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The seventh season of Newhart aired on CBS from October 24, 1988 to May 22, 1989.
Dick becomes the focus of the town's ire after a prisoner breaks out of jail using one of Dick's how-to manuals.
10/24/1988
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.
10/31/1988
Stephanie is horrified to discover that a blood transfusion following an emergency appendectomy came from Darryl.
11/14/1988
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.
11/21/1988
Stephanie is attracted to the virile young stomemason working at the Inn.
12/12/1988
Dick's father visits the inn and, to Dick's consternation, resists all Dick's efforts to entertain him.
12/19/1988
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.
1/9/1989
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.
1/16/1989
Michael goes job hunting after he's axed by WPIV.
1/23/1989
The Inn's old maid, Madelyn Stone, returns after a 25 year absence to answer George's marriage proposal. Stephanie competes with Madelyn.
2/6/1989
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.
2/13/1989
Michael goes into debt after spending lavishly on Annual Cupcake Day.
2/20/1989
Michael & Joanna endure a torturous evening at Larry, Darryl & Darryl's house. Dick gives a commencement speech at an exclusive school.
2/27/1989
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.
3/13/1989
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.
3/20/1989
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.
3/27/1989
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).
4/10/1989
Michael becomes a last minute guest on Vermont Today and emerges a town favorite. The dimwitted locals hang on his every word.
4/24/1989
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.
5/1/1989
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.
5/8/1989
The townspeople accuse Dick or murdering Joanna after her ""disappearance"" strangely fits the scenario of his first murder-mystery novel, ""Murder at the Stratley"".
5/15/1989
Michael and Stephanie conduct personal interviews at the mall and realize that they're perfect together after all.
5/22/1989
