Episode Data

Mad About You

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Season 0

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  23: The 7 Warning Signs of MADness

  A collection of outtakes and bloopers over the first run of the show (Seasons 1-7)

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  1: The Birth - extra

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  2: Guest Stars

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the various guest stars that have appeared on the series

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  3: Mad About The Theme

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt discuss the theme tune to the show

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  4: Paul and Helen Remember the Pilot

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the Pilot episode

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  5: Paul and Helen Remember Met Someone

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode Met Someone

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  6: Paul and Helen Remember Virtual Reality

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode Virtual Reality

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  7: Paul and Helen Remember Cold Feet

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode Cold Feet

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  8: Paul and Helen Remember Giblets for Murray

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode Giblets for Murray

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  9: Paul and Helen Remember Our Fifteen Minutes

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode Our Fifteen Minutes

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  10: Paul and Helen Remember Alan Brady Show

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode Alan Brady Show

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  11: Paul and Helen Remember Yoko Said

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode Yoko Said

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  12: Paul and Helen Remember The Finale

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode The Finale

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  13: Paul and Helen Remember The Penis

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode The Penis

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  14: Paul and Helen Remember Citizen Buchman

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode Citizen Buchman

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  15: Paul and Helen Remember The Birth

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the two-part episode The Birth

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  16: Paul and Helen Remember Letters to Mabel

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode Letters to Mabel

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  17: Paul and Helen Remember Moody Blues

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode Moody Blues

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  18: Paul and Helen Remember Le Sex Show

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode Le Sex Show

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  19: Paul and Helen Remember The Conversation

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode The Conversation

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  20: Paul and Helen Remember Paved with Good Intentions

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode Paved with Good Intentions

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  21: Paul and Helen Remember The Final Frontier

  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt talk about the episode The Final Frontier

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  22: TV Spots

  A collection of promotional spots used for the original NBC run of Mad About You

Season 1

• _{Wednesday, September 23rd, 1992}

  1: Romantic Improvisations

  Paul and Jamie Buchman are newlyweds adjusting to life together in Manhattan. When after only 5 months of marriage Jamie complains that their sexual life is not like it used to be, Paul decides to come home earlier from his job so they can spend a nice evening alone. But their scheduled evening goes awry as each assumes the other had cancelled their dinner plans with friends.

• _{Wednesday, September 30th, 1992}

  2: Sofa's Choice

  To Paul, a couch by any other name is not a couch, especially if it is a divan, a settee, or worse, a love seat. Jamie is determined that their first major purchase be jointly made and when dragged to the department store, Paul manages to hyperventilate. When they hang out together in the store, Mark tells Paul some information that he probably shouldn't ever find about.

• _{Wednesday, October 7th, 1992}

  3: Sunday Times

  Paul and Jamie enjoy a quiet Sunday with nothing to do except decide what to do. However, they have to decide whether to see a movie, take in a parade or get to the museum before their friends' Sundays intrude.

• _{Wednesday, October 14th, 1992}

  4: Out of the Past

  News of his ex-girlfriend visiting New York first fills Paul with excitement, followed by guilt, culminating in blithering idiocy after he invites Jamie to Riff's to meet her and Jamie accepts.

• _{Wednesday, October 21st, 1992}

  5: Paul in the Family

  An unexpectedly long visit by Jamie's parents, Gus (guest star Paul Dooley) and Theresa Stemple (guest star Nancy Dussault), turns her into a raving lunatic who bribes Lisa with cold cash and cab fare into sharing the experience.

• _{Wednesday, October 28th, 1992}

  6: I'm Just So Happy for You

  Paul's film about Yankee Stadium is rejected by PBS the same day Jamie snags a major advertising account, turning her celebratory bash into a defeat party.

• _{Wednesday, November 4th, 1992}

  7: Token Friend

  Paul is suddenly reluctant to use the subway because a former fellow film school student turns up as the token clerk at his station.

• _{Wednesday, November 11th, 1992}

  8: The Apartment

  Planning their last will and testament together brings up the subject of Paul's old bachelor pad, which he now sublets to Cosmo Kramer (guest star Michael Richards). Jamie wants Paul to get rid of his apartment, but Paul is against that. They get into a fight, which results in Paul deciding about the future of his apartment and Jamie getting rid of her t-shirt from her past (which she later wants back).

• _{Wednesday, November 18th, 1992}

  9: Riding Backwards

  On a trip to Connecticut to spend Thanksgiving with Jamie's parents, Paul and Jamie are doing fine, Mark and Fran begin to fight, while Selby and Lisa are just friends. However, on the return journey, everything is different.

• _{Wednesday, December 9th, 1992}

  10: Neighbors from Hell

  The Buchmans get off on the wrong foot with the neighbors across the hall, Hal and Maggie Conway (guest stars Paxton Whitehead and Judy Geeson), and each subsequent step to improve relations seems to make matters worse.

• _{Wednesday, December 16th, 1992}

  11: Met Someone

  The story of how Paul and Jamie met is told, beginning with a chance encounter on a Sunday evening by the newsstand, followed by Paul's hard work to locate Jamie. Jamie breaks up with her boyfriend and is feeling strange. Paul appears in her office bringing her dry cleaning and as time passes, they go on a dinner date.

• _{Wednesday, January 6th, 1993}

  12: Maid About You

  The Buchmans find their new once-a-week maid, Masha (guest star Beata Pozniak) a big help, but she is heartbroken that her affection for ""Mr. Paul"" isn't being reciprocated.

• _{Wednesday, January 13th, 1993}

  13: Togetherness

  Producer Jamie gets to hire the director for a new spot for a New York City tourism campaign and she picks Paul so they can work together. However, they soon find out how much togetherness is too much.

• _{Wednesday, January 27th, 1993}

  14: Weekend Getaway

  An escape to the countryside doesn't immediately cure Jamie's blues, but once it does, she wants to stay in the country permanently, make apples, till the soil and run a Chinese restaurant.

