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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

The best episode of "Mad About You" season 6 is "Coming Home", rated 7.1/10 from 113 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Victor Levin. "Coming Home" aired on 9/23/1997 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Letters to Mabel".

  • Coming Home
    7.1/10 113 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

  • Letters to Mabel
    7.0/10 109 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

  • Speed Baby
    6.9/10 110 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

  • Uncle Phil and the Coupons
    7.5/10 126 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

  • Moody Blues
    7.5/10 116 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

  • The Magic Pants
    6.9/10 106 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

  • Le Sex Show
    7.1/10 101 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

  • The New Friend
    6.8/10 108 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

  • The Conversation
    7.9/10 155 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

  • Breastfeeding
    6.8/10 103 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

  • Good Old Reliable Nathan
    7.3/10 118 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

  • Separate Planes
    6.9/10 104 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

  • Cheating on Sheila
    7.2/10 106 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

  • Back to Work
    6.8/10 100 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

  • The 2nd Mrs. Buchman
    6.4/10 104 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

  • The Coin of Destiny
    6.7/10 113 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

  • The Caper
    6.9/10 112 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

  • The Baby Video
    6.5/10 111 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

  • Fire at Riff's
    6.5/10 107 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

  • Mother's Day
    6.5/10 108 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

  • Paul Slips in the Shower
    6.3/10 108 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

  • Nat & Arley
    7.0/10 105 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

  • The Finale
    6.5/10 112 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