TV Guide: Mad About You

Video: The Ride Home

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On a cab ride home, Paul and Jamie recount how Fran's birthday party turned into a disaster when Paul met an NBC executive (Malick) and Jamie ran into an old flame (Stoltz).

Video: Up In Smoke Part 1

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After receiving their anniversary gift from his mother, Paul and Jamie abandon their agreement not to get each other anything. Jamie offers to make him a list, but Paul insists he knows her well enough to pick out something on his own. However, as they each set out to shop, Jamie turns to Ira for help, while Paul consults with Fran and Lisa. Jamie finally gives up and sends Ira to get something while, at the department store where Lisa works, Paul is finally persuaded to buy his wife an expensive silver serving tray.

Video: How to Fall In Love

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When he's hired to write and direct a videotape on dating, Paul's preoccupation with the project begins to annoy Jamie. However, when she offers some tips on what she has done in the past to get her man, Paul is only more unnerved by the assignment. To help with his research, Jamie suggests that they pretend they've never met and that Paul try and pick her up. Meanwhile, back at the Buchman's apartment, Ira has run into Jamie's classmate, Susannah, who has dropped by early for a visit.

Video: Just Our Dog

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After getting a look at the Buchman's dog, Paul's clients decide that they want Murray in a commercial he is directing for them. And, when it is shown on television, the Buchmans are suddenly besieged with calls from Murray's adoring fans. Although Paul is against the idea, Jamie pressures him into agreeing to meet with an agent who is interested in their dog. As Jamie worries about Murray being disappointed with his career, their dog dreams of a "Tonight Show" appearance with host Jay Leno and his guest, supermodel Rachel Hunter.

Video: Mad Without You

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With Jamie in Connecticut for a weekend with her dad, Paul is ready to play. However, he soon finds out that single life isn't all he remembered it to be. After Ira heads off for a date, Paul returns home to find Fran in his shower. Calling Jamie, he learns that Fran often showers at their apartment after going to the gym. But that's only the beginning. Before the afternoon is over, Paul calls Jamie with several more questions. However, it's when he doesn't call to ask if she donated their bed to a charity thrift store that Paul finds himself in trouble.

Video: Escape from New York

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While suffering through a heat wave and the death of their air conditioner, Paul and Jamie take to the streets, only to find the situation there is even worse. While scanning her college catalog in search of a major, Jamie convinces Paul to leave town for the weekend to dine at a seaside restaurant where they once ate some wonderful clams. However, while borrowing her car, Jamie is upset to learn that Fran has been hired to fill her old job.

Video: Money Changes Everything

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Between starting a catalog for his sporting goods store and having a new girlfriend, Susannah, things seem to be going Ira's way. But when his ex-wife Marianne suddenly arrives after the death of her latest husband, a European count, Paul is certain things are about to take a turn for the worse. Although neither Ira, Jamie or Susannah seem upset with her sudden appearance, Paul is unhappy, especially when Marianne offers to loan Ira the money to finance his latest venture. But when she also produces some tickets for a big basketball game, even Paul is tempted to change his opinion.

Video: Purseona

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While Jamie and Fran prepare to meet with an important new client, Paul packs for a trip to the Yukon to film a dogsled race. With too little room in his suitcase, his passport their safe deposit box and Lisa having borrowed the gloves he wanted to take, Paul begins to worry about getting there at all. Offering to help get everything together on time, Jamie assures him that everything will be fine. However, when Lisa shows up after blowing a job interview and without the gloves, Jamie loses her cool and sends her sister packing. Yet, in the confusion, Lisa leaves with Jamie's purse, Paul's passport and the money for his trip.

Video: Mad About You, Part 1

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It's 1991 and Paul and Jamie are planning their wedding. There's a lot to think about and do, from selecting a date and sending the invitations, to finding a caterer, choosing clothes and hiring a band. However, they're having a hard time keeping the guest list under control, especially since their parents keep finding old friends and acquaintances to invite. And everyone is more than willing to give them advice. However, when Jamie discovers that Sylvia Buchman's name is misspelled on the invitations, she and Paul are forced to act ... and act fast.

Video: Up In Smoke Part 2

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Upon finding that the newsstand where they first met has burned down, Paul and Jamie realize they've been transported back in time. Agreeing to meet up in an hour, Paul sets off for the address on his driver's license and finds that he's living with Ira. Meanwhile, Jamie discovers that she's a partner in her own P.R. firm with an overweight and neurotic Fran as her assistant. And when she expresses a good deal of surprise at his arrival, Jamie's old boyfriend Alan decides she must be seeing someone else and breaks up with her on the spot.

