns topsy-turvy when he and Emily move to a new Chicago residence.
7.1/10Where to watch
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Season 5
You're Having My Hartley
Episode 24 - 3-19-1977
Hot baby news is the order of the day when Carol, Bob's receptionist, announces that she's expecting a baby. Then, Emily drops her bombshell—and Bob nearly comes unglued at the prospect of becoming a father.
7.3/10Where to watch
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Shrinking Violence
Episode 23 - 3-12-1977
Bob offers sound psychological advice to his wife and his therapy group on how to handle anger. Then he proceeds to blow up himself.
6.9/10Where to watch
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The Mentor
Episode 22 - 3-05-1977
A despondent friend accepts Bob's suggestion and turns the psychologist's reception area into a mini-Polynesian village.
6.8/10Where to watch
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Desperate Sessions
Episode 21 - 2-26-1977
Bob is held hostage in his office by a friendly bank robber.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Taxation Without Celebration
Episode 20 - 2-19-1977
30m
Bob's memory is taxed to the limit when he forgets that April 15 is the Federal income tax deadline—and also the date of the Hartleys' seventh wedding anniversary.
7/10Haven't Seen
Death Be My Destiny
Episode 19 - 2-12-1977
Bob strikes out against a friend's fear of falling, but succumbs to the same phobia himself when he is subjected to a harrowing elevator experience.
8.4/10Haven't Seen
The Heartbreak Kidd
Episode 18 - 2-05-1977
30m
Bob thinks that Veronica Kidd, a student trainee, has fallen in love with him.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Halls of Hartley
Episode 17 - 1-29-1977
Bob succumbs to the pressures of living in a big city and desperately seeks employment of a small rural college.
6.9/10Where to watch
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Of Mice and Men
Episode 16 - 1-22-1977
30m
Bob runs into marital problems when he brings his therapy group home for a wild role-playing encounter.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
The Ironwood Experience
Episode 15 - 1-15-1977
Bob's invitation to lecture at a prestigious sex seminar results in distress when the audience shows up nude.
7.3/10Where to watch
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Love is the Blindest
Episode 14 - 1-08-1977
Bob watches in amazement as one of his patients supports a blossoming romance with a tissue of lies.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Making Up is the Thing to Do
Episode 13 - 12-25-1976
Bob takes on the role of Christmas peacemaker when he attempts to reconcile his parents.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Episode 12 - 12-11-1976
Bob undergoes a shock when his mother announces that she has separated from his father after 47 years of marriage.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson
Episode 11 - 12-04-1976
Jerry, retired orthodontist and orphan, takes off on a world tour to search for his long-lost parents.
6.8/10Where to watch
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Jerry's Retirement
Episode 10 - 11-27-1976
30m
Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession.
6.5/10Haven't Seen
The Slammer
Episode 9 - 11-20-1976
Bob and his friend ""The Peeper"" take a trip down Memory Lane and wind up in the slammer.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
A Crime Most Foul
Episode 8 - 11-13-1976
Bob turns amateur detective when he believes that his expensive tape recorder has been stolen.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Send This Boy to Camp
Episode 7 - 11-06-1976
Bob and his friends host an orphan contingent for a wildly improbable camping-out experience.
6.9/10Where to watch
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Et, Tu, Carol?
Episode 6 - 10-30-1976
Both Bob's receptionist and a Buddha figure with a clock in its navel give the psychologist a hard time.
7.1/10Where to watch
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The Great Rent Strike
Episode 5 - 10-23-1976
The Hartley apartment becomes a hot and cold battleground when the good doctor declares psychological warfare on his landlord.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Still Crazy After All These Years
Episode 4 - 10-16-1976
30m
The Hartleys take a vacation. In their absence, Howard undergoes a crash psychological program that changes his entire personality.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Some of My Best Friends Are...
Episode 3 - 10-09-1976
30m
Bob's therapy group has an unexpected visitor when a friendly homosexual joins in the sessions.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Caged Fury
Episode 2 - 10-02-1976
30m
The Hartleys miss their friend's gala Fourth of July Bicentennial party celebration when they become trapped in a storage locker.
8/10Haven't Seen
Enter Mrs. Peeper
Episode 1 - 9-25-1976
30m
Bob receives a telegram saying that his old college chum, ""The Peeper,"" is coming to Chicago and bringing a surprise. The surprise turns out to be a brand-new bride.
7.3/10Where to watch
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Season 4
Peeper Two
Episode 24 - 2-28-1976
Cliff Murdock, Bob's old laugh-a-minute college buddy, affectionately known as The Peeper, pays a return visit.
