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Mad About You

  • TV-PG
  • 1992–1999
  • 7 seasons
  • Comedy
  • 6.8

Never marry anyone more neurotic than yourself.

Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.

Episodes

25 episodes
  1. 1Murray's Tale

    23 minSep 16, 1993

    Lisa takes Murray out for a walk and returns with a dog that obviously isn't him. Meanwhile, Paul and Jamie contact the cops and everyone else joins in the hunt for the real Murray. When they finally find him they also encounter people that own the dog Lisa brought home that turn out to be totally different than them.

  2. 2Bing, Bang, Boom

    23 minSep 23, 1993

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

  3. 3Bedfellows

    23 minSep 30, 1993

    A suspected heart attack 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.

  4. 4Married to the Job

    23 minOct 7, 1993

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

  5. 5So I Married a Hair Murderer

    23 minOct 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.

  6. 6The Unplanned Child

    23 minOct 28, 1993

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

  7. 7Natural History

    23 minNov 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.

  8. 8Surprise

    23 minNov 11, 1993

    Jamie suspects a surprise party waiting for her at home. However, that's not what has been arranged for her birthday by Paul, who gets separated from her on the subway en route to the surprise.

  9. 9A Pair of Hearts

    23 minNov 18, 1993

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

  10. 10It's a Wrap

    23 minDec 2, 1993

    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.

  11. 11Edna Returns

    23 minDec 9, 1993

    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.

  12. 12Paul is Dead

    23 minJan 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 namesake.

  13. 13Same Time Next Week

    23 minJan 13, 1994

    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.

  14. 14The Late Show

    23 minJan 27, 1994

    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.

  15. 15Virtual Reality

    23 minFeb 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.

  16. 16Cold Feet

    23 minFeb 10, 1994

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

  17. 17Instant Karma

    23 minFeb 14, 1994

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

  18. 18The Tape

    23 minFeb 24, 1994

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

  19. 19Love Letters

    23 minMar 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.

  20. 20The Last Scampi

    23 minApr 7, 1994

    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 problems.

  21. 21Disorientation

    23 minApr 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.

  22. 22Storms We Cannot Weather

    23 minMay 5, 1994

    Althrough he is pretty disturbed by Jamie's lenieny to her younger school college, Paul accepts to hang out with them on a blind date that Jamie organised for Nick & Fran. But, while talking about an idea for a movie about the fastest cook on the world, Paul discovers that the waiter at the Riff's is no one else than Mark, Fran's ex-husband...

  23. 23Up All Night

    23 minMay 12, 1994

    Jamie is suffering from sleeplessness because she drank four cuffs of tea full of coffeine while learning for a test. All furious, Jamie urges Paul to spend the night awake with her that 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.

  24. 24With This Ring... (1)

    23 minMay 19, 1994

    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 pray, Paul finds out that he lost his wedding ring. Worried about what will jamie tell him, Paul rushes to the house to find him.

  25. 25With This Ring... (2)

    23 minMay 19, 1994

    The real marriage anniversary arrives and Jamie gives Paul a gift - 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, the Buchmans 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 totally different opinion...

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Series cast

Paul ReiserPaul Buchman164 episodes
Helen HuntJamie Buchman164 episodes
John PankowIra Buchman147 episodes
Leila KenzleFran Devanow144 episodes
Anne RamsayLisa Stemple126 episodes
Cynthia HarrisSylvia Buchman72 episodes
Louis ZorichBurt Buchman70 episodes
Richard KindDr. Mark Devanow35 episodes
Robin BartlettDebbie Buchman33 episodes
Judy GeesonMaggie Conway33 episodes
Lisa KudrowKaren25 episodes
Suzie PlaksonDr. Joan Golfinos18 episodes
Hank AzariaNat Ostertag14 episodes
Jeff GarlinMarvin Bluestone13 episodes
Mo GaffneyDr. Sheila Kleinman13 episodes
Jerry AdlerMr. Wicker11 episodes
Carol BurnettTheresa Stemple11 episodes
George PetrieElevator Operator10 episodes

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