Episode
The Bob Newhart Show: Who is Mr. X?
Overview
Bob accepts a seemingly innocent invitation to appear as the guest on a TV discussion program. He winds up in the jaws of a dilemma when the show host turns out to have the disposition of a shark.
Details
- Series
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 1975-11-08
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Who is Mr. X? is Episode 9 in Season 4 of The Bob Newhart Show. It aired on 1975-11-08. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 8: What's It All About, Albert?
Bob is depressed by his seeming lack of success as a psychologist. He seeks help from his old college professor, who manages to heighten his despair by informing him that psychology is all nonsense.
Episode 10: Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Bob moves up in the world from the seventh to the tenth floor when he joins the firm of a swinging psychiatrist.
More episodes from this season
Episode 7: Shrinks Across the Sea
Bob and Emily suffer international complications when they host a French psychologist in their home as part of a medical exchange program.
Episode 11: Over the River and Through the Woods
It's a stag Thanksgiving for Bob when Emily flies off to join a family reunion, leaving Bob to share the holiday with his male buddies.
Episode 6: Carol's Wedding
A blind-date-initiated, 12-hour romance culminates in Carol Kester's civil marriage to a handsome travel agent.
Episode 12: Fathers and Sons and Mothers
Bob suffers family problems when his mother becomes a houseguest and an elderly patient involves him in a parent-child vendetta.
Episode 5: The Heavyweights
Bob and Emily invite Carol to share her "heavy" experiences with the "overweight workshop."
Episode 13: The Article
When she's given an assignment to see what makes a bunch of doctors tick, inquiring news reporter Ellen Hartley gives Bob and his medical cohorts the tell-it-like-it-is treatment.
Episode 4: Change is Gonna Do Me Good
Emily accuses Bob of being stuck in a middle-aged rut and challenges him to switch family responsibilities.
Episode 14: A Matter of Vice-Principal
Emily must contend with irate teachers, hamsters, and an escaped snake when she's unexpectedly upped to the position of school vice principal.
Episode 3: Death of a Fruitman
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.
Episode 15: Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital
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.