7.2/10114 votes#1 - Coming Home
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1997
The first day back from the hospital finds Paul and Jamie still figuring out how to care for their daughter and what to name her, until help arrives in the form of Jamie's mother.
Director: N/A
Writer: Victor Levin
7.0/10110 votes#2 - Letters to Mabel
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1997
Jamie kicks off a letter-writing spree by penning one to her infant daughter to be read on her 18th birthday. Ira and Joan join in on the fun, while Paul goes through draft after draft.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: N/A
7.0/10111 votes#3 - Speed Baby
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/1997
Jamie stumbles upon a strange cure to Mabel's crying fits, while Paul valiently tries to catch a few winks before an important meeting with a Belgian distributor.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: N/A
7.6/10127 votes#4 - Uncle Phil and the Coupons
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/1997
The search for a preschool for the three-week old Mabel cannot begin soon enough, but has to compete for attention with the coupon fraud trial of Uncle Phil, and an odd caper involving Jamie and Ira.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Paul Reiser, Victor Levin
7.6/10117 votes#5 - Moody Blues
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/1997
Jamie resents being tagged with the dime-store psychological cliche that is postpartum depression, and almost wrecks the wedding plans of a stranger. Meanwhile, Paul directs a charity production of ""The Pirates of Penzance.""
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: N/A
6.9/10107 votes#6 - The Magic Pants
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1997
The Buchmans find a baby-sitter they are comfortable with, but Paul and Jamie's first evening out by themselves begins with Paul not in his pants and ends on an even more unusual note.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: N/A
7.2/10102 votes#7 - Le Sex Show
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1997
Paul and Jamie grapple with the pressure of having sex for the first time since Mabel's birth, but their therapist seems not much help.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: N/A
6.8/10109 votes#8 - The New Friend
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 12/9/1997
Paul and Jamie meet a new neighbor, Sarah, a divorced mother of three who manages to teach Jamie a more casual style of parenting. Also, Paul and Jamie conspire to set up Sarah on a blind date with Ira.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: Lissa Levin
7.9/10156 votes#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
6.9/10104 votes#10 - Breastfeeding
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/1998
Jamie is reluctant to stop breast-feeding exclusively, but she knows it's time for the baby to learn to feed from the bottle, while Paul is excited to be able to feed the baby for the first time. Meanwhile, Jamie's upset to learn that her mom is dating a much younger man, a dancer from ""Lord of the Dance.""
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Lissa Levin
7.3/10119 votes#11 - Good Old Reliable Nathan
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/13/1998
When Paul gives a speech at a college, he's shocked to discover that Jamie lost her virginity to the visiting professor. It's a comedy of errors as the professor believes Paul is angry and wants to do the professor harm. Meanwhile, Ira meets a woman who flirts with him only to get better burial plots.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Victor Levin
7.0/10105 votes#12 - Separate Planes
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/20/1998
It's the first plane flight with the baby and Paul and Jamie take separate planes--they're told it's not uncommon for new parents to do to avoid orphaning a baby in the event of a tragedy. Paul takes Mabel and winds up using her to lead a passenger revolt on the plane to demand less heat in the cabin. Meanwhile, Jamie's looking forward to a break from mothering, yet she ends up mothering everyone.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: N/A
7.2/10107 votes#13 - Cheating on Sheila
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/24/1998
When Paul and Jamie feel that their current therapist, Sheila, isn't quite helping out, Paul and Jamie see another therapist, Sydney. They love Sydney enough to "break up" with Sheila--that is, until they find out that Sydney's hour of therapy is too expensive. Meanwhile, Paul grapples with how to get his father to stop suffocating Paul socially.
Director: Helen Hunt
Writer: Sheila R. Lawrence
6.9/10101 votes#14 - Back to Work
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 3/3/1998
Jamie decides to go back to work, and everything says to go back to work. There's only one problem: she doesn't want to and tries to get herself fired. Meanwhile, Paul confronts the newspaper journalist who wrote an article filled with errors about ""Buchman.""
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
6.5/10105 votes#15 - The 2nd Mrs. Buchman
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 3/17/1998
Jamie discovers that Paul was married before--if only to get an old Russian woman U.S. citizenship. Jamie's upset that she is, indeed, the second Mrs. Buchman. Meanwhile, Paul is an umpire for his father's senior-citizen baseball game, and a fight erupts between father and son over a call.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
6.7/10114 votes#16 - The Coin of Destiny
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 3/24/1998
When Paul innocently flips a coin to make a decision, Paul's former producer overhears a conversation that puts Paul and Jamie in the limelight with the tabloid program ""Hard Copy."" Also, Ira finds that he's the prime suspect in a paternity case, and Paul's parents try their luck in Atlantic City.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: N/A
6.9/10113 votes#17 - The Caper
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 3/31/1998
Paul's birthday party turns into an event worthy of a detective mystery when Maggie and Hal suspect Buchman party guests of stealing a prestigious painting from their adjacent apartment. Meanwhile, Marvin gets into a growling match with Murray.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Victor Levin
6.6/10112 votes#18 - The Baby Video
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 4/14/1998
Paul, Jamie and Ira decide to make a baby video. However, Paul starring as the Sandman frightens kids and turns them off to the concept. Meanwhile, Paul's parents tell him he has a half-brother.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: N/A
6.5/10108 votes#19 - Fire at Riff's
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 4/28/1998
Paul convinces Jamie to quit her job. Joan is posing for ""The 20 Most Eligible Bachelorettes in New York"" for a magazine and Debbie is jealous. Paul, Jamie, Ira, Joan and Debbie go to Riff's, where a fire breaks out while Paul is in the bathroom. Ira saves Ursula's life while Jamie, Debbie and Joan run out, leaving Paul in the bathroom. Joan asks Debbie to marry her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/10109 votes#20 - Mother's Day
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 5/5/1998
Paul tries to pick a Mother's Day present for Jamie, but Ira and Marvin have better ideas: a rocking chair and a message displayed on the Times Square video screen. Sylvia is jealous of Jamie's gifts and fakes injury to steal attention.
Director: Helen Hunt
Writer: N/A
6.3/10109 votes#21 - Paul Slips in the Shower
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/12/1998
Paul's life flashes before his eyes when he takes a spill in the shower.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Paul Reiser, Victor Levin
7.0/10106 votes#22 - Nat & Arley
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/1998
Paul and Jamie act as matchmakers for dogwalker Nat and babysitter Arley. Meanwhile, Ira tries giving up sex, and Paul makes a discovery about Jamie when they go to a sleep clinic.
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: N/A
6.6/10113 votes#23 - The Finale
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 5/19/1998
Paul and Jamie search for a full-time nanny, and Paul finds one in the form of Nancy Bloom, a caterer he inadvertently got fired from the production of a documentary about ""The Making of Titanic.""
Director: Gordon Hunt
Writer: Victor Levin
The Best Episodes of Mad About You Season 6
Every episode of Mad About You Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mad About You Season 6!
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 6 Ratings Summary
"Coming Home" is the best rated episode of "Mad About You" season 6. It scored 7.2/10 based on 114 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Victor Levin, it aired on 9/23/1997. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Letters to Mabel".