The Bob Newhart Show

Season 4

24 episodes · Sep 13, 1975

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The Longest Good-Bye

S4E1

The Longest Good-Bye

Sep 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.

S4E2

Here's Looking at You, Kid

Sep 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.

S4E3

Death of a Fruitman

Sep 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.

S4E4

Change is Gonna Do Me Good

Oct 4, 1975

Emily accuses Bob of being stuck in a middle-aged rut and challenges him to switch family responsibilities.

S4E5

The Heavyweights

Oct 11, 1975

Bob and Emily invite Carol to share her "heavy" experiences with the "overweight workshop."

S4E6

Carol's Wedding

Oct 18, 1975

A blind-date-initiated, 12-hour romance culminates in Carol Kester's civil marriage to a handsome travel agent.

S4E7

Shrinks Across the Sea

Oct 25, 1975

Bob and Emily suffer international complications when they host a French psychologist in their home as part of a medical exchange program.

S4E8

What's It All About, Albert?

Nov 1, 197530m

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.

S4E9

Who is Mr. X?

Nov 8, 197530m

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.

S4E10

Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Nov 15, 197530m

Bob moves up in the world from the seventh to the tenth floor when he joins the firm of a swinging psychiatrist.

S4E11

Over the River and Through the Woods

Nov 22, 1975

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.

S4E12

Fathers and Sons and Mothers

Nov 29, 197530m

Bob suffers family problems when his mother becomes a houseguest and an elderly patient involves him in a parent-child vendetta.

S4E13

The Article

Dec 6, 1975

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.

S4E14

A Matter of Vice-Principal

Dec 13, 1975

Emily must contend with irate teachers, hamsters, and an escaped snake when she's unexpectedly upped to the position of school vice principal.

S4E15

Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital

Dec 20, 197530m

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.

S4E16

No Sale

Jan 3, 1976

Bob becomes his patient's partner in a get-rich-quick real-estate venture.

S4E17

Carol at 6:01

Jan 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.

S4E18

Warden Gordon Borden

Jan 17, 1976

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.

S4E19

My Boy Guillermo

Jan 24, 1976

Jerry Robinson's depression turns to instant joy when a globe-trotting ex-flame suddenly re-enters his life and proposes.

S4E20

Duke of Dunk

Jan 31, 1976

A professional basketball team hires Bob to give a psychological assist to its superstar.

S4E21

Guaranteed Not to Shrink

Feb 7, 1976

Bob develops a unique psychological problem when his receptionist, Carol, decides to resume her college career and become a psychologist.

S4E22

Birth of a Salesman

Feb 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.

S4E23

The Boy Next Door

Feb 21, 1976

The Hartleys entertain Howard Borden's young son and hire a beauty queen as his babysitter.

S4E24

Peeper Two

Feb 28, 1976

Cliff Murdock, Bob's old laugh-a-minute college buddy, affectionately known as The Peeper, pays a return visit.