Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Bob Newhart Show' from 1970-1982:
- Bill Daily as Howard Borden (1972-1978)
- Bob Newhart as Dr. Robert Hartley (1972-1978)
- Jack Riley as Elliot Carlin (1972-1978)
- Marcia Wallace as Carol Kester Bondurant (1972-1978)
- Peter Bonerz as Dr. Jerry Robinson (1972-1978)
- Suzanne Pleshette as Emily Hartley (1972-1978)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Bob Newhart Show':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: David Davis, Lorenzo Music D: Jay Sandrich
With Noam Pitlik (Victor Gianelli), Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover), Penny Marshall (Stewardess), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman).
Debut of a situation comedy starring Newhart as a Chicago psychologist who is quite capable of aiding his patients but has difficulty facing problems in his own life. Suzanne Pleshette costars as his wife. In the first episode, Bob's "fear of flying" workshop gets a new member when Emily accepts his invitation to travel with the group by plane to New York and has to admit that she, too, is a "white knuckle" flyer.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Carl Gottlieb, George Yanok D: Jay Sandrich
With Larry Gelman (Dr. Tupperman), Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover), King Moody (Fireman).
Psychologist Bob faces a self-confidence crisis when he gives a talk at the school where Emily teaches.
Season 1, episode 3
W: David Davis, Lorenzo Music D: Alan Rafkin
With Peter Brown (Stan Connors), Barbara Barnett (Cheryl Sherwood), Pat Lysinger (Marci Wintersol).
Bob experiences a few pangs of jealousy when Emily's handsome new tennis instructor comes to see him with an emotional problem -- his inability to turn down all the women that are uncontrollably attracted to him.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon D: Alan Rafkin
With Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover), Martha Scott (Eleanor Hartley), Marilyn Child (Mrs. Walker).
After years of feeling guilty, Bob decides to face up to the situation and tell his mother something he's never told her before -- that he loves her.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Susan Silver D: Jay Sandrich
With Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover), Penny Fuller (Nancy Brock), Richard Schaal (Chuck Brock), James B. Sikking (Dick), Anna Aries (Judy), Jack Bernardi (Waiter).
A former flame of Bob's shows up unexpectedly and gives every indication she's interested in rekindling some old sparks.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Jerry Mayer D: Alan Rafkin
With John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson), Eugene Troobnick (Roger Dixon), Jack Bernardi (Waiter), Ric Carrott (Ronnie).
After Bob gives a very clinical and non-committal response to her question, Carol decides to tell Emily about her relationship with a handsome yet divorced man and asks her advice.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Jay Tarses, Tom Patchett D: Alan Rafkin
With Moosie Drier (Howie Borden), Janice Carroll (Waitress), Kit Smythe (Lady Patient), Alice Borden (Lois Borden).
Howard, whose divorce settlement includes two weekends a month with his son, is sure the boy doesn't really like him.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Gene Thompson D: Alan Rafkin
Bob and Emily carry on an all-night argument when Emily refuses to become a Monday night football widow.
Season 1, episode 9
W: David Davis, Lorenzo Music D: Jay Sandrich
With Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover), William Redfield (Arthur Hoover), M. Emmet Walsh (Jack Hoover), Helen Page Camp (Myrna Hoover), Ted Foulkes (Scottie Hoover), Robert Foulkes (Eric Hoover), Ron Masak (Mike Mitchell), Louise Lasser (Joan Radford).
After three years of marriage and no children, Bob and Emily decide to adopt and face the nerve-wracking prospect of an in-depth interview with a representative of the adoption agency. This was the series' pilot episode.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Martin Cohan D: Jay Sandrich
With Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover), Elaine Giftos (Cynthia Fremont).
After a whirlwind romance, Jerry announces that he's going to marry his pretty but domineering dental hygenist.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Jerry Mayer D: Alan Rafkin
With Patricia Smith (Margaret Hoover), Alan Hewitt (Mr. Warner), Helen Page Camp (Mrs. Prince), Nora Marlowe (Mrs. Brandell), Archie Hahn (Bellman), Bernie Kopell (Dr. Arnold).
Bob decides that for his own mental well-being he needs some peace and quiet, so he moves into a hotel room by himself, leaving a confused Howard Borden thinking that Bob and Emily have split.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Charlotte Brown D: Peter Baldwin
With Marilyn Child (Mrs. Walker), Pat Morita (Bartender), Shizuko Hoshi (Waitress), James Hong (Man).
Carol decides that Howard Borden is the man for her, not realizing that his suave approach is the result of a pain killer given him by the dentist.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Martin Cohan D: Alan Rafkin
Bob gains a patient but almost loses a friend when Jerry decides to see Bob professionally about a problem he's developed concerning hs relationship with all of the girls he dates.
Season 1, episode 14
W: David Davis, Lorenzo Music D: Peter Baldwin
With Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman), King Moody (Ken Willett), Harvey J. Goldenberg (Barry Gorman), Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo).
A worrisome session with one of his therapy groups about anxieties created by the holdiays, coupled with his inability to find the right gift for Emily, sets Bob up for a depressing Christmas.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Jay Sandrich
With Joyce Van Patten (Connie Miller), Chuck McCann (Hal Miller), Allen Garfield (Manager), Danny Rees (Sanford Hettie).
Bob and Emily decide to get away and end up vacationing at a ski lodge that's nearly deserted except for the annoying couple with whom they have to share a bathroom.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Charlotte Brown D: Alan Rafkin
With Noam Pitlik (Mr. Gianelli), Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo), Jill Jaress (Mary Ellen), Don Barrows (Mr. Keeney), Jack Bender (Paul Sanders).