7.4/10Where to watch
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The Boy Next Door
Episode 23 - 2-21-1976
The Hartleys entertain Howard Borden's young son and hire a beauty queen as his babysitter.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Birth of a Salesman
Episode 22 - 2-14-1976
The Hartleys are bombarded with legal hassles when Bob is sued by a shy patient and Emily decides to fight a parking ticket.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Guaranteed Not to Shrink
Episode 21 - 2-07-1976
Bob develops a unique psychological problem when his receptionist, Carol, decides to resume her college career and become a psychologist.
6.8/10Where to watch
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Duke of Dunk
Episode 20 - 1-31-1976
A professional basketball team hires Bob to give a psychological assist to its superstar.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
My Boy Guillermo
Episode 19 - 1-24-1976
30m
Jerry Robinson's depression turns to instant joy when a globe-trotting ex-flame suddenly re-enters his life and proposes.
6.7/10Haven't Seen
Warden Gordon Borden
Episode 18 - 1-17-1976
30m
Howard's game-warden brother comes to Chicago to witness the mating of two whooping cranes—and stays to make a play for Howard's girlfriend.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Carol at 6:01
Episode 17 - 1-10-1976
Bob contends with a patient's delusion that her bingo game is fixed, staggers through a series of wild poker parties, and watches in wonder as his secretary slowly smothers under an attack of love.
6.8/10Where to watch
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No Sale
Episode 16 - 1-03-1976
Bob becomes his patient's partner in a get-rich-quick real-estate venture.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital
Episode 15 - 12-20-1975
30m
Christmas Eve finds Bob in the hospital with tonsillitis and an impending operation. Meanwhile, his friends are all suffering from an attack of Christmas-itis.
7.9/10Where to watch
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A Matter of Vice-Principal
Episode 14 - 12-13-1975
30m
Emily must contend with irate teachers, hamsters, and an escaped snake when she's unexpectedly upped to the position of school vice principal.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
The Article
Episode 13 - 12-06-1975
30m
When she's given an assignment to see what makes a bunch of doctors tick, inquiring news reporter Ellen Hartley gives Bob and his medical cohorts the tell-it-like-it-is treatment.
7.1/10Where to watch
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Fathers and Sons and Mothers
Episode 12 - 11-29-1975
Bob suffers family problems when his mother becomes a houseguest and an elderly patient involves him in a parent-child vendetta.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Over the River and Through the Woods
Episode 11 - 11-22-1975
30m
It's a stag Thanksgiving for Bob when Emily flies off to join a family reunion, leaving Bob to share the holiday with his male buddies.
8.8/10Haven't Seen
Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Episode 10 - 11-15-1975
Bob moves up in the world from the seventh to the tenth floor when he joins the firm of a swinging psychiatrist.
6.3/10Haven't Seen
Who is Mr. X?
Episode 9 - 11-08-1975
30m
Bob accepts a seemingly innocent invitation to appear as the guest on a TV discussion program. He winds up in the jaws of a dilemma when the show host turns out to have the disposition of a shark.
7.9/10Where to watch
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What's It All About, Albert?
Episode 8 - 11-01-1975
Bob is depressed by his seeming lack of success as a psychologist. He seeks help from his old college professor, who manages to heighten his despair by informing him that psychology is all nonsense.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Shrinks Across the Sea
Episode 7 - 10-25-1975
Bob and Emily suffer international complications when they host a French psychologist in their home as part of a medical exchange program.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Carol's Wedding
Episode 6 - 10-18-1975
A blind-date-initiated, 12-hour romance culminates in Carol Kester's civil marriage to a handsome travel agent.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
The Heavyweights
Episode 5 - 10-11-1975
Bob and Emily invite Carol to share her ""heavy"" experiences with the ""overweight workshop.""
7.1/10Where to watch
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Change is Gonna Do Me Good
Episode 4 - 10-04-1975
30m
Emily accuses Bob of being stuck in a middle-aged rut and challenges him to switch family responsibilities.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Death of a Fruitman
Episode 3 - 9-27-1975
Bob's patients observe tradition by planning a surprise party to honor the fourth year of the group's therapy sessions. When an unseen member, a Mr. Gianelli, threatens to turn the party into a disaster, Bob kicks him out of the group. His decision meets with instant group approval until Mr. Gianelli dies under a ton of zucchini.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Here's Looking at You, Kid
Episode 2 - 9-20-1975
Howard insists on joining Bob and Emily's anniversary dinner at a fashionable Chicago restaurant in order to enlist their aid in popping the question to Ellen. But he chokes up in the clutch, and Bob is forced to do the proposing for him.
