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The Bob Newhart Show•Season 5•Episode 21

Desperate Sessions

7.9/10 · 117 votesFeb 26, 1977

Ranked #3 of 24 in Season 5•+0.6 vs season avg

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

Directed byDick Martin

Written byMichael Zinberg, Michael Davidson

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Seasons6

All 1 2 3 4 5 6

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

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

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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

Dick Martin

Dick Martin

Director

Michael Zinberg

Michael Zinberg

Writer

M

Michael Davidson

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Desperate Sessions" is episode 21 of The Bob Newhart Show season 5. It scored 7.9/10 from 117 votes, ranking #3 of 24 episodes this season (season average 7.3). Directed by Dick Martin and written by Michael Zinberg, Michael Davidson, it aired on February 26, 1977.

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