• _{Saturday, February 6th, 1993}

  15: The Wedding Affair

  After unwittingly revealing a secret about a bride to her father on her wedding day, Paul badgers Jamie into telling him one of hers, and is soon sorry that he did.

• _{Saturday, February 13th, 1993}

  16: Love Among the Tiles

  What should a couple do when trapped in their bathroom on Valentine's Day? Paul and Jamie show the way--painting toenails, giving mutual facials, and using antacid tablets as food and more.

• _{Saturday, February 20th, 1993}

  17: The Billionaire

  An extremely energetic and eccentric billionaire wants Paul to make a film about him. Meanwhile, Paul hires a new editor/cameraman who is anything but energetic.

• _{Saturday, February 27th, 1993}

  18: The Man Who Said Hello

  Paul's father has his 15 minutes of fame following an incident with Regis Philbin that embarrasses Paul. Events progress to a point where Paul is being viewed by the entire city as an over-reactive son.

• _{Saturday, May 1st, 1993}

  19: Swept Away

  Jamie thinks that Lisa and her new boyfriend, Michael (guest star Charles Shaughnessy) are moving too fast in their relationship. When Lisa and Michael decide to move in together after a week's acquaintance, Paul tries to stop Jamie from interfering, but she is unable to stay uninvolved.

• _{Saturday, May 8th, 1993}

  20: The Spy Girl Who Loved Me

  Jamie's new client is a former TV star, Diane Caldwell (guest star Barbara Feldon) idolized by Paul and Ira in their childhood. They quickly revert back to their old ways and compete for star attention. But, Ira charms Diane before Paul and gets to spend a night with her. But, the next day, everything is about to change when Ira finds out the truth...

• _{Saturday, May 15th, 1993}

  21: The Painter

  Jamie hires an ex-boyfriend, Sherman (guest star Rick Rossovich), to paint the apartment and is a bit annoyed when Paul is not concerned by the prospect of her old flame being alone with her. When Paul comes home from his job, he finds Sherman and Fran together in their bed having sex, because Fran is stressed over her move-out from Mark's apartment. So, Paul talks to Mark about their marriage. Jamie and Paul try to get them back together, but they decide to split up.

• _{Saturday, May 22nd, 1993}

  22: Happy Anniversary

  At the Buchmans' first anniversary party, love blossoms between Warren and Connie, while Paul tries to turn back the clock. However, there is no love between the now separated Fran and Mark.

Season 2

• _{Thursday, September 16th, 1993}

  1: Murray's Tale

  Lisa takes Murray out for a walk and returns with a dog that obviously isn't him. Paul and Jamie go to the police whilst friends and family join the hunt for the real Murray. While reuniting with Murray, they meet the couple who own the better-behaved look-alike.

• _{Thursday, September 23rd, 1993}

  2: Bing, Bang, Boom

  Phone calls, noisy neighbors and Murray chasing an invisible mouse are some of the distractions that Paul and Jamie face while struggling to find romance during a long-awaited evening together.

• _{Thursday, September 30th, 1993}

  3: Bedfellows

  A heart attack scare sends Paul's father to the hospital, leaving his mother home alone, until Jamie tries to score some much needed points with her mother-in-law by offering to stay the night to keep her company.

• _{Thursday, October 7th, 1993}

  4: Married to the Job

  An evening out at Riff's sees Paul complaining about his meddlesome new producer, and Jamie venting about her credit-claiming boss, who happens to be seated nearby.

• _{Thursday, October 14th, 1993}

  5: So I Married a Hair Murderer

  Paul is anything but pleased with Jamie, who has too much free time on her hands, and uses it to cut his hair and his film, improving on the original cut.

• _{Thursday, October 28th, 1993}

  6: The Unplanned Child

  Paul's shooting schedule leaves it all up to Jamie to go out trick-or-treating on Halloween with his seven-year-old nephew, whose extended two-hour visit Paul forgot to mention to her.

• _{Thursday, November 4th, 1993}

  7: Natural History

  What brought Paul and Jamie together? Was it fate or a big coincidence? Jamie's belief that it was fate annoys Paul to no end, especially because Jamie is spending more time with Lisa than with him.

• _{Thursday, November 11th, 1993}

  8: Surprise

  Jamie suspects a surprise party waiting for her at home. However, that's not what Paul has arranged for her birthday. They then get separated on the subway en route to the surprise.

• _{Thursday, November 18th, 1993}

  9: A Pair of Hearts

  A free weekend in Atlantic City has been mysteriously arranged for Jamie, Paul, Fran & Ira, by Ira's ex-wife as it turns out, is now a casino hostess who wants Ira to sign divorce papers.

• _{Thursday, December 2nd, 1993}

  10: It's a Wrap

  An unemployed Jamie is envious of Paul, whose work is something he loves to do. Meanwhile, Paul feels betrayed by his producer Lou, who is now tampering with Paul's latest labor of love.

• _{Thursday, December 9th, 1993}

  11: Edna Returns

  Lisa acquires her 15 minutes of fame under a pseudonym in her shrink's book, and Paul is caught in the middle of the sibling squabble that follows when Jamie takes exception to being called Lisa's overbearing sister.

• _{Thursday, January 6th, 1994}

  12: Paul is Dead

  The death of a Paul Buchman affects Jamie and Paul quite suddenly, leaving them without cash or credit. Meanwhile, Paul is morbidly curious about his deceased namesake.

• _{Thursday, January 13th, 1994}

  13: Same Time Next Week

  Jamie and Paul must endure two months of separation when Paul has to shoot a film in Chicago, returning only for the weekends, weather permitting.

• _{Thursday, January 27th, 1994}

  14: The Late Show

  Fran tells Jamie that she may be pregnant, and Paul finds out from Ira that Ira may have gotten someone pregnant, but neither realizes that it is Ira who might have gotten Fran pregnant.

