Season Five: 1976/77
- Executive Producers: Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses
- Producer: Michael Zinberg
- Producers: Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr
| Series # | Episode title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | "Enter Mrs. Peeper" | Michael Zinberg | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | September 25, 1976 |
| The Peeper returns yet again, this time with a new wife. | ||||
| 98 | "Caged Fury" | Michael Zinberg | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | October 2, 1976 |
| Emily accidentally gets herself and Bob trapped in the basement storage locker while they're preparing for their Bicentennial party. | ||||
| 99 | "Still Crazy After All These Years" | Alan Myerson | Hugh Wilson | October 9, 1976 |
| Howard sees a therapist (Leonard Stone) to cure himself of his dependency on Bob and Emily, but the cure turns him into an exact clone of his doctor. | ||||
| 100 | "Some Of My Best Friends Are..." | James Burrows | Patricia Jones & Donald Reiker | October 16, 1976 |
| Bob has to handle the prejudice in his group when Mr. Plager (Howard Hesseman) comes out as gay. | ||||
| 101 | "The Great Rent Strike" | John C. Chulay | David Lloyd | October 23, 1976 |
| Slumlord Mr. Carlin takes over Bob and Emily's building, leading Bob to organize a rent strike. | ||||
| 102 | "Et Tu, Carol" | Alan Myerson | Gary David Goldberg | October 30, 1976 |
| Bob must find a new receptionist after Carol quits. | ||||
| 103 | "Send This Boy to Camp" | Michael Zinberg | David Lloyd | November 6, 1976 |
| Bob and Jerry volunteer to organize a camping trip for underprivileged children. | ||||
| 104 | "A Crime Most Foul" | John C. Chulay | Sy Rosen | November 13, 1976 |
| Everyone, including Emily, is a potential suspect after Bob's new tape recorder vanishes. | ||||
| 105 | "The Slammer" | Michael Zinberg | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | November 20, 1976 |
| Bob and the Peeper visit the bar they used to go to in college, and get arrested when the bar is raided. | ||||
| 106 | "Jerry's Retirement" | Alan Myerson | Hugh Wilson | November 27, 1976 |
| When Jerry comes into a lot of money, he decides to quit his practice and do nothing for the rest of his life. | ||||
| 107 | "Here's To You, Mrs. Robinson" | James Burrows | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | December 4, 1976 |
| The newly wealthy and retired Jerry goes on a quest to find his biological parents. | ||||
| 108 | "Breaking Up is Hard To Do" | Peter Bonerz | Sy Rosen | December 11, 1976 |
| Bob is stunned when his parents announce they're separating. | ||||
| 109 | "Making Up Is the Thing To Do" | Harvey Medlinsky | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | December 25, 1976 |
| Bob invites his separated parents to Christmas dinner to try and get them back together. | ||||
| 110 | "Love Is the Blindest" | Will Mackenzie | Gary David Goldberg | January 8, 1977 |
| Mr. Carlin tries to impress his attractive new secretary the only way he knows how: lying. | ||||
| 111 | "The Ironwood Experience" | Peter Bonerz | Phil Davis | January 15, 1977 |
| Bob gives a lecture at the Ironwood Interpersonal Relationships at the invitation of its director (Max Showalter), but is surprised when his entire audience shows up naked. | ||||
| 112 | "Of Mice and Men" | Peter Bonerz | Bruce Kane | January 22, 1977 |
| Emily plays the wife in a role-playing game with Bob's group of henpecked husbands. | ||||
| 113 | "Halls of Hartley" | James Burrows | Michael Zinberg | January 29, 1977 |
| Bob considers leaving the city and taking a position at a college in the sticks. | ||||
| 114 | "The Heartbreak Kid" | Dick Martin | Sy Rosen | February 5, 1977 |
| A psychology student (Tovah Feldshuh) gets a crush on Bob while interning with him. | ||||
| 115 | "Death Be My Destiny" | Michael Zinberg | Sy Rosen | February 12, 1977 |
| After a near-death experience, Bob becomes obsessed with the fact of his own mortality. | ||||
| 116 | "Taxation Without Celebration" | Peter Bonerz | Sy Rosen | February 19, 1977 |
| Bob has to choose between celebrating his wedding anniversary and doing his taxes on time. | ||||
| 117 | "Desperate Sessions" | Dick Martin | Michael Zinberg & Martin Davidson | February 26, 1977 |
| A bank robber (Robert Pine) takes Bob as a hostage. | ||||
| 118 | "The Mentor" | Michael Zinberg | Gary David Goldberg | March 5, 1977 |
| On Bob's advice, Carol's husband Larry opens up a travel agency – in Bob's building. | ||||
| 119 | "Shrinking Violence" | Peter Bonerz | Sy Rosen | March 12, 1977 |
| Emily has trouble expressing anger against an obnoxious mechanic (Robert Ridgely), so Bob tries to show her how it's done. | ||||
| 120 | "You're Having My Hartley" | Peter Bonerz | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | March 19, 1977 |
| Bob dreams that both Carol and Emily are pregnant. Note: This script was originally written as the series finale. When Newhart decided to return for one more season and didn't want to play a father, the episode was rewritten into a dream sequence. |
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