The Bob Newhart Show

Bob invites Emily to join his fear of flying group on a trip to New York City. Much to Bob's surprise, he discovers that Emily also has a fear of flying and refuses to go. After a conversation with Howard she decides to go, only to back out after boarding the plane.

It's "Vocation Day" in Emily's class, and Bob feels left out when he's not invited. At the last minute, he's asked to fill in, but Emily's worst fears are confirmed when Bob fails to excite the kids' interest.

Bob experiences pangs of jealousy when Emily's handsome new tennis instructor comes to see him with an emotional problem, namely, his inability to turn down the women who are all uncontrollably attracted to him.

Bob finds it extremely difficult to tell his mother that he loves her.

Bob's old girlfriend travels to Chicago with her husband and calls on the Hartleys.

Carol tries to get Bob to approve her moving in with her new boyfriend, Roger, who has just separated from his wife. Bob refuses, telling Carol that she will have to make her own decision.

Bob's divorced neighbor, Howard Borden, is convinced that his son, Howie (Moosie Drier), doesn't really like him. Later, Howard's ex-wife convinces him that Howie thinks he is the greatest guy in the world.

Bob wants to watch football every Monday night. Emily feels this is unfair: their other activities keep the couple busy or exhausted every other night of the week, and she thinks they should do something that they both enjoy. This leads to an unresolved, all-night argument that ends only when the...

Bob and Emily have been trying for some time to have a child. When they attend a party where the conversation turns to the subject of children, they feel so left out that they decide to adopt a child.

When Bob returns from his vacation in Mexico, Jerry announces that he is about to be married to a girl he just met. Cynthia, a beautiful but domineering oral hygienist, becomes too much for Jerry, and he realizes that he has made a mistake.

Bob decides that for his own mental well-being, he needs some peace and quiet. He moves into a hotel room by himself for a few days, leaving a confused Howard thinking that Bob and Emily have split up.

Howard floats into Bob's office on Cloud Nine after having a tooth pulled. He is so poetic that Carol tells Emily that she's in love with him. Emily agrees to help Carol get him, and the two have an up-and-down romance.

Jerry decides there is something wrong with him because he never becomes serious about any of the girls he dates. He asks Bob if he can become one of his patients. Bob agrees, but they have to abandon the plan when it begins to interfere with their friendship.

Christmas means sad memories for Bob's therapy group, and it's evident that 'tis not the season for everyone to be jolly. Bob decides to invite the group over for Christmas Eve.

Bob and Emily travel to a ski lodge that's nearly deserted except for the annoying couple with whom they share a bathroom.

Feeling unfulfilled as a woman, and having just passed her 29th birthday, Carol quits her job as Bob's receptionist. After having been gone for a while, Carol suddenly shows up at one of Bob's group-therapy sessions and creates a situation in which Bob finds himself more of a patient than a doctor.

Bob refuses to wear the beautiful gold watch Emily gave him for his 40th birthday after he learns just how expensive it was.

Bob has problems at the office and at home when one of his patients falls in love with him.

Howard Borden's 22-year old sister, Debbie, arrives to spend the week with him. When Emily arranges a blind date for her with Jerry, Howard suddenly turns into an overprotective big brother.

Bob and Emily try to decide if they should give up their apartment and buy a house.

Bob's routine is disrupted when when Emily decides to take a full-time job with the Board of Education. After a night out drinking with Mr. Carlin, a tipsy Bob shares his concerns with Emily.

When a star pitcher for the Chicago Cubs credits Bob with saving his career, the endorsement brings Bob a new patient, Moose Washburn -- a second-string player whose career is beyond a mere psychologist's help.

Afraid that his practice, as well as his patients, will fall apart if he leaves, Bob keeps resisting Emily's plans for a two-month European cruise.

Recovering from another broken romance, Jerry accepts Bob's invitation to spend a couple of days at his apartment. Bob soon comes to regret his kindness.