• _{Thursday, February 3rd, 1994}

  15: Virtual Reality

  Paul invests in a startup venture, bringing out a virtual-reality system with Ira, after a demo but without consulting Jamie, who reacts calmly to his actions, both real and imagined.

• _{Thursday, February 10th, 1994}

  16: Cold Feet

  A Valentine's Day story that begins with Jamie and Paul rink side at Rockefeller Center and moves back three years to the day they finally moved in together and ended up engaged.

• _{Monday, February 14th, 1994}

  17: Instant Karma

  Jamie's fortune cookie predicts that bad luck will follow the guilty, but Paul is convinced her bad luck is being visited on him even as they head to a party at Yoko Ono's place.

• _{Thursday, February 24th, 1994}

  18: The Tape

  Jamie and Paul are horrified to discover that Paul has unwittingly handed over a revealing homemade video of them to the Family Network, instead of a documentary about a zoo.

• _{Thursday, March 10th, 1994}

  19: Love Letters

  The Buchmans find letters written by former tenants of their apartment chronicling a World War II love story that Jamie feels parallels her and Paul's relationship.

• _{Thursday, April 7th, 1994}

  20: The Last Scampi

  Jamie and Paul refuse to take sides in an incident between their mothers, while Lisa plays both sides to her advantage. Meanwhile, Murray is found to be suffering from his own mother issues.

• _{Thursday, April 28th, 1994}

  21: Disorientation

  The night before Jamie returns to school she worries that Paul might not support her fully. In the morning, before Jamie leaves, Paul realizes that he has forgotten to mail her registration.

• _{Thursday, May 5th, 1994}

  22: Storms We Cannot Weather

  Perturbed by Jamie's chumminess towards her younger classmate, Nick, Paul accompanies them on a blind date that Jamie organises for Nick & Fran. While organising a movie about the world's fastest short-order cook, Paul runs into Fran's estranged ex-husband, Mark, working as the restautant's busboy.

• _{Thursday, May 12th, 1994}

  23: Up All Night

  Jamie is suffering from sleeplessness because she drank four cups of tea full of coffeine while studying for a test. Restless and board, Jamie urges Paul to spend the night awake with her which leads them to an all-night adventure in the building, from the basement to the rooftop, which ends with a tango together with John Astin, if that's who he really is.

• _{Thursday, May 19th, 1994}

  24: With This Ring... (1)

  Paul finds Mark working in a local store. After he meets the owners of the shop, Kim & Tammy, Paul finds out that Mark is learning to pray Zen. While Mark is trying to make him join him in prayer, Paul finds out that he lost his wedding ring. Worried about what will jamie say, Paul rushes to the house to find it.

• _{Thursday, May 19th, 1994}

  25: With This Ring... (2)

  The real marriage anniversary arrives and Jamie gives Paul a gift - a swiss military knife - and receives a gift from Paul - a machine for making sugar products. Both disappointed with their gifts, they go to a store where it turns out that they have totally different opinions about children. Then, when they have lunch with Paul's sister, they try to entertain Susan's son Nah while she's on the phone. Paul realizes that having kids is nothing different than having a dog, but Jamie has a totally different opinion.

Season 3

• _{Thursday, September 22nd, 1994}

  1: Escape from New York

  A heatwave and the death of their air conditioner forces Paul and Jamie to find refreshment. They go out on the streets of NY, but find out that there it's even worse. Jaime convinces Paul that they should leave town and have dinner in a restaurant by the sea where they used to eat. But, while borrowing Fran's car, Jamie gets upset to find out that Fran got her old job...

• _{Thursday, September 29th, 1994}

  2: Home

  The war of the Buchmans and the Conways is fully engaged as rumors fly about the apartment building going co-op. Meanwhile, Murray and Sophie, Conway's dog, find true love and then some more.

• _{Thursday, October 6th, 1994}

  3: Till Death Do Us Part

  After Jamie's dearest uncle dies, Paul, Jamie and Lisa find themselves together on his funeral. But, when Jamie convinces Paul to make a speech, he insluts her entire family with uncomfrontable notices. However, Paul soon realizes that he is the one who is upset, because Jamie insists that her uncle Van's ashes would be in their house until they find a better place for him.

• _{Thursday, October 13th, 1994}

  4: When I'm Sixty-Four

  The Wickers have a big fight and Mr. Wicker moves in with the Buchmans. Meanwhile, Jamie finally succumbs to an eye exam, where she finds out that she'll have to wear glasses. But, to decide between between glasses and contact lenses is so hard that it seems to be mission: impsossible.

• _{Thursday, October 20th, 1994}

  5: Legacy

  Arranging an appearance by a former Yankee player for Buchman's Sporting Goods annual midnight sale, Jamie gets her PR juices flowing. But Paul is left feeling uncomfortable, for more reasons than one.

• _{Thursday, November 3rd, 1994}

  6: Pandora's Box

  Jamie works around Paul's opposition to having a TV in their bedroom, and hotwires an additional cable outlet with Fran's help. The resulting complications ultimately lead to a city-wide blackout.

• _{Thursday, November 10th, 1994}

  7: The Ride Home

  Fran's birthday party is the setting for Jamie's unexpected encounter with an ex-boyfriend, and the saga of who dumped whom dominates her evening. The cab ride home provides two interlocking perspectives of the evening's events.

• _{Thursday, November 17th, 1994}

  8: Giblets for Murray

  Jamie's perfect Thanksgiving feast involves a buffet for ten and five turkeys, thanks to Murray and the extremely friendly neighborhood grocer Kim.

• _{Thursday, December 8th, 1994}

  9: Once More With Feeling

  As the Buchmans' sex life waxes and wanes, Lisa snags a pair of free dinners, Fran loses a window office and Ira acquires a silent partner.

• _{Thursday, December 15th, 1994}

  10: The City

  A bad day in the Big Apple leaves Jamie unwilling to go out to see a feel-good movie, but Paul talks her into an evening out, if only to meet Ira's new girlfriend.

