Mad About You: Season 2

1993 · 25 episodes · ★ 7.8

What Season 2 of Mad About You

Season 2 follows Paul Buchman and Jamie Stemple, a newlywed couple living in an apartment in Manhattan. He directs documentaries and is cautious and analytical. She works in public relations and has a freer spirit. Since they met only recently, they're trying to set the ground rules for living together, and any everyday detail can turn into a power struggle between them. Trouble comes from work, with a meddling producer and a boss who takes credit for their ideas, and from family, with in-laws, a nephew and a dog that isn't what it seems. Lisa also gets involved in plenty of situations. Paul Reiser, who created the series with Danny Jacobson, stars in it alongside Helen Hunt on NBC.

25episodes

Sep 16, 1993premiered

May 19, 1994latest episode

9.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 Murray's Tale
Sep 16, 1993 · 23 min
Lisa takes Murray out for a walk and returns with a dog that obviously isn't 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.
Directing: Thomas Schlamme · Starring: Steven Wright, Jerry Adler, David Ellzey, Nancy Kerr
2x02 Bing, Bang, Boom
Sep 23, 1993 · 23 min
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.
Directing: Lee Shallat Chemel · Writing: Paul Reiser
2x03 Bedfellows
Sep 30, 1993 · 23 min
A suspected heart attack sends Paul's father to the hospital, leaving his mother home alone, until Jamie tries to score some much needed ""points"" with her mother-in-law.
Directing: Thomas Schlamme · Writing: Danny Jacobson · Starring: Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Randy Graff, Valente Rodriguez
2x04 Married to the Job
Oct 7, 1993 · 23 min
An evening out at Riff's sees Paul complaining about his meddlesome new producer, and Jamie venting about her same old credit-grabbing boss, who happens to be seated nearby.
Directing: Thomas Schlamme · Writing: Russ Woody · Starring: Ken Jenkins, Larry Miller, Lisa Kudrow, Marva Hicks
2x05 So I Married a Hair Murderer
Oct 14, 1993 · 23 min
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.
Directed by: Thomas Schlamme · Starring: Steven Wright, Larry Miller, Bud Sabatino, Marjorie Wellin
2x06 The Unplanned Child
Oct 28, 1993 · 23 min
Paul's shooting schedule leaves it all up to Jamie to go out trick-or-treating with his seven-year-old nephew, whose extended two-hour visit Paul forgot to mention to her.
Directing: Thomas Schlamme · Writing: Jack Burditt · Starring: Bradley Pierce, Judy Geeson, Larry Miller, Talia Balsam
2x07 Natural History
Nov 4, 1993 · 23 min
What brought Paul and Jamie together? Was it fate or a big coincidence? Jamie's belief that it was fate annoys Paul to no end, especially because Jamie is spending more time with Lisa than with him.
Directing: Thomas Schlamme · Starring: Lisa Kudrow, Ron Frazier, Ralph Bruneau, Jordan Oschin
2x08 Surprise
Nov 11, 1993 · 23 min
Jamie suspects a surprise party waiting for her at home. However, that's not what has been arranged for her birthday by Paul, who gets separated from her on the subway en route to the surprise.
Directing: Lee Shallat Chemel · Writing: Jeffrey Lane · Starring: Mark Schiff, John Fleck, Bill Ingram, Steven John Cohen
2x09 A Pair of Hearts
Nov 18, 1993 · 23 min
A free weekend in Atlantic City has been mysteriously arranged for Jamie & Paul and Fran & Ira, by Ira's ex-wife as it turns out, now a casino hostess who wants Ira to sign divorce papers.
Directed by: Tom Moore · Written by: Danny Jacobson · Starring: Keone Young, Cyndi Lauper, Patrick Neil Quinn
2x10 It's a Wrap
Dec 2, 1993 · 23 min
An unemployed Jamie is envious of Paul, whose work is something he loves to do. Meanwhile, Paul feels betrayed by his producer Lou, who is now tampering with Paul's latest labor of love.
Directing: Tom Moore · Starring: Larry Hankin, Larry Miller, Lisa Kudrow
2x11 Edna Returns
Dec 9, 1993 · 23 min
Lisa acquires her 15 minutes of fame under a pseudonym in her shrink's book, and Paul is caught in the middle of the sibling squabble that follows when Jamie takes exception to being called Lisa's overbearing sister.
Directing: Tom Moore · Starring: Steven Wright, Lisa Kudrow, Robert Donley
2x12 Paul is Dead
Jan 6, 1994 · 23 min
