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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 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 to deal with his patients and fellow office workers. The show was filmed before a live audience.

Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

Season 4 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Bob Newhart Show" season 4 is "The Longest Good-Bye", rated 7.6/10 from 106 user votes. It was directed by James Burrows and written by Jay Tarses. "The Longest Good-Bye" aired on 9/13/1975 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Here's Looking at You, Kid".

  • The Longest Good-Bye
    7.6/10 106 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

  • Here's Looking at You, Kid
    6.6/10 102 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

  • Death of a Fruitman
    7.9/10 118 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

  • Change is Gonna Do Me Good
    7.2/10 96 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

  • The Heavyweights
    7.1/10 109 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

  • Carol's Wedding
    7.2/10 101 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

  • Shrinks Across the Sea
    7.1/10 104 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

  • What's It All About, Albert?
    7.2/10 103 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

  • Who is Mr. X?
    7.9/10 127 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

  • Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
    6.3/10 110 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

  • Over the River and Through the Woods
    8.8/10 235 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

  • Fathers and Sons and Mothers
    7.3/10 106 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

  • The Article
    7.1/10 107 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

  • A Matter of Vice-Principal
    6.9/10 97 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

  • Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital
    7.9/10 124 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

  • No Sale
    6.8/10 95 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

  • Carol at 6:01
    6.8/10 98 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

  • Warden Gordon Borden
    7.2/10 102 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

  • My Boy Guillermo
    6.7/10 98 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

  • Duke of Dunk
    6.7/10 101 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

  • Guaranteed Not to Shrink
    6.8/10 96 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

  • Birth of a Salesman
    7.2/10 94 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

  • The Boy Next Door
    7.2/10 98 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

  • Peeper Two
    7.4/10 95 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