• _{Thursday, January 5th, 1995}

  11: Our Fifteen Minutes

  Paul is one of six documentary filmmakers selected by PBS to turn the camera on themselves for 15 minutes, and in his case, it turns into a big surprise.

• _{Thursday, January 19th, 1995}

  12: How to Fall in Love

  Paul's ideas on how to meet and engage the opposite sex are tested by Jamie in a hypothetical encounter, while Ira has a very real encounter with Jamie's friend.

• _{Thursday, February 2nd, 1995}

  13: Mad About You (1)

  The saga of the three months leading up to Paul and Jamie's wedding, what with the invitations, the reception menu, the dress fittings, the band selection, the rehearsal dinner and the remarkable goings-on of the night before the wedding.

• _{Thursday, February 2nd, 1995}

  14: Mad About You (2)

  The saga of the three months leading up to Paul and Jamie's wedding, what with the invitations, the reception menu, the dress fittings, the band selection, the rehearsal dinner and the remarkable goings-on of the night before.

• _{Thursday, February 9th, 1995}

  15: Just My Dog

  The tale of Murray's showbiz career, spawned by a walk-on appearance in a commercial directed by Paul, advanced by an eager agent, leading all the way to an audition for a series.

• _{Thursday, February 16th, 1995}

  16: The Alan Brady Show

  Paul finds it very difficult to deal with the considerable ego of a legendary TV star, until help arrives in the form of a tip from a surprising quarter.

• _{Thursday, February 23rd, 1995}

  17: Mad Without You

  Jamie goes up to Connecticut to keep her dad company, and the home-alone Paul gets quite giddy enjoying his role as ""Lord of the Manor.""

• _{Thursday, March 9th, 1995}

  18: Purseona

  Paul's Canadian adventure gets off to a bad start and Jamie's pitch to a client does likewise while Lisa's day is smooth sailing after she accidentally snags her sister's purse and more.

• _{Thursday, March 30th, 1995}

  19: Two Tickets to Paradise

  Paul and Jamie use his parents' non-refundable package for a holiday in the Caribbean, telling tall tales in multiple languages.

• _{Thursday, April 27th, 1995}

  20: Money Changes Everything

  Marianne returns from Luxembourg, sans her husband, but with ""more money than Canada,"" eager to finance Ira's new catalog business with an interest-free loan, but his silent partner finds voice to veto the deal.

• _{Thursday, May 4th, 1995}

  21: Cake Fear

  The saga of Paul's birthdays since meeting Jamie, going back and then forth, recounting the disasters and the strange tale of a bottle of Grandfather Port.

• _{Thursday, May 11th, 1995}

  22: My Boyfriend's Back!

  Jamie is obliged to work on an advertising campaign with ex-boyfriend Alan, a graphics artist, who has recently published a comic book about an evil queen in outer space. But the queen's looks and exploits sound like anything but fiction to Jamie.

• _{Thursday, May 18th, 1995}

  23: Up in Smoke (1)

  Unable to buy her an anniversary present, with or without everyone else's help, Paul hands Jamie a slip of paper entitling her to a magical night. Things take a decidedly unusual turn after that.

• _{Thursday, May 18th, 1995}

  24: Up in Smoke (2)

Season 4

• _{Sunday, September 24th, 1995}

  1: New Sleep-Walking PLUS

  Jamie is enthralled by it, Paul doesn't remember it, Murray didn't see it, and Ira laughs at it--another night and the day after in the Buchmans' lives. Meanwhile, Paul finds employment at the Explorer Channel.

• _{Sunday, October 1st, 1995}

  2: The Parking Space

  After a four year wait, the Buchmans finally have dibs on a parking space in a nearby garage, but still no car.

• _{Sunday, October 8th, 1995}

  3: The Test

  A long wait at the bus stop leaves time for the Buchmans to take a Cosmopolitan marriage test. (Clip show).

• _{Sunday, October 29th, 1995}

  4: The Good, the Bad and the Not-So-Appealing

  Inspired by a Martha Stewart idea, Sylvia organizes a high-noonish tag-what-you-want lunch for her family, complete with a shoot-out in the kitchen with Jamie.

• _{Sunday, November 5th, 1995}

  5: I Don't See It

  At first, Paul has only a vague notion he knows who Jamie's interview at City Hall is with, but he figures it out and complicates matters when Jamie and Fran are about to land an important account.

• _{Sunday, November 12th, 1995}

  6: Yoko Said

  Yoko Ono is in town for some film happenings and Paul tries to do something different for the Explorer Channel with her help.

• _{Sunday, November 19th, 1995}

  7: An Angel for Murray

  With Murray around, the Buchmans are no dinks, so when Lisa demurs they are obligated to hire a professional to walk Murray. And Murray seems to prefer the newcomer to Paul.

• _{Sunday, November 26th, 1995}

  8: The Couple

  Three lies, two shows and a realization as Jamie and Paul figure out ""why it will never happen"" to them, or so one is led to believe when their new friends turn out to be not quite what they pretend to be.

• _{Sunday, December 17th, 1995}

  9: New Year's Eve

  Paul and Jamie are obliged to spend New Year's Eve apart for the first time, but strange happenings in Times Square have a will and a way all their own.

• _{Sunday, January 7th, 1996}

  10: Ovulation Day

  Paul and Jamie try to time a love-in-the-afternoon rendezvous back at their apartment, but his family shows up at the most inopportune time, with Debbie springing a big surprise: she's gay.

• _{Sunday, January 14th, 1996}

  11: Get Back

  Jamie throws out her back during adventurous sex on the floor, leaving Paul to help out with her duties at City Hall while also trying to get his father to an optometrist's appointment.

• _{Sunday, February 4th, 1996}

  12: Dream Weaver

  A night of cascading dreams of Paul and Jamie's, featuring ostriches, ducks and a party with the frug, with lots of interpretation and a poem (and a half) by Henry Gibson.

