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The Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 5

Every episode of The Bob Newhart Show Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 5!

The Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 5

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. Background image for Enter Mrs. Peeper
    7.5/10(103 votes)

    #1 - Enter Mrs. Peeper

    S5:E1

    Bob receives a telegram saying that his old college chum, ""The Peeper,"" is coming to Chicago and bringing a surprise. The surprise turns out to be a brand-new bride.

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    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Caged Fury
    8.0/10(119 votes)

    #2 - Caged Fury

    S5:E2

    The Hartleys miss their friend's gala Fourth of July Bicentennial party celebration when they become trapped in a storage locker.

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    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Some of My Best Friends Are...
    7.2/10(116 votes)

    #3 - Some of My Best Friends Are...

    S5:E3

    Bob's therapy group has an unexpected visitor when a friendly homosexual joins in the sessions.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Still Crazy After All These Years
    7.6/10(103 votes)

    #4 - Still Crazy After All These Years

    S5:E4

    The Hartleys take a vacation. In their absence, Howard undergoes a crash psychological program that changes his entire personality.

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    Director:Alan Myerson
  5. Background image for The Great Rent Strike
    7.7/10(93 votes)

    #5 - The Great Rent Strike

    S5:E5

    The Hartley apartment becomes a hot and cold battleground when the good doctor declares psychological warfare on his landlord.

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    Director:Unknown
  6. Background image for Et, Tu, Carol?
    7.1/10(98 votes)

    #6 - Et, Tu, Carol?

    S5:E6

    Both Bob's receptionist and a Buddha figure with a clock in its navel give the psychologist a hard time.

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    Director:Alan Myerson
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Send This Boy to Camp
    7.1/10(94 votes)

    #7 - Send This Boy to Camp

    S5:E7

    Bob and his friends host an orphan contingent for a wildly improbable camping-out experience.

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  9. Background image for A Crime Most Foul
    7.5/10(104 votes)

    #8 - A Crime Most Foul

    S5:E8

    Bob turns amateur detective when he believes that his expensive tape recorder has been stolen.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Slammer
    7.5/10(100 votes)

    #9 - The Slammer

    S5:E9

    Bob and his friend ""The Peeper"" take a trip down Memory Lane and wind up in the slammer.

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Jerry's Retirement
    6.7/10(105 votes)

    #10 - Jerry's Retirement

    S5:E10

    Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession.

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    Director:Alan Myerson
  12. Background image for Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson
    6.9/10(94 votes)

    #11 - Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

    S5:E11

    Jerry, retired orthodontist and orphan, takes off on a world tour to search for his long-lost parents.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Breaking Up is Hard to Do
    7.2/10(90 votes)

    #12 - Breaking Up is Hard to Do

    S5:E12

    Bob undergoes a shock when his mother announces that she has separated from his father after 47 years of marriage.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Making Up is the Thing to Do
    7.6/10(102 votes)

    #13 - Making Up is the Thing to Do

    S5:E13

    Bob takes on the role of Christmas peacemaker when he attempts to reconcile his parents.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Love is the Blindest
    7.3/10(96 votes)

    #14 - Love is the Blindest

    S5:E14

    Bob watches in amazement as one of his patients supports a blossoming romance with a tissue of lies.

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    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Ironwood Experience
    7.4/10(93 votes)

    #15 - The Ironwood Experience

    S5:E15

    Bob's invitation to lecture at a prestigious sex seminar results in distress when the audience shows up nude.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Of Mice and Men
    7.4/10(94 votes)

    #16 - Of Mice and Men

    S5:E16

    Bob runs into marital problems when he brings his therapy group home for a wild role-playing encounter.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Halls of Hartley
    7.1/10(92 votes)

    #17 - Halls of Hartley

    S5:E17

    Bob succumbs to the pressures of living in a big city and desperately seeks employment of a small rural college.

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  19. Background image for The Heartbreak Kidd
    7.4/10(103 votes)

    #18 - The Heartbreak Kidd

    S5:E18

    Bob thinks that Veronica Kidd, a student trainee, has fallen in love with him.

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    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Death Be My Destiny
    8.3/10(123 votes)

    #19 - Death Be My Destiny

    S5:E19

    Bob strikes out against a friend's fear of falling, but succumbs to the same phobia himself when he is subjected to a harrowing elevator experience.

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    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Taxation Without Celebration
    7.2/10(97 votes)

    #20 - Taxation Without Celebration

    S5:E20

    Bob's memory is taxed to the limit when he forgets that April 15 is the Federal income tax deadline—and also the date of the Hartleys' seventh wedding anniversary.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Desperate Sessions
    7.8/10(110 votes)

    #21 - Desperate Sessions

    S5:E21

    Bob is held hostage in his office by a friendly bank robber.

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  23. Background image for The Mentor
    7.0/10(98 votes)

    #22 - The Mentor

    S5:E22

    A despondent friend accepts Bob's suggestion and turns the psychologist's reception area into a mini-Polynesian village.

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    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Shrinking Violence
    7.1/10(100 votes)

    #23 - Shrinking Violence

    S5:E23

    Bob offers sound psychological advice to his wife and his therapy group on how to handle anger. Then he proceeds to blow up himself.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for You're Having My Hartley
    7.5/10(109 votes)

    #24 - You're Having My Hartley

    S5:E24

    Hot baby news is the order of the day when Carol, Bob's receptionist, announces that she's expecting a baby. Then, Emily drops her bombshell—and Bob nearly comes unglued at the prospect of becoming a father.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Unknown

Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Enter Mrs. Peeper" is the best rated episode of "The Bob Newhart Show" season 5. It scored 7.5/10 based on 103 votes. Directed by Michael Zinberg and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/25/1976. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Caged Fury".