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The Bob Newhart Show•Season 5•Episode 13

Making Up is the Thing to Do

7.5/10 · 107 votesDec 25, 1976

Ranked #7 of 24 in Season 5•+0.2 vs season avg

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

Directed byHarvey Medlinsky

Written byGordon Farr, Lynne Farr

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Seasons6

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Season 5 Episodes24

Enter Mrs. Peeper

Caged Fury

Some of My Best Friends Are...

Still Crazy After All These Years

The Great Rent Strike

Et, Tu, Carol?

Send This Boy to Camp

A Crime Most Foul

The Slammer

Jerry's Retirement

Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

E13 7.5Now viewing

Making Up is the Thing to Do

Love is the Blindest

The Ironwood Experience

Of Mice and Men

Halls of Hartley

The Heartbreak Kidd

Death Be My Destiny

Taxation Without Celebration

Desperate Sessions

The Mentor

Shrinking Violence

You're Having My Hartley

Cast5

Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart

Robert Hartley

Suzanne Pleshette

Suzanne Pleshette

Emily Hartley

Bill Daily

Bill Daily

Howard Borden

Marcia Wallace

Marcia Wallace

Carol Kester

Peter Bonerz

Peter Bonerz

Jerry Robinson

Crew3

G

Gordon Farr

Writer

L

Lynne Farr

Writer

H

Harvey Medlinsky

Director

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Episode Summary

"Making Up is the Thing to Do" is episode 13 of The Bob Newhart Show season 5. It scored 7.5/10 from 107 votes, ranking #7 of 24 episodes this season (season average 7.3). Directed by Harvey Medlinsky and written by Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr, it aired on December 25, 1976.

Next: E14 · Love is the Blindest Best of Season 5