Feeling unfulfilled as a woman coupled with the fact she's just past her 29th birthday results in Carol quitting her job as Bob's receptionist, a decision she reaches with a little help from Emily.
Season 1, episode 17
W: Bill Idelson D: Alan Rafkin
With Larry Gelman (Dr. Tupperman), Joan Tompkins (Aunt May), Mimi Torchin (Wendy Rivers), Michael Lerner (Mr. Carolla).
Emily's Midas touch turns to disaster when Bob refuses to wear the gold watch she's given him for his 40th birthday after learning just how expensive it was.
Season 1, episode 18
W: Gene Thompson D: George Tyne
With Emmaline Henry (Mrs. Walker).
Emily suffers pangs of jealousy when one of Bob's more attractive patients announces that she's in love with him.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Frank Buxton D: Alan Rafkin
With Heather Menzies (Debbie Borden), Mel Stewart (Mr. Dabney).
Swinger Howard Borden suddenly turns into an overprotective big brother when his 22-year old sister arrives to spend the week with him, and Emily arranges a blind date for her with Jerry Robinson.
Season 1, episode 20
W: David Davis, Lorenzo Music D: Peter Baldwin
With Jenna McMahon (Shirley Wolfson), Dick Clair (Roy West), Betty Palivoda (Betty).
Bob is caught between Emily and a hard-driving saleslady when he resists their efforts to talk him into buying a house he doesn't really want.
Season 1, episode 21
W: Martin Cohan D: Rick Edelstein
With Edward Winter (Professor Trainer), Jessica Myerson (Mrs. Warren), Alma Beltran (Marina), Jill Jaress (Mary Ellen), Larry Gelman (Dr. Tupperman).
Emily decides to take a full time job, forcing Bob to cope with a messy apartment, TV dinners, evenings alone and a maid who doesn't speak English.
Season 1, episode 22
W: Bill Idelson D: Jerry London
With Larry Gelman (Dr. Tupperman), Vern Rowe (Moose Washburn), Roy West (Ernie Atkins), Jim Watkins (Phil Bender).
After Bob is credited with saving the career of a baseball pitcher, he learns a second-string catcher is seeking his help.
Season 1, episode 23
W: Irma Kalish, Austin Kalish D: Martin Cohan
With Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo), Noam Pitlik (Mr. Gianelli), Pat McCormick (Strange Man), Archie Hann (Steward), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman).
Afraid that his practice, as well as his patients, will fall apart if he leaves, Bob keeps resisting Emily's plans for a vacation.
Season 1, episode 24
W: Jerry Mayer D: Alan Rafkin
With Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo), Herbie Faye (Mr. Atlee).
Recovering from another broken romance, Jerry accepts Bob's invitation to spend a couple of days at his apartment.
September 15, 1973: Last TV Show
Season 2, episode 1
W: Charlotte Brown D: Jay Sandrich
With Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson), Noam Pitlik (Mr. Gianelli), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman), Don Dandridge (Floor Manager).
The second season starts as Bob's every fear is realized when his therapy group insists that he accept an invitation for the group to conduct one of its weekly sessions on TV.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Jay Sandrich
With Barbara Brownell (Angela), Rick Hurst (Maintenance Man), Zohra Lampert (Janine).
A trip to Peoria to see the telecast of a football game blacked out in Chicago turns into an embarrassing situation for Bob.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Susan Silver D: George Tyne
With Michael Conrad (Mr. Trevesco), Claudette Nevins.
Instead of being waited on hand and foot on their Mexican vacation as she had planned, Emily ends up doing the serving after Bob throws his back out.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Peter Meyerson D: Jerry London
With John McMartin (Reverend Dan Bradford).
Rev. Dan Bradford seeks professional advice from Bob -- then makes a startling announcement in his Sunday sermon.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Jerry Mayer D: Alan Rafkin
With Larry Gelman (Dr. Tupperman), Howard Platt (Dr. Newman), Teri Garr (Miss Brennan), Rhoda Gemignani (Joan Rossi), Nora Marlowe (Mrs. Manning).
With Carol on vacation, Emily is elected to fill in as the receptionist, an idea that everyone loves -- except Bob.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Bill Idelson D: George Tyne
With David Fresco (Mr. Brown), Mariette Hartley (Marilyn Dietz).
A very attractive divorcee who's enjoying her new-found freedom creates a small feud between Jerry and Howard when she starts dating the two of them.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Martin Cohan D: Martin Cohan
With Larry Gelman (Dr. Tupperman), Jeff Corey (Dr. Scott Rivers), Don Fenwick (Young Doctor), Monty Margetts (Nurse).
A rather embarrassing operation leads to a romance for Carol Kester with her doctor, a relationship everyone questions due to the disparity in their ages.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Charlotte Brown D: Jerry London
With Claudette Nevins (Hostess), Perry Castellano (Young Boy), Tom Patchett (David Robbins), Jay Tarses (Waiter), Bill Quinn (Ralph Hodiak).
Bob suffers an inferiority attack when a test reveals that Emily's IQ is higher than his.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Peter Baldwin
With John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson), Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo), Noam Pitlik (Mr. Gianelli), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman), Henry Corden (Plumber).
Bob decides to meet the rising cost of living by raising his rates, but the news sets off a revolt among members of his therapy group.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Earl Barret D: George Tyne
With Katherine Helmond (Dr. Webster).
Bob turns out to be an uncooperative patient when Emily makes an appointment for them to see a counselor about the boredom creeping into their marriage.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Bill Idelson, Harvey Miller D: Peter Baldwin
With Bruce Kirby (Dr. Klein), Samantha Harper (Nurse Burke), Lilyan Chauvin (Olga), Bob Ridgley (Elevator Repairman), Ron Glass (Elevator Repairman).
