The BEST episodes of Newhart season 7
Every episode of Newhart season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Newhart season 7!
Dick Loudon and wife Joanna relocate from New York City to a small town in Vermont, where they run the historic Stratford Inn. They're surrounded by a town full of oddballs and colorful characters, whom Loudon deals with in various states of bemusement.
#1 - Murder at the Stratley
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/15/1989
The townspeople accuse Dick or murdering Joanna after her "disappearance" strangely fits the scenario of his first murder-mystery novel, "Murder at the Stratley".
#2 - Town Without Pity
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/1988
Dick becomes the focus of the town's ire after a prisoner breaks out of jail using one of Dick's how-to manuals.
#3 - Twelve Annoyed Men...and Women
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/9/1989
Dick's patience is tried when he's elected foreman of a jury of the townspeople, who as always use their peculiar intellect to irk Dick.
#4 - Buy, Buy Blues
Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/10/1989
Stephanie goes on a shopping spree while she tries to forget Michael. Meanwhile Dr. Kaiser realizes she has developed an attraction for Michael (who's been released from the sanitarium).
#5 - One and a Half Million Dollar Man
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/20/1989
Wealthy socialite Scooter Drake drops by Vermont looking to purchase an inn. While Joanna shows Scooter around, Michael begins a new career as a mime.
#6 - Message from Michael
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/24/1989
Michael becomes a last minute guest on Vermont Today and emerges a town favorite. The dimwitted locals hang on his every word.
#7 - This Blood's For You
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/1988
Stephanie is horrified to discover that a blood transfusion following an emergency appendectomy came from Darryl.
#8 - I Came, I Saw, I Sat
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/19/1988
Dick's father visits the inn and, to Dick's consternation, resists all Dick's efforts to entertain him.
#9 - Shoe Business Is My Life
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/23/1989
Michael goes job hunting after he's axed by WPIV.
#10 - Malling in Love Again
Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/1989
Michael and Stephanie conduct personal interviews at the mall and realize that they're perfect together after all.
#11 - Hi, Society
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/13/1989
Dick fills in for Michael and takes Stephanie to a high society charity ball. Dick is the life of the party after Stephanie tells everyone that Dick owns a large hotel chain.
#12 - I Married Dick
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/21/1988
Dick and Joanna visit a therapist after Joanna becomes concerned that their marriage is stagnating. Stephanie is worried after discovering that Michael had large ears as a child.
#13 - Another Saturday Night
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/27/1989
Michael & Joanna endure a torturous evening at Larry, Darryl & Darryl's house. Dick gives a commencement speech at an exclusive school.
#14 - Georgie & Bess
Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/1989
George's Aunt Bess visits, shattering several of his childhood beliefs when he finds she wasn't the sweet lady he remembers. Dick and one of the Darryls play chess.
#15 - Cupcake on My Back
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/20/1989
Michael goes into debt after spending lavishly on Annual Cupcake Day.
#16 - George and the Old Maid
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/6/1989
The Inn's old maid, Madelyn Stone, returns after a 25 year absence to answer George's marriage proposal. Stephanie competes with Madelyn.
#17 - Apples, Apples, Apples
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/1988
Michael revs up the stale Ye Olde Apple Days festival, leaving George and his traditional activites in the cold..until George organizes a rival festival. Larry and his brothers stage a walk-a-thon when swampland is endangered.
#18 - The Little Match Girl
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/27/1989
While visiting Michael in a sanitarium (he's vacationing), Dick runs into illustrator Corinne Denby and invites her to collaborate with him on his next book...despite her habit of burning things.
#19 - Homes and Jo-Jo
Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/1/1989
Joanna gets her own realty television show providing a great lead-in for Vermont Today. Dick loves the big ratings but can't stand Joanna's amorous co-host. Meanwhile, one of the Darryls' receives a manservant as a present.
#20 - Home for the Hollidays
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/16/1989
Joanna lands a job selling real estate. Her first sale hits a snag when her low-class clients, the Hollidays, stay at the inn while looking for a home.
#21 - The Nice Man Cometh
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/13/1989
Dick is picked to be the sidekick for a new late night talk show hosted by an abrasive man who has it in for Dick.
#22 - Goonstruck
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/12/1988
Stephanie is attracted to the virile young stomemason working at the Inn.