Rob tries to tell his son that comedy writing can be fun and he shouldn't feel bad about telling his friends.
Rob talks Laura into going to a party at Alan Brady's penthouse even though she'd rather stay home and look after their ailing five-year old.
Feeling old and unloved, Laura decides to try to dye her hair blond.
Laura set up her quiet cousin Thomas with Sally, but when Sally arrives Thomas doesn't get to say much.
Rob must decide whether to see his son's play or go out of town for his job.
Rob and Laura Recall how they met.
Harrison B. Harding shows up, claiming to be an old friend of Rob's, and seems to know everything about Rob.
Laura wonders if Rob will still love her while working with a lovely TV star.
Rob wonders if Laura will go back into show business after she's offered a dancing job on the Alan Brady Show.
Laura sets up a quiet weekend away, but Rob comes home with Buddy's dog for the weekend.
Rob starts feeling jealous after Alan gives Buddy a nice gift.
Rob forgets to reserve 44 tickets to the Alan Brady Show, for the PTA group.
Rob buys an ugly necklace that he thinks Laura will love.
Laura encourages Rob to start treating Sally like a lady after seeing her treated like a guy around the office.
Buddy wants to leave the show to become Head Writer of another show. Mel can't release Buddy from his contract, so he helps Rob and Sally write a memo to Alan to encourage him to fire Buddy.
Ritchie asks the age old question Where Do I Come From? Rob and Laura tell the story.
Rob uses Laura's habit of opening his mail as the basis for a sketch on The Alan Brady Show.
Jerry makes one too many jokes about the "bad writing" on the Alan Brady Show, to which Rob takes deep offense.
Rob tries to collect a debt from Buddy, but isn't sure how he should broach the subject.
The Alan Brady Show is looking for talented kids and Rob is asked to get auditions for practically every kid in the neighborhood.
Richie begins using "certain four letter words", and Rob and Laura try desperately to get him to stop.
Buddy's wife is out of town, so Rob invites Buddy to stay at his house for the duration. Disaster ensues.
Rob is invited to talk to Richie's class about what he does for a living. However, Richie hates the idea, thinking the other kids will be bored listening to his dad talk about comedy writing.
Sally brings the gang down to the bowling alley to experience the latest dance craze.
Rob gets called for jury duty and finds himself doubting the attractive defendant's guilt.
An old high school friend visits Sally on her birthday.
Rob's shy brother Stacey comes for a visit, but he has a problem: he is a sleepwalker.
Since Stacey is such a great performer while he's sleeping, Rob tries to get him an audition for The Alan Brady Show.
Rob starts to feel like he does too much housework when Buddy warns him about the decline of the American male.
Rob's old Army buddy Sol shows up just as the Petries are preparing for dinner with an important sponsor. Gregarious, hyper and obnoxious, Sol insults the sponsor's taste.
Rob convinces his old mentor, Happy Spangler, to join the writing staff of The Alan Brady Show; but Happy seems more interested in telling about his life than in doing any work.
Rob brings home two baby ducks, and Richie becomes very attached to them.
To prove a theory that a wife can't always recognize her husband on the phone, Rob call Laura and disguises his voice, but he becomes obsessed with whether she's playing along with the joke.
Rob and Laura tell Richie about their attempts to get married.
Rob is surprised to find a bank book in one of Laura's gloves.
Rob engages in a game of pool with Buddy's hustler brother Blackie.
Rob falls under a hypnosis spell meant for Buddy - he keeps acting drunk every time a bell rings.
Rob and Laura must explain to Richie why his middle name is Rosebud.
Rob thinks Sally is falling for the latest guest star on The Alan Brady Show: crooner Ric Vallone.
Rob and Laura have a terrible fight, after each has experienced a difficult day - and each remember the fight very differently.
Rob suspects Buddy and Sally of having an affair.
Rob and Laura assume Richie's claims of being pecked by a giant woodpecker are just a way of getting attention - until Millie says she's seen the woodpecker herself.
Rob comes to believe he's allergic to his family when he can't stop sneezing.
