7.1/1097 votes#1 - Bob's Change of Life
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1977
Bob's well-ordered life turns topsy-turvy when he and Emily move to a new Chicago residence.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Les Charles, Glen Charles
- 7.0/1098 votes
#2 - Ex-Con Job
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1977
Bob's attempt at treating convicts who are about to be released has him climbing the walls.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1087 votes
#3 - A Jackie Story
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1977
Jerry is terrified of losing his new dream girl.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Lloyd Garver
- 7.6/1094 votes
#4 - Who Was That Masked Man?
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1977
Bob is puzzled when his henpecked patient, Mr. Petersen, asserts himself with far-reaching consequences.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
- 7.4/1096 votes
#5 - Carlin's New Suit
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1977
Bob deals with the amusing problems of an improbable paternity suit and a phone paging service that never pages him.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10101 votes
#6 - A Day in the Life
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1977
Bob's impulsive decision to leave town for a week is received with disastrous emotions by his patients, who seemingly can't make it without him.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1092 votes
#7 - My Son the Comedian
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1977
It's no laughing matter for Howard when his 12 year old son Howie announces he's leaving home to become a comedian.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: David Lloyd
- 7.2/1090 votes
#8 - You're Fired, Mr. Chips
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1977
Bob interviews a variety of psychologists to take over his patients while he's out of town. It's soon apparent that they are very much in need of help themselves. When Bob's former teacher, Professor Dreebe, offers his services, it seems the perfect answer.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Lloyd Garver
- 7.5/1087 votes
#9 - Shallow Throat
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1977
At first, Bob is thrilled when a nontalkative patient named Mr. Twillmer finally opens up after being told that anything he might say will be held in the strictest confidence. His joy is short-lived when Twillmer confesses to grand larceny.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1099 votes
#10 - A Girl in Her Twenties
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1977
Emily's protective instincts are aroused when 70-year-old Grace DuBois, an odd but friendly recluse, is threatened with being sent to a rest home for elderly people who can't cope with reality.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1095 votes
#11 - Grand Delusion
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1977
Bob and Emily celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary with a dream flight into the fantasy of being married to different partners.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: Lloyd Garver
- 8.0/1098 votes
#12 - 'Twas the Pie Before Christmas
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/24/1977
Bob finds himself with unhappy and hostile patients who refuse to attend his Christmas party when they are mistakenly informed of a rate increase at the height of the Yuletide season. One patient is moved to hire a pie-throwing service.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10106 votes
#13 - Freudian Ship
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1978
The Hartleys embark on a seagoing vacation to put work behind them. But Bob can't resist playing psychologist when he undertakes to counsel a married couple.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1093 votes
#14 - Grizzly Emily
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1978
Emily Hartley discovers a new low in male chauvinism when Bob's father arranges a fishing trip to his cabin and assigns her woman's work while the men brave the great out-of-doors.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1094 votes
#15 - Son of an Ex-Con Job
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1978
Bob counsels a quintet of jovial ex-convicts to help them find honest employment.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1099 votes
#16 - Group on a Hot Tin Roof
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1978
Bob advises a patient named Mr. Plager to realize his human potential by writing a play based on his own experiences. But when Plager writes, directs, and produces an actual World War I drama whose characters bear a startling resemblance to the rest of Bob's patients, the warfare really begins.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1096 votes
#17 - Emily Carlin, Emily Carlin
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/1978
Bob's paranoid, perennial patient, Mr. Carlin, involves Emily in his scheme to impress his former schoolmates—especially a girl who never gave him the time of day.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1094 votes
#18 - Easy for You to Say
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/1978
Paul Billingham—known to his radio fans as Ralph Alfalfa, the Happy Farmer—comes to Bob because of his stuttering problem. On radio, he practiced several unseen rhythmic devices to mask his problem, but a new television opportunity threatens to expose his problem with disastrous results.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/10102 votes
#19 - It Didn't Happen One Night
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/1978
Bob's friends close ranks to ""protect"" Emily Hartley when a handsome old flame pays her a very warm visit.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1086 votes
#20 - Carol Ankles for Indie-Prod
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 3/4/1978
On the eve of being announced ""Secretary of the Year,"" Carol informs Bob that she's leaving his employ.
Director: Mark Tinker
Writer: Lloyd Garver
- 6.3/1091 votes
#21 - Crisis in Education
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 3/11/1978
At the school where Emily works, low reading scores prompt indignant outbursts and threats from angry parents. Principal Phil Bannister flees their wrath by going on an extended fishing trip—but not before he tells Emily to handle the crisis.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10119 votes
#22 - Happy Trails to You
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 4/1/1978
Bob gives up his psychological practice in Chicago to become a professor at a small college in Oregon.
Director: Peter Bonerz, Michael Zinberg
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles, Lloyd Garver
The Best Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show Season 6
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Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Bob's Change of Life" is the best rated episode of "The Bob Newhart Show" season 6. It scored 7.1/10 based on 97 votes. Directed by Peter Bonerz and written by Les Charles, Glen Charles, it aired on 9/24/1977. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Ex-Con Job".