The Best Episodes Written By Paul Reiser

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   #1 - Bing, Bang, Boom

   S2:E29/23/1993

   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.

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   #2 - The Final Frontier (1)

   S7:E215/24/1999

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

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   #3 - Uncle Phil and the Coupons

   S6:E411/4/1997

   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.

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   #4 - The Finale (2)

   S4:E235/19/1996

   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.

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   #5 - The Finale (3)

   S4:E245/19/1996

   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.

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   #6 - The City

   S3:E1012/15/1994

   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.

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   #7 - The Tape

   S2:E182/24/1994

   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.

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   #8 - Romantic Improvisations

   S1:E19/23/1992

   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.

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   #9 - Neighbors from Hell

   S1:E1012/9/1992

   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.

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    #10 - On the Road

    S5:E173/18/1997

    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.

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    #11 - New Sleep-Walking PLUS

    S4:E19/24/1995

    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.

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    #12 - Yoko Said

    S4:E611/12/1995

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

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    #13 - Andy Goes to Hollywood

    S1:E111/16/2017

    Andy Klavin travels from his Nebraskan hometown to Burbank, California, where he stumbles into a job on a big-time TV talk show, where he meets a colorful cast of characters – the writers, the producer Fred de Cordova, and, most importantly, Joy Greenfield, who’s unlike any woman he’s ever met.

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    #14 - Dog Day Afternoon

    S1:E211/16/2017

    Andy juggles confusing feelings for Joy, and when he’s given his first important task at work, one bad thing happens after another. Somehow Andy ends up on his feet, and in the process manages to give Joy the credit she so rarely gets.

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    #15 - Sofa's Choice

    S1:E29/30/1992

    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.

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    #16 - Paul Slips in the Shower

    S6:E215/12/1998

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

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    #17 - Owed to Joy

    S1:E311/16/2017

    Joy argues for equal pay at work, while juggling her own personal family drama at home. The writers take Andy on an outing he’ll never forget, and Mitch tries to hide his inner demons. Joy tries to mold Andy into the man she thinks he can be.

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    #18 - Take Me to Church

    S1:E411/16/2017

    Fred invites Andy to his church in Beverly Hills, but it goes very badly, and Joy talks to her therapist about a recent wedding weekend gone wrong. When Andy calls his parents in Nebraska with some good news, he ends up getting news about his brother.

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    #19 - The Drop

    S1:E511/16/2017

    Based on a true story, Johnny Carson finds himself entangled in an extortion plot. Authorities are brought in, and some suspect Andy of being the plot. Andy also bonds with Joy and Rasheed while getting high for the first time in his life.

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    #20 - The Getaway

    S1:E611/16/2017

    Joy and Andy take a much-needed weekend getaway at Angelo’s party house in Palm Springs, but no one can relax with all the secrets being spilled.

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    #21 - The Anniversary Show

    S1:E711/16/2017

    It’s the tenth anniversary show, the big event they’ve been working for all season, and it doesn’t go as planned. Not all the writers are invited back, and Andy stumbles on an invaluable discovery. Joy learns the truth about her father.

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