With Jerry at a dentist's convention, Rob is forced to see another dentist after breaking his tooth on a chicken bone.
Dreading the thought of being forced to direct a fund-raising show by Mrs. Billings of the PTA, Rob remembers the previous year's show when he tried to cast the role of Cleopatra.
A cat burglar in the neighborhood has Rob and Laura on edge.
An old high school flame of Rob's drops by looking to make it in show business.
Buddy and Sally find Rob's memoirs and read about the time Rob had to break off his engagement with an old girlfriend before marrying Laura.
Rob goes on Ray Murdock's X-Ray where he inadvertently describes Laura as a nut.
Thinking his own friends betrayed him in an argument with Mel over a sketch, Rob remembers his first day as the head writer of The Alan Brady Show.
In this classic, Rob has a dream - inspired by a late-night horror movie on TV - involving walnuts, missing thumbs, and a space alien who looks like Danny Thomas.
Laura is angry with Rob always picking up the check whenever they go out with friends.
Rob hurts himself on his first skiing trip with Jerry - just as Laura predicted.
The Petries hire an Italian painter to paint their walls.
Rob, Laura, Buddy and Sally must perform in a show for Rob's friend Sam Pomerantz after Rob accidentally injures comedian Danny Brewster.
Rob and Laura are both surprised that the latest guest star on The Alan Brady Show is someone from their past - French star Jacques Savon.
Rob and Laura are invited to a dinner party for all the top writers in various fields, but Rob is the only writer in comedy, and is lost in the others' intellectual conversations.
British actor 'Racy' Tracey Rattigan is filling in as substitute host for The Alan Brady Show - and he seems to have an interest in Laura.
Rob gets caught in the middle when Buddy declares his intention to divorce Pickles for supposedly cheating on him.
Rob gets envious when he learns that sponsor Jim Darling is an old beau of Laura's.
Rob nearly ruins his own surprise birthday party after Laura finds out Rob already knows.
Sally may have found a fella but he wants to take Sally away from The Alan Brady Show, so she can write for him.
Rob needs an idea for a sketch for the show; Richie gives him an idea for a talking bowling pin - unfortunately, Rob doesn't ask where he got the idea.
All about about the day Richie came home from the hospital. With so much stuff to take home, and so many mix ups with the items of the Peters (a couple in another hospital room), Rob begins to wonder what else could have gotten mixed up.
Rob, Buddy, Laura & Sally go to an auction. Rob shows Buddy & Sally how people use different gestures to make bids - unfortunately, while bidding is actually going on.
When Rob asks Laura to sign some insurance forms, Laura does everything she can to avoid signing, as Rob becomes more and more suspicious.
Rob and Laura have trouble keeping their promises not to tell anyone that they may need to get legally married.
While getting ready to go to Jerry and Millie's party, Rob and Laura overhear them on their kids' walkie talkies.
Rob is roped into directing another PTA show for Mrs. Billings.
While working out details for a joke, Rob hits himself on the head with a violin, causing temporary amnesia.
Uncle George drops by the Petries, looking for a wife, and Sally tries to fix him up with Herman Glimpscher's mom. But Uncle George has other ideas.
Gangster Big Max Calvada asks Rob, Buddy, & Sally to write an act for his nephew.
Rob and Jerry buy a boat, despite Laura's warning that it could impact their friendship.
Rob hires a Spanish maid, but when she arrives, not only does she not speak English, but she has a broken arm.
Rob thinks he's just seen the suspects of a recent jewelry store holdup and wrestles with his conscience about informing the police.
The staff has to plan a Christmas show.
Rob tries to stop a guest star from falling in love with him.
A reporter interviews Rob for a cover story she's doing about Alan Brady. Laura also comes to the restaurant, and chimes in just a little too much.
Laura wants to setup a new bachelor neighbor with her cousin, but Rob wants to set him up with Sally.
While golfing, Rob meets a man named Joe Coogan – who turns out to be an old boyfriend of Laura's.
Rob and friends accidentally play poker with marked cards that Rob was using to teach Richie some magic tricks.
