My Favorite Martian — Season 1, Episode 6: The Man on the Couch

Episode synopsis

To get some rarefied air, Martin goes atop a water tower. Passersby, including the police, think he's a jumper and he's promptly sent to the psychiatric ward of the hospital. Martin thinks he can quickly exit the hospital by reading the psychiatrist's mind and tell him what he wants to hear. However the psychiatrist, Dr. Harvey Bonnett, has other things on his mind, like his troubled marriage. Ultimately, Dr. Bonnett becomes the patient and Martin the doctor.

About My Favorite Martian

Newspaper reporter Tim O'Hara finds a crashed alien spaceship that contains one live alien. Not wanting to be discovered by the authorities, the Martian assumes the identity of Tim's Uncle Martin and begins to repair his spaceship so that he can return to Mars.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1My Favorite Martin
• E2The Matchmakers
• E3There is No Cure for the Common Martian
• E4Russians R in Season
• E5Man or Amoeba
• E7A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine and Peaches
• E8The Awful Truth
• E9Rocket to Mars
• E10Raffles No. 2
• E11The Atom Misers
• E12That Little Old Matchmaker, Martin
• E13How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying