8.2/10226 votesLoading...#1 - 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 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
8.2/10187 votesLoading...#2 - 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.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Jeffrey Klarik
8.2/10161 votesLoading...#3 - Up in Smoke (1)
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/18/1995
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
8.1/10186 votesLoading...#4 - The Final Frontier (1)
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 5/24/1999
Mabel's first real film is a biography, looking back at her family's twisted history.
Director: Helen Hunt
Writer: Paul Reiser, Victor Levin
8.0/10149 votesLoading...#5 - 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 namesake.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: N/A
7.9/10160 votesLoading...#6 - 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.
Director: Tom Moore
Writer: Jeffrey Lane, Jack Burditt
7.9/10128 votesLoading...#7 - 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.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Jack Burditt
7.9/10145 votesLoading...#8 - 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.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: Larry Charles
7.9/10156 votesLoading...#9 - The Conversation
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/1997
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
7.8/10180 votesLoading...#10 - Love Among the Tiles
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/13/1993
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: Sally Lapiduss, Pamela Eells
7.8/10144 votesLoading...#11 - Murray's Tale
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1993
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.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: N/A
7.8/10142 votesLoading...#12 - 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.
Director: Tom Moore
Writer: Jeffrey Klarik
7.8/10133 votesLoading...#13 - Two Tickets to Paradise
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/30/1995
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
7.8/10124 votesLoading...#14 - 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.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Richard Day, Larry Charles
7.7/10201 votesLoading...#15 - The Apartment
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1992
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
7.7/10151 votesLoading...#16 - Bing, Bang, Boom
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1993
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.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Paul Reiser
7.7/10144 votesLoading...#17 - 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.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: N/A
7.7/10134 votesLoading...#18 - The Late Show
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/1994
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.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: N/A
7.7/10140 votesLoading...#19 - Cold Feet
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/1994
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.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Jeffrey Lane, Danny Jacobson
7.7/10138 votesLoading...#20 - Purseona
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/9/1995
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
7.7/10128 votesLoading...#21 - The Grant
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1996
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
7.7/10117 votesLoading...#22 - Jamie's Parents
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1996
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
7.7/10120 votesLoading...#23 - Citizen Buchman
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/1997
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
7.7/10109 votesLoading...#24 - Paved with Good Intentions
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 5/13/1999
Paul accidentally runs over Jamie's mother. While she is in the hospital, her estranged husband visits.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: N/A
7.6/10149 votesLoading...#25 - Surprise
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1993
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.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Jeffrey Lane
The Best Episodes of Mad About You
Every episode of Mad About You ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Mad About You!
Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"Met Someone" is the best rated episode of "Mad About You". It scored 8.2/10 based on 226 votes. Directed by Barnet Kellman and written by Danny Jacobson, it aired on 12/16/1992. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Giblets for Murray".