Laura & Rob have to decide when to have Richie's birthday party, and what to do for it, because most weekends are already booked with other kids' extravagant parties.
Laura wonders why Rob never wants to go away on a romantic weekend with her.
Rob and Buddy help Sally write some jokes to go on a late night talk show, taking up most of their work day.
Rob has to find a replacement for Sally while she's away. Each replacement they try is worse than the last ... but Rob would rather try anyone than follow Laura's suggestion that she fill in.
Rob recalls a time when he tried to get out of Camp Crowder to spend his honeymoon with Laura.
Rob's favorite star guests on the Alan Brady show but starts causing problems right away.
Rob and Laura hope each other's parents don't find out that both sets of parents have bought burial plots for them.
Rob buys a new car that he loves but won't let anyone touch, but an emergency forces Laura to use the car.
Rob puts together an episode of the Alan Brady Show using old radio stars.
When Sally spots a painting in an art gallery, Laura's past comes back to haunt her.
Rob ends up in jail after contacting an army buddy.
Rob and Laura see Jerry at a restaurant with a woman - who's not Millie.
Another classic; in this episode, Rob finds a hair or two in his brush; of course he assumes he's going bald. His barber (Ned Glass) tells him to use a concoction on his head, right before bed. The fact that it smells alot like salad dressing has an interesting effect on Rob's dreams that night.
Laura takes a writing class, but Rob becomes suspicious when the teacher seems to like her writing just a little too much.
When a drunk gets too rowdy at a bar, Laura's talent for judo surfaces.
Rob, Buddy, Laura, and Sally spend the night in a creepy cabin.
Roger, Richie's Babysitter wants Laura's help with a girl that he likes. Little does she know who the girl turns out to be.
A disagreement over a neighbor's lawn almost breaks up Rob and Jerry's friendship.
Rob is offered a job at a "men's" magazine but Laura isn't crazy about like the idea.
Sally gets roses every day from a secret admirer, but when he lets her know who he is, he doesn't get quite the response he was hoping for.
Rob tells Buddy and Sally the story of how they became friends with a convict.
Rob and the gang go to perform at a prison, but their prison uniform costumes cause confusion.
Rob writes an episode of another show, but after presenting the script to Alan, isn't sure whether he really wants him working on it.
In a flashback to when they were first married, Laura is nervous about meeting Rob's parents. Millie gives her some pills that could help her relax, but Laura doesn't really want to try them.
Rob tries to help get a raise for Buddy and Sally but finds that hard to do after talking with Alan Brady's accountant.
After golfing against Laura's wishes, Rob tries to hide the fact he is sick as he helps Laura prepare a party.
When a writer comes to do a piece on the Alan Brady Show, Rob is worried about how Buddy and Sally will act in front of her.
An old army buddy comes looking for a job and hopes Rob will return an old favor.
Rob,Buddy, & Sally have just spent 11 hours finishing a script, but on his way home, Rob is so tired, that he leaves the only copy at Grand Central Station.
After Buddy plays a practical joke on Rob, Rob tells him that he'll get even.
Sally is asked to help Rob's brother Stacey (Jerry Van Dyke) go out on a practice date.
Stacey finally meets the girl he's been corresponding with while he was in the army - except he's been signing someone else's name.
Laura & Millie drive Rob crazy when their sons are cast in a commercial.
Rob offers to hide rock and roll stars The Redcoats at his home.
Rob takes a pillow salesman to court after buying pillows that smell like chickens.
Rob and Buddy invest in Uncle Lou's shoe store.
Richie keeps getting beat up at school, and Rob and Laura have to figure out why he won't defend himself.
Rob can't figure out how an old song he wrote is being played as a radio commercial.
A flashback episode about Rob and Laura's long search to find their house, with Millie and Jerry looking too.
Rob and Buddy are suspicious when Sally won't tell them much about her new fella.
Laura and Rob plan to spend a romantic weekend in the city and see a play, until Laura runs into a little problem at the hotel.
When Rob and Laura are asked to fill in for Alan Brady at a banquet in his honor, they run into a mishap at home with a pot of dye.
