7.4/10111 votes#1 - Dr. Wonderful
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1996
With Mark Devanow in Europe, a pregnant Jamie and Paul have to look around for a gynecologist, and Debbie tries to set them up with her girlfriend. Meanwhile, the elder Buchmans finally get to meet Debbie's ""friend.""
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Victor Levin, Larry Charles
7.7/10128 votes#2 - 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
7.1/10104 votes#3 - Therapy
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1996
Months after setting it up, Paul and Jamie decide to keep their appointment with the therapist Fran referred them to, but doing so delays Paul's shoot of his parents' reminiscences, with some interesting consequences.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Richard Day
5.9/10112 votes#4 - The Clip Show
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1996
Having chosen the residents of Apartment 11-D as its parents, the baby in the making deals with musical interludes and parental cooing, and with lots and lots of choice moments from their years together. In other words, a clip show.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Leslie Caveny
7.4/10105 votes#5 - Burt's Building
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1996
Filming of Paul's documentary takes him and Burt back to their old apartment building for the day, and events conspire to make Paul late for an appointment at Joan's office to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Victor Levin, Larry Charles, Ron Darian
7.7/10117 votes#6 - 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
7.6/10129 votes#7 - Outbreak
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1996
The Buchmans decide the time and place of their grand announcement, but the leaks start early during Thanksgiving week.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Richard Day
7.3/10109 votes#8 - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1996
While Ira counsels against it, Paul contemplates abstinence until July. However, Jamie has other ideas and talks Paul into a trip upstate where they chance upon a dessert item with magical powers.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Victor Levin
7.3/10111 votes#9 - The Gym
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/1996
Paul so likes playing the mystery man at a local gym that he talks Jamie out of working there, whereupon she hands over her free pass to a homeless acquaintance from the neighborhood.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Victor Levin, Richard Day, Larry Charles
7.2/10107 votes#10 - Chicken Man
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/1997
Jamie finally lets her coworkers and Lance know about the baby, while Ira, turning money man and producer for ""Buchman,"" actually managers to produce a narrator, at least in voice.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Larry Charles, Ron Darian
6.8/10112 votes#11 - The Recital
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/1997
A politically incorrect Jamie pays the price for commenting about Ryan's ability as a budding violinist, while a simmering Paul works up the nerve to confront their therapist about her overcharging ways.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Jenji Kohan
7.2/10108 votes#12 - The Handyman
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/1997
The perils of engaging Paul and Jamie's handyman are visited upon Lisa, whose fiance is more than willing to finance Paul's over-budget documentary project.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Richard Day
7.1/10109 votes#13 - Astrology
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/1997
Nat's sister, an astrologer, is in town and agrees to do charts for Lisa, Ira, Paul and a very reluctant Jamie.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Larry Charles, Jenji Kohan
7.8/10124 votes#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
7.7/10120 votes#15 - 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
7.5/10112 votes#16 - Her Houseboy, Coco
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/1997
An enforced bed-rest of two to three days for Jamie means that Paul has to attend to her every need, and also deal with lack of heat in their apartment AND a kidnapping.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: Victor Levin
6.6/10109 votes#17 - On the Road
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/18/1997
To escape Jamie's baby shower, Paul hits the road with Ira and Marvin in the latter's van, but his urge to tell insensitive jokes quickly leads to trouble.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Paul Reiser, Richard Day, Larry Charles
7.1/10102 votes#18 - The Cockatoo
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 4/1/1997
Paul talks an unwilling Jamie into quitting her job at the mayoral campaign, but he is less successful in dealing with an exotic bird that flies into their lives.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: Richard Day
6.9/10114 votes#19 - The Touching Game
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/15/1997
A very pregnant Jamie insists on helping out at David (Paul's cousin) and Jared's new coffee shop, with disastrous results. Meanwhile, Ira and Paul help a pregnant woman on a bus.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: Richard Day
7.0/10104 votes#20 - The Dry Run
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/1997
Paul and Jamie flunk out of a birthday class that Joan has managed to get them enrolled in. Meanwhile, ""Buchman"" is being held hostage by the elder Buchmans.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Larry Charles
7.4/10113 votes#21 - Guardianhood
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/1997
Paul and Jamie are advised by their lawyer to select guardians for the baby in case of their death. But, to their astonishment, rejections pile up. Meanwhile, Jamie is flattered by the attentions of an 18-year-old Bobby Rubenfeld.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Victor Levin
7.2/10111 votes#22 - The Feud
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/1997
Theresa and Sylvia vie for the new crib honors, with predictable consequences. On another front, Paul wins big at poker but is paid off by Marvin in the form of specially-priced household chores.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: Richard Day
7.5/10135 votes#23 - The Birth (1)
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/1997
As Paul's documentary gets a surprisingly good review at a film festival, Jamie thinks she is going into labor. So they rush to the hospital, only to find out it was a false alarm. This happens several more times, until it's finally for real.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: Larry Charles
7.9/10145 votes#24 - 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
The Best Episodes of Mad About You Season 5
Every episode of Mad About You Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mad About You Season 5!
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 5 Ratings Summary
"Dr. Wonderful" is the best rated episode of "Mad About You" season 5. It scored 7.4/10 based on 111 votes. Directed by Michael Lembeck and written by Victor Levin, Larry Charles, it aired on 9/17/1996. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Grant".