7.7/10146 votes#1 - Last TV Show
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1973
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
7.5/10150 votes#2 - Motel
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1973
A trip to Peoria turns into one long embarrassment for Bob when Jerry introduces him to a pretty girl named Janine. Janine doesn't seem to care that Bob is a married man.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Jay Tarses
7.7/10140 votes#3 - Backlash
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1973
One of Bob's more masculine patients enthusiastically slaps him on the back—and, unfortunately for Bob, it throws his back out. Even more unfortunately, Bob and Emily were supposed to be going to Mexico for a vacation.
Director: George Tyne
Writer: N/A
7.8/10145 votes#4 - Somebody Down Here Likes Me
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1973
Rev. Dan Bradford seeks professional advice from Bob then makes a startling announcement in his Sunday sermon.
Director: Jerry London
Writer: Peter Meyerson
7.7/10141 votes#5 - Emily in for Carol
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1973
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
7.3/10139 votes#6 - Have You Met Miss Dietz?
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1973
Marilyn Dietz, a very attractive divorcee, creates a feud between Jerry and Howard when she starts dating both of them.
Director: George Tyne
Writer: N/A
7.6/10130 votes#7 - Old Man Rivers
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1973
A rather embarrassing operation leads to romance between Carol and her doctor. Everyone questions the relationship due to the new couple's age disparity.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10144 votes#8 - Mister Emily Hartley
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1973
Bob suffers an inferiority attack when a test reveals that Emily's IQ is higher than his.
Director: Jerry London
Writer: N/A
7.8/10126 votes#9 - Mutiny on the Hartley
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1973
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
7.5/10134 votes#10 - I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1973
Bob turns out to be an uncooperative patient when Emily makes an appointment for them to see a marriage counselor.
Director: George Tyne
Writer: N/A
7.8/10132 votes#11 - Fit, Fat, and Forty-One
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1973
Determined to lose eight pounds from around his middle, Bob goes on a strict diet. With Jerry's help, he joins a weight-reducing class that seems to be populated mostly by women.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
7.3/10128 votes#12 - Blues for Mr. Borden
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/1973
Howard's son, Howie is visiting. Howard tells Bob he and his ex-wife, Lois, are getting along really well lately, and he thinks she wants to get together again, but Howard's upset to find out she's getting married, and wants Howard's approval.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10127 votes#13 - My Wife Belongs to Daddy
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/1973
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
8.1/10122 votes#14 - T. S. Elliot
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1973
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: Gerry Renert, Jeff Wilhelm
7.7/10139 votes#15 - I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/22/1973
Christmas Eve is almost spoiled when Bob is trapped in the office because of a power failure.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Jay Tarses
7.2/10130 votes#16 - Oh, Brother
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1974
Jerry Robinson's brother shows up in Chicago after finishing dental school. He takes over Jerry's life, his apartment, and his dental practice.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
7.8/10128 votes#17 - The Modernization of Emily
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/12/1974
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
7.8/10124 votes#18 - The Jobless Corps
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/19/1974
Depressed after losing his job with the airline, Howard accepts Bob's offer to join his ""out of workshop,"" a special therapy group for the unemployed. (Bob extends the invitation at Emily's insistence when Howard's attempts to help her around the apartment begin driving her up the wall.)
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Jay Tarses
7.8/10131 votes#19 - Clink Shrink
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/26/1974
Hoping to make a contribution to society, Bob offers his psychological counseling services free to a parolee out on an armed-robbery conviction. But Bob seems to be more influenced by his patient's manner than the patient is by Bob's therapy.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Howard Storm
7.5/10119 votes#20 - Mind Your Own Business
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/2/1974
At Jerry's urging, Bob hires a business manager to handle his money. He ends up living on a meager allowance that affords him only such luxuries as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Jay Tarses
7.3/10121 votes#21 - A Love Story
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/9/1974
Howard falls head over heels in love with Bob's sister Ellen. Under most circumstances, Bob would find this perfectly acceptable—except that Ellen is getting married to someone else.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: N/A
7.5/10119 votes#22 - By the Way... You're Fired
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/16/1974
When Carol's new love interest interferes with her work, Jerry Robinson doesn't seemed too concerned. But when it disrupts his love life, he decides to fire her.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
7.8/10130 votes#23 - Confessions of An Orthodontist
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/23/1974
While filling in for a fellow psychologist, Bob is surprised to find that his first patient is Jerry Robinson, who is reluctant to reveal his problem. A little prodding produces the startling admission that Jerry is in love with Emily.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Jay Tarses
7.5/10122 votes#24 - A Matter of Principal
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/2/1974
It's a matter of principal versus principle when Emily refuses to skip one of her students ahead two grades at the elementary school where she teaches.
Director: N/A
Writer: Arnie Kogen
The Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 2
Every episode of The Bob Newhart Show Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Last TV Show" is the best rated episode of "The Bob Newhart Show" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 146 votes. Directed by Jay Sandrich and written by N/A, it aired on 9/15/1973. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Motel".