• _{Sunday, February 18th, 1996}

  13: Hot and Cold

  Ira resumes gambling, wins a lot, hands out generous presents and then takes a $4,000 bath--no problems for him, but a couple for the Buchmans.

• _{Sunday, February 25th, 1996}

  14: Fertility

  Paul and Jamie embark on an organic fertility enhancement program with Mark's help, plus a day off at a fancy local hotel at Fran's suggestion.

• _{Sunday, March 10th, 1996}

  15: Everybody Hates Me

  Jamie tries a new look with interesting consequences, while Ira feels betrayed at the love game, let down by his quality wingman Paul, who digs himself a big hole discussing beauty.

• _{Sunday, March 17th, 1996}

  16: Do Me a Favor

  The saga of a daisy-chain of favors, triggered by the young daughter of Ira's girlfriend wanting an autographed picture of the mayor, and complicated by Paul and his fancy new camera.

• _{Sunday, March 24th, 1996}

  17: The Glue People

  After talking to Fran, Ira and Mark the Buchamns realize that their friends are in a big fight due to Fran & Ira's recent relationship so Jamie decides to take everybody to dinner to straighten things up between everybody. Lance Brockwell decides to candidate for town major, so Jamie and Fran become the campaign managers. However, Jamie is not happy due to Paul's belief that Giuliani would be a better major. When Jamie asks Paul to make a campaign commercial, it turns out to be so great that everybody gets on Brockwell's side for which Paul is not too happy for.

• _{Sunday, March 31st, 1996}

  18: The Sample

  The next step in the Buchman baby saga is trying to find out if Paul is the reason Jamie is unable to conceive. They rush to the hospital, but everything seems to be trying to stop them. First, they must wait for their neighbors to come to the elevator and then, when their car gets stolen, Paul must do his 'sample' all over again which is also interrupted by a car chase on tv which results to be Buchamns car chased by the NYPD bomb squad.

• _{Sunday, April 14th, 1996}

  19: The Procedure

  Jamie undergoes a minor diagnostic procedure and is quite smitten by her doctor so as Fran. Meanwhile, Paul's job is on the risk when the head people from his office find out that he did a commercial for Brockwell, due to crashing his contract rule. When Hollis walks in on Ira and Paul talking, Ira presents himself as Paul's agent and later saves Paul's job at the Explorer Channel.

• _{Sunday, April 21st, 1996}

  20: The Weed

  Jamie tries to plan for a weekend getaway in Pennsylvania Dutch country, but Paul is preoccupied with his current documentary project about a weed to be interested. Meanwhile, Fran and Mark decide to get on the getaway that Jamie planned. Paul gets too stressed with his job and keeps on fighting with Hollis which leads them both to a surprising reaction of their boss.

• _{Sunday, April 28th, 1996}

  21: The Award

  Nominated once again for the Silver Sprocket, a reluctant Paul is coaxed into a tuxedo by Ira and expects to attend the ceremony with Jamie at his side to counter the weasels from the Explorer Channel and find new connections for new jobs. Of course, things don't quite work out that way.

• _{Sunday, May 5th, 1996}

  22: The Finale (1)

  After a week's reflection and ignoring Ira's emphatic advice not to, Paul decides to tell Jamie about his walk around the block with a female filmmaker he met at the Silver Sprocket Awards, except Jamie blurts out first the matter that has been on her mind all day: Berkus came on to her.

• _{Sunday, May 19th, 1996}

  23: The Finale (2)

  Ira and Lisa try to engineer the Buchman reconciliation, except it proves easier to resolve the scheduling conflict between Burt and Sylvia's 45th anniversary party and Lisa's engagement party.

• _{Sunday, May 19th, 1996}

  24: The Finale (3)

  Paul and Jamie take a walk through the park to talk their differences out by themselves. They succeed, and return to their apartment, where Jamie springs a surprise on Paul.

Season 5

• _{not specified}

  25: The Birth - extra

• _{Tuesday, September 17th, 1996}

  1: Dr. Wonderful

  With Mark Devanow in Europe, a pregnant Jamie and Paul have to look around for a gynecologist, and Debbie tries to set them up with her girlfriend. Meanwhile, the elder Buchmans finally get to meet Debbie's ""friend.""

• _{Tuesday, September 24th, 1996}

  2: The Grant

  Jamie tries to stay awake, avoid coffee and continue to manage Brockwell's campaign. Meanwhile, while Paul is trying to figure out how to use a sizeable grant that has come his way, his Uncle Phil asks Paul and Ira to visit him in Brooklyn.

• _{Tuesday, October 15th, 1996}

  3: Therapy

  Months after setting it up, Paul and Jamie decide to keep their appointment with the therapist Fran referred them to, but doing so delays Paul's shoot of his parents' reminiscences, with some interesting consequences.

• _{Tuesday, October 22nd, 1996}

  4: The Clip Show

  Having chosen the residents of Apartment 11-D as its parents, the baby in the making deals with musical interludes and parental cooing, and with lots and lots of choice moments from their years together. In other words, a clip show.

• _{Tuesday, October 29th, 1996}

  5: Burt's Building

  Filming of Paul's documentary takes him and Burt back to their old apartment building for the day, and events conspire to make Paul late for an appointment at Joan's office to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time.

• _{Tuesday, November 12th, 1996}

  6: Jamie's Parents

  The Stemples arrive at Paul and Jamie's for a two-day visit, armed with a surprise, and another soon follows.

• _{Tuesday, November 19th, 1996}

  7: Outbreak

  The Buchmans decide the time and place of their grand announcement, but the leaks start early during Thanksgiving week.

• _{Tuesday, November 26th, 1996}

  8: Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

  While Ira counsels against it, Paul contemplates abstinence until July. However, Jamie has other ideas and talks Paul into a trip upstate where they chance upon a dessert item with magical powers.

