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The Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 3

Every episode of The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 3!

The Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 3

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. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 1 - Big Brother is Watching
    7.2/10(151 votes)

    #1 - Big Brother is Watching

    S3:E1

    Bob is faced with the possibility that his younger sister, Ellen, may move in with Howard, her boyfriend.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 2 - The Battle of the Groups
    7.5/10(146 votes)

    #2 - The Battle of the Groups

    S3:E2

    Bob takes two of his therapy groups to a rustic retreat for a marathon session that never progresses further than everyone's complaints about the primitive conditions of their accommodations.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Jay Tarses

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  3. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 3 - The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-Op Experiment
    7.5/10(143 votes)

    #3 - The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-Op Experiment

    S3:E3

    Dr Newman removed a wart from Bob's neck and charged him. Bob tells Jerry he should have done it for free since Bob had helped him with his marriage. Jerry agrees and sets up a plan where all the doctors treat each other for free.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 4 - The Separation Story
    7.7/10(132 votes)

    #4 - The Separation Story

    S3:E4

    For the sake of their marriage—as well as Emily's Master's Degree and Bob's heavy work schedule—the Hartleys decide that it would be best if they took up separate residences.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Jay Tarses

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  5. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 5 - Sorry, Wrong Mother
    7.2/10(142 votes)

    #5 - Sorry, Wrong Mother

    S3:E5

    As Howard prepares to introduce Howie to Ellen, he tries to remold Ellen into an image the boy will like.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 6 - The Gray Flannel Shrink
    7.5/10(142 votes)

    #6 - The Gray Flannel Shrink

    S3:E6

    Bob gives up most of his private practice to become the staff psychologist with a major insurance company. He soon learns that it's possible for a man in the corporate world to do his job too well.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Jerry Mayer

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  7. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 7 - Dr. Ryan's Express
    7.8/10(138 votes)

    #7 - Dr. Ryan's Express

    S3:E7

    Bob's office routine becomes a wreck when Jerry hires a temporary receptionist. She's a very nice but very vague woman who can't even get Bob's name straight.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Jay Tarses

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  8. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 8 - Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley
    7.8/10(130 votes)

    #8 - Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley

    S3:E8

    Having preached honesty in relationships to his patients, Bob decides to follow his own advice. Immediately he offends two dinner guests and starts an argument with Emily.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:John Rappaport

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  9. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 9 - Ship of Shrinks
    7.6/10(126 votes)

    #9 - Ship of Shrinks

    S3:E9

    Bob's first literary venture turns out to be less than triumphant. His embarrassment makes him reluctant to join a convention of psychologists on a flight to Hawaii, especially when he finds out that Howard is the navigator.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Geoffrey Neigher

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  10. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 10 - Life is a Hamburger
    7.4/10(127 votes)

    #10 - Life is a Hamburger

    S3:E10

    Carol's announcement that she's going to marry Don Fesler—an unpublished poet with bad feet—brings negative reactions from her friends.

    Director:George Tyne
    Writer:Jerry Mayer

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  11. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 11 - An American Family
    8.1/10(159 votes)

    #11 - An American Family

    S3:E11

    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:Unknown

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  12. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 12 - We Love You... Good-Bye
    7.5/10(137 votes)

    #12 - We Love You... Good-Bye

    S3:E12

    Bob forms an all-women consciousness-raising group. He gets kicked out after Emily joins and inadvertently points out some of the unliberated areas in their own marriage.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 13 - Jerry Robinson Crusoe
    7.4/10(127 votes)

    #13 - Jerry Robinson Crusoe

    S3:E13

    After renewing an acquaintance with the beautiful and free-spirited Courtney Simpson, Jerry decides to give up his dental practice: he wants to follow his dreams of romance and adventure by taking Miss Simpson to Tahiti.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Erik Tarloff

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  14. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 14 - Serve for Daylight
    7.5/10(133 votes)

    #14 - Serve for Daylight

    S3:E14

    Bob thinks his chances of winning a doctor's tennis tournament are pretty good until he learns that his doubles partner will be Emily.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Jerry Mayer

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  15. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 15 - Home is Where the Hurt Is
    7.0/10(148 votes)

    #15 - Home is Where the Hurt Is

    S3:E15

    Facing the depressing prospect of returning home to Iowa to spend the holidays with her domineering parents, Carol brings her troubles to Bob's apartment. There she spends Christmas Eve pouring out the disasters of her childhood.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Jay Tarses

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  16. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 16 - Tobin's Back in Town
    7.7/10(132 votes)

    #16 - Tobin's Back in Town

    S3:E16

    Ellen's ex-fiancee, John Tobin—a tall, handsome egomaniac in suede and leather—arrives in Chicago to win Ellen back. The situation plays havoc with Howard's basic insecurities.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Michael Zinberg

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  17. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 17 - Think Smartly--Vote Hartley
    7.3/10(128 votes)

    #17 - Think Smartly--Vote Hartley

    S3:E17

    Before he has a chance to say no, Bob finds himself running for the chairman of the local school board against an incumbent who hasn't attended a board meeting for six months.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Geoffrey Neigher

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  18. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 18 - The Way We Weren't
    7.6/10(130 votes)

    #18 - The Way We Weren't

    S3:E18

    Emily is more than a little curious about Bob's reluctance to talk about a girl he used to date. Then Howard inadvertently spills the beans.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 19 - A Pound of Flesh
    7.5/10(126 votes)

    #19 - A Pound of Flesh

    S3:E19

    Bob and Jerry have a falling-out when Jerry demands that Bob lend him money for a new motorcycle.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Jerry Mayer

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  20. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 20 - My Business is Shrinking
    8.0/10(128 votes)

    #20 - My Business is Shrinking

    S3:E20

    With his confidence fading as fast as his list of patients, Bob decides to follow Emily's advice and see a psychiatrist about his problem.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Arnie Kogen

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  21. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 21 - The New Look
    7.8/10(127 votes)

    #21 - The New Look

    S3:E21

    Emily redecorates the apartment in antiques. Bob finds her choice of furniture uncomfortable, unappealing, and hazardous to his health.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 22 - Bob Hits the Ceiling
    7.7/10(128 votes)

    #22 - Bob Hits the Ceiling

    S3:E22

    Bob breaks a long-standing rule against treating friends when he agrees to counsel Emily's chum, whose marriage to a muscular gym teacher seems to be breaking up.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Phil Davis

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  23. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 23 - Emily Hits the Ceiling
    7.1/10(126 votes)

    #23 - Emily Hits the Ceiling

    S3:E23

    Emily agrees to help operate a children's summer camp and tries to persuade Bob to be one of the counselors.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Jerry Mayer

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  24. The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episode 24 - The Ceiling Hits Bob
    8.1/10(133 votes)

    #24 - The Ceiling Hits Bob

    S3:E24

    Bob becomes the ""oldest permanent psychologist in Chicago"" when the ceiling in his office collapses and he has to set up shop wherever he can find the space.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Jay Tarses

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Big Brother is Watching" is the best rated episode of "The Bob Newhart Show" season 3. It scored 7.2/10 based on 151 votes. Directed by Robert Moore and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/14/1974. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Battle of the Groups".