6.6/10Haven't Seen
The Longest Good-Bye
Episode 1 - 9-13-1975
Bob's old school friend Murdock is in town for a day to sell a complex giveaway item to a Chicago cereal company. Bob invites him to stay overnight at his home. The brief encounter stretches out to a week when Murdock can't make his business connections. He gradually takes over Bob's car, clothing, and most of his home life.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Season 3
The Ceiling Hits Bob
Episode 24 - 3-08-1975
26m
Bob becomes the ""oldest permanent psychologist in Chicago"" when the ceiling in his office collapses and he has to set up shop wherever he can find the space.
8/10Buy
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Emily Hits the Ceiling
Episode 23 - 2-22-1975
26m
Emily agrees to help operate a children's summer camp and tries to persuade Bob to be one of the counselors.
7/10Buy
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Bob Hits the Ceiling
Episode 22 - 2-15-1975
30m
Bob breaks a long-standing rule against treating friends when he agrees to counsel Emily's chum, whose marriage to a muscular gym teacher seems to be breaking up.
7.5/10Buy
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The New Look
Episode 21 - 2-08-1975
26m
Emily redecorates the apartment in antiques. Bob finds her choice of furniture uncomfortable, unappealing, and hazardous to his health.
7.7/10Buy
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My Business is Shrinking
Episode 20 - 2-01-1975
26m
With his confidence fading as fast as his list of patients, Bob decides to follow Emily's advice and see a psychiatrist about his problem.
7.9/10Buy
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A Pound of Flesh
Episode 19 - 1-25-1975
26m
Bob and Jerry have a falling-out when Jerry demands that Bob lend him money for a new motorcycle.
7.5/10Buy
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The Way We Weren't
Episode 18 - 1-18-1975
26m
Emily is more than a little curious about Bob's reluctance to talk about a girl he used to date. Then Howard inadvertently spills the beans.
7.5/10Buy
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Think Smartly--Vote Hartley
Episode 17 - 1-11-1975
26m
Before he has a chance to say no, Bob finds himself running for the chairman of the local school board against an incumbent who hasn't attended a board meeting for six months.
7.1/10Buy
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Tobin's Back in Town
Episode 16 - 1-04-1975
26m
Ellen's ex-fiancee, John Tobin—a tall, handsome egomaniac in suede and leather—arrives in Chicago to win Ellen back. The situation plays havoc with Howard's basic insecurities.
7.5/10Buy
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Home is Where the Hurt Is
Episode 15 - 12-21-1974
26m
Facing the depressing prospect of returning home to Iowa to spend the holidays with her domineering parents, Carol brings her troubles to Bob's apartment. There she spends Christmas Eve pouring out the disasters of her childhood.
7/10Buy
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Serve for Daylight
Episode 14 - 12-14-1974
26m
Bob thinks his chances of winning a doctor's tennis tournament are pretty good until he learns that his doubles partner will be Emily.
7.4/10Buy
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Jerry Robinson Crusoe
Episode 13 - 12-07-1974
30m
After renewing an acquaintance with the beautiful and free-spirited Courtney Simpson, Jerry decides to give up his dental practice: he wants to follow his dreams of romance and adventure by taking Miss Simpson to Tahiti.
7.2/10Buy
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We Love You... Good-Bye
Episode 12 - 11-30-1974
26m
Bob forms an all-women consciousness-raising group. He gets kicked out after Emily joins and inadvertently points out some of the unliberated areas in their own marriage.
7.4/10Buy
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An American Family
Episode 11 - 11-23-1974
26m
Emily's plans for a wonderful turkey dinner go downhill when Bob's mother and Emily's father begin insulting one another the night before Thanksgiving.
8/10Buy
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Life is a Hamburger
Episode 10 - 11-16-1974
26m
Carol's announcement that she's going to marry Don Fesler—an unpublished poet with bad feet—brings negative reactions from her friends.
7.3/10Buy
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Ship of Shrinks
Episode 9 - 11-09-1974
26m
Bob's first literary venture turns out to be less than triumphant. His embarrassment makes him reluctant to join a convention of psychologists on a flight to Hawaii, especially when he finds out that Howard is the navigator.
7.6/10Buy
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Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley
Episode 8 - 11-02-1974
30m
Having preached honesty in relationships to his patients, Bob decides to follow his own advice. Immediately he offends two dinner guests and starts an argument with Emily.
