Mad About You

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.

Paul and Jamie enjoy a quiet Sunday with nothing to do except decide what to do. However, they have to decide whether to see a movie, take in a parade or get to the museum before their friends Sundays intrude.

An unexpectedly long visit by Jamies parents, Gus (guest star: Paul Dooley) and Theresa Stemple (guest star Nancy Dussault) turns her into a raving lunatic who bribes Lisa with cold cash and cab fare into sharing the experience.

Paul is suddenly reluctant to use the subway because a former fellow film school student turns up as the token clerk at his station.

On a trip to Connecticut to spend Thanksgiving with Jamies parents, Paul and Jamie are doing fine, Mark and Fran begin to fight, while Selby and Lisa are just friends. However, on the return journey, everything is different.

The story of how Paul and Jamie met is told, beginning with a chance encounter on a Sunday evening by the newstand, followed by Pauls hard work to locate Jamie. Jamie breaks up with her boyfriend and is feeling strange. Paul appears in her office bringing her clothes and as time passes, they go on a dinner date...

Producer Jamie gets to hire the director for a new spot for the New York City tourism campaign and picks Paul so they can work together. However, they soon find out how much togetherness is too much.

After unwittingly revealing a secret about a bride to her father on her wedding day, Paul badgers Jamie into telling him one of hers, and is soon sorry that he did.

An extremely energetic and eccentric billionaire wants Paul to make a film about him. Meanwhile, Paul hires a new editor/cameraman who is anything but energetic.

Jamie thinks that Lisa and her new boyfriend, Michael (guest star Charles Shaughnessy) are moving too fast in their relationship. When Lisa and Michael decide to move in together after a weeks acquaintance, Paul tries to stop Jaime, but she is unable to stay uninvolved.

Jamie hires an ex-boyfriend, Sherman (guest star: Rick Rossovich), to paint the apartment and is a bit annoyed when Paul is not concerned by the prospect of her old flame being alone with her. When Paul comes home from his job, he finds Sherman and Fran together in their bed having sex, because Fran is stressed over her move-out from Marks apartment. So, Paul talks to Mark about their marriage. Jamie and Paul try to get them together back, but they decide to get split.

Lisa takes Murray out for a walk and returns with a dog that obviously isnt him. Meanwhile, Paul and Jamie contact the cops and everyone else joins in the hunt for the real Murray. When they finally find him they also encounter people that own the dog Lisa brought home that turn out to be totally different than them.

A suspected heart attack sends Pauls father to the hospital, leaving his mother home alone, until Jamie tries to score some much needed ""points"" with her mother-in-law.

Paul is anything but pleased with Jamie, who has too much free time on her hands, and uses it to cut his hair and his film, improving on the original cut.

What brought Paul and Jamie together? Was it fate or a big coincidence? Jamies belief that it was fate annoys Paul to no end, especially because Jamie is spending more time with Lisa than with him.

A free weekend in Atlantic City has been mysteriously arranged for Jamie & Paul and Fran & Ira, by Iras ex-wife as it turns out, now a casino hostess who wants Ira to sign divorce papers.

Lisa acquires her 15 minutes of fame under a pseudonym in her shrinks book, and Paul is caught in the middle of the sibling squabble that follows when Jamie takes exception to being called Lisas overbearing sister.

Jamie and Paul must endure two months of separation when Paul has to shoot a film in Chicago, returning only for the weekends, weather permitting.

Paul invests in a startup venture, bringing out a virtual-reality system with Ira, after a demo but without consulting Jamie, who reacts calmly to his actions, both real and imagined.

Jamies fortune cookie predicts that bad luck will follow the guilty, but Paul is convinced her luck is being visited on him even as they head for a party at Yoko Onos place.

The Buchmans find letters written by former tenants of their apartment chronicling a World War II love story that Jamie feels parallels her and Pauls.

The night before Jamie returns to school she worries that Paul might not support her fully. In the morning before Jamie leaves, Paul realizes that he has forgotten to mail her registration.

Jamie is suffering from sleeplessness because she drank four cuffs of tea full of coffeine while learning for a test. All furious, Jamie urges Paul to spend the night awake with her that leads them to an all-night adventure in the building, from the basement to the rooftop, which ends with a tango together with John Astin, if thats who he really is.

