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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!

The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

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 148 votes. Directed by Jay Sandrich and written by N/A, it aired on 9/15/1973. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Motel".

  • Last TV Show
    7.7/10148 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

  • Motel
    7.6/10151 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

  • Backlash
    7.7/10142 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

  • Somebody Down Here Likes Me
    7.8/10146 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

  • Emily in for Carol
    7.7/10142 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

  • Have You Met Miss Dietz?
    7.3/10141 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

  • Old Man Rivers
    7.6/10131 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

  • Mister Emily Hartley
    8.0/10147 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

  • Mutiny on the Hartley
    7.9/10128 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

  • I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?
    7.5/10135 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

  • Fit, Fat, and Forty-One
    7.7/10134 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

  • Blues for Mr. Borden
    7.3/10130 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

  • My Wife Belongs to Daddy
    7.7/10129 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

  • T. S. Elliot
    8.0/10125 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

  • I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas
    7.7/10142 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

  • Oh, Brother
    7.2/10132 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

  • The Modernization of Emily
    7.8/10130 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

  • The Jobless Corps
    7.8/10127 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

  • Clink Shrink
    7.8/10133 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

  • Mind Your Own Business
    7.5/10121 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

  • A Love Story
    7.3/10123 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

  • By the Way... You're Fired
    7.5/10122 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

  • Confessions of An Orthodontist
    7.6/10133 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

  • A Matter of Principal
    7.5/10125 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