7.7/10Buy
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Dr. Ryan's Express
Episode 7 - 10-26-1974
26m
Bob's office routine becomes a wreck when Jerry hires a temporary receptionist. She's a very nice but very vague woman who can't even get Bob's name straight.
7.8/10Buy
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The Gray Flannel Shrink
Episode 6 - 10-19-1974
30m
Bob gives up most of his private practice to become the staff psychologist with a major insurance company. He soon learns that it's possible for a man in the corporate world to do his job too well.
7.6/10Buy
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Sorry, Wrong Mother
Episode 5 - 10-12-1974
26m
As Howard prepares to introduce Howie to Ellen, he tries to remold Ellen into an image the boy will like.
7.1/10Buy
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The Separation Story
Episode 4 - 10-05-1974
26m
For the sake of their marriage—as well as Emily's Master's Degree and Bob's heavy work schedule—the Hartleys decide that it would be best if they took up separate residences.
7.7/10Buy
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The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-Op Experiment
Episode 3 - 9-28-1974
30m
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.
7.7/10Buy
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The Battle of the Groups
Episode 2 - 9-21-1974
26m
Bob takes two of his therapy groups to a rustic retreat for a marathon session that never progresses further than everyone's complaints about the primitive conditions of their accommodations.
7.6/10Buy
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Big Brother is Watching
Episode 1 - 9-14-1974
26m
Bob is faced with the possibility that his younger sister, Ellen, may move in with Howard, her boyfriend.
7.1/10Buy
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Season 2
A Matter of Principal
Episode 24 - 3-02-1974
26m
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.
7.5/10Buy
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Confessions of An Orthodontist
Episode 23 - 2-23-1974
30m
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.
7.8/10Buy
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By the Way... You're Fired
Episode 22 - 2-16-1974
26m
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.
7.5/10Buy
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A Love Story
Episode 21 - 2-09-1974
25m
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.
7.3/10Buy
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Mind Your Own Business
Episode 20 - 2-02-1974
26m
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.
7.5/10Buy
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Clink Shrink
Episode 19 - 1-26-1974
26m
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.
7.8/10Where to watch
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The Jobless Corps
Episode 18 - 1-19-1974
30m
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.)
7.8/10Where to watch
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The Modernization of Emily
Episode 17 - 1-12-1974
26m
Emily decides to update her image with a kicky new wardrobe that she says is youthful and Bob says is childish.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Oh, Brother
Episode 16 - 1-05-1974
26m
Jerry Robinson's brother shows up in Chicago after finishing dental school. He takes over Jerry's life, his apartment, and his dental practice.
7.2/10Where to watch
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I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas
Episode 15 - 12-22-1973
26m
Christmas Eve is almost spoiled when Bob is trapped in the office because of a power failure.
7.8/10Where to watch
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T. S. Elliot
Episode 14 - 12-15-1973
26m
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.""
8.1/10Where to watch
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My Wife Belongs to Daddy
Episode 13 - 12-08-1973
26m
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.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Blues for Mr. Borden
Episode 12 - 12-01-1973
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.
7.3/10Where to watch
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Fit, Fat, and Forty-One
Episode 11 - 11-24-1973
26m
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.
7.9/10Where to watch
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I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?
Episode 10 - 11-17-1973
30m
Bob turns out to be an uncooperative patient when Emily makes an appointment for them to see a marriage counselor.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Mutiny on the Hartley
Episode 9 - 11-10-1973
30m
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.
7.9/10Buy
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Mister Emily Hartley
Episode 8 - 11-03-1973
26m
Bob suffers an inferiority attack when a test reveals that Emily's IQ is higher than his.
8/10Buy
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Old Man Rivers
Episode 7 - 10-27-1973
26m
A rather embarrassing operation leads to romance between Carol and her doctor. Everyone questions the relationship due to the new couple's age disparity.
7.6/10Buy
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Have You Met Miss Dietz?
Episode 6 - 10-20-1973
30m
Marilyn Dietz, a very attractive divorcee, creates a feud between Jerry and Howard when she starts dating both of them.
7.5/10Buy
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Emily in for Carol
Episode 5 - 10-13-1973
26m
With Carol on vacation, Emily is elected to fill in as the receptionist. Everyone loves the idea—except Bob.
7.9/10Buy
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Somebody Down Here Likes Me
Episode 4 - 10-06-1973
30m
Rev. Dan Bradford seeks professional advice from Bob—then makes a startling announcement in his Sunday sermon.
7.9/10Buy
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Backlash
Episode 3 - 9-29-1973
26m
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.
