Jack Riley as Elliot Carlin
Episodes 17
P-I-L-O-T
Bob and Emily have been trying for some time to have a child. When they attend a party where the conversation turns to the subject of children, they feel so left out that they decide to adopt a child.
This is a retooled version of the original pilot. In order for this episode to fit into the series, the office scenes had to be re-shot. Originally Jerry Robinson(Peter Bonerz) was a swinging Psychologist and shared office space with Bob. The characters of receptionist Carol Kester(Marcia Wallace) and patient Elliot Carlin(Jack Riley) were absent. In fact, the part of Bob's patient was played by the Orthodontist who worked upstairs. Bob and Emily also lived in a condo and Bob was head of the building association.
Read MoreI Want to Be Alone
Bob decides that for his own mental well-being, he needs some peace and quiet. He moves into a hotel room by himself, leaving a confused Howard Borden thinking that Bob and Emily have split up.
Read MoreBum Voyage
Afraid that his practice, as well as his patients, will fall apart if he leaves, Bob keeps resisting Emily's plans for a two-month European cruise.
Read MoreLast TV Show
Bob's therapy group insists that he accept an invitation for the group to conduct one of its weekly sessions on television.
Read MoreMutiny on the Hartley
Bob decides to meet the rising cost of living by raising his rates. But the members of his therapy group revolt when he picks the most inappropriate moment to tell them.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreDeath 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.
Read MoreWho 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.
Read MoreSome of My Best Friends Are...
Bob's therapy group has an unexpected visitor when a friendly homosexual joins in the sessions.
Read MoreA Crime Most Foul
Bob turns amateur detective when he believes that his expensive tape recorder has been stolen.
Read MoreOf Mice and Men
Bob runs into marital problems when he brings his therapy group home for a wild role-playing encounter.
Read MoreWho Was That Masked Man?
Bob is puzzled when his henpecked patient, Mr. Petersen, asserts himself with far-reaching consequences.
Read MoreYou're Fired, Mr. Chips
Bob interviews a variety of psychologists to take over his patients while he's out of town. It's soon apparent that they are very much in need of help themselves. When Bob's former teacher, Professor Dreebe, offers his services, it seems the perfect answer.
Read More'Twas the Pie Before Christmas
Bob finds himself with unhappy and hostile patients who refuse to attend his Christmas party when they are mistakenly informed of a rate increase at the height of the Yuletide season. One patient is moved to hire a pie-throwing service.
Read MoreGroup on a Hot Tin Roof
Bob advises a patient named Mr. Plager to realize his human potential by writing a play based on his own experiences. But when Plager writes, directs, and produces an actual World War I drama whose characters bear a startling resemblance to the rest of Bob's patients, the warfare really begins.
Read MoreEasy for You to Say
Paul Billingham—known to his radio fans as Ralph Alfalfa, the Happy Farmer—comes to Bob because of his stuttering problem. On radio, he practiced several unseen rhythmic devices to mask his problem, but a new television opportunity threatens to expose his problem with disastrous results.
Read MoreHappy Trails to You
Bob gives up his psychological practice in Chicago to become a professor at a small college in Oregon.
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