7.7/10110 votes#1 - The Longest Good-Bye
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1975
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
Writer: Jay Tarses
- 6.7/10107 votes
#2 - Here's Looking at You, Kid
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1975
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
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10120 votes
#3 - Death of a Fruitman
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1975
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
Writer: Jay Tarses
- 7.2/1098 votes
#4 - Change is Gonna Do Me Good
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1975
Emily accuses Bob of being stuck in a middle-aged rut and challenges him to switch family responsibilities.
Director: John Erman
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10112 votes
#5 - The Heavyweights
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1975
Bob and Emily invite Carol to share her ""heavy"" experiences with the ""overweight workshop.""
Director: N/A
Writer: Jay Tarses
- 7.2/10105 votes
#6 - Carol's Wedding
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1975
A blind-date-initiated, 12-hour romance culminates in Carol Kester's civil marriage to a handsome travel agent.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10106 votes
#7 - Shrinks Across the Sea
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1975
Bob and Emily suffer international complications when they host a French psychologist in their home as part of a medical exchange program.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10105 votes
#8 - What's It All About, Albert?
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1975
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: N/A
- 7.9/10130 votes
#9 - Who is Mr. X?
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/1975
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: N/A
- 6.4/10112 votes
#10 - Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1975
Bob moves up in the world from the seventh to the tenth floor when he joins the firm of a swinging psychiatrist.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jay Tarses
- 8.8/10242 votes
#11 - Over the River and Through the Woods
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/1975
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: N/A
- 7.3/10108 votes
#12 - Fathers and Sons and Mothers
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/29/1975
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: N/A
- 7.1/10109 votes
#13 - The Article
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/6/1975
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
- 6.9/1098 votes
#14 - A Matter of Vice-Principal
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/13/1975
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
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10127 votes
#15 - Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/20/1975
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
Writer: Jay Tarses
- 6.9/1097 votes
#16 - No Sale
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/1976
Bob becomes his patient's partner in a get-rich-quick real-estate venture.
Director: Eddie Ryder
Writer: Michael Zinberg
- 6.8/1099 votes
#17 - Carol at 6:01
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/10/1976
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
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10103 votes
#18 - Warden Gordon Borden
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/17/1976
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
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1099 votes
#19 - My Boy Guillermo
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 1/24/1976
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: N/A
- 6.8/10102 votes
#20 - Duke of Dunk
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 1/31/1976
A professional basketball team hires Bob to give a psychological assist to its superstar.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1097 votes
#21 - Guaranteed Not to Shrink
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/7/1976
Bob develops a unique psychological problem when his receptionist, Carol, decides to resume her college career and become a psychologist.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1096 votes
#22 - Birth of a Salesman
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/14/1976
The Hartleys are bombarded with legal hassles when Bob is sued by a shy patient and Emily decides to fight a parking ticket.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10100 votes
#23 - The Boy Next Door
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 2/21/1976
The Hartleys entertain Howard Borden's young son and hire a beauty queen as his babysitter.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Hugh Wilson
- 7.3/1096 votes
#24 - Peeper Two
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 2/28/1976
Cliff Murdock, Bob's old laugh-a-minute college buddy, affectionately known as The Peeper, pays a return visit.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Jay Tarses
The Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 4
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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 110 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Jay Tarses, it aired on 9/13/1975. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "Here's Looking at You, Kid".