The Best Episodes of Mad About You

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...

Director: Barnet Kellman

Writer: Danny Jacobson

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

Director: David Steinberg

Writer: Jeffrey Klarik

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.

Director: Michael Lembeck

Writer: Jeffrey Klarik

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

Director: Helen Hunt

Writer: Paul Reiser, Victor Levin

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.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Linda Day

Writer: Pamela Eells, Sally Lapiduss

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.

Director: Tom Moore

Writer: Jack Burditt, Jeffrey Lane

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.

Director: Thomas Schlamme

Writer: Jack Burditt

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

Writer: Larry Charles

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: N/A

Writer: Victor Levin

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.

Director: Thomas Schlamme

Writer: N/A

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

Writer: Jeffrey Klarik

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

Director: Michael Lembeck

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: David Steinberg

Writer: Richard Day, Larry Charles

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).

Director: Barnet Kellman

Writer: Danny Jacobson

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.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel

Writer: Paul Reiser

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.

Director: Thomas Schlamme

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Thomas Schlamme

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Thomas Schlamme

Writer: Danny Jacobson, Jeffrey Lane

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.

Director: Michael Lembeck

Writer: N/A

Jamie tries to stay awake, avoid coffee and continue to manage Brockwell's campaign. Meanwhile, while Paul is trying to figure out how to use a sizeable grant that has come his way, his Uncle Phil asks Paul and Ira to visit him in Brooklyn.

Director: Michael Lembeck

Writer: Victor Levin, Richard Day, Larry Charles, Jenji Kohan

The Stemples arrive at Paul and Jamie's for a two-day visit, armed with a surprise, and another soon follows.

Director: Michael Lembeck

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: David Steinberg

Writer: Victor Levin

Paul accidentally runs over Jamie's mother. While she is in the hospital, her estranged husband visits.

Director: Gordon Hunt

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel

Writer: Jeffrey Lane