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The Bob Newhart Show•Season 5•Episode 3

Some of My Best Friends Are...

7.1/10 · 125 votesOct 9, 1976

Ranked #17 of 24 in Season 5•−0.2 vs season avg

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

Directed byJames Burrows

Written byPatricia Jones, Donald Reiker

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The Slammer

Jerry's Retirement

Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

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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

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James Burrows

James Burrows

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Patricia Jones

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Donald Reiker

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Episode Summary

"Some of My Best Friends Are..." is episode 3 of The Bob Newhart Show season 5. It scored 7.1/10 from 125 votes, ranking #17 of 24 episodes this season (season average 7.3). Directed by James Burrows and written by Patricia Jones, Donald Reiker, it aired on October 9, 1976.

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