Alan Brady is rehearsing for a Broadway show, but the script needs work, so he asks Rob to help punch it up - without the author's knowledge.
In a flashback episode, Rob does a stunt on his radio show where he tries to stay awake for 100 hours - right before being asked to interview with Alan Brady.
Rob's new motorcycle causes him more problems than he bargained for.
Rob learns a lesson after letting Buddy get him a deal on a fur coat for Laura.
A TV show host gets Laura to reveal some information she wishes she hadn't.
Rob finds out trying to write a novel all by himself is a bit harder than he thinks.
While working very late, Rob thinks he hears and sees a small flying saucer outside the office window.
Rob finds a dog for a sketch on The Alan Brady Show. After the dog's part is cut, Rob is stuck with the Ugliest Dog in the World.
Rob recalls a time when a date with Laura was a raffle prize.
Laura talks Rob into going to her art class, but the art teacher seems to like Rob a little too much.
Rob's Uncle Hezekiah leaves him a movie, with a clue.
Richie finds out the freckles on Rob's back form the shape of the Liberty Bell. Millie wants to send a picture in to Odd But True.
Maria (the Petrie's previous maid) tells her friend Manuel to go to the Petrie's so that Rob can help him find him a job.
Rob and Laurie Petrie are asked to Richie's principal's office to discuss things that Richie has been telling the other kids.
Rob tells Buddy and Sally of the time he became the middle weight champion of his Army Camp.
To help sell a local artist's illustrations, Rob and Laura each write wildly different children's stories to go along with them.
After fighting with Laura, Rob is arrested at a bar for scuffling with an old lady.
In a flashback episode, The Alan Brady Show goes on summer hiatus and Rob is worried how he'll support Laura (who is pregnant with Richie).
After losing his new watch at his birthday party, Rob begins to wonder if one of his friends took it.
Rob gives a speech at council meeting that impresses the nominating committee for city councilman of New Rochelle.
Rob wonders if he has enough experience to run for city councilman, after meeting his opponent.
Rob's mother gives Laura a family heirloom - a huge brooch in the shape of the United States.
Alan humiliates Mel after Mel forgets to tell him about a change in this week's script. Rob tries to get Mel to stick up for himself, but his efforts backfire.
In another flashback episode, Rob and Laura take a romantic trip across the border to Mexico only to find out that the hotel they are staying in is where couples go to get divorced.
Sally needs some material for her guest spot on "The Stevie Parsons Show", so she decides to "advertise" for a husband, but the results are unexpected.
With all of his recent unexplained disappearances, Rob & Sally wonder if Buddy is having an affair.
While Rob and Laura are attending a wedding in Albany, Rob is asked by Alan to watch a fashion show to assess a possible guest star - but finding a TV proves to be difficult.
Rob worries he's going to be fired after reading a memo that Alan threw out, so he starts looking for other work.
Jerry & Millie are having their anniversary party, on the same day that Alan Brady wants Rob to appear in his documentary, so Alan invites himself to the party.
In a hurry to go to the theatre, Rob, Buddy and Sally forget to cross out all the insults about Alan they wrote in this week's script.
A government agent wants to use Ritchie's room to stake out a house across the street.
Rob gets cast as a lead in a movie, but Laura isn't too thrilled when she finds out he'll have a love interest.
After Laura and Rob spend some time with their new neighbors, Jerry and Millie feel left out.
Laura spends the night alone (terrified) while her family is on a fishing trip.
As Jerry is extracting a tooth, Rob dreams that he lives in the old west and is a sheriff who has to save the town from Big Bad Brady.
Rob finally finishes his memoire after 5 years. As Laura begins to read it, we see flashbacks from all the previous shows, starting from when Rob met Laura.
40 years after The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961), Allan Brady wants to hire Rob and Sally to write his eulogy - in order to win a bet with his wife. Although they don't want to do it, he offers them a huge amount of money. If Rob takes the job, Laura could open her dream dance studio.
Looking back on the Dick Van Dyke Show, 60 years later
