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The Worst Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show

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The Worst Episodes of The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to...

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  1. 6.1/10(96 votes)

    #1 - Crisis in Education

    S6:E21

    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.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:N/A
  2. 6.4/10(118 votes)

    #2 - Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

    S4:E10

    Bob moves up in the world from the seventh to the tenth floor when he joins the firm of a swinging psychiatrist.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jay Tarses
  3. 6.4/10(107 votes)

    #3 - It Didn't Happen One Night

    S6:E19

    Bob's friends close ranks to ""protect"" Emily Hartley when a handsome old flame pays her a very warm visit.

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    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:N/A
  4. 6.6/10(105 votes)

    #4 - My Boy Guillermo

    S4:E19

    Jerry Robinson's depression turns to instant joy when a globe-trotting ex-flame suddenly re-enters his life and proposes.

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    Director:Alan Myerson
    Writer:N/A
  5. 6.6/10(103 votes)

    #5 - Jerry's Retirement

    S5:E10

    Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession.

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    Director:Alan Myerson
  6. 6.6/10(95 votes)

    #6 - My Son the Comedian

    S6:E7

    It's no laughing matter for Howard when his 12 year old son Howie announces he's leaving home to become a comedian.

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    Director:Dick Martin
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  8. 6.7/10(114 votes)

    #7 - Here's Looking at You, Kid

    S4:E2

    Howard insists on joining Bob and Emily's anniversary dinner at a fashionable Chicago restaurant in order to enlist their aid in popping the question to Ellen. But he chokes up in the clutch, and Bob is forced to do the proposing for him.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:N/A
  9. 6.7/10(104 votes)

    #8 - Guaranteed Not to Shrink

    S4:E21

    Bob develops a unique psychological problem when his receptionist, Carol, decides to resume her college career and become a psychologist.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
  10. 6.7/10(98 votes)

    #9 - Easy for You to Say

    S6:E18

    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.

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    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:N/A
  11. 6.8/10(193 votes)

    #10 - P-I-L-O-T

    S1:E9

    Bob and Emily have been trying for some time to have a child. When they attend a party where the conversation turns to the subject of children, they feel so left out that they decide to adopt a child.

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  12. 6.8/10(105 votes)

    #11 - Carol at 6:01

    S4:E17

    Bob contends with a patient's delusion that her bingo game is fixed, staggers through a series of wild poker parties, and watches in wonder as his secretary slowly smothers under an attack of love.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:N/A
  13. 6.8/10(108 votes)

    #12 - Duke of Dunk

    S4:E20

    A professional basketball team hires Bob to give a psychological assist to its superstar.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:N/A
  14. 6.8/10(92 votes)

    #13 - Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

    S5:E11

    Jerry, retired orthodontist and orphan, takes off on a world tour to search for his long-lost parents.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
  15. 6.8/10(96 votes)

    #14 - Son of an Ex-Con Job

    S6:E15

    Bob counsels a quintet of jovial ex-convicts to help them find honest employment.

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    Writer:N/A
  16. 6.9/10(201 votes)

    #15 - Father Knows Worst

    S1:E7

    Bob's divorced neighbor, Howard Borden, is convinced that his son, Howie, doesn't really like him. Later, Howard's ex-wife convinces him that Howie thinks he is the greatest guy in the world.

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Jay Tarses
  17. 6.9/10(104 votes)

    #16 - A Matter of Vice-Principal

    S4:E14

    Emily must contend with irate teachers, hamsters, and an escaped snake when she's unexpectedly upped to the position of school vice principal.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:N/A
  18. 6.9/10(102 votes)

    #17 - No Sale

    S4:E16

    Bob becomes his patient's partner in a get-rich-quick real-estate venture.

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  19. 6.9/10(92 votes)

    #18 - Send This Boy to Camp

    S5:E7

    Bob and his friends host an orphan contingent for a wildly improbable camping-out experience.

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  20. 6.9/10(90 votes)

    #19 - Halls of Hartley

    S5:E17

    Bob succumbs to the pressures of living in a big city and desperately seeks employment of a small rural college.

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  21. 6.9/10(96 votes)

    #20 - The Mentor

    S5:E22

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

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  22. 6.9/10(97 votes)

    #21 - Shrinking Violence

    S5:E23

    Bob offers sound psychological advice to his wife and his therapy group on how to handle anger. Then he proceeds to blow up himself.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:N/A
  23. 6.9/10(101 votes)

    #22 - Bob's Change of Life

    S6:E1

    Bob's well-ordered life turns topsy-turvy when he and Emily move to a new Chicago residence.

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  24. 7.0/10(137 votes)

    #23 - Home is Where the Hurt Is

    S3:E15

    Facing the depressing prospect of returning home to Iowa to spend the holidays with her domineering parents, Carol brings her troubles to Bob's apartment. There she spends Christmas Eve pouring out the disasters of her childhood.

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Jay Tarses
  25. 7.0/10(118 votes)

    #24 - Emily Hits the Ceiling

    S3:E23

    Emily agrees to help operate a children's summer camp and tries to persuade Bob to be one of the counselors.

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    Director:James Burrows
  26. 7.0/10(113 votes)

    #25 - Shrinks Across the Sea

    S4:E7

    Bob and Emily suffer international complications when they host a French psychologist in their home as part of a medical exchange program.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A

Worst Episodes Summary

"Crisis in Education" is the worst rated episode of "The Bob Newhart Show". It scored 6.1/10 based on 96 votes. Directed by Peter Bonerz and written by N/A, it aired on 3/11/1978. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time".