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The Bob Newhart Show Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1974 - 1975
Episode 1
Big Brother Is Watching
Sat, Sep 14, 197426 mins
Bob's sister Ellen is looking for a new apartment. Since she & Howard plan to marry one day, Howard suggests Ellen move in with him. Bob does not approve.
Episode 2
The Battle of the Groups
Sat, Sep 21, 197426 mins
Bob's reluctant to let his sister house-sit while the Hartleys are away at a group retreat, because fly-boy Howard's in the next apartment waiting to pounce. Bob wishes he'd never proposed the retreat, because his new therapy group is jealous that he only invited his other group to go, plus Emily made Bob feel guilty for leaving her out of the fun in the wilds of Wisconsin, so she's coming along too. Everybody is spooked at the vision of Eliott Carlin again streaking through the woods naked.
Episode 3
The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-Op Experiment
Sat, Sep 28, 197430 mins
Dr Newman removed a wart from Bob's neck and charged him. Bob tells Jerry he should have done it for free since Bob had helped him with his marriage. Jerry agrees and sets up a plan where all the doctors treat each other for free.
Episode 4
The Separation Story
Sat, Oct 5, 197426 mins
With Emily busy studying for her masters and Bob busy with therapy groups, things are hectic at home. Emily moves to a hotel so she can study without interruption and be closer to the school. Friends think Bob & Emily have separated.
Episode 5
Sorry, Wrong Mother
Sat, Oct 12, 197426 mins
Howard's son, Howie comes to visit, and Ellen meets him for the first time. Ellen wants to make a good impression on Howie, but fails at her attempts, and Howie's uncooperative, so Bob talks to Howie to find out why Howie doesn't like Ellen.
Episode 6
The Gray Flannel Shrink
Sat, Oct 19, 197430 mins
Bob and Carol review his accounts and which ones still owe for services. Jerry suggests a collection agency, but Bob does not want to do that. Bob gets a job offer to be a company psychologist where he does not have to deal with billing.
Episode 7
Dr. Ryan's Express
Sat, Oct 26, 197426 mins
With Carol out of town, the doctors need a temporary receptionist. Jerry finds a receptionist that is not has trouble remembering what she is doing and cannot even remember Bob's name. Emily has problems with new drapes that are too short.
Episode 8
Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley
Sat, Nov 2, 197430 mins
Bob's brutal honesty campaign makes Emily a pariah at her school because Bob offends two of Emily's fellow teachers, when Emily attempts to widen the Hartleys' social circle, by inviting the colleagues over for dinner. Psychologist Bob is overreacting to being caught not practicing what he preaches, by his therapy group patients Elliot & Michelle, after he counsels the spatting members to be more honest with each other.
Episode 9
Ship of Shrinks
Sat, Nov 9, 197426 mins
Bob writes a chapter for a book, and is excited the day it is to be published. When Bob gets his copy of the book, he is disappointed to find they only used two of his twenty pages in the book.
Episode 10
Life Is a Hamburger
Sat, Nov 16, 197426 mins
Carol announces her engagement to her boyfriend Don, an uncertain creative and unpublished poet. Her friends are not that enthused about the news. Ellen is writing a restaurant review for the newspaper.
Episode 11
An American Family
Sat, Nov 23, 197426 mins
Emily's parents and Bob's parents arrive to celebrate Thanksgiving with Bob & Emily. All sets of families have their own idea of traditions and meal fixings. Bob's mother and Emily's father insult each other the day before Thanksgiving.
Episode 12
We Love You... Good-Bye
Sat, Nov 30, 197426 mins
Bob has a women only therapy group for women to improve their self confidence. The women tell Bob to bring Emily to the next meeting - to get her point of view. But, Bob's sorry he took their advice, because, when he brings her, he's kicked out of the meeting; for being 'like other men'.
Episode 13
Jerry Robinson Crusoe
Sat, Dec 7, 197430 mins
Jerry decided to move to Tahiti, and Bob can't believe Jerry will go through with it.
Episode 14
Serve for Daylight
Sat, Dec 14, 197426 mins
Dr Tupperman is organizing the doctor's tennis tournament and all the doctors in the building will be there. Bob is hopeful for winning, but then Emily plans to join for the doubles match.
Episode 15
Home Is Where the Hurt Is
Sat, Dec 21, 197426 mins
Carol, distressed regarding visiting her Iowa home for the holidays, talks through her problems with Bob and Emily, keeping them from attending a Christmas Eve symphony celebration.
Episode 16
Tobin's Back in Town
Sat, Jan 4, 197526 mins
Howard gets jealous when Ellen's ex comes to town with the intention of winning her back.
Episode 17
Think Smartly--Vote Hartley
Sat, Jan 11, 197526 mins
Bob decides to run for the school board.
Episode 18
The Way We Weren't
Sat, Jan 18, 197526 mins
Howard has a party and an old girlfriend attends. Howard worries about what Ellen thinks. Meanwhile, an old girlfriend of Bob's is in town and Bob does not want to talk to Emily about the girlfriend. Howard tells Emily about the girlfriend.
Episode 19
A Pound of Flesh
Sat, Jan 25, 197526 mins
Jerry feels a bit depressed and decides to buy a motorcycle. He wants to borrow money from Bob. Bob turns him down and says it is to save their friendship. Jerry is upset that Bob won't loan him the money.
Episode 20
My Business Is Shrinking
Sat, Feb 1, 197526 mins
Bob suffers a loss of confidence when several patients cancel appointments. He regains his groove by attending group therapy in a friend's office.
Episode 21
The New Look
Sat, Feb 8, 197526 mins
Bob avoids Emily as she completely redecorates the apartment and he hates the result. When she gives away Bob's favorite chair it is just too much. A compromise is reached.
Episode 22
Bob Hits the Ceiling
Sat, Feb 15, 197530 mins
Emily asks Bob to help her friend Diane with marital problems. Howard asks Bob to help his ex-wife with her marital problems. Bob is reluctant because he has a rule about treating friends, but he does agree. Of course, complications arise.
Episode 23
Emily Hits the Ceiling
Sat, Feb 22, 197526 mins
The school season is over and Emily helps organize a summer camp for two weeks in July. Bob has a full schedule at work that time, so he is unable to help. His plans change so he can help, but the summer camp plan falls through after all.
Episode 24
The Ceiling Hits Bob
Sat, Mar 8, 197526 mins
Bob's sagging office ceiling collapses and he must relocate all his patient sessions. Meanwhile, Carol gets a job offer hoping to make Bob and Jerry to give her a raise and Howard gets a job transfer to New York and informs Ellen that they are to get married and move.