Episode
The Bob Newhart Show: Of Mice and Men
Overview
Bob runs into marital problems when he brings his therapy group home for a wild role-playing encounter.
Details
- Series
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1977-01-22
Episode context
Of Mice and Men is Episode 16 in Season 5 of The Bob Newhart Show. It aired on 1977-01-22.
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Episode 14: Love is the Blindest
Bob watches in amazement as one of his patients supports a blossoming romance with a tissue of lies.
Episode 18: The Heartbreak Kidd
Bob thinks that Veronica Kidd, a student trainee, has fallen in love with him.
Episode 13: Making Up is the Thing to Do
Bob takes on the role of Christmas peacemaker when he attempts to reconcile his parents.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 21: Desperate Sessions
Bob is held hostage in his office by a friendly bank robber.
Episode 10: Jerry's Retirement
Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession.
Episode 22: The Mentor
A despondent friend accepts Bob's suggestion and turns the psychologist's reception area into a mini-Polynesian village.