Determined to lose eight pounds from his middle, Bob goes on a strict diet and, with Jerry's help, joins a weight-reducing class.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Jerry London
With Julius Harris (Mr. Billings), Moosie Drier (Howie Borden).
Howard Borden suffers a bad case of the blues when his young son tells him about his marvelous new "uncle," who seems to have taken up permanent residence with Howard's ex-wife.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Jerry Mayer D: Jerry London
With Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo), John Randolph (Junior Harrison), Ann Rutherford (Aggie Harrison), Tony Brande (Maitre D'), Alberto Morin (Waiter), Byron Morrow (Devareaux), Dick Wilson (Milt).
Emily's parents make a surprise visit that makes Bob terribly uncomfortable.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Gerry Renert, Jeff Wilhelm D: Peter Baldwin
With Robert Riesel (Mr. Miller), Shizuko Hoshi (Hostess), Shirley O'Hara (Debbie).
Bob's patient Elliot Carlin parades forth all his phobias and insecurities as he prepares to ask Carol for a date.
Season 2, episode 15
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Peter Baldwin
With Larry Gelman (Dr. Tupperman), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson), Gene Blakely (Dr. Tetzi).
Bob and Emily's dream of a quiet Christmas alone together faces an uphill battle against a patient with an anxiety attack, a blizzard and a power failure.
Season 2, episode 16
W: Martin Cohan D: Peter Baldwin
With Raul Julia (Greg Robinson), Rhoda Gemignani (Miss Rossi).
Jerry brother shows up in Chicago after finishing dental school and takes over Jerry's life, his apartment, and his dental practice. A joyful reunion for the brothers ends up as a near fist fight.
Season 2, episode 17
W: Charlotte Brown D: Peter Baldwin
With Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman), Sharon Gless (Rosalie Shaeffer), Billy Miller (Roy), J.J. Barry (Man in Market), Erica Hagen (Miss Carmichael).
Feeling that middle age is creeping up faster than she realized, Emily decides to update her image with a kicky new wardrobe that she says is youthful and Bob feels is childish.
Season 2, episode 18
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Peter Baldwin
With Oliver Clark (Mr. Herd), Howard Hesseman (Mr. Plager), Lucien Scott (Mr. Vickers), Millie Slavin (Shirley Slavin).
Depressed, out-of-work Howard joins Bob's special therapy group for the unemployed.
Season 2, episode 19
W: Paul Lichtman, Howard Storm D: Peter Bonerz
With Henry Winkler (Miles Lascoe), Len Lesser (Mr. Schwab), Russ Grieve (Spike Coolidge).
Hoping to make a contribution to society, Bob offers his psychological counseling services free to a parolee. But Bob seems to be more influenced by his patient's manner than the patient is by Bob's therapy.
Season 2, episode 20
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Alan Rafkin
With Ron Rifkin (Jeff Boggs), Lou Cutell (Delivery Man), Katherine Clarke (Dee Dee).
Bob regrets hiring a business manager to handle his affairs.
Season 2, episode 21
W: Martin Cohan D: Peter Bonerz
With Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo), Pat Finley (Ellen Hartley), Martha Scott (Mrs. Hartley), Dorothy Love (Woman in Elevator), Patti Jerome (Aunt Jessica).
It's love at first sight when Howard instantly falls for Bob's sister, Ellen. Trouble is, Ellen is getting married on the weekend.
Season 2, episode 22
W: Barbara Gallagher, Sybil Adelman D: Peter Baldwin
With Larry Gelman (Dr. Tupperman), Howard Platt (Dr. Newman), Richard Schaal (Don Livingston), Jill Jaress (Mary Ellen), Dick Wilson (Man with Hat), Gene Blakely (Dr. Tetzi).
When Carol's new love interest interferes with her work, Jerry doesn't seem too concerned until it disrupts his own love life.
Season 2, episode 23
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Peter Baldwin
With Teri Garr (Ms. Brennan), Roger Perry (Dr. Walker).
While filling in for a fellow psychologist, Bob is surprised to find that his first patient is Jerry, who is reluctant to reveal his problem.
Season 2, episode 24
W: Arnie Kogen, Ray Jessel D: Don Bustany
With Michael Conrad (Mr. Trevesco), Tara Talboy (Lisa), Milton Selzer (Mr. Brimskill).
It's a matter of principal vs. principle when Emily refuses to skip one of her students ahead two grades at the insistent prodding of the principal at the elementary school where she teaches.
September 14, 1974: Big Brother Is Watching
Season 3, episode 1
W: Charlotte Brown D: Robert Moore
With Pat Finley (Ellen Hartley).
The third season begins with Bob getting both good and bad news about his sister's new romantic plans. Ellen moves out of the Hartleys' apartment and into boyfriend Howard Borden's apartment.
Season 3, episode 2
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Alan Rafkin
With Pat Finley (Ellen Hartley), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson), Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo), Howard Hesseman (Mr. Plager), Daniel J. Travanti (Mr. Gianelli), Lenore Woodward (Mrs. Havlicek), Lucien Scott (Mr. Vickers), Millie Slavin (Shirley Ullman).
Bob takes two of his therapy groups to a rustic retreat for a marathon session that never gets further than everyone's complaints about the primitive conditions of their accommodations.
Season 3, episode 3
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: George Tyne
With Merie Earle (Mrs. Loomis), Tom Lacy (Dr. Whelen), Howard Platt (Dr. Newman), Larry Gelman (Dr. Tupperman), Julie Payne (Dr. Rudell).
Jerry Robinson's great-sounding idea that all of the doctors in the building form a co-op to treat each other for free leads to chaos.