• _{Tuesday, December 17th, 1996}

  9: The Gym

  Paul so likes playing the mystery man at a local gym that he talks Jamie out of working there, whereupon she hands over her free pass to a homeless acquaintance from the neighborhood.

• _{Tuesday, January 7th, 1997}

  10: Chicken Man

  Jamie finally lets her coworkers and Lance know about the baby, while Ira, turning money man and producer for ""Buchman,"" actually manages to produce a narrator, at least in voice.

• _{Tuesday, January 14th, 1997}

  11: The Recital

  A politically incorrect Jamie pays the price for commenting about Ryan's ability as a budding violinist, while a simmering Paul works up the nerve to confront their therapist about her overcharging ways.

• _{Tuesday, January 21st, 1997}

  12: The Handyman

  The perils of engaging Paul and Jamie's handyman are visited upon Lisa, whose fiance is more than willing to finance Paul's over-budget documentary project.

• _{Tuesday, February 4th, 1997}

  13: Astrology

  Nat's sister, an astrologer, is in town and agrees to do charts for Lisa, Ira, Paul and a very reluctant Jamie.

• _{Tuesday, February 11th, 1997}

  14: The Penis

  The Buchmans promise to name their baby, if it's a boy, after Paul's ailing Uncle Phil, then find out his real name. Meanwhile, Paul is suddenly sure of the baby's sex.

• _{Tuesday, February 18th, 1997}

  15: Citizen Buchman

  Paul's great-uncle Marty dies on camera as he is being interviewed for ""Buchman"" and his cryptic last words lead to a few unexpected disclosures among the Buchman clan.

• _{Tuesday, February 25th, 1997}

  16: Her Houseboy, Coco

  An enforced bed-rest of two to three days for Jamie means that Paul has to attend to her every need, and also deal with lack of heat in their apartment AND a kidnapping.

• _{Tuesday, March 18th, 1997}

  17: On the Road

  To escape Jamie's baby shower, Paul hits the road with Ira and Marvin in the latter's van, but his urge to tell insensitive jokes quickly leads to trouble.

• _{Tuesday, April 1st, 1997}

  18: The Cockatoo

  Paul talks an unwilling Jamie into quitting her job at the mayoral campaign, but he is less successful in dealing with an exotic bird that flies into their lives.

• _{Tuesday, April 15th, 1997}

  19: The Touching Game

  A very pregnant Jamie insists on helping out at David (Paul's cousin) and Jared's new coffee shop, with disastrous results. Meanwhile, Ira and Paul help a pregnant woman on a bus.

• _{Tuesday, April 29th, 1997}

  20: The Dry Run

  Paul and Jamie flunk out of a birthday class that Joan has managed to get them enrolled in. Meanwhile, ""Buchman"" is being held hostage by the elder Buchmans.

• _{Tuesday, May 6th, 1997}

  21: Guardianhood

  Paul and Jamie are advised by their lawyer to select guardians for the baby in case of their death. But, to their astonishment, rejections pile up. Meanwhile, Jamie is flattered by the attentions of an 18-year-old Bobby Rubenfeld.

• _{Tuesday, May 13th, 1997}

  22: The Feud

  Theresa and Sylvia vie for the new crib honors, with predictable consequences. On another front, Paul wins big at poker but is paid off by Marvin in the form of specially-priced household chores.

• _{Tuesday, May 20th, 1997}

  23: The Birth (1)

  As Paul's documentary gets a surprisingly good review at a film festival, Jamie thinks she is going into labor. So they rush to the hospital, only to find out it was a false alarm. This happens several more times, until it's finally for real.

• _{Tuesday, May 20th, 1997}

  24: The Birth (2)

  Jamie runs into an old flame in a cab on the way to the hospital. Meanwhile, Paul gets a grand tour of the innards of Roosevelt Hospital courtesy of a film star. And, oh yeah, the baby arrives.

Season 6

• _{Tuesday, September 23rd, 1997}

  1: Coming Home

  The first day back from the hospital finds Paul and Jamie still figuring out how to care for their daughter and what to name her, until help arrives in the form of Jamie's mother.

• _{Tuesday, September 30th, 1997}

  2: Letters to Mabel

  Jamie kicks off a letter-writing spree by penning one to her infant daughter to be read on her 18th birthday. Ira and Joan join in on the fun, while Paul goes through draft after draft.

• _{Tuesday, October 28th, 1997}

  3: Speed Baby

  Jamie stumbles upon a strange cure to Mabel's crying fits, while Paul valiently tries to catch a few winks before an important meeting with a Belgian distributor.

• _{Tuesday, November 4th, 1997}

  4: Uncle Phil and the Coupons

  The search for a preschool for the three-week old Mabel cannot begin soon enough, but has to compete for attention with the coupon fraud trial of Uncle Phil, and an odd caper involving Jamie and Ira.

• _{Tuesday, November 11th, 1997}

  5: Moody Blues

  Jamie resents being tagged with the dime-store psychological cliche that is postpartum depression, and almost wrecks the wedding plans of a stranger. Meanwhile, Paul directs a charity production of ""The Pirates of Penzance.""

• _{Tuesday, November 18th, 1997}

  6: The Magic Pants

  The Buchmans find a baby-sitter they are comfortable with, but Paul and Jamie's first evening out by themselves begins with Paul not in his pants and ends on an even more unusual note.

• _{Tuesday, November 25th, 1997}

  7: Le Sex Show

  Paul and Jamie grapple with the pressure of having sex for the first time since Mabel's birth, but their therapist seems not much help.

• _{Tuesday, December 9th, 1997}

  8: The New Friend

  Paul and Jamie meet a new neighbor, Sarah, a divorced mother of three who manages to teach Jamie a more casual style of parenting. Also, Paul and Jamie conspire to set up Sarah on a blind date with Ira.

• _{Tuesday, December 16th, 1997}

  9: The Conversation

  Paul and Jamie try to help each other get through the excruciating process of “Ferberizing” the baby—they must allow the child to cry herself to sleep without comforting her. The psychological and moral implications of this are discussed and debated at length.

