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The Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 4

Every episode of The Bob Newhart Show Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 4!

The Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 4

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. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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  2. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - 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.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:N/A
  3. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Jay Tarses
  4. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Jay Tarses
  5. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Carol's Wedding

    S4:E6

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

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  6. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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  8. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jay Tarses
  9. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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  12. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Jay Tarses
  13. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Duke of Dunk

    S4:E20

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

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:N/A
  14. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
  15. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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    Director:Alan Myerson
    Writer:N/A
  16. 4.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:N/A
  17. 4.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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    Director:John Erman
    Writer:N/A
  18. 4.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Heavyweights

    S4:E5

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jay Tarses
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    #18 - 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.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:N/A
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    #19 - No Sale

    S4:E16

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

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    #20 - 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.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
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    #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.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
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    #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.

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    #23 - The Boy Next Door

    S4:E23

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

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
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    #24 - Peeper Two

    S4:E24

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

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Shrinks Across the Sea" is the best rated episode of "The Bob Newhart Show" season 4. It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/25/1975. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Who is Mr. X?".