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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Mad About You Season 3 Episode 8 - Giblets for Murray
    8.3/10(202 votes)

    #1 - Giblets for Murray

    S3:E8

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

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  2. Mad About You Season 1 Episode 11 - Met Someone
    8.2/10(254 votes)

    #2 - Met Someone

    S1:E11

    The story of how Paul and Jamie met is told, beginning with a chance encounter on a Sunday evening by the newstand, 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 clothes and as time passes, they go on a dinner date...

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  3. Mad About You Season 3 Episode 23 - Up in Smoke (1)
    8.2/10(175 votes)

    #3 - Up in Smoke (1)

    S3:E23

    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.

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  4. Mad About You Season 7 Episode 21 - The Final Frontier (1)
    8.2/10(199 votes)

    #4 - The Final Frontier (1)

    S7:E21

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

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  5. Mad About You Season 2 Episode 21 - Disorientation
    8.1/10(172 votes)

    #5 - Disorientation

    S2:E21

    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.

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  6. Mad About You Season 2 Episode 12 - Paul is Dead
    8.0/10(159 votes)

    #6 - Paul is Dead

    S2:E12

    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.

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  8. Mad About You Season 3 Episode 11 - Our Fifteen Minutes
    8.0/10(141 votes)

    #7 - Our Fifteen Minutes

    S3:E11

    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.

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  9. Mad About You Season 5 Episode 24 - The Birth (2)
    8.0/10(161 votes)

    #8 - The Birth (2)

    S5:E24

    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.

    Director:Gordon Hunt

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  10. Mad About You Season 1 Episode 16 - Love Among the Tiles
    7.9/10(197 votes)

    #9 - Love Among the Tiles

    S1:E16

    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.

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  11. Mad About You Season 2 Episode 1 - Murray's Tale
    7.9/10(159 votes)

    #10 - Murray's Tale

    S2:E1

    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.

    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Mad About You Season 2 Episode 19 - Love Letters
    7.9/10(158 votes)

    #11 - Love Letters

    S2:E19

    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.

    Director:Tom Moore

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  13. Mad About You Season 3 Episode 19 - Two Tickets to Paradise
    7.9/10(146 votes)

    #12 - Two Tickets to Paradise

    S3:E19

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

    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Mad About You Season 5 Episode 14 - The Penis
    7.9/10(131 votes)

    #13 - The Penis

    S5:E14

    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.

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  15. Mad About You Season 6 Episode 9 - The Conversation
    7.9/10(168 votes)

    #14 - The Conversation

    S6:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown

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  16. Mad About You Season 2 Episode 2 - Bing, Bang, Boom
    7.8/10(161 votes)

    #15 - Bing, Bang, Boom

    S2:E2

    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.

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  17. Mad About You Season 2 Episode 7 - Natural History
    7.8/10(152 votes)

    #16 - Natural History

    S2:E7

    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.

    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Mad About You Season 2 Episode 16 - Cold Feet
    7.8/10(151 votes)

    #17 - Cold Feet

    S2:E16

    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.

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  19. Mad About You Season 3 Episode 18 - Purseona
    7.8/10(150 votes)

    #18 - Purseona

    S3:E18

    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.

    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Mad About You Season 5 Episode 15 - Citizen Buchman
    7.8/10(127 votes)

    #19 - Citizen Buchman

    S5:E15

    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.

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  21. Mad About You Season 1 Episode 8 - The Apartment
    7.7/10(224 votes)

    #20 - The Apartment

    S1:E8

    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 ridden of his apartment, but Paul is against that. They get into a fight, which results by Paul deciding about the future of his apartment and Jamie getting ridden of her t-shirt from her past (which she later wants back).

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  22. Mad About You Season 2 Episode 8 - Surprise
    7.7/10(157 votes)

    #21 - Surprise

    S2:E8

    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.

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  23. Mad About You Season 2 Episode 14 - The Late Show
    7.7/10(144 votes)

    #22 - The Late Show

    S2:E14

    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.

    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Mad About You Season 2 Episode 18 - The Tape
    7.7/10(152 votes)

    #23 - The Tape

    S2:E18

    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.

    Director:Tom Moore

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  25. Mad About You Season 2 Episode 23 - Up All Night
    7.7/10(149 votes)

    #24 - Up All Night

    S2:E23

    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.

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  26. Mad About You Season 3 Episode 17 - Mad Without You
    7.7/10(132 votes)

    #25 - Mad Without You

    S3:E17

    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.""

    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Giblets for Murray" is the best rated episode of "Mad About You". It scored 8.3/10 based on 202 votes. Directed by David Steinberg and written by Jeffrey Klarik, it aired on 11/17/1994. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Met Someone".