The BEST episodes of Mad About You

#1 - The Birth (2)

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/1997

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.

#2 - Up in Smoke (2)

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/1995

#3 - Surprise

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1993

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.

#4 - Met Someone

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1992

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.

#5 - The Billionaire

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1993

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.

#6 - Virtual Reality

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/1994

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.

#7 - The Tape

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/1994

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.

#8 - Disorientation

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/1994

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.

#9 - Sunday Times

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1992

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.

#10 - Bing, Bang, Boom

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1993

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.

#11 - Married to the Job

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1993

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.

#12 - The Penis

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/1997

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.

#13 - The Dry Run

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/1997

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.

#14 - The Finale (3)

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/1996

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.

#15 - Our Fifteen Minutes

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/1995

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.

#16 - Love Letters

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/10/1994

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.

#17 - Neighbors from Hell

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/1992

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.

#18 - Maid About You

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/1993

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.

#19 - The Painter

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/15/1993

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.

#20 - Happy Anniversary

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/1993

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.

#21 - So I Married a Hair Murderer

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1993

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.

#22 - The Unplanned Child

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1993

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.

#23 - Natural History

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1993

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.

#24 - Storms We Cannot Weather

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/1994

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.

#25 - Astrology

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/1997

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