The real marriage anniversary arrives and Jamie gives Paul a gift - swiss military knife - and receives a gift from Paul - a machine for making sugar products. Both disappointed with their gifts, they go to a store where it turns out that they have totally different opinions about children. Then, when they have lunch with Pauls sister, the Buchmans try to entertain Susans son Nah while shes on the phone. Paul realizes that having kids is nothing different than having a dog, but Jamie has totally different opinion...

The war of the Buchmans and the Conways is fully engaged as rumors fly about the apartment building going co-op. Meanwhile, Murray and Sophie, Conways dog, find true love and then some more.

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 shell have to wear glasses. But, to decide between between glasses and contact lenses is so hard that it seems to be mission: impsossible.

Jamie works around Pauls opposition to having a TV in their bedroom, and hotwires an additional cable outlet with Frans help. The resulting complications ultimately lead to a city-wide blackout.

Jamies perfect Thanksgiving feast involves a buffet for ten and five turkeys, thanks to Murray and the extremely friendly neighborhood grocer Kim.

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 Iras new girlfriend.

Pauls ideas on how to meet and engage the opposite sex are tested by Jamie in a hypothetical encounter, while Ira has a very real encounter with Jamies friend.

The saga of the three months leading up to Paul and Jamies wedding, what with the invitations, the reception menu, the dress fittings, the band selection, the rehearsal dinner and the remarkable goings-on of the night before.

Paul finds it very difficult to deal with the considerable ego of a legendary TV star, until help arrives in the form of a tip from a surprising quarter.

Pauls Canadian adventure gets off to a bad start and Jamies pitch to a client does likewise while Lisas day is smooth sailing after she accidentally snags her sisters purse and more.

Marianne returns from Luxembourg, sans her husband, but with ""more money than Canada,"" eager to finance Iras new catalog business with an interest-free loan, but his silent partner finds voice to veto the deal.

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 queens looks and exploits sound like anything but fiction to Jamie.

Jamie is enthralled by it, Paul doesnt remember it, Murray didnt 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.

A long wait at the bus stop leaves time for the Buchmans to take a Cosmopolitan marriage test. (Clip show).

At first, Paul has only a vague notion he knows who Jamies interview at City Hall is with, but he figures it out and complicates matters when Jamie and Fran are about to land an important account.

With Murray around, the Buchmans are no dinks, so when Lisa demurs they are obligated to hire a professional to walk Murray. And Murray seems to prefer the newcomer to Paul.

Paul and Jamie are obliged to spend New Years Eve apart for the first time, but strange happenings in Times Square have a will and a way all their own.

Jamie throws out her back during adventurous sex on the floor, leaving Paul to help out with her duties at City Hall while also trying to get his father to an optometrists appointment.

Ira resumes gambling, wins a lot, hands out generous presents and then takes a $4,000 bath--no problems for him, but a couple for the Buchmans.

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.

After talking to Fran, Ira and Mark the Buchamns realize that their friends are in a big fight due to Fran & Iras recent relationship so Jamie decides to take everybody to dinner to straighten things up between everybody. Lance Brockwell decides to candidate for town major, so Jamie and Fran become the campaign managers. However, Jamie is not happy due to Pauls belief that Giuliani would be a better major. When Jamie asks Paul to make a campaign commercial, it turns out to be so great that everybody gets on Brockwells side for which Paul is not too happy for.

Jamie undergoes a minor diagnostic procedure and is quite smitten by her doctor so as Fran. Meanwhile, Pauls job is on the risk when the head people from his office find out that he did a commercial for Brockwell, due to crashing his contract rule. When Hollis walks in on Ira and Paul talking, Ira presents himself as Pauls agent and later saves Pauls job at the Explorer Channel.

Nominated once again for the Silver Sprocket, a reluctant Paul is coaxed into a tuxedo by Ira and expects to attend the ceremony with Jamie at his side to counter the weasels from the Explorer Channel and find new connections for new jobs. Of course, things dont quite work out that way.

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

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 Debbies ""friend.""

Months after setting it up, Paul and Jamie decide to keep their appointment with the therapist Fran referred them to, but doing so delays Pauls shoot of his parents reminiscences, with some interesting consequences.

Filming of Pauls 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 Joans office to hear the babys heartbeat for the first time.

