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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 5 Episode 10 - Christmas Waltz
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    S5:E10

    Harry finds himself in an uncomfortable position after reconnecting with Paul Kinsey who has joined the Hare Krishnas. Lane takes drastic and unethical measures to get out of financial trouble. Don spends an afternoon with Joan to get her mind off her marital problems.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  2. undefined Season 7 Episode 21 - The Final Frontier (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S7:E21

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

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  3. undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - The Grant
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E2

    Jamie tries to stay awake, avoid coffee and continue to manage Brockwell's campaign. Meanwhile, while Paul is trying to figure out how to use a sizeable grant that has come his way, his Uncle Phil asks Paul and Ira to visit him in Brooklyn.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  4. undefined Season 5 Episode 15 - Citizen Buchman
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E15

    Paul's great-uncle Marty dies on camera as he is being interviewed for ""Buchman"" and his cryptic last words lead to a few unexpected disclosures among the Buchman clan.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  5. undefined Season 6 Episode 9 - The Conversation
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S6:E9

    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.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  6. undefined Season 6 Episode 4 - Uncle Phil and the Coupons
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S6:E4

    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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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  7. undefined Season 4 Episode 4 - The Good, the Bad and the Not-So-Appealing
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E4

    Inspired by a Martha Stewart idea, Sylvia organizes a high-noonish tag-what-you-want lunch for her family, complete with a shoot-out in the kitchen with Jamie.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  8. undefined Season 4 Episode 18 - The Sample
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E18

    The next step in the Buchman baby saga is trying to find out if Paul is the reason Jamie is unable to conceive. They rush to the hospital, but everything seems to be trying to stop them. First, they must wait for their neighbors to come to the elevator and then, when their car gets stolen, Paul must do his 'sample' all over again which is also interrupted by a car chase on tv which results to be Buchmans car chased by the NYPD bomb squad.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  9. undefined Season 4 Episode 23 - The Finale (2)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E23

    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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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  10. undefined Season 4 Episode 15 - Everybody Hates Me
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E15

    Jamie tries a new look with interesting consequences, while Ira feels betrayed at the love game, let down by his quality wingman Paul, who digs himself a big hole discussing beauty.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 24 - The Finale (3)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E24

    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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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Once More With Feeling
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E9

    As the Buchmans' sex life waxes and wanes, Lisa snags a pair of free dinners, Fran loses a window office and Ira acquires a silent partner.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  13. undefined Season 3 Episode 4 - When I'm Sixty-Four
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E4

    The Wickers have a big fight and Mr. Wicker moves in with the Buchmans. Meanwhile, Jamie finally succumbs to an eye exam, where she finds out that she'll have to wear glasses. But, to decide between between glasses and contact lenses is so hard that it seems to be mission: impsossible.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  14. undefined Season 3 Episode 22 - My Boyfriend's Back
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E22

    Jamie is obliged to work on an advertising campaign with ex-boyfriend Alan, a graphics artist, who has recently published a comic book about an evil queen in outer space. But the queen's looks and exploits sound like anything but fiction to Jamie.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  15. undefined Season 5 Episode 4 - Mystery Date
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    S5:E4

    Don has an encounter with someone from the past. Meanwhile, Roger increases Peggy's workload, and Joan comes to a momentous decision.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  16. undefined Season 7 Episode 1 - Season Opener
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S7:E1

    Paul tries Viagra and spends the day hiding the obvious effects while he searches for Jamie, who is stuck on the streets of New York wearing nothing alse then a towel.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  17. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - Dr. Wonderful
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E1

    With Mark Devanow in Europe, a pregnant Jamie and Paul have to look around for a gynecologist, and Debbie tries to set them up with her girlfriend. Meanwhile, the elder Buchmans finally get to meet Debbie's ""friend.""

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  18. undefined Season 5 Episode 5 - Burt's Building
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E5

    Filming of Paul's documentary takes him and Burt back to their old apartment building for the day, and events conspire to make Paul late for an appointment at Joan's office to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  19. undefined Season 5 Episode 9 - The Gym
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E9

    Paul so likes playing the mystery man at a local gym that he talks Jamie out of working there, whereupon she hands over her free pass to a homeless acquaintance from the neighborhood.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  20. undefined Season 5 Episode 8 - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E8

    While Ira counsels against it, Paul contemplates abstinence until July. However, Jamie has other ideas and talks Paul into a trip upstate where they chance upon a dessert item with magical powers.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  21. undefined Season 5 Episode 16 - Her Houseboy, Coco
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E16

    An enforced bed-rest of two to three days for Jamie means that Paul has to attend to her every need, and also deal with lack of heat in their apartment AND a kidnapping.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  22. undefined Season 5 Episode 21 - Guardianhood
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E21

    Paul and Jamie are advised by their lawyer to select guardians for the baby in case of their death. But, to their astonishment, rejections pile up. Meanwhile, Jamie is flattered by the attentions of an 18-year-old Bobby Rubenfeld.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  23. undefined Season 6 Episode 1 - Coming Home
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S6:E1

    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.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  24. undefined Season 6 Episode 11 - Good Old Reliable Nathan
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S6:E11

    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.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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  25. undefined Season 4 Episode 10 - Ovulation Day
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E10

    Paul and Jamie try to time a love-in-the-afternoon rendezvous back at their apartment, but his family shows up at the most inopportune time, with Debbie springing a big surprise: she's gay.

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    Writer:Victor Levin

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Victor Levin Ratings Summary

"Christmas Waltz" is the best rated episode written by Victor Levin. It scored 8.2/10 based on 17 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 5/20/2012 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Final Frontier (1)".