Episode
The Bob Newhart Show: A Girl in Her Twenties
Overview
Emily's protective instincts are aroused when 70-year-old Grace DuBois, an odd but friendly recluse, is threatened with being sent to a rest home for elderly people who can't cope with reality.
Details
- Series
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1977-12-03
Episode context
A Girl in Her Twenties is Episode 10 in Season 6 of The Bob Newhart Show. It aired on 1977-12-03.
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Episode 9: Shallow Throat
At first, Bob is thrilled when a nontalkative patient named Mr. Twillmer finally opens up after being told that anything he might say will be held in the strictest confidence. His joy is short-lived when Twillmer confesses to grand larceny.
Episode 11: Grand Delusion
Bob and Emily celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary with a dream flight into the fantasy of being married to different partners.
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Episode 8: You're Fired, Mr. Chips
Bob interviews a variety of psychologists to take over his patients while he's out of town. It's soon apparent that they are very much in need of help themselves. When Bob's former teacher, Professor Dreebe, offers his services, it seems the perfect answer.
Episode 12: 'Twas the Pie Before Christmas
Bob finds himself with unhappy and hostile patients who refuse to attend his Christmas party when they are mistakenly informed of a rate increase at the height of the Yuletide season. One patient is moved to hire a pie-throwing service.
Episode 7: My Son the Comedian
It's no laughing matter for Howard when his 12-year-old son Howie announces he's leaving home to become a comedian.
Episode 13: Freudian Ship
The Hartleys embark on a seagoing vacation to put work behind them. But Bob can't resist playing psychologist when he undertakes to counsel a married couple.
Episode 6: A Day in the Life
Bob's impulsive decision to leave town for a week is received with disastrous emotions by his patients, who seemingly can't make it without him.
Episode 14: Grizzly Emily
Emily Hartley discovers a new low in male chauvinism when Bob's father arranges a fishing trip to his cabin and assigns her woman's work while the men brave the great out-of-doors.
Episode 5: Carlin's New Suit
Bob deals with the amusing problems of an improbable paternity suit and a phone paging service that never pages him.
Episode 15: Son of an Ex-Con Job
Bob counsels a quintet of jovial ex-convicts to help them find honest employment.
Episode 4: Who Was That Masked Man?
Bob is puzzled when his henpecked patient, Mr. Petersen, asserts himself with far-reaching consequences.
Episode 16: Group on a Hot Tin Roof
Bob advises a patient named Mr. Plager to realize his human potential by writing a play based on his own experiences. But when Plager writes, directs, and produces an actual World War I drama whose characters bear a startling resemblance to the rest of Bob's patients, the warfare really begins.