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The Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 4

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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 April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 1 - The Longest Good-Bye
    7.7/10(123 votes)

    #1 - The Longest Good-Bye

    S4:E1

    Bob's old school friend Murdock is in town for a day to sell a complex giveaway item to a Chicago cereal company. Bob invites him to stay overnight at his home. The brief encounter stretches out to a week when Murdock can't make his business connections. He gradually takes over Bob's car, clothing, and most of his home life.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Jay Tarses, Tom Patchett

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  2. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 2 - Here's Looking at You, Kid
    6.9/10(120 votes)

    #2 - Here's Looking at You, Kid

    S4:E2

    Howard insists on joining Bob and Emily's anniversary dinner at a fashionable Chicago restaurant in order to enlist their aid in popping the question to Ellen. But he chokes up in the clutch, and Bob is forced to do the proposing for him.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writers:Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr

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  3. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 3 - Death of a Fruitman
    7.8/10(135 votes)

    #3 - Death of a Fruitman

    S4:E3

    Bob's patients observe tradition by planning a surprise party to honor the fourth year of the group's therapy sessions. When an unseen member, a Mr. Gianelli, threatens to turn the party into a disaster, Bob kicks him out of the group. His decision meets with instant group approval until Mr. Gianelli dies under a ton of zucchini.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writers:Jay Tarses, Tom Patchett

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  4. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 4 - Change is Gonna Do Me Good
    7.4/10(110 votes)

    #4 - Change is Gonna Do Me Good

    S4:E4

    Emily accuses Bob of being stuck in a middle-aged rut and challenges him to switch family responsibilities.

    Director:John Erman
    Writers:Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr

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  5. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 5 - The Heavyweights
    7.2/10(122 votes)

    #5 - The Heavyweights

    S4:E5

    Bob and Emily invite Carol to share her "heavy" experiences with the "overweight workshop."

    Director:Bob Claver
    Writers:Jay Tarses, Tom Patchett

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  6. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 6 - Carol's Wedding
    7.3/10(118 votes)

    #6 - Carol's Wedding

    S4:E6

    A blind-date-initiated, 12-hour romance culminates in Carol Kester's civil marriage to a handsome travel agent.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writers:Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr

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  7. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 7 - Shrinks Across the Sea
    7.1/10(118 votes)

    #7 - Shrinks Across the Sea

    S4:E7

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

    Director:Bob Claver
    Writers:Phil Doran, Douglas Arango

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  8. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 8 - What's It All About, Albert?
    7.4/10(117 votes)

    #8 - What's It All About, Albert?

    S4:E8

    Bob is depressed by his seeming lack of success as a psychologist. He seeks help from his old college professor, who manages to heighten his despair by informing him that psychology is all nonsense.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Phil Davis

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  9. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 9 - Who is Mr. X?
    7.9/10(147 votes)

    #9 - Who is Mr. X?

    S4:E9

    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:Bruce Kane

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  10. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 10 - Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
    6.5/10(126 votes)

    #10 - Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

    S4:E10

    Bob moves up in the world from the seventh to the tenth floor when he joins the firm of a swinging psychiatrist.

    Director:Richard Kinon
    Writers:Jay Tarses, Tom Patchett

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  11. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 11 - Over the River and Through the Woods
    8.8/10(270 votes)

    #11 - Over the River and Through the Woods

    S4:E11

    It's a stag Thanksgiving for Bob when Emily flies off to join a family reunion, leaving Bob to share the holiday with his male buddies.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Bruce Kane

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  12. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 12 - Fathers and Sons and Mothers
    7.3/10(120 votes)

    #12 - Fathers and Sons and Mothers

    S4:E12

    Bob suffers family problems when his mother becomes a houseguest and an elderly patient involves him in a parent-child vendetta.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Arnold Kane

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  13. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 13 - The Article
    7.2/10(123 votes)

    #13 - The Article

    S4:E13

    When she's given an assignment to see what makes a bunch of doctors tick, inquiring news reporter Ellen Hartley gives Bob and his medical cohorts the tell-it-like-it-is treatment.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Erik Tarloff

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  14. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 14 - A Matter of Vice-Principal
    7.1/10(109 votes)

    #14 - A Matter of Vice-Principal

    S4:E14

    Emily must contend with irate teachers, hamsters, and an escaped snake when she's unexpectedly upped to the position of school vice principal.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writers:Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr

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  15. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 15 - Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital
    8.0/10(141 votes)

    #15 - Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital

    S4:E15

    Christmas Eve finds Bob in the hospital with tonsillitis and an impending operation. Meanwhile, his friends are all suffering from an attack of Christmas-itis.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Jay Tarses, Tom Patchett

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  16. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 16 - No Sale
    7.0/10(106 votes)

    #16 - No Sale

    S4:E16

    Bob becomes his patient's partner in a get-rich-quick real-estate venture.

    Director:Eddie Ryder
    Writer:Michael Zinberg

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  17. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 17 - Carol at 6:01
    6.8/10(111 votes)

    #17 - Carol at 6:01

    S4:E17

    Bob contends with a patient's delusion that her bingo game is fixed, staggers through a series of wild poker parties, and watches in wonder as his secretary slowly smothers under an attack of love.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writers:Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr

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  18. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 18 - Warden Gordon Borden
    7.2/10(114 votes)

    #18 - Warden Gordon Borden

    S4:E18

    Howard's game-warden brother comes to Chicago to witness the mating of two whooping cranes—and stays to make a play for Howard's girlfriend.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr

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  19. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 19 - My Boy Guillermo
    6.7/10(109 votes)

    #19 - My Boy Guillermo

    S4:E19

    Jerry Robinson's depression turns to instant joy when a globe-trotting ex-flame suddenly re-enters his life and proposes.

    Director:Alan Myerson
    Writer:Sy Rosen

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  20. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 20 - Duke of Dunk
    6.8/10(112 votes)

    #20 - Duke of Dunk

    S4:E20

    A professional basketball team hires Bob to give a psychological assist to its superstar.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writers:Phil Doran, Douglas Arango

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  21. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 21 - Guaranteed Not to Shrink
    6.9/10(108 votes)

    #21 - Guaranteed Not to Shrink

    S4:E21

    Bob develops a unique psychological problem when his receptionist, Carol, decides to resume her college career and become a psychologist.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Sy Rosen

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  22. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 22 - Birth of a Salesman
    7.3/10(108 votes)

    #22 - Birth of a Salesman

    S4:E22

    The Hartleys are bombarded with legal hassles when Bob is sued by a shy patient and Emily decides to fight a parking ticket.

    Director:John C. Chulay
    Writer:Sy Rosen

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  23. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 23 - The Boy Next Door
    7.2/10(109 votes)

    #23 - The Boy Next Door

    S4:E23

    The Hartleys entertain Howard Borden's young son and hire a beauty queen as his babysitter.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Hugh Wilson

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  24. The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 Episode 24 - Peeper Two
    7.3/10(107 votes)

    #24 - Peeper Two

    S4:E24

    Cliff Murdock, Bob's old laugh-a-minute college buddy, affectionately known as The Peeper, pays a return visit.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writers:Jay Tarses, Tom Patchett

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Longest Good-Bye" is the best rated episode of "The Bob Newhart Show" season 4. It scored 7.7/10 based on 123 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Jay Tarses, Tom Patchett, it aired on 9/13/1975. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Here's Looking at You, Kid".