S4 E1 • The Longest Good-Bye

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.

Première diffusion : 13 septembre 1975

S4 E2 • Here's Looking at You, Kid

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.

Première diffusion : 20 septembre 1975

S4 E3 • Death of a Fruitman

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.

Première diffusion : 27 septembre 1975

S4 E4 • Change is Gonna Do Me Good

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

Première diffusion : 4 octobre 1975

S4 E5 • The Heavyweights

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

Première diffusion : 11 octobre 1975

S4 E6 • Carol's Wedding

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

Première diffusion : 18 octobre 1975

S4 E7 • Shrinks Across the Sea

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

Première diffusion : 25 octobre 1975

S4 E8 • What's It All About, Albert?

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.

Première diffusion : 1 novembre 1975

S4 E9 • Who is Mr. X?

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.

Première diffusion : 8 novembre 1975

S4 E10 • Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

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

Première diffusion : 15 novembre 1975

S4 E11 • Over the River and Through the Woods

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.

Première diffusion : 22 novembre 1975

S4 E12 • Fathers and Sons and Mothers

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

Première diffusion : 29 novembre 1975

S4 E13 • The Article

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.

Première diffusion : 6 décembre 1975

S4 E14 • A Matter of Vice-Prinicipal

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

Première diffusion : 13 décembre 1975

S4 E15 • Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital

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.

Première diffusion : 20 décembre 1975

S4 E16 • No Sale

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

Première diffusion : 3 janvier 1976

S4 E17 • Carol at 6:01

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.

Première diffusion : 10 janvier 1976

S4 E18 • Warden Gordon Borden

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

Première diffusion : 17 janvier 1976

S4 E19 • My Boy Guillermo

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

Première diffusion : 24 janvier 1976

S4 E20 • Duke of Dunk

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

Première diffusion : 31 janvier 1976

S4 E21 • Guaranteed Not to Shrink

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

Première diffusion : 7 février 1976

S4 E22 • Birth of a Salesman

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

Première diffusion : 14 février 1976

S4 E23 • The Boy Next Door

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

Première diffusion : 21 février 1976

S4 E24 • Peeper Two

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

Première diffusion : 28 février 1976