Mad About You — Season 5
Never marry anyone more neurotic than yourself.
About this season
Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.
Episodes (24)
1. Dr. Wonderful
7.0Aired 17 September 1996 • 23 min
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.""
2. The Grant
8.0Aired 24 September 1996 • 23 min
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.
3. Therapy
7.0Aired 15 October 1996 • 23 min
Months after setting it up, Paul and Jamie decide to keep their appointment with the therapist Fran referred them to, but doing so delays Paul's shoot of his parents' reminiscences, with some interesting consequences.
4. The Clip Show
7.0Aired 22 October 1996 • 23 min
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.
5. Burt's Building
7.0Aired 29 October 1996 • 23 min
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.
6. Jamie's Parents
7.0Aired 12 November 1996 • 23 min
The Stemples arrive at Paul and Jamie's for a two-day visit, armed with a surprise, and another soon follows.
7. Outbreak
8.0Aired 19 November 1996 • 23 min
The Buchmans decide the time and place of their grand announcement, but the leaks start early during Thanksgiving week.
8. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
7.0Aired 26 November 1996 • 23 min
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.
9. The Gym
7.0Aired 17 December 1996 • 23 min
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.
10. Chicken Man
7.0Aired 7 January 1997 • 23 min
Jamie finally lets her coworkers and Lance know about the baby, while Ira, turning money man and producer for ""Buchman,"" actually managers to produce a narrator, at least in voice.
11. The Recital
7.0Aired 14 January 1997 • 23 min
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.
12. The Handyman
7.0Aired 21 January 1997 • 23 min
The perils of engaging Paul and Jamie's handyman are visited upon Lisa, whose fiance is more than willing to finance Paul's over-budget documentary project.
13. Astrology
7.0Aired 4 February 1997 • 23 min
Nat's sister, an astrologer, is in town and agrees to do charts for Lisa, Ira, Paul and a very reluctant Jamie.
14. The Penis
8.0Aired 11 February 1997 • 23 min
The Buchmans promise to name their baby, if it's a boy, after Paul's ailing Uncle Phil, then find out his real name. Meanwhile, Paul is suddenly sure of the baby's sex.
15. Citizen Buchman
8.0Aired 18 February 1997 • 23 min
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.
16. Her Houseboy, Coco
7.0Aired 25 February 1997 • 23 min
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.
17. On the Road
7.0Aired 18 March 1997 • 23 min
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.
18. The Cockatoo
7.0Aired 1 April 1997 • 23 min
Paul talks an unwilling Jamie into quitting her job at the mayoral campaign, but he is less successful in dealing with an exotic bird that flies into their lives.
19. The Touching Game
7.0Aired 15 April 1997 • 23 min
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.
20. The Dry Run
7.0Aired 29 April 1997 • 23 min
Paul and Jamie flunk out of a birthday class that Joan has managed to get them enrolled in. Meanwhile, ""Buchman"" is being held hostage by the elder Buchmans.
21. Guardianhood
7.0Aired 6 May 1997 • 23 min
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.
22. The Feud
7.0Aired 13 May 1997 • 23 min
Theresa and Sylvia vie for the new crib honors, with predictable consequences. On another front, Paul wins big at poker but is paid off by Marvin in the form of specially-priced household chores.
23. The Birth (1)
7.0Aired 20 May 1997 • 23 min
As Paul's documentary gets a surprisingly good review at a film festival, Jamie thinks she is going into labor. So they rush to the hospital, only to find out it was a false alarm. This happens several more times, until it's finally for real.
24. The Birth (2)
8.0Aired 20 May 1997 • 23 min
Jamie runs into an old flame in a cab on the way to the hospital. Meanwhile, Paul gets a grand tour of the innards of Roosevelt Hospital courtesy of a film star. And, oh yeah, the baby arrives.