The Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show

Bob strikes out against a friend's fear of falling, but succumbs to the same phobia himself when he is subjected to a harrowing elevator experience.

Director: Michael Zinberg

Writer: N/A

Bob gives up his psychological practice in Chicago to become a professor at a small college in Oregon.

Director: Michael Zinberg, Peter Bonerz

Writer: Les Charles, Glen Charles, Lloyd Garver

Bob experiences pangs of jealousy when Emily's handsome new tennis instructor comes to see him with an emotional problem, namely, his inability to turn down the women who are all uncontrollably attracted to him.

Director: Alan Rafkin

Writer: Lorenzo Music

Bob finds himself with unhappy and hostile patients who refuse to attend his Christmas party when they are mistakenly informed of a rate increase at the height of the Yuletide season. One patient is moved to hire a pie-throwing service.

Director: Dick Martin

Writer: N/A

Howard "floats" into Bob's office on Cloud Nine after having a tooth pulled. He is so poetic that Carol tells Emily, "I want him." Emily agrees to help Carol get him, and the two have an up-and-down romance.

Director: Peter Baldwin

Writer: N/A

Feeling unfulfilled as a woman, and having just passed her 29th birthday, Carol quits her job as Bob's receptionist. After having been gone for a while, Carol suddenly shows up at one of Bob's group-therapy sessions and creates a situation in which Bob finds himself more of a patient than a doctor.

Director: Alan Rafkin

Writer: N/A

Bob's therapy group insists that he accept an invitation for the group to conduct one of its weekly sessions on television.

Director: Jay Sandrich

Writer: N/A

Rev. Dan Bradford seeks professional advice from Bob then makes a startling announcement in his Sunday sermon.

Director: Jerry London

Writer: Peter Meyerson

With Carol on vacation, Emily is elected to fill in as the receptionist. Everyone loves the idea—except Bob.

Director: Alan Rafkin

Writer: Jerry Mayer

Bob suffers an inferiority attack when a test reveals that Emily's IQ is higher than his.

Director: Jerry London

Writer: N/A

Bob decides to meet the rising cost of living by raising his rates. But the members of his therapy group revolt when he picks the most inappropriate moment to tell them.

Director: Peter Baldwin

Writer: Jay Tarses

Emily's parents pay a surprise visit that makes Bob terribly uncomfortable. Emily's father is gregarious, well-traveled, a war hero, an outdoors man—in short, everything that Bob isn't.

Director: Jerry London

Writer: Jerry Mayer

Bob's patient Elliot Carlin parades all his phobias and insecurities as he prepares to ask Carol Kester for a date. He then finds it even harder to accept her answer—which is ""yes.""

Director: Peter Baldwin

Writer: Jeff Wilhelm, Gerry Renert

Emily decides to update her image with a kicky new wardrobe that she says is youthful and Bob says is childish.

Director: Peter Baldwin

Writer: N/A

Emily's plans for a wonderful turkey dinner go downhill when Bob's mother and Emily's father begin insulting one another the night before Thanksgiving.

Director: Peter Bonerz

Writer: N/A

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

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Peter Bonerz

Writer: N/A

The Hartleys miss their friend's gala Fourth of July Bicentennial party celebration when they become trapped in a storage locker.

Director: Michael Zinberg

Writer: N/A

Bob's impulsive decision to leave town for a week is received with disastrous emotions by his patients, who seemingly can't make it without him.

Director: Dick Martin

Writer: N/A

Bob is held hostage in his office by a friendly bank robber.

Director: Dick Martin

Writer: Michael Zinberg

The Hartleys embark on a seagoing vacation to put work behind them. But Bob can't resist playing psychologist when he undertakes to counsel a married couple.

Director: Peter Bonerz

Writer: N/A

The Hartley apartment becomes a hot and cold battleground when the good doctor declares psychological warfare on his landlord.

Director: N/A

Writer: David Lloyd

Bob turns amateur detective when he believes that his expensive tape recorder has been stolen.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Jerry is terrified of losing his new dream girl.

Director: Michael Zinberg

Writer: Lloyd Garver

Bob is puzzled when his henpecked patient, Mr. Petersen, asserts himself with far-reaching consequences.

Director: Dick Martin

Writer: Les Charles, Glen Charles