Season 3, episode 4
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Peter Bonerz
With Richard Stahl (Bellboy), Carl Gottlieb (Mr. Kuberski), Kathryn Ish (Mrs. Heinsohn), Bryan O'Byrne (Mr. Doheny).
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.
Season 3, episode 5
W: Charlotte Brown D: Jay Sandrich
With Pat Finley (Ellen Hartley), John Ritter (Dave), Moosie Drier (Howie Borden), Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo).
Howard is about to introduce his son to Ellen and practically tries to remold her into an image the boy will like.
Season 3, episode 6
W: Jerry Mayer D: Peter Bonerz
With John Anderson (Charlie Colton), Edward Winter (Wes Greenfield), Jerry Fogel (Paul Hollander), Mary-Robin Redd (Susan Wick), Oliver Clark (Mr. Herd).
Bob gives up most of his private practice to accept a fabulous offer to become the staff psychologist with a major insurance company, and learns that it's possible for a man in the corporate world to do his job too well.
Season 3, episode 7
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Alan Rafkin
With Shirley O'Hara (Debbie Flett), Paula Victor (Mrs. Della Vella), Lucien Scott (Mr. Vickers), Maxine Stuart (Mrs. Chaney).
Bob's office routine becomes a shambles when Jerry hires, as a temporary receptionist, a very nice but very vague woman who can't even get Bob's name straight.
Season 3, episode 8
W: John Rappaport D: Alan Rafkin
With Lawrence Pressman (Ed Hoffman), Rose Gregorio (Janet Hoffman), Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo).
Having preached honesty in all relationships to his patients, Bob decides to follow his own advice and immediately offends two dinner guests and starts an argument with Emily.
Season 3, episode 9
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Alan Rafkin
With Pat Finley (Ellen Hartley), Bobby Ramsen (Dr. Rimmer), Dolores Sutton (Madeline Kalisher), Jerome Guardino (Dr. Kalisher), David L. Lander (Milt).
Bob's first literary adventure turns out to be less than triumphant and he's reluctant to join the convention of psychiatrists on a flight to Hawaii.
Season 3, episode 10
W: Jerry Mayer D: George Tyne
With Richard Schaal (Don Fezler), John J. Fox (Judge Fleming), Meg Wyllie (Mrs. Fleming), Dawna Shove (Waitress), Bobby Eilbacher (Ricky Rasmussen).
Carol's announcement that she's going to marry Don Fezler, an unpublished poet with bad feet, brings negative reactions from all of her friends who find Don a little weird.
Season 3, episode 11
W: Charlotte Brown D: Peter Bonerz
With John Randolph (Junior Harrison), Martha Scott (Martha Hartley), Barnard Hughes (Herb Hartley), Ann Rutherford (Aggie Harrison).
Emily's plan for a warm and wonderful turkey dinner go downhill when Bob's mother and Emily's mother begin insulting one another the night before Thanksgiving.
Season 3, episode 12
W: Charlotte Brown D: Peter Bonerz
With Rhoda Gemignani (Joan Rossi), Ann Weldon (Adele Sinclair), Inge-Maria (Ingrid), Joan Tompkins (Mrs. Cowens), Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo).
Bob gets kicked out of the all-women consciousness-raising group he's formed after Emily joins and inadvertently points up some of the unliberated aspects of their marriage.
Season 3, episode 13
W: Erik Tarloff D: Alan Rafkin
With Gail Strickland (Courtney Simpson).
After renewing his acquaintance with the beautiful and free-spirited Courtney Simpson, Jerry decides to give up his dental practice.
Season 3, episode 14
W: Jerry Mayer D: Alan Rafkin
With Paula Shaw (Dr. Ziegler), Howard Platt (Dr. Newman), Larry Gelman (Dr. Tupperman).
Bob thinks his chances of winning a doctors' tennis tournament are pretty good until he learns that his doubles partner will be Emily.
Season 3, episode 15
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Alan Rafkin
With Bill Quinn (Eddie).
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 where she spends all of Christmas Eve pouring out the disasters of her childhood.
Season 3, episode 16
W: Michael Zinberg D: Peter Bonerz
With Fred Willard (John Tobin), Pat Finley (Ellen Hartley), Catherine Bacon (Dottie), Russ Grieve (Leo).
Ellen's ex-fiance, a tall, handsome egomaniac with a penchant for suede and leather, arrives in Chicago to win Ellen back.
Season 3, episode 17
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Bob Finkel
With Quinn Redeker (Dr. Dalton), Lillian Garrett (Rita Montez), George Wyner (Rex Pottinger).
Before he has a chance to say no, Bob finds himself running for chairman of the local school board against an incumbent who hasn't attended a board meeting for six months.
Season 3, episode 18
W: Roger Beatty D: James Burrows
With Wayne Tippit (Pilot), Kasey Connors (Stewardess), David Knapp (Ralph), Gary Krawford (Co-Pilot), Joseph R. Sicari (Salesman), Pat Finley (Ellen Hartley).
Emily's more than a little curious about Bob's reluctance to talk about a girl he used to date until Howard inadvertently spills the beans.
Season 3, episode 19
W: Jerry Mayer D: Alan Rafkin
With Dick Wilson (Mr. Berry), Merie Earle (Mrs. Loomis).
Bob and Jerry have a falling out when Jerry practically demands that Bob lend him enough money to buy a new motorcycle.
Season 3, episode 20
W: Arnie Kogen, Ray Jessel D: Alan Rafkin
With Phillip R. Allen (Dr. Walburn), Ray Stewart (Congressman Shetland), Mary Jo Catlett (Mrs. Englehart), Timothy Blake (Midge), Jay Kogen (Jay), Ron McIlwain (Wayne Jefferson).
