7.3/1078 votes#1 - Town Without Pity
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/1988
Dick becomes the focus of the town's ire after a prisoner breaks out of jail using one of Dick's how-to manuals.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
- 7.4/1082 votes
#2 - Apples, Apples, Apples
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/1988
Michael revs up the stale Ye Olde Apple Days festival, leaving George and his traditional activites in the cold..until George organizes a rival festival. Larry and his brothers stage a walk-a-thon when swampland is endangered.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Bob Bendetson
- 7.8/1082 votes
#3 - This Blood's For You
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/1988
Stephanie is horrified to discover that a blood transfusion following an emergency appendectomy came from Darryl.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1092 votes
#4 - I Married Dick
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 11/21/1988
Dick and Joanna visit a therapist after Joanna becomes concerned that their marriage is stagnating. Stephanie is worried after discovering that Michael had large ears as a child.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1080 votes
#5 - Goonstruck
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 12/12/1988
Stephanie is attracted to the virile young stomemason working at the Inn.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: Jane Milmore, Billy Van Zandt
- 7.4/1069 votes
#6 - I Came, I Saw, I Sat
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 12/19/1988
Dick's father visits the inn and, to Dick's consternation, resists all Dick's efforts to entertain him.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1085 votes
#7 - Twelve Annoyed Men...and Women
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 1/9/1989
Dick's patience is tried when he's elected foreman of a jury of the townspeople, who as always use their peculiar intellect to irk Dick.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Bob Bendetson
- 6.9/1070 votes
#8 - Home for the Hollidays
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 1/16/1989
Joanna lands a job selling real estate. Her first sale hits a snag when her low-class clients, the Hollidays, stay at the inn while looking for a home.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1075 votes
#9 - Shoe Business Is My Life
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 1/23/1989
Michael goes job hunting after he's axed by WPIV.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
- 7.2/1069 votes
#10 - George and the Old Maid
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 2/6/1989
The Inn's old maid, Madelyn Stone, returns after a 25 year absence to answer George's marriage proposal. Stephanie competes with Madelyn.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
- 7.4/1069 votes
#11 - Hi, Society
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 2/13/1989
Dick fills in for Michael and takes Stephanie to a high society charity ball. Dick is the life of the party after Stephanie tells everyone that Dick owns a large hotel chain.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: Stephen Sustarsic, David Adam Silverman
- 6.9/1077 votes
#12 - Cupcake on My Back
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 2/20/1989
Michael goes into debt after spending lavishly on Annual Cupcake Day.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1081 votes
#13 - Another Saturday Night
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/27/1989
Michael & Joanna endure a torturous evening at Larry, Darryl & Darryl's house. Dick gives a commencement speech at an exclusive school.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: Bob Bendetson
- 7.4/10106 votes
#14 - The Nice Man Cometh
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 3/13/1989
Dick is picked to be the sidekick for a new late night talk show hosted by an abrasive man who has it in for Dick.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: Jane Milmore, Billy Van Zandt
7.5/1081 votes#15 - One and a Half Million Dollar Man
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 3/20/1989
Wealthy socialite Scooter Drake drops by Vermont looking to purchase an inn. While Joanna shows Scooter around, Michael begins a new career as a mime.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Bob Bendetson
- 7.1/1082 votes
#16 - The Little Match Girl
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 3/27/1989
While visiting Michael in a sanitarium (he's vacationing), Dick runs into illustrator Corinne Denby and invites her to collaborate with him on his next book...despite her habit of burning things.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
- 7.2/1075 votes
#17 - Buy, Buy Blues
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 4/10/1989
Stephanie goes on a shopping spree while she tries to forget Michael. Meanwhile Dr. Kaiser realizes she has developed an attraction for Michael (who's been released from the sanitarium).
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1071 votes
#18 - Message from Michael
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 4/24/1989
Michael becomes a last minute guest on Vermont Today and emerges a town favorite. The dimwitted locals hang on his every word.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1077 votes
#19 - Homes and Jo-Jo
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 5/1/1989
Joanna gets her own realty television show providing a great lead-in for Vermont Today. Dick loves the big ratings but can't stand Joanna's amorous co-host. Meanwhile, one of the Darryls' receives a manservant as a present.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: Bob Bendetson
- 7.0/1076 votes
#20 - Georgie & Bess
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/1989
George's Aunt Bess visits, shattering several of his childhood beliefs when he finds she wasn't the sweet lady he remembers. Dick and one of the Darryls play chess.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
- 8.2/1099 votes
#21 - Murder at the Stratley
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 5/15/1989
The townspeople accuse Dick or murdering Joanna after her ""disappearance"" strangely fits the scenario of his first murder-mystery novel, ""Murder at the Stratley"".
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: Jane Milmore, Billy Van Zandt
- 7.9/1078 votes
#22 - Malling in Love Again
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/1989
Michael and Stephanie conduct personal interviews at the mall and realize that they're perfect together after all.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: Bob Bendetson
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Season 7 Ratings Summary
"Town Without Pity" is the best rated episode of "Newhart" season 7. It scored 7.3/10 based on 78 votes. Directed by David Steinberg and written by Dan O'Shannon, it aired on 10/24/1988. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Apples, Apples, Apples".