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The Bob Newhart Show Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1973 - 1974
Episode 1
Last TV Show
Sat, Sep 15, 197326 mins
When public television offers to air a group session of Dr. Hartley, Bob's therapy group pressures him to appear on TV, but Bob turns the station down - trying to protect the members' privacy. But the patients think he's ashamed of them. Everyone agrees to be as open as usual. Scheduled to air opposite Gunsmoke, and the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football, few Chicagoans will be watching Psychology in Action.
Episode 2
Motel
Sat, Sep 22, 197326 mins
Jerry convinces Bob into going to Peoria to watch a football game that is blacked out in Chicago. At the motel, Bob feels guilty, especially when two women want to spend time with him and Jerry.
Episode 3
Backlash
Sat, Sep 29, 197326 mins
Bob & Emily have vacation plans to visit Mexico. Bob seems hesitant, but he says he is excited to go. At work, a patient thanks Bob for the session and whacks him on the back - throwing his back out of whack and in pain.
Episode 4
Somebody Down Here Likes Me
Sat, Oct 6, 197330 mins
A minister goes to Bob professionally. While the minister loves what he is doing, people treat him differently outside the church when they know he is a minister. After some therapy, the minister announces to the parishioners his new plans.
Episode 5
Emily in for Carol
Sat, Oct 13, 197326 mins
Carol goes on vacation and the doctors in Bob's building need a temporary receptionist. Emily fills in and everyone enjoys her - except Bob.
Episode 6
Have You Met Miss Dietz?
Sat, Oct 20, 197330 mins
Emily's recently divorced friend moves into the same apartment complex as Bob & Emily. Marilyn meets Howard and Emily takes Marilyn to Bob's work where she meets Jerry. Jerry and Howard compete for her affection.
Episode 7
Old Man Rivers
Sat, Oct 27, 197326 mins
Carol goes to the hospital for minor surgery and she falls for her doctor who is twice her age.
Episode 8
Mister Emily Hartley
Sat, Nov 3, 197326 mins
Emily becomes certified to give IQ tests and has Bob take one. The results of his test show Emily's IQ is a lot higher than his. They attend a banquet for geniuses and Bob feels out of place because everyone acts superior.
Episode 9
Mutiny on the Hartley
Sat, Nov 10, 197330 mins
When Bob finds out how much the plumber charges him for a repair, he realizes he is undercharging his therapy group. He raises the price, but the members think it is too much. They hold meetings without Bob until they realize they need him.
Episode 10
I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?
Sat, Nov 17, 197330 mins
When Emily suffers a malaise in the marriage, she and Bob turn to a marriage counselor for help.
Episode 11
Fit, Fat and Forty One
Sat, Nov 24, 197326 mins
Birthday-boy Bob's physical finds him eight pounds plumper than he should be at 41, so Bob determines to diet and exercise away those excess pounds.
Episode 12
Blues for Mr. Borden
Sat, Dec 1, 197330 mins
Howard's son, Howie is visiting. Howard tells Bob he and his ex-wife, Lois, are getting along really well lately, and he thinks she wants to get together again, but Howard's upset to find out she's getting married, and wants Howard's approval.
Episode 13
My Wife Belongs to Daddy
Sat, Dec 8, 197326 mins
Emily's parents pay an unexpected visit to Bob & Emily. They're the opposite in personality from Bob; exuberant, joking, and over the top. Bob feels left out of the comradely with Emily and her parents.
Episode 14
T.S. Elliot
Sat, Dec 15, 197326 mins
While in session with Bob, Elliot says he needs a date for a banquet/ He asks Carol and they go. They both have a good time - Elliot asks her to marry him.
Episode 15
I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas
Sat, Dec 22, 197326 mins
Bob has to go to work for one appointment on Christmas Eve and then go home for a small Christmas celebration with Emily. Events conspire against him as his patient has a break down, the weather turns hazardous, and he has to walk home.
Episode 16
Oh, Brother
Sat, Jan 5, 197426 mins
Jerry's brother, also a dentist, is in town and visits Jerry. After a few days, Jerry is tired of spending so much time for him. Jerry turns inferior around him.
Episode 17
The Modernization of Emily
Sat, Jan 12, 197426 mins
As Bob & Emily grocery shop, she runs into a former student of hers who's now grown, with a job, and entering college, which makes her feel old, and unattractive. Then Bob gives Emily a blender as an anniversary gift. Emily becomes upset, with Bob's impersonal gift, so, Emily decides to change her appearance, and look 'youthful'.
Episode 18
The Jobless Corps
Sat, Jan 19, 197430 mins
Bob starts a therapy group for the unemployed. Howard is laid off from his job with the airlines and joins the therapy group.
Episode 19
Clink Shrink
Sat, Jan 26, 197426 mins
Bob gets a new patient on the day Howard's apartment's robbed. Bob's new patient? He's just-released from prison - for robbery, 'natch, and Bob's understandably nervous.
Episode 20
Mind Your Own Business
Sat, Feb 2, 197426 mins
Bob learns that Jerry has certain luxuries like a yacht. Jerry attributes it to his business manager, Jeff. Jerry arranges for Bob to meet him. Part of his program is for him to be in complete control of their finances which means Bob won't have access to any of it. And he gives Bob $50 a week for pocket money. But when Bob uses it right away and asks Jeff to give him a little more. Jeff tells him that to give him the receipt for what he used it on but because he doesn't get a receipt, Jeff gives him a lecture.
Episode 21
A Love Story
Sat, Feb 9, 197425 mins
Bob's sister, Ellen, is getting married and Emily throws her a shower. But things get complicated when Howard falls in love with her at first sight.
Episode 22
By the Way... You're Fired
Sat, Feb 16, 197426 mins
When Carol starts seeing Don, her new guy, her work suffers. Jerry's annoyed by it, and talks to Bob, who says she'll get over it, eventually. But when she continues to do a bad job, Jerry fires her. They quickly discover running the office without Carol isn't so easy.
Episode 23
Confessions of an Orthodontist
Sat, Feb 23, 197430 mins
Dr. Walburn's a therapist from the 9th floor, is seeing Bob professionally but doesn't want it known publicly. When he's called out of town, he asks Bob to fill in for him. Bob's first patient - of Dr. Walburn's is Jerry, and that's when he reveals to Bob a secret reason he's been seeing Dr. Walburn.
Episode 24
A Matter of Principal
Sat, Mar 2, 197426 mins
One of Emily's students wrote an great report for class, but she knows it was written by the father who wants the boy to be moved to an advanced class. The principal of the school tries to convince Emily to skip the child.