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The Bob Newhart Show•Season 5•Episode 22

The Mentor

6.9/10 · 104 votesMar 5, 1977

Ranked #23 of 24 in Season 5•−0.4 vs season avg

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

Directed byMichael Zinberg

Written byGary David Goldberg

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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

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

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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

Crew2

Michael Zinberg

Michael Zinberg

Director

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Gary David Goldberg

Writer

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Episode Summary

"The Mentor" is episode 22 of The Bob Newhart Show season 5. It scored 6.9/10 from 104 votes, ranking #23 of 24 episodes this season (season average 7.3). Directed by Michael Zinberg and written by Gary David Goldberg, it aired on March 5, 1977.

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