With his confidence fading as fast as his list of patients, Bob decides to follow Emily's advice and see another psychologist about his problem.
Season 3, episode 21
W: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: Peter Bonerz
With Cliff Norton (Maury), Marcia Lewis (Dorothy), Oliver Clark (Mr. Herd), Pat Finley (Ellen Hartley).
Emily decides to redecorate the apartment in antiques, and Bob finds her choice of furniture uncomfortable, unappealing and hazardous to his health.
Season 3, episode 22
W: Phil Davis D: Jay Sandrich
With Cynthia Harris (Diane Nugent), Al Stellone (Plumber), Mike Henry (Frank Nugent).
Bob breaks a long-standing rule against treating friends when he agrees to counsel a chum of Emily's whose marriage is breaking up.
Season 3, episode 23
W: Jerry Mayer D: James Burrows
With George Wyner (Rex Pottinger), Tom Newman (Spitball), Susan Davis (Band-Aid), Lillian Garrett (Rita Montez), Howard Hesseman (Mr. Plager).
Emily agrees to help operate a kids summer camp and then tries to persuade Bob to be one of the counselors.
Season 3, episode 24
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Alan Rafkin
With Lucien Scott (Mr. Vickers), Jess Nadelman (Bud Brey), Don Nagel (Waiter), Bill Quinn (Eddie), Pat Finley (Ellen Hartley).
Bob becomes the "oldest permanent floating psychologist in Chicago" when the ceiling in his office collapses and he has to set up shop wherever he can find the space.
September 13, 1975: The Longest Good-Bye
Season 4, episode 1
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: James Burrows
With Tom Poston (Cliff Murdock).
To begin the fourth season, a colorful chum from Bob's college days shows up unexpectedly and gives every indication of becoming his permanent houseguest.
Season 4, episode 2
W: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: Peter Bonerz
With Richard Balin (Fred Goring), Don Nagel (Waiter), Vern Rowe (Trumpet Player), Pat Finley (Ellen Hartley).
Bob and Emily celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary by helping Howard propose to Bob's sister.
Season 4, episode 3
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Peter Bonerz
With John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman), Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo).
Bob's therapy group plans an anniversary party for him that turns into a wacky wake.
Season 4, episode 4
W: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: John Erman
With Bryan Byers (Box Boy).
Emily accuses Bob of being stuck in a middle-aged rut and challenges him to switch family responsibilities.
Season 4, episode 5
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Bob Claver
With Cliff Osmond (Leonard DePaolo), Marcia Lewis (Louise Gross), Larry Gelman (Dr. Tupperman), Renee Lippin (Michelle Nardo).
Bob and Emily invite Carol to share her "heavy" experiences with the "overweight workshop".
Season 4, episode 6
W: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: Michael Zinberg
With Will Mackenzie (Larry Bondurant), Vincent Milana (Moving Man #1), Ric Mancini (Moving Man #2), Pat Cranshaw (Old Gentleman), Robert Casper (Judge Tanner).
A torrid blind date culminates in Carol Kester's marriage to a handsome travel agent.
Season 4, episode 7
W: Douglas Arango, Phil Doran D: Bob Claver
With Rene Auberjonois (Alan Durocher), Francoise Ruggieri (Louise), Richard Foronjy (Artie Berkowitz).
Bob and Emily suffer international complications when they host a French psychologist in their home.
Season 4, episode 8
W: Phil Davis D: Michael Zinberg
With Keenan Wynn (Dr. Albert), Tom Fitzsimmons (Webb Franklyn), Bobby Eilbacher (David).
Bob is depressed by his seeming lack of success as a psychologist and seeks help from his old college professor.
Season 4, episode 9
W: Bruce Kane D: Peter Bonerz
With Jennifer Warren (Ruth Corley), Alan Manson (Congressman Avery), Claudette Duffy (Sister Mary Katherine), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson), Howard Hesseman (Augie [voice]).
Bob accepts an seemingly innocent invitation to appear as the guest on a TV discussion program, then discovers the program host has the disposition of a shark.
Season 4, episode 10
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Richard Kinon
With Phillip R. Allen (Frank Walburn), Titos Vandis (Janitor), Linda Sublette (Kelly).
Bob moves up in the world, from the seventh to the tenth floor when he joins the firm of a swinging psychiatrist.
Season 4, episode 11
W: Bruce Kane D: James Burrows
With Dave Himes (Delivery Boy), Janet Meshad (Elaine).
It's a stag Thanksgiving for Bob when Emily flies off to join a family reunion, leaving Bob to cook a bird for all his male buddies.
Season 4, episode 12
W: Arnold Kane D: James Burrows
With Lucien Scott (Mr. Vickers), William Daniels (Edgar T. Vickers Jr.).
Bob suffers family problems when his mother becomes a houseguest.
Season 4, episode 13
W: Erik Tarloff D: Michael Zinberg
With Bobby Ramsen (Morty), Kristina Holland (Gail Bronson), Ellen Weston (Sarah Harris), Jack O'Leary (Plumber), Pat Finley (Ellen Hartley), Larry Gelman (Dr. Tupperman), Howard Platt (Dr. Newman).
Dr. Hartley and his medical cohorts get the "tell-it-like-it-is" treatment from his sister, inquiring news reporter Ellen Hartley, when she's given an assignment to see what makes a bunch of doctors tick.
Season 4, episode 14
W: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: Peter Bonerz
With Kristina Holland (Gail Bronson), Lawrence Pressman (Ed Hoffman), Frances Lee McCain (Janet Hoffman), Nora Marlowe (Joanie), Poindexter Yothers (Billy Foster), Martin Garner (The Bun Man).
