Episode

The Bob Newhart Show: Big Brother is Watching

Name: The Bob Newhart Show: Big Brother is Watching
Released: 1974-09-14
Cast: Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette, Bill Daily, Marcia Wallace, Peter Bonerz

The Bob Newhart ShowSeason 31974-09-14

Overview

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

Details

Series: The Bob Newhart Show
Season: Season 3
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 1974-09-14

Episode context

Big Brother is Watching is Episode 1 in Season 3 of The Bob Newhart Show. It aired on 1974-09-14.

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Episode 2: The Battle of the Groups 1974-09-21 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.

More episodes from this season

Episode 3: The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-Op Experiment 1974-09-28 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.

Episode 4: The Separation Story 1974-10-05 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.

Episode 5: Sorry, Wrong Mother 1974-10-12 | 30 min As Howard prepares to introduce Howie to Ellen, he tries to remold Ellen into an image the boy will like.

Episode 6: The Gray Flannel Shrink 1974-10-19 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.

Episode 7: Dr. Ryan's Express 1974-10-26 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.

Episode 8: Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley 1974-11-02 Having preached honesty in relationships to his patients, Bob decides to follow his own advice. Immediately he offends two dinner guests and starts an argument with Emily.

Episode 9: Ship of Shrinks 1974-11-09 Bob's first literary venture turns out to be less than triumphant. His embarrassment makes him reluctant to join a convention of psychologists on a flight to Hawaii, especially when he finds out that Howard is the navigator.

Episode 10: Life is a Hamburger 1974-11-16 Carol's announcement that she's going to marry Don Fesler—an unpublished poet with bad feet—brings negative reactions from her friends.

Episode 11: An American Family 1974-11-23 Emily's plans for a wonderful turkey dinner go downhill when Bob's mother and Emily's father begin insulting one another the night before Thanksgiving.

Episode 12: We Love You... Good-Bye 1974-11-30 | 30 min Bob forms an all-women consciousness-raising group. He gets kicked out after Emily joins and inadvertently points out some of the unliberated areas in their own marriage.