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| Episode 1 - [Big Brother Is Watching] |
| Details : Bob is faced with the possibility that his younger sister Ellen may move in with Howard her boyfriend. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Robert Moore | |
| Air Date : Sep. 14, 1974 |
| Episode 2 - [The Battle Of The Groups] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Fiedler | Daniel J. Travanti | Jack Riley | Howard Hesseman | Oliver Clark | Director : Alan Rafkin | Writer : Jay Tarses | |
| Air Date : Sep. 21, 1974 |
| Episode 3 - [The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-Op Experiment] |
| Details : Dr Newman removed a wart from Bob's neck and charged him. Bob tells Jerry he should have done it for free since Bob had helped him with his marriage. Jerry agrees and sets up a plan where all the doctors treat each other for free. |
| Air Date : Sep. 28, 1974 |
| Episode 4 - [The Separation Story] |
| Details : For the sake of their marriage—as well as Emily's Master's Degree and Bob's heavy work schedule—the Hartleys decide that it would be best if they took up separate residences. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Carl Gottlieb | Richard Stahl | Bryan O'Byrne | Writer : Jay Tarses | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Oct. 05, 1974 |
| Episode 5 - [Sorry Wrong Mother] |
| Details : As Howard prepares to introduce Howie to Ellen he tries to remold Ellen into an image the boy will like. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Ritter | Moosie Drier | Director : Jay Sandrich | |
| Air Date : Oct. 12, 1974 |
| Episode 6 - [The Gray Flannel Shrink] |
| Details : Bob gives up most of his private practice to become the staff psychologist with a major insurance company. He soon learns that it's possible for a man in the corporate world to do his job too well. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Edward Winter | John Anderson | Oliver Clark | Director : Peter Bonerz | Writer : Jerry Mayer | |
| Air Date : Oct. 19, 1974 |
| Episode 7 - [Dr Ryan's Express] |
| Details : Bob's office routine becomes a wreck when Jerry hires a temporary receptionist. She's a very nice but very vague woman who can't even get Bob's name straight. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jack Riley | Director : Alan Rafkin | Writer : Jay Tarses | |
| Air Date : Oct. 26, 1974 |
| Episode 8 - [Brutally Yours Bob Hartley] |
| Details : Having preached honesty in relationships to his patients Bob decides to follow his own advice. Immediately he offends two dinner guests and starts an argument with Emily. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jack Riley | Lawrence Pressman | Writer : John Rappaport | Director : Alan Rafkin | |
| Air Date : Nov. 02, 1974 |
| Episode 9 - [Ship Of Shrinks] |
| Details : Bob's first literary venture turns out to be less than triumphant. His embarrassment makes him reluctant to join a convention of psychologists on a flight to Hawaii especially when he finds out that Howard is the navigator. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Geoffrey Neigher | Director : Alan Rafkin | |
| Air Date : Nov. 09, 1974 |
| Episode 10 - [Life Is A Hamburger] |
| Details : Carol's announcement that she's going to marry Don Fesler—an unpublished poet with bad feet—brings negative reactions from her friends. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Meg Wyllie | Director : George Tyne | Writer : Jerry Mayer | |
| Air Date : Nov. 16, 1974 |
| Episode 11 - [An American Family] |
| Details : Emily's plans for a wonderful turkey dinner go downhill when Bob's mother and Emily's father begin insulting one another the night before Thanksgiving. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Randolph | Barnard Hughes | Ann Rutherford | Martha Scott | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Nov. 23, 1974 |
| Episode 12 - [We Love You Good-Bye] |
| Details : Bob forms an all-women consciousness-raising group. He gets kicked out after Emily joins and inadvertently points out some of the unliberated areas in their own marriage. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ann Weldon | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Nov. 30, 1974 |
| Episode 13 - [Jerry Robinson Crusoe] |
