The Bob Newhart Show

Bob invites Emily to join his fear of flying group on a trip to New York City. Much to Bob's surprise he finds that Emily also has a fear of flying and refuses to go. After a conversation with Howard she decides to go only to back out after boarding the plane.

It's Vocation Day in Emily's class, and Bob feels left out when he's not invited. At the last minute, he's asked to fill in, but Emily's worst fears are confirmed when Bob fails to excite the kids' interest.

Bob experiences pangs of jealousy when Emily's handsome new tennis instructor comes to see him with an emotional problem, namely, his inability to turn down the women who are all uncontrollably attracted to him.

Bob finds it extremely difficult to tell his mother that he loves her.

Bob's old girlfriend comes to Chicago with her husband and calls on Emily and Bob.

Carol tries to get Bob to approve her moving in with her new boyfriend Roger, who has just separated from his wife. Bob refuses, telling her she will have to make her own decision.

Bob's therapy group insists that he accept an invitation for the group to conduct one of its weekly sessions on television.

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.

One of Bob's more masculine patients enthusiastically slaps him on the back—and, unfortunately for Bob, it throws his back out. Even more unfortunately, Bob and Emily were supposed to be going to Mexico for a vacation.

Rev. Dan Bradford seeks professional advice from Bob then makes a startling announcement in his Sunday sermon.

With Carol on vacation, Emily is elected to fill in as the receptionist. Everyone loves the idea—except Bob.

Marilyn Dietz, a very attractive divorcee, creates a feud between Jerry and Howard when she starts dating both of them.

Bob is faced with the possibility that his younger sister, Ellen, may move in with Howard, her boyfriend.

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.

Dr Newman removed a wart from Bob's neck and charged him. Bob tells Jerry he should have done it for free since Bob had helped him with his marriage. Jerry agrees and sets up a plan where all the doctors treat each other for free.

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.

As Howard prepares to introduce Howie to Ellen, he tries to remold Ellen into an image the boy will like.

Bob gives up most of his private practice to become the staff psychologist with a major insurance company. He soon learns that it's possible for a man in the corporate world to do his job too well.

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.

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.

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.

Emily accuses Bob of being stuck in a middle-aged rut and challenges him to switch family responsibilities.

Bob and Emily invite Carol to share her ""heavy"" experiences with the ""overweight workshop.""

A blind-date-initiated, 12-hour romance culminates in Carol Kester's civil marriage to a handsome travel agent.

Bob receives a telegram saying that his old college chum, ""The Peeper,"" is coming to Chicago and bringing a surprise. The surprise turns out to be a brand-new bride.

The Hartleys miss their friend's gala Fourth of July Bicentennial party celebration when they become trapped in a storage locker.

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

The Hartleys take a vacation. In their absence, Howard undergoes a crash psychological program that changes his entire personality.

The Hartley apartment becomes a hot and cold battleground when the good doctor declares psychological warfare on his landlord.

Both Bob's receptionist and a Buddha figure with a clock in its navel give the psychologist a hard time.

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

Bob's attempt at treating convicts who are about to be released has him climbing the walls.

Jerry is terrified of losing his new dream girl.

Bob is puzzled when his henpecked patient, Mr. Petersen, asserts himself with far-reaching consequences.

Bob deals with the amusing problems of an improbable paternity suit and a phone paging service that never pages him.

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.