Show cover for Mad About You

The Worst Episodes of Mad About You

Every episode of Mad About You ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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

Worst Episodes Summary

"With This Ring... (2)" is the worst rated episode of "Mad About You". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Tom Moore and written by Danny Jacobson, it aired on 5/19/1994. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Up in Smoke (2)".

  • With This Ring... (2)
    NaN/100 votes
    Loading...

    #1 - With This Ring... (2)

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 5/19/1994

    The real marriage anniversary arrives and Jamie gives Paul a gift - swiss military knife - and receives a gift from Paul - a machine for making sugar products. Both disappointed with their gifts, they go to a store where it turns out that they have totally different opinions about children. Then, when they have lunch with Paul's sister, the Buchmans try to entertain Susan's son Nah while she's on the phone. Paul realizes that having kids is nothing different than having a dog, but Jamie has totally different opinion...

    Director: Tom Moore

    Writer: Danny Jacobson

  • Up in Smoke (2)
    NaN/100 votes
    Loading...

    #2 - Up in Smoke (2)

    Season 3 Episode 24 - 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 Lane, Jack Burditt

  • The Final Frontier (2)
    NaN/100 votes
    Loading...

    #3 - The Final Frontier (2)

    Season 7 Episode 22 - 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

  • The Clip Show
    5.9/10112 votes
    Loading...

    #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

  • Paul Slips in the Shower
    6.3/10109 votes
    Loading...

    #5 - 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

  • Farmer Buchman
    6.3/10113 votes
    Loading...

    #6 - Farmer Buchman

    Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 1/11/1999

    Mr. Wicker goes out of town and asks Paul and Jamie to tend his rooftop garden. Mabel loves another baby's rare toy.

    Director: Helen Hunt

    Writer: N/A

  • Virtual Reality II
    6.3/10103 votes
    Loading...

    #7 - Virtual Reality II

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/22/1999

    The couple learns that Jamie will be in bed with Mark McGwire via virtual reality.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: N/A

  • Millennium Bug
    6.4/10104 votes
    Loading...

    #8 - Millennium Bug

    Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 4/26/1999

    Jamie's dress is ruined by a dry cleaner who is unwilling to make restitution. Paul has a dream where Einstein gives him a partial solution to the millennium bug. He needs to have the dream again, so he can get the rest of the solution.

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: N/A

  • The 2nd Mrs. Buchman
    6.5/10105 votes
    Loading...

    #9 - 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

  • Fire at Riff's
    6.5/10108 votes
    Loading...

    #10 - 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

  • Murray at the Dog Show
    6.5/10111 votes
    Loading...

    #11 - Murray at the Dog Show

    Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 4/26/1999

    Sheila declares Paul and Jamie cured. However, Murray is still traumatized by the earlier puma attack, so Paul and Jamie enter him in a dog show.

    Director: Michael Lembeck

    Writer: N/A

  • On the Road
    6.6/10109 votes
    Loading...

    #12 - 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

  • The Baby Video
    6.6/10112 votes
    Loading...

    #13 - 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

  • Mother's Day
    6.6/10109 votes
    Loading...

    #14 - 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

  • The Finale
    6.6/10113 votes
    Loading...

    #15 - 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 Coin of Destiny
    6.7/10114 votes
    Loading...

    #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

  • Tragedy Plus Time
    6.7/10104 votes
    Loading...

    #17 - Tragedy Plus Time

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/1998

    Jamie's ex-boyfriend dies and leaves everything to her. Debbie has second thoughts about marrying Joan.

    Director: Gordon Hunt

    Writer: N/A

  • Win a Free Car
    6.7/10107 votes
    Loading...

    #18 - Win a Free Car

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 1/18/1999

    To save the store, Ira plans to give away a car to the person who keeps their hand on it the longest. Since he can't afford it, he wants all of the contestants to be ringers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Test
    6.8/10111 votes
    Loading...

    #19 - 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 Recital
    6.8/10112 votes
    Loading...

    #20 - 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

  • The New Friend
    6.8/10109 votes
    Loading...

    #21 - 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

  • Separate Beds
    6.8/10108 votes
    Loading...

    #22 - Separate Beds

    Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 5/3/1999

    Paul and Jamie discover the extra comfort of sleeping apart. Marvin is wrestling part time and Ira becomes his manager.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bob Nickman

  • The Dirty Little Secret
    6.8/10106 votes
    Loading...

    #23 - The Dirty Little Secret

    Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 5/17/1999

    When Debbie compiles Buchman and Stemple family trees, she learns that Paul and Jamie are actually cousins.

    Director: Gordon Hunt

    Writer: Elin Hampton

  • The Billionaire
    6.9/10202 votes
    Loading...

    #24 - The Billionaire

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1993

    An extremely energetic and eccentric billionaire wants Paul to make a film about him. Meanwhile, Paul hires a new editor/cameraman who is anything but energetic.

    Director: Linda Day

    Writer: Sally Lapiduss, Pamela Eells

  • The Weed
    6.9/10110 votes
    Loading...

    #25 - 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