
Season 5
Episodes
1. Enter Mrs. Peeper
1976-09-25
Bob receives a telegram saying that his old college chum, ""The Peeper,"" is coming to Chicago and bringing a surprise. The surprise turns out to be a brand-new bride.
2. Caged Fury
1976-10-02
The Hartleys miss their friend's gala Fourth of July Bicentennial party celebration when they become trapped in a storage locker.
3. Some of My Best Friends Are...
1976-10-09
Bob's therapy group has an unexpected visitor when a friendly homosexual joins in the sessions.
4. Still Crazy After All These Years
1976-10-16
The Hartleys take a vacation. In their absence, Howard undergoes a crash psychological program that changes his entire personality.
5. The Great Rent Strike
1976-10-23
The Hartley apartment becomes a hot and cold battleground when the good doctor declares psychological warfare on his landlord.
6. Et, Tu, Carol?
1976-10-30
Both Bob's receptionist and a Buddha figure with a clock in its navel give the psychologist a hard time.
7. Send This Boy to Camp
1976-11-06
Bob and his friends host an orphan contingent for a wildly improbable camping-out experience.
8. A Crime Most Foul
1976-11-13
Bob turns amateur detective when he believes that his expensive tape recorder has been stolen.
9. The Slammer
1976-11-20
Bob and his friend ""The Peeper"" take a trip down Memory Lane and wind up in the slammer.
10. Jerry's Retirement
1976-11-27
Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession.
11. Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson
1976-12-04
Jerry, retired orthodontist and orphan, takes off on a world tour to search for his long-lost parents.
12. Breaking Up is Hard to Do
1976-12-11
Bob undergoes a shock when his mother announces that she has separated from his father after 47 years of marriage.
13. Making Up is the Thing to Do
1976-12-25
Bob takes on the role of Christmas peacemaker when he attempts to reconcile his parents.
14. Love is the Blindest
1977-01-08
Bob watches in amazement as one of his patients supports a blossoming romance with a tissue of lies.
15. The Ironwood Experience
1977-01-15
Bob's invitation to lecture at a prestigious sex seminar results in distress when the audience shows up nude.
16. Of Mice and Men
1977-01-22
Bob runs into marital problems when he brings his therapy group home for a wild role-playing encounter.
17. Halls of Hartley
1977-01-29
Bob succumbs to the pressures of living in a big city and desperately seeks employment of a small rural college.
18. The Heartbreak Kidd
1977-02-05
Bob thinks that Veronica Kidd, a student trainee, has fallen in love with him.
19. Death Be My Destiny
1977-02-12
Bob strikes out against a friend's fear of falling, but succumbs to the same phobia himself when he is subjected to a harrowing elevator experience.
20. Taxation Without Celebration
1977-02-19
Bob's memory is taxed to the limit when he forgets that April 15 is the Federal income tax deadline—and also the date of the Hartleys' seventh wedding anniversary.
21. Desperate Sessions
1977-02-26
Bob is held hostage in his office by a friendly bank robber.
22. The Mentor
1977-03-05
A despondent friend accepts Bob's suggestion and turns the psychologist's reception area into a mini-Polynesian village.
23. Shrinking Violence
1977-03-12
Bob offers sound psychological advice to his wife and his therapy group on how to handle anger. Then he proceeds to blow up himself.
24. You're Having My Hartley
1977-03-19
Hot baby news is the order of the day when Carol, Bob's receptionist, announces that she's expecting a baby. Then, Emily drops her bombshell—and Bob nearly comes unglued at the prospect of becoming a father.