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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

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Mad About You" is "With This Ring... (2)", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by Tom Moore and written by Danny Jacobson. "With This Ring... (2)" aired on 5/19/1994 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Up in Smoke (2)".

  • With This Ring... (2)
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #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/10 0 votes

    #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/10 0 votes

    #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
    5.9/10 111 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

  • Farmer Buchman
    6.2/10 111 votes

    #5 - 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

  • Paul Slips in the Shower
    6.3/10 108 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Virtual Reality II
    6.3/10 101 votes

    #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

  • The 2nd Mrs. Buchman
    6.4/10 104 votes

    #8 - 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

  • Millennium Bug
    6.4/10 102 votes

    #9 - 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

  • On the Road
    6.5/10 108 votes

    #10 - 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
    6.5/10 111 votes

    #11 - 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

    #12 - 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

    #13 - 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
    6.5/10 112 votes

    #14 - 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

  • Murray at the Dog Show
    6.5/10 109 votes

    #15 - 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

  • Tragedy Plus Time
    6.6/10 103 votes

    #16 - 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

  • The Coin of Destiny
    6.7/10 113 votes

    #17 - 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

  • Win a Free Car
    6.7/10 105 votes

    #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
    6.8/10 109 votes

    #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
    6.8/10 110 votes

    #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 Touching Game
    6.8/10 113 votes

    #21 - 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

  • The New Friend
    6.8/10 108 votes

    #22 - 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

  • Breastfeeding
    6.8/10 103 votes

    #23 - 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

  • Back to Work
    6.8/10 100 votes

    #24 - 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

  • There's a Puma in the Kitchen
    6.8/10 116 votes

    #25 - There's a Puma in the Kitchen

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/1998

    To satisfy her need to mother, Lisa adopts a cat with attitude. Jamie learns the benefits of a ""nooner.""

    Director: David Steinberg

    Writer: N/A