The Best Episodes Written By Paul Reiser

Phone calls, noisy neighbors and an invisible mouse being chased by Murray are some of the distractions that Paul and Jamie face while struggling to find romance during a long-awaited evening toether.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel

Writer: Paul Reiser

Jamie and Paul are horrified to discover that Paul has unwittingly handed over their revealing homemade video to the Family Network, instead of a documentary about a zoo.

Director: Tom Moore

Writer: Paul Reiser

A bad day in the Big Apple leaves Jamie unwilling to go out to see a feel-good movie, but Paul talks her into an evening out, if only to meet Ira's new girlfriend.

Director: David Steinberg

Writer: Paul Reiser

Ira and Lisa try to engineer the Buchman reconciliation, except it proves easier to resolve the scheduling conflict between Burt and Sylvia's 45th anniversary party and Lisa's engagement party.

Director: David Steinberg

Writer: Paul Reiser

Paul and Jamie take a walk through the park to talk their differences out by themselves. They succeed, and return to their apartment, where Jamie springs a surprise on Paul.

Director: David Steinberg

Writer: Paul Reiser

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

Mabel's first real film is a biography, looking back at her family's twisted history.

Director: Helen Hunt

Writer: Paul Reiser

Paul and Jamie Buchman are newlywed adjusting to life together in Manhattan. When only after 5 months of marriage Jamie complains that their sexual life is not like it used to be, Paul decides to come earlier from his job so they could spend a nice evening alone. But, their scheduled evening goes awry as each assumes the other had cancelled their dinner plans with friends.

Director: Barnet Kellman

Writer: Paul Reiser

The Buchmans get off on the wrong foot with the neighbors across the hall, Hal and Maggie Conway (guest stars Paxton Whitehead and Judy Geeson), and each subsequent step to improve relations. However, that decidion seems to be making the matters worse.

Director: Dennis Erdman

Writer: Paul Reiser

Jamie is enthralled by it, Paul doesn't remember it, Murray didn't see it, and Ira laughs at it--another night and the day after in the Buchmans' lives. Meanwhile, Paul finds employment at the Explorer Channel.

Director: David Steinberg

Writer: Paul Reiser

Yoko Ono is in town for some film happenings and Paul tries to do something different for the Explorer Channel with her help.

Director: David Steinberg

Writer: Paul Reiser

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

To Paul, a couch by any other name is not a couch, especially if it is a divan, a settee, or worse, a love seat. Jamie is determined that their first major purchase to be jointly made and when dragged to the department store, Paul manages to hyperventilate. When they hang out together in the store, Mark discovers to Paul some informations that he probably shouldn't ever find about.

Director: Barnet Kellman

Writer: Paul Reiser

Paul's life flashes before his eyes when he takes a spill in the shower.

Director: David Steinberg

Writer: Paul Reiser