The Worst Episodes of Newhart

Dick and Joanna Loudon purchase the Stratford Inn, a remnant of colonial times in scenic Vermont. Their caretaker, George Utley, and his family have tended the inn for decades. Dick hires a maid, Leslie, and meets their next-door neighbor (and habitual liar) Kirk. The inn opens for business amid myriad start-up problems.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Barry Kemp

Dick and Joanna learn that there's a body buried in the basement. The Loudons try to get the body moved to the church cemetery, only to find that she was a witch.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: Katherine Green

Dick gets his hopes up after two city officials suggest he run for town council.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

Joanna falls through the ice at the annual River Day festival. Dick is on the outs when Joanna blames him for everything bad that happens in her life.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

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

Dick spirals into a profound depression after the Stratford is denied in its bid to be classified an historic landmark.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

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

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

The inn is swamped when 24 guests are snowed in on Christmas Eve. While Kirk tries to keep the guests entertained, Dick tries to find room for a traveller named Joseph and his pregnant wife.

Director: Dick Martin

Writer: Barry Kemp

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

Dick jeopardizes Leslie's lifelong dream of becoming a world-class skier when he accidentally falls on her.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

George's old flame visits the inn. Both are disappointed when the other isn't as they remember.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

Dick and Joanna cant wait for their 'fun' friends to visit, but soon become perturbed after their friends treat the Loudons not as friends, but innkeepers.

Director: Michael Zinberg

Writer: N/A

Leslie's attractive cousin Stephanie visits Vermont to settle her emotions as she nears her wedding day. Stephanie soon finds herself lusting after Kirk.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

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

Kirk goes into the hospital for surgery to remove a foreign object from his nose, leaving Larry, Darryl and a very svelte Darryl in charge of the cafe. Dick and Joanna, about to go to New York for a writer's conference have to bail out the boys when an unexpected crowd turns up at the cafe.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

Dick, Kirk, and George go to Boston to use their bench passes for a Celtics game. Dick loses his pass. Meanwhile, Leslie and Joanna wait at the inn for incoming guest, Daniel J. Travanti.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

When Kirk's cafe is robbed, his history of deception comes back to haunt him as the insurance investigator refuses to believe his story.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: Barbara Hall

George is the town laughingstock when he claims to have spied an UFO.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

Dick inadvertently insults Joanna, calling her a homebody. Joanna takes a job with a travel agency in an attempt to assert herself.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

Kirk's grandmother visits on the same night he finally gets a date with Leslie.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

Dick loves being 'just one of the guys' when Chester and Jim invite him to join their golf foursome. Dick is distressed to find that their gambling habit and lousy golfing abilities make him the big winner. Dick tries to figure out a way to give the money back without breaking 'the guy code'.

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: Gene Braunstein, Bob Perlow

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

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

George finds a stray dog, 'Lucky'. Stephanie's husband drops by to find out why she left him.

Director: Rod Daniel

Writer: N/A