Video: The City

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During an after sex conversation, Jamie concludes that Paul doesn't like her new haircut or her meatloaf, while he is convinced that she thinks he is getting fat and that she hated their trip to Aruba. As a result, Jamie takes out her frustration on Ira during a meeting to discuss her latest promotion for his store. And things are no better for Paul, who begins to doubt the honesty of his editor, Sid. However, when Ira complains about Jamie's short temper, Paul covers by blaming it on Fran.

Video: When I'm Sixty-Four

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Arriving home with a new armoire, Jamie is surprised to find it doesn't fit through their apartment doorway. Calling on their super, Mr. Wicker, for help, Paul begins to suspect that his wife's poor eyesight caused her to misread the measurements. Then, after her failed attempt to program their VCR, he suggests that Jamie ' get glasses. Meanwhile, Paul and Jamie discover Wicker has a crush on one of the building's tenants.

Video: My Boyfriend's Back

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With Paul spending his nights filming a milkman for his latest film and Jamie committed to endless meetings, the Buchmans are finding it harder than ever to spend time together. However, Jamie is in for a real shock when she discovers that a new client has teamed her and Fran with ex-boyfriend and artist Alan Tofsky. Despite a warning from Fran, Jamie insists that working with Alan won't pose any problems. Yet their behavior suggests otherwise, and it isn't long before they're disagreeing about everything, including their new client's ad campaign.

Video: The Test

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As they are waiting for a bus together, Jamie spots a magazine's quiz, "Bliss or Blunder: Perfect Mate or Big Mistake?" And while Paul would rather not, Jamie encourages him to answer the questions and rate their relationship. After an inquiry about love at first sight prompts a look back at how they met, the Buchmans proceed to review their history together, including a controversial experiment with virtual reality, a look at each other's families and how much power Murray holds over their household. But a debate over scoring themselves before the test is through causes Paul and Jamie to miss the bus they have been waiting for so patiently.

Video: Our Fifteen Minutes

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PBS asks the Buchmans to film themselves in their apartment for 15 minutes with no cuts for a 'slice of life' documentary.

Video: Once More, With Feeling

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Video: Home

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After two more in a series of disagreements with neighbors Hal and Maggie, Paul tells Jamie of a rumor about their building going co-op. When Hal and Maggie unexpectedly drop in to apologize, Paul suspects something is behind their sudden friendliness, while Jamie suggests joining them to walk their dogs and take in a movie. However, only after calling to charge the movie tickets to a credit card do the Buchmans discover that Maggie and Hal want to buy their apartment. Meanwhile, in spite of their owners, Murray falls for Hal and Maggie's purebred show dog, Sophie.

Video: Til Death Do Us Part

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Upon the death of a favorite relative, Paul joins Jamie and Lisa at their Uncle Van's funeral. However, when Jamie encourages him to say something at the service, Paul ends up insulting her entire family with his remarks. Yet, Paul soon finds he is the one who is upset when Jamie insists on taking Van's cremated remains home so she can find the best place to dispose of them. After dismissing his suggestion to scatter them in the Hudson River, Jamie is inspired when Paul recalls her late uncle's love of horse racing and decides to place Van's ashes in the winner's circle at the track.

Video: The Alan Brady Show

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Upon completing his new documentary on the history of television, Paul is excited when legendary TV comic Alan Brady agrees to narrate. Arriving at home with the good news, he is disappointed to find Jamie is going to be late for a dinner to secure the deal with Alan. Yet, after Paul gets off to a rocky start with the irascible comedian, Jamie's arrival at the restaurant seems to salvage the evening. Meanwhile, with her father away at a butcher's convention, Jamie must entertain her mother during her frequent trips into the city.

Video: Giblets for Murray

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It's Thanksgiving, and Paul and Jamie are hosting a big dinner for both their families. Though Paul is confident that they are covered, Jamie isn't so sure. First, Lisa calls to remind her she is a vegetarian, so Jamie sends Paul to the store for something to feed her. And when Paul's mom and dad arrive early, Jamie is surprised to find that Sylvia not only brought food, but has reservations about eating buffet style and wonders why there are no marshmallows in the sweet potato mousse.

Video: Cake Fear

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Though Paul is getting ready to celebrate, he can't help but think that this birthday will be like so many others -- a disaster. Jamie suggests thinking positively and not dwell on the past, but Paul senses his worst fears are being confirmed when Ira offers to kill himself to make up for the fact that his cat ate his date's pet bird. This incident prompts Paul to recall his last birthday when Lisa gave him a powerful sleeping pill just before a big surprise party Jamie arranged for him.