The Buchmans decide the time and place of their grand announcement, but the leaks start early during Thanksgiving week.

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.

A politically incorrect Jamie pays the price for commenting about Ryans ability as a budding violinist, while a simmering Paul works up the nerve to confront their therapist about her overcharging ways.

Nats sister, an astrologer, is in town and agrees to do charts for Lisa, Ira, Paul and a very reluctant Jamie.

Pauls 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.

To escape Jamies baby shower, Paul hits the road with Ira and Marvin in the latters van, but his urge to tell insensitive jokes quickly leads to trouble.

A very pregnant Jamie insists on helping out at David (Pauls cousin) and Jareds new coffee shop, with disastrous results. Meanwhile, Ira and Paul help a pregnant woman on a bus.

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.

As Pauls 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 its finally for real.

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 Jamies mother.

Jamie stumbles upon a strange cure to Mabels crying fits, while Paul valiently tries to catch a few winks before an important meeting with a Belgian distributor.

Jamie resents being tagged with the dime-store psychological cliche that is postpartum depression, and almost wrecks the wedding plans of a stranger. Meanwhile, Paul directs a charity production of ""The Pirates of Penzance.""

Paul and Jamie grapple with the pressure of having sex for the first time since Mabels birth, but their therapist seems not much help.

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.

When Paul gives a speech at a college, hes shocked to discover that Jamie lost her virginity to the visiting professor. Its 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.

When Paul and Jamie feel that their current therapist, Sheila, isnt quite helping out, Paul and Jamie see another therapist, Sydney. They love Sydney enough to "break up" with Sheila--that is, until they find out that Sydneys hour of therapy is too expensive. Meanwhile, Paul grapples with how to get his father to stop suffocating Paul socially.

Jamie discovers that Paul was married before--if only to get an old Russian woman U.S. citizenship. Jamies upset that she is, indeed, the second Mrs. Buchman. Meanwhile, Paul is an umpire for his fathers senior-citizen baseball game, and a fight erupts between father and son over a call.

Pauls birthday party turns into an event worthy of a detective mystery when Maggie and Hal suspect Buchman party guests of stealing a prestigious painting from their adjacent apartment. Meanwhile, Marvin gets into a growling match with Murray.

Paul convinces Jamie to quit her job. Joan is posing for ""The 20 Most Eligible Bachelorettes in New York"" for a magazine and Debbie is jealous. Paul, Jamie, Ira, Joan and Debbie go to Riffs, where a fire breaks out while Paul is in the bathroom. Ira saves Ursulas life while Jamie, Debbie and Joan run out, leaving Paul in the bathroom. Joan asks Debbie to marry her.

Pauls life flashes before his eyes when he takes a spill in the shower.

Paul and Jamie search for a full-time nanny, and Paul finds one in the form of Nancy Bloom, a caterer he inadvertently got fired from the production of a documentary about ""The Making of Titanic.""

When Paul gets his tonsils taken out, his pretty nurse makes Jamie jealous. Meanwhile, Mabel says her first word.

To satisfy her need to mother, Lisa adopts a cat with attitude. Jamie learns the benefits of a ""nooner.""

Paul and Jamie go to L.A. to try to get superagent Gardner Malloy to represent him. The life of luxury makes them reluctant to go back.

When Paul inadvertently injures Hal, he hires the nurse who attended to him after his tonsil removal. Jamie hates her, which leads to a fight. To end the argument, Hal suggests the British tradition of burying the fight.

To save the store, Ira plans to give away a car to the person who keeps their hand on it the longest. Since he cant afford it, he wants all of the contestants to be ringers.

Paul and Jamie spend an unsettling trial night in the suburbs.

Uncle Phil goes back to high school. Lisa gets breast implants.

Jamies dress is ruined by a dry cleaner who is unwilling to make restitution. Paul has a dream where Einstein gives him a partial solution to the millennium bug. He needs to have the dream again, so he can get the rest of the solution.

Ira finds a note in some old pants that remind him of a date made twenty years ago but he doesnt remember with whom. Paul and Jamie steal Burts decrepit car so they can ditch it, since he wont sell it.

When Debbie compiles Buchman and Stemple family trees, she learns that Paul and Jamie are actually cousins.

Mabels first real film is a biography, looking back at her familys twisted history.

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