5.9/1081 votesLoading...#1 - Daddy's Little Girl
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 3/5/1990
After another shopping spree for baby Steph, Dick teaches Michael that materialism isn't the best way to raise a child. A skeptical Michael becomes convinced after a haunting dream depicts a possible future. Julia Duffy plays grown-up baby Steph.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/10107 votesLoading...
#2 - Seein' Double
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/1990
Michael announces plans to spice up WPIV's lineup with a new sitcom, Seein' Double starring Stephanie as identical twins Judy and Jody, with Dick as their crotchety widowed father.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: Bob Bendetson
6.0/1074 votesLoading...#3 - My Husband, My Peasant
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 5/14/1990
Society bluebloods Scooter Drake and his new wife Libby drop by with a child of their own, apparently superior to baby Steph in every way. Michael and Stephanie decide to divorce due to Michael's peasant heritage.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1084 votesLoading...
#4 - Child in Charge
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/1990
Stephanie's parents buy WPIV for baby Stephanie. Dick refuses to pander to the child, forcing baby Steph to cancel Vermont Today in the middle of an interview with George McGovern.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1077 votesLoading...
#5 - Father Goose
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/1990
Michael comes up with the perfect lead-in to Vermont Today, the 'Giddy Goose' show. He casts his favorite dinner theater actor as Giddy, only to discover the man's also his father.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/10130 votesLoading...#6 - Breakfast Theater
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/1983
Washed-up comic Manny Silver visits the Stratford, reminding Dick of the 'debt' he owes Manny for starting his writing career. Manny shames Dick into letting him perform in the inn, over Joanna's strenuous objections.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1084 votesLoading...
#7 - Draw Partner
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 3/7/1988
Dick gets a chance to work with his favorite illustrator, Corinne Denby, while George & Joanna eagerly await the Inn's 5,000th guest.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: Marjorie Gross
- 6.5/1076 votesLoading...
#8 - Meet Michael Vanderkellen
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/1989
Stephanie's mother offers to buy the newlyweds a mansion, but only if Michael changes his last name to Vanderkellen.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1076 votesLoading...
#9 - Attack of the Killer Aunt
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/1989
Joanna's Aunt Louise visits bearing gifts, despite her long-standing opinion that Joanna is much too good for Dick.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1091 votesLoading...
#10 - I Like You, Butt...
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/1989
George meets the perfect girl, except for her large rear end. Michael and Stephanie consult with a baby naming guru.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
6.6/10109 votesLoading...#11 - The Man Who Came Forever
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/1983
With a deadline looming, Dick can't get any work done on his latest book due to constant interruptions. Kirk wants to build a miniature golf course, George is worried about retirement, and the Stratford plays host to a guest who just wont leave.
Director: Rod Daniel
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1073 votesLoading...
#12 - Beauty and the Pest
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/1990
Joanna takes an odd man to several houses to try to convince him to buy one, but he just can't seem to commit. Joanna visits his home and walks in to find a shrine dedicated to her.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
6.7/10131 votesLoading...#13 - The Senator's Wife Was Indiscreet
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/27/1982
A U.S. Senator's wife checks into the inn and holds a press conference to announce she's divorcing her inattentive husband.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1084 votesLoading...
#14 - Get Dick
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1989
Dick accidentally burns down Maison Hubert while enjoying an after-dinner cigar. The Loudon's take in Hubert while he recuperates. Hubert vows he will ""get Monsieur Loudon"".
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1077 votesLoading...
#15 - Good Lord Loudon
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/1989
A cash-strapped visiting dignitary makes Dick a royal Lord. After hearing of his good fortune, the townspeople's opinion of Dick jumps up a notch.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
6.8/10155 votesLoading...#16 - This Probably is Condemned
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/22/1982
Dick and the gang pitch in to help Kirk get the Minuteman up to code after its shut down.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: N/A
6.8/10133 votesLoading...#17 - It Happened One Afternoon (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/1983
Dick travels to New York to interview famous starlet Erica Chase for a potential biography. Joanna hires Stephanie to be the new maid over her parents objections.
Director: Rod Daniel
Writer: Barry Kemp
- 6.8/1082 votesLoading...
#18 - A Friendship That Will Last a Lunchtime
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1988
Dick's former co-host Buffy Denver visits the inn and strikes up a friendship with Stephanie after discovering they have so much in common.
Director: David Mirkin, Peter Baldwin
Writer: David Mirkin
- 6.8/1076 votesLoading...
#19 - The Gleeless Club
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 5/2/1988
Dick's on the outs with Joanna when he's accepted into the town glee club and she's not.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1075 votesLoading...
#20 - 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
- 6.8/1072 votesLoading...
#21 - Ramblin' Michael Harris
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1989
Michael quits his job at Menkey's grocery to become a lounge singer.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1083 votesLoading...
#22 - Dick and Tim
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 4/30/1990
Dick finagles his way into a weekly poker game with Tim Conway. Unaware of Tim's cheap nature, Dick drives him away after raising a quarter.
Director: Michael Lessac
Writer: Bob Bendetson
6.9/10133 votesLoading...#23 - The Perfect Match
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/1982
Leslie's high school sweetheart returns from far off places to ask for her hand in marriage, to Kirk's obvious displeasure.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: Stuart Silverman
6.9/10134 votesLoading...#24 - Some are Born Writers...Others Have Writers Thrust Upon Them
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/13/1982
Dick praises an aspiring writer's work to avoid hurting her feelings. The writer's enthusiastic husband quits his job to allow his wife to write full time. It's up to Dick to secure her an agent and teach her to write, all before their savings runs out in a month and a half.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: N/A
6.9/10120 votesLoading...#25 - It Happened One Afternoon (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/24/1983
Man-hungry Erica Chase literally chases Dick across her hotel suite to try to bed him. Stephanie's overbearing father flies to Vermont to convince her to come back home with him.
Director: Rod Daniel
Writer: Barry Kemp
The Worst Episodes of Newhart
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Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to...
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Daddy's Little Girl" is the worst rated episode of "Newhart". It scored 5.9/10 based on 81 votes. Directed by Michael Lessac and written by N/A, it aired on 3/5/1990. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Seein' Double".