The Bob Newhart Show
Season 3
24 episodes
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S03E01 Big Brother is Watching
Bob disapproves of the idea of his sister Ellen moving in with Howard.
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S03E02 The Battle of the Groups
Bob takes two of his therapy groups to a rustic retreat for a marathon session that never progresses further than everyone's complaints about the primitive conditions of their accommodations.
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S03E03 The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-Op Experiment
Jerry suggests that all the doctors in the building form a co-op to treat each other for free. This leads to chaos and hostility that find expression in Bob's special all-doctor therapy group.
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S03E04 The Separation Story
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.
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S03E05 Sorry, Wrong Mother
As Howard prepares to introduce Howie to Ellen, he tries to mold Ellen into an image the boy will like.
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S03E06 The Gray Flannel Shrink
Bob gives up most of his private practice to become the staff psychologist with a major insurance company. He soon learns that it's possible for a man in the corporate world to do his job too well.
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S03E07 Dr. Ryan's Express
When Carol is away again, Jerry hires an incompetent temp.
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S03E08 Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley
Bob vows to be completely honest with everyone, which soon leaves everyone hating him.
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S03E09 Ship of Shrinks
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.
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S03E10 Life is a Hamburger
Carol announces her engagement to her weird poet boyfriend,
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S03E11 An American Family
Bob and Emily's Thanksgiving plans are threatened when Bob's mother gets into an argument with Emily's father.
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S03E12 We Love You... Good-Bye
Bob forms an all women consciousness raising group. He gets kicked out after Emily joins and inadvertently points out some of the unliberated areas in their own marriage.
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S03E13 Jerry Robinson Crusoe
Jerry decides to leave everything behind and move to a South Seas island with his new girlfriend.
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S03E14 Serve for Daylight
Bob wants to win a tennis match but doesn't think his doubles partner, Emily, is good enough to win.
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S03E15 Home is Where the Hurt Is
The Hartleys have to spend Christmas Eve listening to Carol talk about her depressing family and personal relationships.
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S03E16 Tobin's Back in Town
Howard gets jealous when Ellen's ex comes to town with the intention of winning her back.
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S03E17 Think Smartly--Vote Hartley
Emily gets Bob to run for a spot on the school board.
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S03E18 The Way We Weren't
Emily finds out a secret about the girl Bob was dating before he met her.
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S03E19 A Pound of Flesh
Bob and Jerry have a falling out when Jerry demands that Bob lend him money for a new motorcycle.
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S03E20 My Business is Shrinking
Bob suffers a loss of confidence when several patients cancel appointments. He regains his groove by attending group therapy in a friend's office.
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S03E21 The New Look
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.
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S03E22 Bob Hits the Ceiling
Bob reluctantly agrees to a therapy session to help Emily's friend with her marriage problems.
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S03E23 Emily Hits the Ceiling
Emily agrees to help operate a children's summer camp and tries to persuade Bob to be one of the counselors.
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S03E24 The Ceiling Hits Bob
Everything's collapsing around Bob: Howard and Ellen announce they're moving to New York, Carol announces she's looking for a new job, and the ceiling literally collapses in his office.
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