| Details : After renewing an acquaintance with the beautiful and free-spirited Courtney Simpson Jerry decides to give up his dental practice: he wants to follow his dreams of romance and adventure by taking Miss Simpson to Tahiti. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jack Riley | Gail Strickland | Writer : Erik Tarloff | Director : Alan Rafkin | |
| Air Date : Dec. 07, 1974 |
| Episode 14 - [Serve For Daylight] |
| Details : Bob thinks his chances of winning a doctor's tennis tournament are pretty good until he learns that his doubles partner will be Emily. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Paula Shaw | Larry Gelman | Howard Platt | Director : Alan Rafkin | Writer : Jerry Mayer | |
| Air Date : Dec. 14, 1974 |
| Episode 15 - [Home Is Where The Hurt Is] |
| Details : Facing the depressing prospect of returning home to Iowa to spend the holidays with her domineering parents Carol brings her troubles to Bob's apartment. There she spends Christmas Eve pouring out the disasters of her childhood. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jack Riley | Bill Quinn | Director : Alan Rafkin | Writer : Jay Tarses | |
| Air Date : Dec. 21, 1974 |
| Episode 16 - [Tobin's Back In Town] |
| Details : Ellen's ex-fiancee John Tobin—a tall handsome egomaniac in suede and leather—arrives in Chicago to win Ellen back. The situation plays havoc with Howard's basic insecurities. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Fred Willard | Russ Grieve | Director : Peter Bonerz | Writer : Michael Zinberg | |
| Air Date : Jan. 04, 1975 |
| Episode 17 - [Think Smartly-Vote Hartley] |
| Details : Before he has a chance to say no Bob finds himself running for the chairman of the local school board against an incumbent who hasn't attended a board meeting for six months. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jack Riley | George Wyner | Quinn K. Redeker | Writer : Geoffrey Neigher | |
| Air Date : Jan. 11, 1975 |
| Episode 18 - [The Way We Weren't] |
| Details : Emily is more than a little curious about Bob's reluctance to talk about a girl he used to date. Then Howard inadvertently spills the beans. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Joseph R. Sicari | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Jan. 18, 1975 |
| Episode 19 - [A Pound Of Flesh] |
| Details : Bob and Jerry have a falling-out when Jerry demands that Bob lend him money for a new motorcycle. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dick Wilson | Director : Alan Rafkin | Writer : Jerry Mayer | |
| Air Date : Jan. 25, 1975 |
| Episode 20 - [My Business Is Shrinking] |
| Details : With his confidence fading as fast as his list of patients Bob decides to follow Emily's advice and see a psychiatrist about his problem. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mary Jo Catlett | Jack Riley | Jay Kogen | Writer : Arnie Kogen | Director : Alan Rafkin | |
| Air Date : Feb. 01, 1975 |
| Episode 21 - [The New Look] |
| Details : Emily redecorates the apartment in antiques. Bob finds her choice of furniture uncomfortable unappealing and hazardous to his health. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Cliff Norton | Marcia Lewis | Oliver Clark | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
| Air Date : Feb. 08, 1975 |
| Episode 22 - [Bob Hits The Ceiling] |
| Details : Bob breaks a long-standing rule against treating friends when he agrees to counsel Emily's chum whose marriage to a muscular gym teacher seems to be breaking up. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mike Henry | Cynthia Harris | Director : Jay Sandrich | |
| Air Date : Feb. 15, 1975 |
| Episode 23 - [Emily Hits The Ceiling] |
| Details : Emily agrees to help operate a children's summer camp and tries to persuade Bob to be one of the counselors. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Howard Hesseman | Director : James Burrows | Writer : Jerry Mayer | |
| Air Date : Feb. 22, 1975 |
| Episode 24 - [The Ceiling Hits Bob] |
| Details : Bob becomes the oldest permanent psychologist in Chicago when the ceiling in his office collapses and he has to set up shop wherever he can find the space. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bill Quinn | Director : Alan Rafkin | Writer : Jay Tarses | |
| Air Date : Mar. 08, 1975 |