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 - 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.

#5 - 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.

#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 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.

#8 - 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.

#9 - 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.

#10 - 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.

#11 - 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.

#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 - 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.

#14 - 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.

#15 - 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.

#16 - 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.

#17 - The Handyman

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/1997

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.

#18 - 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.

#19 - 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.

#20 - 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.

#21 - Paul is Dead

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/1994

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.

#22 - 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.

#23 - Burt's Building

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1996

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.

#24 - Giblets for Murray

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1994

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

#25 - A Pair of Hearts

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1993

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.