7.8/10Buy
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Motel
Episode 2 - 9-22-1973
26m
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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Last TV Show
Episode 1 - 9-15-1973
26m
Bob's therapy group insists that he accept an invitation for the group to conduct one of its weekly sessions on television.
7.8/10Buy
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Season 1
Who's Been Sleeping on My Couch?
Episode 24 - 3-10-1973
26m
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.
7.7/10Buy
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Bum Voyage
Episode 23 - 3-03-1973
26m
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.
7.6/10Buy
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You Can't Win 'Em All
Episode 22 - 2-24-1973
26m
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.
7.4/10Buy
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Emily, I'm Home... Emily?
Episode 21 - 2-17-1973
26m
Bob is upset when Emily takes a full-time 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.
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A Home is Not Necessarily a House
Episode 20 - 2-10-1973
26m
Bob and Emily try to decide if they should give up their apartment and buy a house.
7.3/10Buy
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Not With My Sister You Don't
Episode 19 - 2-03-1973
30m
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.
7.4/10Where to watch
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The Two Loves of Dr. Hartley
Episode 18 - 1-27-1973
30m
When one of his patients falls in love with him, Bob has problems at the office and at home.
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The Man with the Golden Wrist
Episode 17 - 1-20-1973
26m
Bob refuses to wear the beautiful gold watch Emily gave him for his 40th birthday after he learns just how expensive it was.
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The Crash of 29 Years Old
Episode 16 - 1-13-1973
30m
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.
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Let's Get Away From it Almost
Episode 15 - 1-06-1973
26m
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.
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His Busiest Season
Episode 14 - 12-23-1972
26m
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.
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I Owe It All to You... But Not That Much
Episode 13 - 12-16-1972
30m
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.
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Bob and Emily and Howard and Carol and Jerry
Episode 12 - 12-09-1972
26m
Howard "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.
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I Want to Be Alone
Episode 11 - 12-02-1972
30m
Bob decides that for his own mental well-being, he needs some peace and quiet. He moves into a hotel room by himself, leaving a confused Howard Borden thinking that Bob and Emily have split up.
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Anything Happen While I Was Gone?
Episode 10 - 11-25-1972
26m
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.
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P-I-L-O-T
Episode 9 - 11-18-1972
26m
Bob 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.
This is a retooled version of the original pilot. In order for this episode to fit into the series, the office scenes had to be re-shot. Originally Jerry Robinson(Peter Bonerz) was a swinging Psychologist and shared office space with Bob. The characters of receptionist Carol Kester(Marcia Wallace) and patient Elliot Carlin(Jack Riley) were absent. In fact, the part of Bob's patient was played by the Orthodontist who worked upstairs. Bob and Emily also lived in a condo and Bob was head of the building association.
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Don't Go to Bed Mad
Episode 8 - 11-11-1972
26m
Bob wants to watch football every Monday night. Emily feels this is unfair: their other activities allow the couple only two nights each week to be together, 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.
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Father Knows Worst
Episode 7 - 11-04-1972
30m
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.
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Come Live with Me
Episode 6 - 10-28-1972
26m
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.
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Goodnight Nancy
Episode 5 - 10-21-1972
30m
Bob's old girlfriend comes to Chicago with her husband and calls on Emily and Bob.
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Mom, I L-L-Love You
Episode 4 - 10-07-1972
26m
Bob finds it extremely difficult to tell his mother that he loves her.
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Tennis, Emily?
Episode 3 - 9-30-1972
26m
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.
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Tracy Grammar School, I'll Lick You Yet
Episode 2 - 9-23-1972
26m
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.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Fly the Unfriendly Skies
Episode 1 - 9-16-1972
30m
Bob 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.
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Over the River and Through the Woods
Episode 11 - 11-22-1975
30m
It's a stag Thanksgiving for Bob when Emily flies off to join a family reunion, leaving Bob to share the holiday with his male buddies.
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Death Be My Destiny
Episode 19 - 2-12-1977
Bob strikes out against a friend's fear of falling, but succumbs to the same phobia himself when he is subjected to a harrowing elevator experience.
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Happy Trails to You
Episode 22 - 4-01-1978
Bob gives up his psychological practice in Chicago to become a professor at a small college in Oregon.
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T. S. Elliot
Episode 14 - 12-15-1973
26m
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.""
8.1/10Where to watch
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'Twas the Pie Before Christmas
Episode 12 - 12-24-1977
Bob finds himself with unhappy and hostile patients who refuse to attend his Christmas party when they are mistakenly informed of a rate increase at the height of the Yuletide season. One patient is moved to hire a pie-throwing service.
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