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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 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 5 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Bob Newhart Show" season 5 is "Enter Mrs. Peeper", rated 7.3/10 from 94 user votes. It was directed by Michael Zinberg and written by N/A. "Enter Mrs. Peeper" aired on 9/25/1976 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Caged Fury".

  • Enter Mrs. Peeper
    7.3/10 94 votes

    #1 - Enter Mrs. Peeper

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1976

    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.

    Director: Michael Zinberg

    Writer: N/A

  • Caged Fury
    8.0/10 106 votes

    #2 - Caged Fury

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1976

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

    Director: Michael Zinberg

    Writer: N/A

  • Some of My Best Friends Are...
    7.2/10 103 votes

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

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1976

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: N/A

  • Still Crazy After All These Years
    7.5/10 91 votes

    #4 - Still Crazy After All These Years

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1976

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

    Director: Alan Myerson

    Writer: Hugh Wilson

  • The Great Rent Strike
    7.6/10 86 votes

    #5 - The Great Rent Strike

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1976

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Lloyd

  • Et, Tu, Carol?
    7.1/10 87 votes

    #6 - Et, Tu, Carol?

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1976

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

    Director: Alan Myerson

    Writer: N/A

  • Send This Boy to Camp
    6.9/10 85 votes

    #7 - Send This Boy to Camp

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1976

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

    Director: Michael Zinberg

    Writer: David Lloyd

  • A Crime Most Foul
    7.6/10 92 votes

    #8 - A Crime Most Foul

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1976

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Slammer
    7.5/10 92 votes

    #9 - The Slammer

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1976

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

    Director: Michael Zinberg

    Writer: N/A

  • Jerry's Retirement
    6.5/10 97 votes

    #10 - Jerry's Retirement

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1976

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

    Director: Alan Myerson

    Writer: Hugh Wilson

  • Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson
    6.8/10 86 votes

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

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1976

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: N/A

  • Breaking Up is Hard to Do
    7.1/10 82 votes

    #12 - Breaking Up is Hard to Do

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1976

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

    Director: Peter Bonerz

    Writer: N/A

  • Making Up is the Thing to Do
    7.5/10 91 votes

    #13 - Making Up is the Thing to Do

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/1976

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love is the Blindest
    7.2/10 86 votes

    #14 - Love is the Blindest

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1977

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

    Director: Will Mackenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ironwood Experience
    7.3/10 85 votes

    #15 - The Ironwood Experience

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1977

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

    Director: Peter Bonerz

    Writer: N/A

  • Of Mice and Men
    7.2/10 86 votes

    #16 - Of Mice and Men

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1977

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

    Director: Peter Bonerz

    Writer: N/A

  • Halls of Hartley
    6.9/10 84 votes

    #17 - Halls of Hartley

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1977

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

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Michael Zinberg

  • The Heartbreak Kidd
    7.3/10 94 votes

    #18 - The Heartbreak Kidd

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1977

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

    Director: Dick Martin

    Writer: N/A

  • Death Be My Destiny
    8.4/10 114 votes

    #19 - Death Be My Destiny

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1977

    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.

    Director: Michael Zinberg

    Writer: N/A

  • Taxation Without Celebration
    7.0/10 88 votes

    #20 - Taxation Without Celebration

    Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/1977

    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.

    Director: Peter Bonerz

    Writer: N/A

  • Desperate Sessions
    7.8/10 102 votes

    #21 - Desperate Sessions

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/26/1977

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

    Director: Dick Martin

    Writer: Michael Zinberg

  • The Mentor
    6.8/10 91 votes

    #22 - The Mentor

    Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 3/5/1977

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

    Director: Michael Zinberg

    Writer: N/A

  • Shrinking Violence
    6.9/10 92 votes

    #23 - Shrinking Violence

    Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 3/12/1977

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

    Director: Peter Bonerz

    Writer: N/A

  • You're Having My Hartley
    7.3/10 100 votes

    #24 - You're Having My Hartley

    Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/1977

    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.

    Director: Peter Bonerz

    Writer: N/A