The death of a Paul Buchman affects Jamie and Paul quite suddenly, leaving them without cash or credit. Meanwhile, Paul is morbidly curious about his namesake.
Directing: Lee Shallat Chemel · Starring: Carolyn Mignini, Judy Geeson, Lisa Kudrow, Luis Antonio Ramos
2x13 Same Time Next Week
Jan 13, 1994 · 23 min
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.
Directed by: Thomas Schlamme · Written by: Danny Jacobson, Jeffrey Lane · Starring: Cynthia Harris
2x14 The Late Show
Jan 27, 1994 · 23 min
Fran tells Jamie that she may be pregnant, and Paul finds out from Ira that Ira may have gotten someone pregnant, but neither realizes that it is Ira who might have gotten Fran pregnant.
Directing: Thomas Schlamme · Starring: Lisa Kudrow, Greg Collins, Steve Paymer
2x15 Virtual Reality
Feb 3, 1994 · 23 min
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.
Directing: Thomas Schlamme · Writing: Danny Jacobson, Jeffrey Lane · Starring: Christie Brinkley, Andre Agassi, Lisa Kudrow, J.D. Daniels
2x16 Cold Feet
Feb 10, 1994 · 23 min
A Valentine's Day story that begins with Jamie and Paul at Rockefeller Center rink side and moves back three years to the day they finally moved in together and ended up engaged.
Directing: Thomas Schlamme · Writing: Danny Jacobson, Jeffrey Lane · Starring: Andrea Elson, Louis Guss, Lisa Kudrow
2x17 Instant Karma
Feb 14, 1994 · 23 min
Jamie's 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 Ono's place.
Directed by: Lee Shallat Chemel · Starring: Simon Templeman, Susan Blommaert, George Petrie, Lynn Milgrim
2x18 The Tape
Feb 24, 1994 · 23 min
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.
Directing: Tom Moore · Writing: Paul Reiser · Starring: Perry Anzilotti, Lisa Kudrow, Kenneth Tigar, Steve Paymer
2x19 Love Letters
Mar 10, 1994 · 23 min
The Buchmans find letters written by former tenants of their apartment chronicling a World War II love story that Jamie feels parallels her and Paul's.
Directing: Tom Moore · Writing: Jeffrey Klarik · Starring: Jerry Adler, Kim Hunter, Dick O'Neill, Lisa Kudrow
2x20 The Last Scampi
Apr 7, 1994 · 23 min
Jamie and Paul refuse to take sides in an incident between their mothers, while Lisa plays both sides to her advantage. Meanwhile, Murray is found to be suffering from his own mother problems.
Directing: Tom Moore · Starring: Erick Avari, Allan Arbus, Marty Rackham
2x21 Disorientation
Apr 28, 1994 · 23 min
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.
Directing: Tom Moore · Writing: Jeffrey Lane, Jack Burditt · Starring: Judy Geeson, Julia Sweeney, Adilah Barnes, Lightfield Lewis
2x22 Storms We Cannot Weather
May 5, 1994 · 23 min
Althrough he is pretty disturbed by Jamie's lenieny to her younger school college, Paul accepts to hang out with them on a blind date that Jamie organised for Nick & Fran. But, while talking about an idea for a movie about the fastest cook on the world, Paul discovers that the waiter at the Riff's is no one else than Mark, Fran's ex-husband...
Directing: David Steinberg · Writing: Danny Jacobson · Starring: Richard Kind, Lisa Kudrow, Ivory Ocean, David Berón
2x23 Up All Night
May 12, 1994 · 23 min
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 that's who he really is.
Directing: Michael Lembeck · Writing: Jeffrey Klarik · Starring: Jerry Adler, John Astin, Garth Brooks, Karla Tamburrelli
2x24 With This Ring... (1)
May 19, 1994 · 23 min
Paul finds Mark working in a local store. After he meets the owners of the shop, Kim & Tammy, Paul finds out that Mark is learning to pray Zen. While Mark is trying to make him join him in pray, Paul finds out that he lost his wedding ring. Worried about what will jamie tell him, Paul rushes to the house to find him.
Directing: Tom Moore · Writing: Jeffrey Lane · Starring: Cynthia Harris, Robin Bartlett, Richard Kind, Anthony Russell
2x25 With This Ring... (2) Season Finale
May 19, 1994 · 23 min
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 Paul's sister, the Buchmans try to entertain Susan's son Nah while she's on the phone. Paul realizes that having kids is nothing different than having a dog, but Jamie has totally different opinion...
Directed by: Tom Moore · Written by: Danny Jacobson · Starring: Cynthia Harris, Robin Bartlett, Richard Kind, Patty Toy