Emily must contend with irate teachers, hamsters and an escaped snake when she's unexpectedly upped to the position of school vice principal.
Season 4, episode 15
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: James Burrows
With Graham Jarvis (Dr. Bickwell), Merie Earle (Mrs. Loomis).
Christmas Eve finds Bob in the hospital with tonsilitis and an impending operation while his friends all suffer on the outside with an attack of Christmas-itis.
Season 4, episode 16
W: Michael Zinberg D: Eddie Ryder
With Malcolm Atterbury (Mr. Arbogast).
Bob becomes his patient's partner in a get-rich-quick real estate venture.
Season 4, episode 17
W: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: Peter Bonerz
With Will Mackenzie (Larry Bondurant), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman).
Bob contends with a patient's fixation that her bingo game is fixed, staggers through a series of weird stag poker parties, and watches in wonder as his secretary slowly smothers under an onslaught of love.
Season 4, episode 18
W: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: James Burrows
With William Redfield (Gordon Borden), Pat Finley (Ellen Hartley).
Howard Borden's game-warden brother comes to Chicago to witness the mating of two whooping cranes, but stays to make a play for Howard's girlfriend.
Season 4, episode 19
W: Sy Rosen D: Alan Myerson
With Gail Strickland (Courtney Simpson), Matthew Labyorteaux (Richie).
Jerry Robinson's depression turns to instant joy when a globe-trotting ex-flame suddenly reenters his life and proposes marriage.
Season 4, episode 20
W: Douglas Arango, Phil Doran D: Peter Bonerz
With Anthony Costello (Dwayne 'Duke' Granger).
A professional basketball team hires Bob to give a psychological assist to its superstar.
Season 4, episode 21
W: Sy Rosen D: James Burrows
With Will Mackenzie (Larry Bondurant), Paul Bryar (Mr. Firman), Claudia Bryar (Mrs. Firman).
Bob develops a unique "psychological problem" when Carol decides to resume her college career at night school and become a psychologist.
Season 4, episode 22
W: Sy Rosen D: John C. Chulay
With Oliver Clark (Mr. Herd).
The Hartleys are bombarded with laughable legal hassles when Bob is sued by a shy patient and Emily decides to fight a parking ticket.
Season 4, episode 23
W: Hugh Wilson D: Peter Bonerz
With Brooke Adams (Mitzi Margolis), Amzie Strickland (Mrs. Walhauser), Moosie Drier (Howie Borden).
The Hartleys entertain Howard Borden's young son and engage a beauty queen as his babysitter.
Season 4, episode 24
W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Michael Zinberg
With Tom Poston (Cliff Murdock), Veronica Hamel (Rosemary), Sally Stark (Sharon), Barbara Ellen Lyle (Paula).
Bob's old laugh-a-minute college chum pays a return visit, only he's not laughing now -- his wife has left him.
September 25, 1976: Enter Mrs. Peeper
Season 5, episode 1
W: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: Michael Zinberg
With Tom Poston (Cliff Murdock), Charles Thomas Murphy (Messenger), Jay Tarses (Waiter), Jean Palmerton (Corrine Murdock).
The fifth season starts with Bob having mixed emotions when his old college chum shows up with a new bride.
Season 5, episode 2
W: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: Michael Zinberg
With Will Mackenzie (Larry Bondurant).
The Hartleys miss their friend's gala Fourth of July party when they become trapped in a storage locker.
Season 5, episode 4
W: Hugh Wilson D: Alan Myerson
With Leonard Stone (Dr. Ned Podbillion).
The Hartleys take a vacation. In their absence, Howard undergoes a crash psychological program that changes his entire personality.
Season 5, episode 5
W: David Lloyd D: John C. Chulay
The Hartley apartment becomes a hot and cold battleground when the good doctor declares psychological warfare on his landlord.
Season 5, episode 6
W: Gary David Goldberg D: Alan Myerson
With Shirley O'Hara (Debbie), Larry Gelman (Dr. Tupperman), Howard Platt (Dr. Newman).
Bob's receptionist and a Buddha figure with a clock in its navel both give the psychologist a hard time.
Season 5, episode 7
W: David Lloyd D: Michael Zinberg
With Sorrell Booke (Mr. Perlmutter), Michael LeClair (Phil Dorigo), Tierre Turner (Wally Carson), Fil Formicola (Man at Elevator).
Bob and his friends host an orphan contingent for a wildly improbable camping-out experience.
Season 5, episode 8
W: Sy Rosen D: John C. Chulay
With Oliver Clark (Mr. Herd), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson).
Bob turns amateur detective when he believes his expensive tape recorder has been stolen.
Season 5, episode 9
W: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: Michael Zinberg
With Tom Poston (Cliff Murdock), Bobby Ramsen (Johnny Carson Jr.), Kim O'Brien (Kim), Lucy Lee Flippin (Darva), Rhodes Reason (Detective), David Himes (Detective), Jean Palmerton (Corrine Murdock).
Bob and his friend "The Peeper" take a trip down Memory Lane and wind up in the slammer.
Season 5, episode 10
W: Hugh Wilson D: Alan Myerson
With John Randolph (Junior Harrison), Howard Morris (Shorty Vance).
Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession.
Season 5, episode 11
W: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: James Burrows
With Lucy Landau (Jerry's Mother), Fred D. Scott (Mr. Robinson), Steven Anderson (Young Man).
Jerry Robinson makes his latest and most desperate attempt to locate his missing parents.
Season 5, episode 12
W: Sy Rosen D: Peter Bonerz
With Martha Scott (Martha Hartley), John Holland (Brian McDermott), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman).
Bob undergoes a traumatic shock when his mother announces that she has separated from his father after 47 years of marriage.
