The Best Episodes Written By Jay Tarses
Every TV Episode Written by Jay Tarses Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Jay Tarses Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Jay Tarses is "Mutiny on the Hartley", rated 8/10 from 1 user votes. It was "directed by Peter Baldwin". "Mutiny on the Hartley" aired on 11/10/1973 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Let's Get Away From it Almost".
8.0/10 1 votes#1 - Mutiny on the Hartley
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1973
Bob decides to meet the rising cost of living by raising his rates. But the members of his therapy group revolt when he picks the most inappropriate moment to tell them.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Jay Tarses
7.0/10 1 votes#2 - Let's Get Away From it Almost
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/1973
Bob and Emily travel to a ski lodge that's nearly deserted except for the annoying couple with whom they share a bathroom. After sitting through a disastrous dinner, the Hartleys decide to leave only to find themselves caught in the spotlight of the abominable floor show they're trying to escape.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Jay Tarses
7.0/10 1 votes#3 - Motel
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1973
A trip to Peoria turns into one long embarrassment for Bob when Jerry introduces him to a pretty girl named Janine. Janine doesn't seem to care that Bob is a married man.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Jay Tarses
7.0/10 1 votes#4 - I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/22/1973
Christmas Eve is almost spoiled when Bob is trapped in the office because of a power failure.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Jay Tarses
7.0/10 1 votes#5 - The Jobless Corps
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/19/1974
Depressed after losing his job with the airline, Howard accepts Bob's offer to join his ""out of workshop,"" a special therapy group for the unemployed. (Bob extends the invitation at Emily's insistence when Howard's attempts to help her around the apartment begin driving her up the wall.)
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Jay Tarses
7.0/10 1 votes#6 - Mind Your Own Business
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/2/1974
At Jerry's urging, Bob hires a business manager to handle his money. He ends up living on a meager allowance that affords him only such luxuries as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Jay Tarses
7.0/10 1 votes#7 - The Battle of the Groups
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1974
Bob takes two of his therapy groups to a rustic retreat for a marathon session that never progresses further than everyone's complaints about the primitive conditions of their accommodations.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Jay Tarses
- 7.0/10 1 votes
#8 - The Separation Story
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1974
For the sake of their marriage—as well as Emily's Master's Degree and Bob's heavy work schedule—the Hartleys decide that it would be best if they took up separate residences.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Jay Tarses
- 7.0/10 1 votes
#9 - Dr. Ryan's Express
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1974
Bob's office routine becomes a wreck when Jerry hires a temporary receptionist. She's a very nice but very vague woman who can't even get Bob's name straight.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Jay Tarses
- 7.0/10 1 votes
#10 - The Longest Good-Bye
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1975
Bob's old school friend Murdock is in town for a day to sell a complex giveaway item to a Chicago cereal company. Bob invites him to stay overnight at his home. The brief encounter stretches out to a week when Murdock can't make his business connections. He gradually takes over Bob's car, clothing, and most of his home life.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Jay Tarses
- 7.0/10 1 votes
#11 - Death of a Fruitman
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1975
Bob's patients observe tradition by planning a surprise party to honor the fourth year of the group's therapy sessions. When an unseen member, a Mr. Gianelli, threatens to turn the party into a disaster, Bob kicks him out of the group. His decision meets with instant group approval until Mr. Gianelli dies under a ton of zucchini.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Jay Tarses
- 7.0/10 1 votes
#12 - Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1975
Bob moves up in the world from the seventh to the tenth floor when he joins the firm of a swinging psychiatrist.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jay Tarses
- 7.0/10 1 votes
#13 - Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/20/1975
Christmas Eve finds Bob in the hospital with tonsillitis and an impending operation. Meanwhile, his friends are all suffering from an attack of Christmas-itis.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Jay Tarses
6.0/10 2 votes#14 - Father Knows Worst
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1972
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.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Jay Tarses
- 4.0/10 1 votes
#15 - Home is Where the Hurt Is
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1974
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.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Jay Tarses
- 4.0/10 1 votes
#16 - The Heavyweights
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1975
Bob and Emily invite Carol to share her ""heavy"" experiences with the ""overweight workshop.""
Director: N/A
Writer: Jay Tarses