• _{Tuesday, January 6th, 1998}

  10: Breastfeeding

  Jamie is reluctant to stop breast-feeding exclusively, but she knows it's time for the baby to learn to feed from the bottle, while Paul is excited to be able to feed the baby for the first time. Meanwhile, Jamie's upset to learn that her mom is dating a much younger man, a dancer from ""Lord of the Dance.""

• _{Tuesday, January 13th, 1998}

  11: Good Old Reliable Nathan

  When Paul gives a speech at a college, he's shocked to discover that Jamie lost her virginity to the visiting professor. It's a comedy of errors as the professor believes Paul is angry and wants to do the professor harm. Meanwhile, Ira meets a woman who flirts with him only to get better burial plots.

• _{Tuesday, January 20th, 1998}

  12: Separate Planes

  It's the first plane flight with the baby and Paul and Jamie take separate planes--they're told it's not uncommon for new parents to do to avoid orphaning a baby in the event of a tragedy. Paul takes Mabel and winds up using her to lead a passenger revolt on the plane to demand less heat in the cabin. Meanwhile, Jamie's looking forward to a break from mothering, yet she ends up mothering everyone.

• _{Tuesday, February 24th, 1998}

  13: Cheating on Sheila

  When Paul and Jamie feel that their current therapist, Sheila, isn't quite helping out, Paul and Jamie see another therapist, Sydney. They love Sydney enough to ""break up"" with Sheila--that is, until they find out that Sydney's hour of therapy is too expensive. Meanwhile, Paul grapples with how to get his father to stop suffocating Paul socially.

• _{Tuesday, March 3rd, 1998}

  14: Back to Work

  Jamie decides to go back to work, and everything says to go back to work. There's only one problem: she doesn't want to and tries to get herself fired. Meanwhile, Paul confronts the newspaper journalist who wrote an article filled with errors about ""Buchman.""

• _{Tuesday, March 17th, 1998}

  15: The Second Mrs. Buchman

  Jamie discovers that Paul was married before--if only to get an old Russian woman U.S. citizenship. Jamie's upset that she is, indeed, the second Mrs. Buchman. Meanwhile, Paul is an umpire for his father's senior-citizen baseball game, and a fight erupts between father and son over a call.

• _{Tuesday, March 24th, 1998}

  16: The Coin of Destiny

  When Paul innocently flips a coin to make a decision, Paul's former producer overhears a conversation that puts Paul and Jamie in the limelight with the tabloid program ""Hard Copy."" Also, Ira finds that he's the prime suspect in a paternity case, and Paul's parents try their luck in Atlantic City.

• _{Tuesday, March 31st, 1998}

  17: The Caper

  Paul's birthday party turns into an event worthy of a detective mystery when Maggie and Hal suspect Buchman party guests of stealing a prestigious painting from their adjacent apartment. Meanwhile, Marvin gets into a growling match with Murray.

• _{Tuesday, April 14th, 1998}

  18: The Baby Video

  Paul, Jamie and Ira decide to make a baby video. However, Paul starring as the Sandman frightens kids and turns them off to the concept. Meanwhile, Paul's parents tell him he has a half-brother.

• _{Tuesday, April 28th, 1998}

  19: Fire at Riff's

  Paul convinces Jamie to quit her job. Joan is posing for ""The 20 Most Eligible Bachelorettes in New York"" for a magazine and Debbie is jealous. Paul, Jamie, Ira, Joan and Debbie go to Riff's, where a fire breaks out while Paul is in the bathroom. Ira saves Ursula's life while Jamie, Debbie and Joan run out, leaving Paul in the bathroom. Joan asks Debbie to marry her.

• _{Tuesday, May 5th, 1998}

  20: Mother's Day

  Paul tries to pick a Mother's Day present for Jamie, but Ira and Marvin have better ideas: a rocking chair and a message displayed on the Times Square video screen. Sylvia is jealous of Jamie's gifts and fakes injury to steal attention.

• _{Tuesday, May 12th, 1998}

  21: Paul Slips in the Shower

  Paul's life flashes before his eyes when he takes a spill in the shower.

• _{Tuesday, May 19th, 1998}

  22: Nat & Arley

  Paul and Jamie act as matchmakers for dogwalker Nat and babysitter Arley. Meanwhile, Ira tries giving up sex, and Paul makes a discovery about Jamie when they go to a sleep clinic.

• _{Tuesday, May 19th, 1998}

  23: The Finale

  Paul and Jamie search for a full-time nanny, and Paul finds one in the form of Nancy Bloom, a caterer he inadvertently got fired from the production of a documentary about “The Making of Titanic.”

Season 7

• _{Tuesday, September 22nd, 1998}

  1: Season Opener

  Paul tries Viagra and spends the day hiding the obvious effects while he searches for Jamie, who is stuck on the streets of New York wearing nothing alse then a towel.

• _{Tuesday, September 29th, 1998}

  2: A Pain in the Neck

  When Paul gets his tonsils taken out, his pretty nurse makes Jamie jealous. Meanwhile, Mabel says her first word.

• _{Tuesday, October 27th, 1998}

  3: Tragedy Plus Time

  Jamie's ex-boyfriend dies and leaves everything to her. Debbie has second thoughts about marrying Joan.

• _{Tuesday, November 3rd, 1998}

  4: There's a Puma in the Kitchen

  To satisfy her need to mother, Lisa adopts a cat with attitude. Jamie learns the benefits of a ""nooner.""

• _{Tuesday, November 10th, 1998}

  5: The Silent Show

  To help their communication problems, Dr. Sheila recommends that Paul and Jamie not talk to each other for the rest of the day.

• _{Tuesday, November 17th, 1998}

  6: Weekend in L.A.

  Paul and Jamie go to L.A. to try to get superagent Gardner Malloy to represent him. The life of luxury makes them reluctant to go back.

