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Episode 1

The Longest Good-Bye

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Bob's old school friend Murdock is in town for a day to sell a complex giveaway item to a Chicago cereal company. Bob invites him to stay overnight at his home. The brief encounter stretches out to a week when Murdock can't make his business connections. He gradually takes over Bob's car, clothing, and most of his home life.

Episode 2

Here's Looking at You, Kid

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Howard insists on joining Bob and Emily's anniversary dinner at a fashionable Chicago restaurant in order to enlist their aid in popping the question to Ellen. But he chokes up in the clutch, and Bob is forced to do the proposing for him.

Episode 3

Death of a Fruitman

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Bob's patients observe tradition by planning a surprise party to honor the fourth year of the group's therapy sessions. When an unseen member, a Mr. Gianelli, threatens to turn the party into a disaster, Bob kicks him out of the group. His decision meets with instant group approval until Mr. Gianelli dies under a ton of zucchini.

Episode 4

Change is Gonna Do Me Good

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Emily accuses Bob of being stuck in a middle-aged rut and challenges him to switch family responsibilities.

Episode 5

The Heavyweights

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Bob and Emily invite Carol to share her ""heavy"" experiences with the ""overweight workshop.""

Episode 6

Carol's Wedding

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A blind-date-initiated, 12-hour romance culminates in Carol Kester's civil marriage to a handsome travel agent.

Episode 7

Shrinks Across the Sea

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Bob and Emily suffer international complications when they host a French psychologist in their home as part of a medical exchange program.

Episode 8

What's It All About, Albert?

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Bob is depressed by his seeming lack of success as a psychologist. He seeks help from his old college professor, who manages to heighten his despair by informing him that psychology is all nonsense.

Episode 9

Who is Mr. X?

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Bob accepts a seemingly innocent invitation to appear as the guest on a TV discussion program. He winds up in the jaws of a dilemma when the show host turns out to have the disposition of a shark.

Episode 10

Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

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Bob moves up in the world from the seventh to the tenth floor when he joins the firm of a swinging psychiatrist.

Episode 11

Over the River and Through the Woods

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It's a stag Thanksgiving for Bob when Emily flies off to join a family reunion, leaving Bob to share the holiday with his male buddies.

Episode 12

Fathers and Sons and Mothers

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Bob suffers family problems when his mother becomes a houseguest and an elderly patient involves him in a parent-child vendetta.

Episode 13

The Article

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When she's given an assignment to see what makes a bunch of doctors tick, inquiring news reporter Ellen Hartley gives Bob and his medical cohorts the tell-it-like-it-is treatment.

Episode 14

A Matter of Vice-Principal

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Emily must contend with irate teachers, hamsters, and an escaped snake when she's unexpectedly upped to the position of school vice principal.

Episode 15

Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital

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Christmas Eve finds Bob in the hospital with tonsillitis and an impending operation. Meanwhile, his friends are all suffering from an attack of Christmas-itis.

Episode 16

No Sale

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Bob becomes his patient's partner in a get-rich-quick real-estate venture.

Episode 17

Carol at 6:01

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Bob contends with a patient's delusion that her bingo game is fixed, staggers through a series of wild poker parties, and watches in wonder as his secretary slowly smothers under an attack of love.

Episode 18

Warden Gordon Borden

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Howard's game-warden brother comes to Chicago to witness the mating of two whooping cranesâ€”and stays to make a play for Howard's girlfriend.

Episode 19

My Boy Guillermo

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Jerry Robinson's depression turns to instant joy when a globe-trotting ex-flame suddenly re-enters his life and proposes.

Episode 20

Duke of Dunk

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A professional basketball team hires Bob to give a psychological assist to its superstar.

Episode 21

Guaranteed Not to Shrink

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Bob develops a unique psychological problem when his receptionist, Carol, decides to resume her college career and become a psychologist.

Episode 22

Birth of a Salesman

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The Hartleys are bombarded with legal hassles when Bob is sued by a shy patient and Emily decides to fight a parking ticket.

Episode 23

The Boy Next Door

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The Hartleys entertain Howard Borden's young son and hire a beauty queen as his babysitter.

Episode 24

Peeper Two

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Cliff Murdock, Bob's old laugh-a-minute college buddy, affectionately known as The Peeper, pays a return visit.