Season 5, episode 13
W: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: Harvey Medlinsky
With Will Mackenzie (Larry Bondurant), Barnard Hughes (Herb Hartley), Martha Scott (Martha Hartley).
Bob takes on the role of Christmas peacemaker when he attempts to reconcile his separated parents.
Season 5, episode 14
W: Gary David Goldberg D: Will Mackenzie
With Mary Ann Chin (Andrea Duff).
Bob watches in amazement as one of his perennial patients supports a blossoming romance with a tissue of lies.
Season 5, episode 15
W: Phil Davis D: Peter Bonerz
With Max Showalter (Dr. Morgan).
Bob's invitation to lecture at a prestigious sex seminar results in a distressing situation for him when the audience shows up in the nude.
Season 5, episode 16
W: Bruce Kane D: Peter Bonerz
With Betty Kean (Flo), Oliver Clark (Mr. Herd), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson).
Bob runs into marital problems when he brings his therapy group home for a wild role-playing encounter.
Season 5, episode 17
W: Michael Zinberg D: James Burrows
With Teresa Hughes (Dr. Eleanor Doctor), Addison Powell (Dr. Scranton), Craig Wasson (Chuck Morgan), James Burrows (Maintenance Man), Richard Libertini (Dr. Franklin Pitt).
Bob succumbs to the pressures of living in a big city and desperately seeks employment in a small rural college.
Season 5, episode 18
W: Sy Rosen D: Dick Martin
With Tovah Feldshuh (Veronica Kidd).
Bob has a special problem when a young, pretty psychology student assigned to him develops a crush on him.
Season 5, episode 19
W: Sy Rosen D: Michael Zinberg
With Lieux Dressler (Lady on Elevator), Tom Patchett (Dave Death), Oliver Clark (Mr. Herd).
Dr. Hartley attempts to help a friend and patient overcome his fear of falling, but succumbs himself when he is subjected to a harrowing elevator experience.
Season 5, episode 20
W: Sy Rosen D: Peter Bonerz
With Will Mackenzie (Larry Bondurant), Vince Martorano (Chauffeur), Drew Michaels (Bellboy).
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.
Season 5, episode 21
W: Michael Zinberg, Michael Davidson D: Dick Martin
With Robert Pine (Mel), Walker Edmiston (Sergeant Webber), Ron Vernan (Police Officer), Richard Dioguardi (Bank Guard), Andrea Adler (Bank Teller).
Bob is held hostage in his office by a friendly bank robber.
Season 5, episode 22
W: Gary David Goldberg D: Michael Zinberg
With Will Mackenzie (Larry Bondurant).
Carol's husband accepts Bob's suggestion and opens his own travel agency outside Bob's office, turning the psychologist's reception room into a mini-Polynesian villege.
Season 5, episode 23
W: Sy Rosen D: Peter Bonerz
With Bob Ridgely (Marvin), Marsha Kramer (Receptionist), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman), Oliver Clark (Mr. Herd).
Bob offers sound psychological advice to his wife and his therapy group on how to handle anger, then proceeds to blow up.
Season 5, episode 24
W: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: Peter Bonerz
With Tom Poston (Cliff Murdock), Bobby Ramsen (Johnny Carson Jr.), Jean Palmerton (Corrine Murdock).
The Hartleys host close friends Cliff "The Peeper" Murdock and his wife on the very special occasion when Emily announces that she's pregnant, and Bob nearly becomes unglued at the prospect of becoming a father.
September 24, 1977: Bob's Change Of Life
Season 6, episode 1
W: Glen Charles, Les Charles D: Peter Bonerz
With Charles Thomas Murphy (George Simmons), Martha Scott (Martha Hartley).
Season premiere. Bob's fights to preserve order in his rapidly changing life when he and Emily move to a new residence, his secretary changes office routines, and his parents contemplate selling their home.
Season 6, episode 2
W: Ziggy Steinberg D: Michael Zinberg
With Taurean Blacque (Arthur Tatum), Allen Case (Steve Kopelson), Ric Mancini (Al Brolio), Wyatt Johnson (Richard Hawkins), Bert Rosario (Reuben Ortiz), H.B. Haggerty (The Hammer), Greg Lewis (Man).
Dr. Hartley's attempt at providing psychological aid to men about to leave prison has him climbing the walls.
Season 6, episode 3
W: Lloyd Garver D: Michael Zinberg
With Hope Alexander-Willis (Jackie Windsor), Sam Kwasman (Danny James), Roger Etienne (Waiter).
Jerry is terrified of losing his new dream girl; a ventriloquist and his dummy seek psychological help from Dr. Hartley when the dummy threatens to break up their successful showbiz act.
Season 6, episode 4
W: Glen Charles, Les Charles D: Dick Martin
With Toni Lamond (Doris Petersen), Lorry Goldman (Cop), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman).
After being goaded by another member of the encounter group, the henpecked Mr. Petersen asserts himself with far-reaching consequences.
Season 6, episode 5
W: Andrew Smith D: Dick Martin
With Loni Anderson (Leslie Greely), Sparky Marcus (Billy), Mark Lenard (Earl Stanley Plummer), Pat Cranshaw (Bum).
Bob deals with the amusing problems of an improbable paternity suit and a phone paging service that never pages him.
Season 6, episode 6
W: Kathy Donnell, Madelyn Dimaggio Wagner D: Dick Martin
With Bud Kenneally (Mr. Swerdlow), Joan Kenneally (Mrs. Swerdlow), Robert Kenneally (Tom Swerdlow), Pam Kenneally (Becky Swerdlow), Richard Stahl (Mel), Michael Boyle (Steward).
