The BEST episodes of Mad About You season 4

Every episode of Mad About You season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mad About You season 4!

A humorous look at newlyweds Jamie and Paul Buchman as they discover each other's idiosyncrasies and learn to deal with them. Paul, a documentary filmmaker, is creative, idealistic and an all around nice guy. Jamie, a public relations specialist, is direct, assertive and a practical person. They are very much in love this helps them develop a strong relationship in spite of their friends, families and themselves.

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The Finale (3)
star
8.47
81 votes

#1 - 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.

Directors: David Steinberg
Watch Now:Amazon
The Finale (1)
star
7.91
110 votes

#2 - The Finale (1)

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/1996

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.

Directors: David Steinberg
Watch Now:Amazon
The Finale (2)
star
7.91
110 votes

#3 - The Finale (2)

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/19/1996

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.

Directors: David Steinberg
Watch Now:Amazon
New Year's Eve
star
7.74
149 votes

#4 - New Year's Eve

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/1995

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.

Directors: David Steinberg
Watch Now:Amazon
Get Back
star
7.70
176 votes

#5 - Get Back

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/1996

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.

Watch Now:Amazon
The Test
star
7.68
172 votes

#6 - The Test

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1995

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

Watch Now:Amazon
The Award
star
7.67
142 votes

#7 - The Award

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/1996

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.

Directors: David Steinberg
Watch Now:Amazon
Do Me a Favor
star
7.66
144 votes

#8 - Do Me a Favor

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/17/1996

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.

Directors: Gordon Hunt
Writer: Ron Darian
Watch Now:Amazon
The Procedure
star
7.48
144 votes

#9 - The Procedure

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/14/1996

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.

Directors: David Steinberg
Watch Now:Amazon
The Glue People
star
7.48
147 votes

#10 - The Glue People

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/24/1996

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.

Directors: David Steinberg
Writer: Victor Levin
Watch Now:Amazon
I Don't See It
star
7.44
150 votes

#11 - I Don't See It

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/1995

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.

Directors: Gordon Hunt
Watch Now:Amazon
Hot and Cold
star
7.43
145 votes

#12 - Hot and Cold

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/18/1996

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.

Directors: Thomas Schlamme
Watch Now:Amazon
New Sleep-Walking PLUS
star
7.42
177 votes

#13 - New Sleep-Walking PLUS

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1995

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.

Directors: David Steinberg
Writer: Paul Reiser
The Parking Space
star
7.40
145 votes

#14 - The Parking Space

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1995

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

Directors: David Steinberg
Ovulation Day
star
7.38
146 votes

#15 - Ovulation Day

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/1996

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.

Directors: David Steinberg
The Sample
star
7.36
139 votes

#16 - The Sample

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/1996

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.

Directors: David Steinberg
Writer: Victor Levin
Fertility
star
7.33
144 votes

#17 - Fertility

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/25/1996

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.

Everybody Hates Me
star
7.33
143 votes

#18 - Everybody Hates Me

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/10/1996

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.

Directors: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Victor Levin
An Angel for Murray
star
7.30
144 votes

#19 - An Angel for Murray

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1995

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.

Directors: David Steinberg
Writer: Seth Kurland
The Weed
star
7.28
140 votes

#20 - The Weed

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/21/1996

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.

Directors: David Steinberg
Yoko Said
star
7.24
147 votes

#21 - Yoko Said

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1995

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

Directors: David Steinberg
Dream Weaver
star
7.24
150 votes

#22 - Dream Weaver

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/4/1996

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.

Directors: Thomas Schlamme
The Good, the Bad and the Not-So-Appealing
star
6.94
175 votes

#23 - The Good, the Bad and the Not-So-Appealing

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/1995

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.

Writer: Victor Levin
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Couple
star
6.92
148 votes

#24 - The Couple

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1995

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.

Directors: David Steinberg