• _{Tuesday, November 24th, 1998}

  7: The Thanksgiving Show

  Jamie and Paul have a full house for Thanksgiving dinner. Meanwhile, Mabel may be allergic.

• _{Monday, December 14th, 1998}

  8: The Buried Fight

  When Paul inadvertently injures Hal, he hires the nurse who attended to him after his tonsil removal. Jamie hates her, which leads to a fight. To end the argument, Hal suggests the British tradition of burying the fight.

• _{Monday, January 11th, 1999}

  9: Farmer Buchman

  Mr. Wicker goes out of town and asks Paul and Jamie to tend his rooftop garden. Mabel loves another baby's rare toy.

• _{Monday, January 18th, 1999}

  10: Win a Free Car

  To save the store, Ira plans to give away a car to the person who keeps their hand on it the longest. Since he can't afford it, he wants all of the contestants to be ringers.

• _{Monday, January 25th, 1999}

  11: The Honeymoon

  Dr. Lee helps Paul and Jamie get away to a much-anticipated honeymoon while Lisa cares for Murray.

• _{Monday, February 8th, 1999}

  12: Valentine's Day

  Paul and Jamie spend an unsettling trial night in the suburbs.

• _{Monday, February 22nd, 1999}

  13: Virtual Reality II

  The couple learns that Jamie will be in bed with Mark McGwire via virtual reality.

• _{Monday, March 1st, 1999}

  14: Uncle Phil Goes Back to High School

  Uncle Phil goes back to high school. Lisa gets breast implants.

• _{Monday, April 26th, 1999}

  15: Murray at the Dog Show

  Sheila declares Paul and Jamie cured. However, Murray is still traumatized by the earlier puma attack, so Paul and Jamie enter him in a dog show.

• _{Monday, April 26th, 1999}

  16: Millennium Bug

  Jamie's dress is ruined by a dry cleaner who is unwilling to make restitution. Paul has a dream where Einstein gives him a partial solution to the millennium bug. He needs to have the dream again, so he can get the rest of the solution.

• _{Monday, May 3rd, 1999}

  17: Separate Beds

  Paul and Jamie discover the extra comfort of sleeping apart. Marvin is wrestling part time and Ira becomes his manager.

• _{Monday, May 10th, 1999}

  18: Stealing Burt's Car

  Ira finds a note in some old pants that remind him of a date made twenty years ago but he doesn't remember with whom. Paul and Jamie steal Burt's decrepit car so they can ditch it, since he won't sell it.

• _{Thursday, May 13th, 1999}

  19: Paved with Good Intentions

  Paul accidentally runs over Jamie's mother. While she is in the hospital, her estranged husband visits.

• _{Monday, May 17th, 1999}

  20: The Dirty Little Secret

  When Debbie compiles Buchman and Stemple family trees, she learns that Paul and Jamie are actually cousins.

• _{Monday, May 24th, 1999}

  21: The Final Frontier (1)

  Mabel's first real film is a biography, looking back at her family's twisted history.

• _{Monday, May 24th, 1999}

  22: The Final Frontier (2)

Season 8

• _{Wednesday, November 20th, 2019}

  1: The Kid Leaves

  When Paul and Jamie drop their daughter Mabel off for her first day of college, it quickly becomes clear that they have very different ideas of what their lives after children will look like.

• _{Wednesday, November 20th, 2019}

  2: Restraining Orders and Puppies

  After too many surprise dorm visits, Mabel forces Jamie to sign a contract limiting contact for the next 48 hours, and suddenly Paul finds himself in the parenting hot seat.

• _{Wednesday, November 20th, 2019}

  3: Body Heat

  Jamie makes the decision to get back into the work force, but time and menopause conspire against her. Meanwhile, Paul is invited to speak to Mabel’s class only after promising to Mabel that no one will know they’re related.

• _{Wednesday, November 20th, 2019}

  4: The Toothpick

  Jamie spins out when one of her meticulously crafted scrapbooks documenting Mabel’s childhood disappears. Meanwhile, Ira shocks everyone (himself included) when he asks Lucia to marry him.

• _{Wednesday, November 20th, 2019}

  5: Boundaries and Nakedness

  Tonya oversees Jamie’s sessions as she transitions back into the workplace as a therapist. At the gym, Paul is going through a battle of his own as Mark is upset that Paul refuses to be naked around him.

• _{Wednesday, November 20th, 2019}

  6: Monkeys, Lies and Withholding

  Paul and Jamie pay a visit to the retirement home to visit Paul’s mother, Sylvia, and her new boyfriend, Ralph. Meanwhile, an unexpected visitor walks into Ira’s restaurant.

• _{Wednesday, December 18th, 2019}

  7: The Will To Live

  Paul and Jamie's concerns about mortality and getting their affairs in order are triggered when they attend the funeral of Paul and Ira's Childhood friend.

• _{Wednesday, December 18th, 2019}

  8: Anderson Cooper and Other Fantasies

  When Lisa is double-booked on her celebrity pet-sitting obligations, Jamie volunteers Paul to stay at Anderson Cooper's place, allowing him his first bachelor night in years.

• _{Wednesday, December 18th, 2019}

  9: The Cheese Stands Alone

  Paul and Jamie are forced to make a tough decision about the future of their home when a wealthy buyer expresses interest in their apartment.

• _{Wednesday, December 18th, 2019}

  10: Real Estate for Beginners

  Following Sheila's advice, Paul and Jamie head to a marriage boot camp in the Berkshires in hopes of working out their issues.

• _{Wednesday, December 18th, 2019}

  11: Erotica and Expulsion

  Paul and Jamie help Mabel deal with the fallout after a school experiment goes awry; Jaime stumbles upon an unconventional way Tonya can help Donovan overcome his sleepless nights.

• _{Wednesday, December 18th, 2019}

  12: Happy Birthday, Bon Voyage, Goodbye for Now

  Paul and Jamie try to plan a surprise birthday party for Mabel while she intends to reveal a big surprise of her own.