Dr. Hartley's patients, including an entire family, panic when he makes an impulsive decision to leave town for a week.
Season 6, episode 7
W: David Lloyd D: Dick Martin
With Bobby Ramsen (Mickey Melnick), Moosie Drier (Howie Borden), Elizabeth Kerr (Minnie Farber), Johnny West (Jackie Whitefeather).
It's no laughing matter for Howard Borden when his young son Howie announces he's giving up school to become a comedian.
Season 6, episode 8
W: Lloyd Garver D: Peter Bonerz
With Ralph Bellamy (Alan Dreesen), Richard Roat (Dr. Thompson), Howard Witt (Dr. Ellis), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson).
Dr. Hartley courts disaster when he asks his old psychology teacher to sub for him while he attends a convention.
Season 6, episode 9
W: Earl Pomerantz D: Dick Martin
With Richard Libertini (Mr. Twillmer), Frank Maxwell (Sergeant O'Conner), J. Jay Saunders (Williams), Alan Haufrect (Felon), Lorrie Gia (Denise), Julienne Wells (Terry).
When a new patient confesses during a confidential therapy session that he's committed grand larceny, Dr. Hartley's professional integrity is strained to the breaking point.
Season 6, episode 10
W: Laura Levine D: Peter Bonerz
With Mildred Natwick (Grace Dubois), Sondra Currie (Nora Dubois), Macon McCalman (Dr. Malcolm), J.J. Johnston (Man).
Emily befriends her next-door neighbor, a delightfully confused senior citizen living in the past of fifty years ago.
Season 6, episode 11
W: Lloyd Garver D: Dick Martin
With Morgan Fairchild (Linda / Bianca), Michael Evans (Maitre D'), F. William Parker (Mr. Marcus).
Bob and Emily celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary with a dream flight into the fantasy of being married to different partners.
Season 6, episode 12
W: Phil Davis D: Dick Martin
With Ben Freedman (Santa Saul), Rik Pierce (Pieman), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman).
A disgruntled patient takes his hostilities out on Dr. Hartley by marking him as the target for a pie-throwing hit man.
Season 6, episode 13
W: Earl Pomerantz D: Peter Bonerz
With John Crawford (Vern Hackler), Jeff Donnell (Clara Hackler), Robert Phelps (Graham).
The Hartleys embark on a seagoing vacation to put work behind them, but Bob can't resist being the psychologist when he undertakes to guide a married couple's rough trip on the sea of matrimony.
Season 6, episode 14
W: Laura Levine D: Peter Bonerz
With Barnard Hughes (Herbert Hartley).
Bob's father arranges a fishing trip to his cabin and assigns Emily "woman's work" while he and Bob brave the great outdoors.
Season 6, episode 15
W: Emily Purdum Marshall D: Michael Zinberg
With Taurean Blacque (Arthur Tatum), Ric Mancini (Al Brolio), Wyatt Johnson (Mr. Hawkins), Allen Case (Steve Kopelson), Bert Rosario (Mr. Ortiz).
Bob counsels a quintet of jovial ex-convicts to help them find honest employment.
Season 6, episode 16
W: Andrew Smith D: Michael Zinberg
With Lou Cutell (Petersen Character), Jerry Devine (Carlin Character), Amzie Strickland (Bakerman Character), Mary Ellen Olsen (Girl), Tyrone Wilson (Tommy), Frank Ashmore (Major Hartman), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson), Howard Hesseman (Mr. Plager).
Bob advises a patient to write a play based on his own experiences. But when Mr. Plager writes a World War I drama whose characters bear a startling resemblance to the rest of Bob's patients, the warfare really begins.
Season 6, episode 17
W: Laura Levine D: Peter Bonerz
With Karen Huston (Peggy Ann Marble), Michael Alldredge (Burt Harrison), Carolyne Barry (Bonnie), Woody Skaggs (Jack).
Against her better judgment, Emily becomes a "wife for a night" when Mr. Carlin needs an instant family to impress his high school reunion.
Season 6, episode 18
W: Andrew Smith D: Dick Martin
With Jerry Fogel (Paul Billingham), J.R. Miller (Kid #1), K.C. Martel (Kid #2), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson).
Dr. Hartley offers his advice to a stuttering new patient who seeks his aid in making the transition from radio to television.
Season 6, episode 19
W: Laura Levine D: Dick Martin
With David Hedison (Steve Darnell), Russell Shannon (Man).
When Bob is away, Emily has a very warm visit from a handsome old flame.
Season 6, episode 20
W: Lloyd Garver D: Mark Tinker
With Madeleine Fisher (Miss Pringle), John Terry Bell (Gary Johnson), Joe George (Angry Man #1), Mert Rich (Angry Man #2), Neil Flanagan (Mr. Stevens).
On the eve of being named "Secretary of the Year", Carol informs Bob that she's leaving his employ.
Season 6, episode 21
W: Earl Pomerantz D: Peter Bonerz
With Edward Andrews (Principal Bannister), Robert Costanzo (Sal Petrone), Patricia Stevens (Wanda Moss), Jan Fisher (Miss Hunsinger), Bill Zuckert (Mr. Kreever), Dolores Albin (Miss Nightingale), Brian Miller (Billy).
A crisis arises in Emily's grammar school because of bad reading scores, and, as vice principal, she's forced to read the riot act to a group of irate students.
Season 6, episode 22
W: Lloyd Garver, Les Charles, Glen Charles D: Michael Zinberg, Peter Bonerz
With Bobby Ramsen (Mr. Gerber), Bill Quinn (Dr. Wyler), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson).
Bob gives up his psychological practice in Chicago to become a professor at a small college in Oregon. (Last show of the series.)