The Bob Newhart Show Season 5
25 September 1976
Episodes
1. Enter Mrs. Peeper
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.
25 September 1976
2. Caged Fury
The Hartleys miss their friend's gala Fourth of July Bicentennial party celebration when they become trapped in a storage locker.
02 October 1976
3. Some of My Best Friends Are...
Bob's therapy group has an unexpected visitor when a friendly homosexual joins in the sessions.
09 October 1976
4. Still Crazy After All These Years
The Hartleys take a vacation. In their absence, Howard undergoes a crash psychological program that changes his entire personality.
16 October 1976
5. The Great Rent Strike
The Hartley apartment becomes a hot and cold battleground when the good doctor declares psychological warfare on his landlord.
23 October 1976
6. Et, Tu, Carol?
Both Bob's receptionist and a Buddha figure with a clock in its navel give the psychologist a hard time.
30 October 1976
7. Send This Boy to Camp
Bob and his friends host an orphan contingent for a wildly improbable camping-out experience.
06 November 1976
8. A Crime Most Foul
Bob turns amateur detective when he believes that his expensive tape recorder has been stolen.
13 November 1976
9. The Slammer
Bob and his friend The Peeper take a trip down Memory Lane and wind up in the slammer.
20 November 1976
10. Jerry's Retirement
Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession.
27 November 1976
11. Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson
Jerry, retired orthodontist and orphan, takes off on a world tour to search for his long-lost parents.
04 December 1976
12. Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Bob undergoes a shock when his mother announces that she has separated from his father after 47 years of marriage.
11 December 1976
13. Making Up is the Thing to Do
Bob takes on the role of Christmas peacemaker when he attempts to reconcile his parents.
25 December 1976
14. Love is the Blindest
Bob watches in amazement as one of his patients supports a blossoming romance with a tissue of lies.
08 January 1977
15. The Ironwood Experience
Bob's invitation to lecture at a prestigious sex seminar results in distress when the audience shows up nude.
15 January 1977
16. Of Mice and Men
Bob runs into marital problems when he brings his therapy group home for a wild role-playing encounter.
22 January 1977
17. Halls of Hartley
Bob succumbs to the pressures of living in a big city and desperately seeks employment of a small rural college.
29 January 1977
18. The Heartbreak Kidd
Bob thinks that Veronica Kidd, a student trainee, has fallen in love with him.
05 February 1977
19. Death Be My Destiny
Bob strikes out against a friend's fear of falling, but succumbs to the same phobia himself when he is subjected to a harrowing elevator experience.
12 February 1977
20. Taxation Without Celebration
Bob's memory is taxed to the limit when he forgets that April 15 is the Federal income tax deadline—and also the date of the Hartleys' seventh wedding anniversary.
19 February 1977
21. Desperate Sessions
Bob is held hostage in his office by a friendly bank robber.
26 February 1977
22. The Mentor
A despondent friend accepts Bob's suggestion and turns the psychologist's reception area into a mini-Polynesian village.
05 March 1977
23. Shrinking Violence
Bob offers sound psychological advice to his wife and his therapy group on how to handle anger. Then he proceeds to blow up himself.
12 March 1977
24. You're Having My Hartley
Hot baby news is the order of the day when Carol, Bob's receptionist, announces that she's expecting a baby. Then, Emily drops her bombshell—and Bob nearly comes unglued at the prospect of becoming a father.
19 March 1977