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The Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 2

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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...

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  1. Background image for Last TV Show
    7.7/10(154 votes)

    #1 - Last TV Show

    S2:E1

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

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Motel
    7.6/10(158 votes)

    #2 - Motel

    S2:E2

    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.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Jay Tarses
  3. Background image for Backlash
    7.7/10(147 votes)

    #3 - Backlash

    S2:E3

    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.

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    Director:George Tyne
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Somebody Down Here Likes Me
    7.8/10(154 votes)

    #4 - Somebody Down Here Likes Me

    S2:E4

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

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  5. Background image for Emily in for Carol
    7.7/10(147 votes)

    #5 - Emily in for Carol

    S2:E5

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

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
  6. Background image for Have You Met Miss Dietz?
    7.3/10(147 votes)

    #6 - Have You Met Miss Dietz?

    S2:E6

    Marilyn Dietz, a very attractive divorcee, creates a feud between Jerry and Howard when she starts dating both of them.

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    Director:George Tyne
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Old Man Rivers
    7.4/10(136 votes)

    #7 - Old Man Rivers

    S2:E7

    A rather embarrassing operation leads to romance between Carol and her doctor. Everyone questions the relationship due to the new couple's age disparity.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Mister Emily Hartley
    8.0/10(153 votes)

    #8 - Mister Emily Hartley

    S2:E8

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

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    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Mutiny on the Hartley
    7.9/10(133 votes)

    #9 - Mutiny on the Hartley

    S2:E9

    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.

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    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Jay Tarses
  11. Background image for I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?
    7.5/10(140 votes)

    #10 - I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?

    S2:E10

    Bob turns out to be an uncooperative patient when Emily makes an appointment for them to see a marriage counselor.

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    Director:George Tyne
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Fit, Fat, and Forty-One
    7.7/10(138 votes)

    #11 - Fit, Fat, and Forty-One

    S2:E11

    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.

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    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Blues for Mr. Borden
    7.1/10(135 votes)

    #12 - Blues for Mr. Borden

    S2:E12

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for My Wife Belongs to Daddy
    7.6/10(134 votes)

    #13 - My Wife Belongs to Daddy

    S2:E13

    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.

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    Director:Jerry London
  15. Background image for T. S. Elliot
    8.0/10(130 votes)

    #14 - T. S. Elliot

    S2:E14

    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.""

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  16. Background image for I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas
    7.8/10(148 votes)

    #15 - I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas

    S2:E15

    Christmas Eve is almost spoiled when Bob is trapped in the office because of a power failure.

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    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Jay Tarses
  17. Background image for Oh, Brother
    7.1/10(137 votes)

    #16 - Oh, Brother

    S2:E16

    Jerry Robinson's brother shows up in Chicago after finishing dental school. He takes over Jerry's life, his apartment, and his dental practice.

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    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Modernization of Emily
    7.6/10(135 votes)

    #17 - The Modernization of Emily

    S2:E17

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

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    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Jobless Corps
    7.8/10(131 votes)

    #18 - The Jobless Corps

    S2:E18

    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.)

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    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Jay Tarses
  20. Background image for Clink Shrink
    7.7/10(138 votes)

    #19 - Clink Shrink

    S2:E19

    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.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
  21. Background image for Mind Your Own Business
    7.5/10(126 votes)

    #20 - Mind Your Own Business

    S2:E20

    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.

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Jay Tarses
  22. Background image for A Love Story
    7.3/10(129 votes)

    #21 - A Love Story

    S2:E21

    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.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for By the Way... You're Fired
    7.5/10(127 votes)

    #22 - By the Way... You're Fired

    S2:E22

    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.

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    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Confessions of An Orthodontist
    7.6/10(138 votes)

    #23 - Confessions of An Orthodontist

    S2:E23

    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.

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    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Jay Tarses
  25. Background image for A Matter of Principal
    7.3/10(132 votes)

    #24 - A Matter of Principal

    S2:E24

    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.

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    Director:Unknown

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