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The Best Episodes of Mad About You Season 4

Every episode of Mad About You Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mad About You Season 4!

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

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"New Sleep-Walking PLUS" is the best rated episode of "Mad About You" season 4. It scored 7.6/10 based on 119 votes. Directed by David Steinberg and written by Paul Reiser, it aired on 9/24/1995. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Parking Space".

  • New Sleep-Walking PLUS
    7.6/10119 votes

    #1 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Paul Reiser

  • The Parking Space
    7.5/10112 votes

    #2 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: N/A

  • The Test
    6.8/10111 votes

    #3 - 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).

    Director: Michael Lembeck

    Writer: N/A

  • The Good, the Bad and the Not-So-Appealing
    7.6/10110 votes

    #4 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Victor Levin

  • I Don't See It
    7.5/10115 votes

    #5 - 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.

    Director: Gordon Hunt

    Writer: Brenda Hampton

  • Yoko Said
    7.2/10124 votes

    #6 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Paul Reiser

  • An Angel for Murray
    7.1/10118 votes

    #7 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Seth Kurland

  • The Couple
    7.2/10112 votes

    #8 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: N/A

  • New Year's Eve
    7.4/10123 votes

    #9 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Shana Goldberg-Meehan, Scott Silveri

  • Ovulation Day
    7.4/10124 votes

    #10 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Danny Jacobson, Victor Levin

  • Get Back
    7.6/10121 votes

    #11 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Shana Goldberg-Meehan

  • Dream Weaver
    7.4/10131 votes

    #12 - 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.

    Director: Thomas Schlamme

    Writer: N/A

  • Hot and Cold
    7.4/10112 votes

    #13 - 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.

    Director: Thomas Schlamme

    Writer: Danny Jacobson

  • Fertility
    7.4/10110 votes

    #14 - 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.

    Director: Gordon Hunt

    Writer: Larry Charles

  • Everybody Hates Me
    7.5/10116 votes

    #15 - 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.

    Director: Thomas Schlamme

    Writer: Victor Levin

  • Do Me a Favor
    7.3/10113 votes

    #16 - 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.

    Director: Gordon Hunt

    Writer: Ron Darian

  • The Glue People
    7.1/10118 votes

    #17 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Victor Levin

  • The Sample
    7.5/10112 votes

    #18 - 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 Buchmans car chased by the NYPD bomb squad.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Victor Levin

  • The Procedure
    7.2/10113 votes

    #19 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Larry Charles

  • The Weed
    6.9/10110 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Larry Charles

  • The Award
    7.5/10113 votes

    #21 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Larry Charles, Ron Darian

  • The Finale (1)
    7.3/10122 votes

    #22 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Victor Levin, Larry Charles

  • The Finale (2)
    7.3/10124 votes

    #23 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Paul Reiser, Victor Levin, Larry Charles

  • The Finale (3)
    7.6/10140 votes

    #24 - 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.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: Paul Reiser, Victor Levin, Larry Charles