Mad About You: Season 5

1996 · 24 episodes · ★ 7.2

What Season 5 of Mad About You

Paul and Jamie are a newlywed couple living in Manhattan and, as if that weren't enough, Jamie is pregnant. While they look for a gynecologist, they have to agree on almost everything, from visits from their families to how to organize their day-to-day life. Paul, a careful and thoughtful documentary filmmaker, turns every decision into something to analyze in depth. Jamie, more carefree and with a demanding job in public relations, has her own quirks. Between the two of them, every everyday detail becomes a tug-of-war. Around them, Ira, Lisa, Marvin and both sets of parents add pressure to a couple who are still getting to know each other.

24episodes

Sep 17, 1996premiered

May 20, 1997latest episode

9.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 Dr. Wonderful
Sep 17, 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.""
Directed by Michael Lembeck · Written by Victor Levin, Larry Charles · Starring Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Robin Bartlett, Suzie Plakson
5x02 The Grant
Sep 24, 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.
Directed by Michael Lembeck · Written by Jenji Kohan, Victor Levin, Larry Charles · Starring Mel Brooks, Patrick Bristow, Harry Groener, Arnetia Walker
5x03 Therapy
Oct 15, 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.
Directed by Michael Lembeck · Written by Richard Day · Starring Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Mo Gaffney, Patrick Bristow
5x04 The Clip Show
Oct 22, 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.
Directed by Michael Lembeck · Written by Leslie Caveny
5x05 Burt's Building
Oct 29, 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.
Directed by Michael Lembeck · Written by Ron Darian, Victor Levin, Larry Charles · Starring Louis Zorich, Suzie Plakson, Christopher Darga, Markus Redmond
5x06 Jamie's Parents
Nov 12, 1996 · 23 min
The Stemples arrive at Paul and Jamie's for a two-day visit, armed with a surprise, and another soon follows.
Directed by Michael Lembeck · Starring: Carroll O'Connor, Carol Burnett
5x07 Outbreak
Nov 19, 1996 · 23 min
The Buchmans decide the time and place of their grand announcement, but the leaks start early during Thanksgiving week.
Directed by David Steinberg · Written by Richard Day · Starring Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Robin Bartlett, Ralph Manza
5x08 Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Nov 26, 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.
Directed by David Steinberg · Written by Victor Levin · Starring Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Judy Geeson, Dorothy Patterson
5x09 The Gym
Dec 17, 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.
Directed by Michael Lembeck · Written by Victor Levin, Larry Charles, Richard Day · Starring Bruno Kirby, Paul Parducci, John Toles-Bey, Alfonso De Rose
5x10 Chicken Man
Jan 7, 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.
Directed by David Steinberg · Written by Ron Darian, Larry Charles · Starring Suzie Plakson, Patrick Bristow, Harry Groener, Kari Coleman
5x11 The Recital
Jan 14, 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.
Directed by David Steinberg · Written by Jenji Kohan · Starring Jeff Garlin, Mo Gaffney, Spencer Klein
5x12 The Handyman
Jan 21, 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.
Directed by David Steinberg · Written by Richard Day · Starring Ed Asner, Billy Morrissette, Scott Atkinson, Vasili Bogazianos
5x13 Astrology
Feb 4, 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.
Directed by David Steinberg · Written by Jenji Kohan, Larry Charles · Starring Carol Burnett, Hank Azaria, Melanie Mayron, Steven Gilborn
5x14 The Penis
Feb 11, 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.
Directed by David Steinberg · Written by Larry Charles, Richard Day · Starring Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Mel Brooks, Suzie Plakson
5x15 Citizen Buchman
Feb 18, 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.
Directed by David Steinberg · Written by Victor Levin · Starring Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Florence Stanley, Robin Bartlett
5x16 Her Houseboy, Coco
Feb 25, 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.
Directed by Gordon Hunt · Written by Victor Levin · Starring Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Jerry Adler, Robin Bartlett
5x17 On the Road
Mar 18, 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.
Directed by David Steinberg · Written by Larry Charles, Paul Reiser, Richard Day · Starring Robin Bartlett, Jeff Garlin, Phyllis Lyons, Stacey Travis
5x18 The Cockatoo
Apr 1, 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.
Directed by Gordon Hunt · Written by Richard Day · Starring Judy Geeson, Richard Portnow, Patrick Bristow, Harry Groener
5x19 The Touching Game
Apr 15, 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.
Directed by Gordon Hunt · Written by Richard Day · Starring Sam Lloyd, Kevin Keckeisen, Jean St. James, Greg Longstreet
5x20 The Dry Run
Apr 29, 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.
Directed by Michael Lembeck · Written by Larry Charles · Starring Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Robin Bartlett, Marsha Warfield
5x21 Guardianhood
May 6, 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.
Directed by Michael Lembeck · Written by Victor Levin · Starring Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Robin Bartlett, Suzie Plakson
5x22 The Feud
May 13, 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.
Directed by Gordon Hunt · Written by Richard Day · Starring Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Jeff Garlin, Carol Burnett
5x23 The Birth (1)
May 20, 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.
Directed by Gordon Hunt · Written by Larry Charles · Starring Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Carroll O'Connor, Robin Bartlett
5x24 The Birth (2) Season Finale
May 20, 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.
Directed by Gordon Hunt · Written by Larry Charles · Starring Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Carroll O'Connor, Robin Bartlett