The Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 5

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

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

Director: Michael Zinberg

Writer: N/A

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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

Director: Will Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

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

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

Director: Dick Martin

Writer: N/A

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

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

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

Director: Peter Bonerz

Writer: N/A

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

Director: James Burrows

Writer: N/A

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

Director: N/A

Writer: David Lloyd

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

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

Director: Michael Zinberg

Writer: David Lloyd

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

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Writer: N/A

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

Director: James Burrows

Writer: N/A

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

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

Director: Dick Martin

Writer: Michael Zinberg