Episode
The Bob Newhart Show: Freudian Ship
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1978-01-07
Episode context
Freudian Ship is Episode 13 in Season 6 of The Bob Newhart Show. It aired on 1978-01-07.
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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 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.
More episodes from this season
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.
Episode 15: Son of an Ex-Con Job
Bob counsels a quintet of jovial ex-convicts to help them find honest employment.
Episode 10: A Girl in Her Twenties
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.
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.
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 17: Emily Carlin, Emily Carlin
Bob's paranoid, perennial patient, Mr. Carlin, involves Emily in his scheme to impress his former schoolmates—especially a girl who never gave him the time of day.
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 18: Easy for You to Say
Paul Billingham—known to his radio fans as Ralph Alfalfa, the Happy Farmer—comes to Bob because of his stuttering problem. On radio, he practiced several unseen rhythmic devices to mask his problem, but a new television opportunity threatens to expose his problem with disastrous results.
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 19: It Didn't Happen One Night
Bob's friends close ranks to "protect" Emily Hartley when a handsome old flame pays her a very warm visit.