Episode
The Bob Newhart Show: Tobin's Back in Town
Overview
Ellen's ex-fiancee, John Tobin—a tall, handsome egomaniac in suede and leather—arrives in Chicago to win Ellen back. The situation plays havoc with Howard's basic insecurities.
Details
- Series
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1975-01-04
Episode context
Tobin's Back in Town is Episode 16 in Season 3 of The Bob Newhart Show. It aired on 1975-01-04.
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Episode 15: Home is Where the Hurt Is
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.
Episode 17: Think Smartly--Vote Hartley
Before he has a chance to say no, Bob finds himself running for the chairman of the local school board against an incumbent who hasn't attended a board meeting for six months.
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Episode 14: Serve for Daylight
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Episode 18: The Way We Weren't
Emily is more than a little curious about Bob's reluctance to talk about a girl he used to date. Then Howard inadvertently spills the beans.
Episode 13: Jerry Robinson Crusoe
After renewing an acquaintance with the beautiful and free-spirited Courtney Simpson, Jerry decides to give up his dental practice: he wants to follow his dreams of romance and adventure by taking Miss Simpson to Tahiti.
Episode 19: A Pound of Flesh
Bob and Jerry have a falling-out when Jerry demands that Bob lend him money for a new motorcycle.
Episode 12: We Love You... Good-Bye
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.
Episode 20: My Business is Shrinking
With his confidence fading as fast as his list of patients, Bob decides to follow Emily's advice and see a psychiatrist about his problem.
Episode 11: An American Family
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 21: The New Look
Emily redecorates the apartment in antiques. Bob finds her choice of furniture uncomfortable, unappealing, and hazardous to his health.
Episode 10: Life is a Hamburger
Carol's announcement that she's going to marry Don Fesler—an unpublished poet with bad feet—brings negative reactions from her friends.
Episode 22: Bob Hits the Ceiling
Bob breaks a long-standing rule against treating friends when he agrees to counsel Emily's chum, whose marriage to a muscular gym teacher seems to be breaking up.