7.3/1096 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
- 8.0/10108 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
- 7.2/10107 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
- 7.5/1093 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
- 7.6/1088 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
- 7.0/1089 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
- 6.9/1087 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
- 7.6/1095 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
- 7.4/1094 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
- 6.6/1099 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
- 6.8/1088 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
- 7.1/1085 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
- 7.5/1095 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
- 7.2/1089 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
- 7.3/1087 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
- 7.2/1089 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
- 6.9/1086 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
- 7.3/1097 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
- 8.3/10117 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
- 7.1/1091 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
- 7.9/10106 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
- 6.8/1094 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
- 6.9/1094 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
- 7.4/10103 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
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!
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Enter Mrs. Peeper" is the best rated episode of "The Bob Newhart Show" season 5. It scored 7.3/10 based on 96 votes. Directed by Michael Zinberg and written by N/A, it aired on 9/25/1976. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Caged Fury".