Created by: Paul Reiser, Danny Jacobson
Starring: Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, Tommy Hinkley, Anne Ramsay, Leila Kenzle, Richard Kind, John Pankow, Maui the dog, Abby Quinn, Kecia Lewis, Antoinette LaVecchia, Aaron Aames, Caroline Aaron, Annie Abbott, Lawrence B. Adisa, Jerry Adler, Andre Agassi, Gilbert Aguirre, Carrie Aizley, Caitlin Alderton, Jason Alexander, Joe Alfasa, Asif Ali, Tyrees Allen, Monica Allison, Bob Amaral, Steven Anderson, Perry Anzilotti, John Aragon, Allan Arbus, David Arnott, Senait Ashenafi, Randl Ask, Edward Asner, John Astin, Scott Atkinson, Tom Ayers, Hank Azaria, Kevin Bacon, Parley Baer, Talia Balsam, Lena Banks, Alyssa Baric, Justin Baric, Adilah Barnes, Billy Barnes, Ashley Barnett, Robin Bartlett, Elya Baskin, David Basulto, David Batiste, Yoshio Be, Gerry Bednob, Kimia Behpoornia, Roger Behr, Nancy Bell, Stephanie Bellars (Gorgeous George), Richard Belzer, Anthony Beninati, Jaida-Iman Benjamin, Richard Benjamin, Sydney Bennett, Richard Bernard, David Beron, Al Berry, David Bertucci, Craig Bierko, Adam Biesk, Earl Billings, Beau Billingslea, Frank Birney, Meredith Bishop, Lewis Black, Mauro Blanco, Susan Blommaert, Daphne Bloomer, Allen Bloomfield, Anne Bobby, Vasili Bogazianos, Alexandra Bokyun Chun, Chris Bonno, David Dean Bottrell, Dara J. Bragg, Danny Breen, Eileen Brennan, Jack Brewer, Brooke Marie Bridges, Christie Brinkley, Patrick Bristow, Ungela Brockman, Garth Brooks, Mel Brooks, Ursula Brooks, Robert Curtis Brown, Sydney Brown, Kirk E. Bruce, Charlie Brumbly, Ralph Bruneau, Sergey Brusilovsky, Michael Buffer, Al "Mr. Outrageous" Burke, Carol Burnett, Andrea Burns, Fritzi Burr, Steve Buscemi, Michael P. Byrne, Sid Caesar, Jeff Cahill, E.J. Callahan, Dean Cameron, James Cameron, John Capodice, Jodi Carlisle, Makena Lei Carnahan, David Carpenter, Jane Carr, Kayla Carr, James Carville, Dan Castellaneta, Alan Charof, Kim Chan, Isaac Cheung, Daniel Chodos, Eric Christmas, William Christopher, Dick Clark, Christian Clemenson, Kristen Cloke, Otto Coelho, Susie Coelho, Steven John Cohen, Kari Coleman, Greg Collins, Teddy Coluca, Tony Conforti, John David Conti, Kevin Contreras, Tim Conway, Alycia Cooper, Allan Corduner, Joe Costa, Robert Costanzo, Kim Cottom, Garrett Courtney, Franklin Cover, Eliza Coyle, Andrew Craig, Pat Crawford Brown, Patrick Cronin, Don Cummings, Alexandra Currie, Aria Noelle Curzon, Lou Cutell, Paul D'Ambrosio, Peter Dach, Gregg Daniel, J.D. Daniels, Joanna Daniels, Kevin Daniels, Adam Dannheisser, Myriah Darden, Christopher Darga, Ron Darian, Jennifer Darling, Steven Dean Davis, Frederick Dawson, Danny Dayton, Frederick De Cordova, Ellen DeGeneres, Cara DeLizia, Darcy DeMoss, Alfonso De Rose, Joey Dente, Dena Dietrich, Chelsea Dodson, Robert Donley, Paul Dooley, Robert Dorfman, David Dunard, Pamela Dunlap, Bill Dunleavy, Murphy Dunne, Amaris Dupree, Nancy Dussault, Lisa Edelstein, Ric Edinger, Amy Edlin, Tony Edwards, Paul Eiding, Judyann Elder, Alix Elias, David Ellzey, Andrea Elson, Bill Erwin, Jack Esformes, Art Evans, Jeanmarie Evans, Patrick Ewing, Michael Fairman, Zaid Farid, Jamie Farr, Meagan Fay, Roy Fegan, Barbara Feldon, Andrew J. Ferchland, Carlos Ferro, Cory Finn, Nancy Fish, Ricarlo Flanagan, John Fleck, Joe Flood, Dinah Foddrill, Bill Fox, Richard Frank, Ron Frazier, John H. Freeland Jr, David Fresco, Bonita Friedericy, Cynthia Frost, Penny Fuller, June Gable, Mo Gaffney, Daniele Gaither, Mary Gallagher, Tom Gallop, Robert Garcia, Jeff Garlin, Janeane Garofalo, Brad Garrett, Willie Garson, Ana Gasteyer, J.B. Gaynor, Judy Geeson, John Gegenhuber, Helen Geller, Liz Georges, Marita Geraghty, Estelle Getty, Jimm Giannini, Henry Gibson, Karen Gibson, John Michael Gilbert, Steven Gilborn, Anita Gillette, Joe Gillette, Rudy Giuliani, Bob Glouberman, Dale Godboldo, Jesse D. Goins, Andrew Gold, Michael Goldfinger, Carole Goldman, Rita Gomez, Pierre Gonneau, Kiah Gordon, Gilbert Gottfried, Karen Gracey, Randy Graff, Leon W. Grant, Vince Grant, Marc Grapey, Deena Grassia, Kerri Green, Seth Green, Shecky Greene, Penny Griego, Blake Cooper Griffin, Todd Grinnell, Harry Groener, Gary Grossman, Saverio Guerra, Louis Guss, James Gutierrez, Joyce Guy, Deborah Guyer Greene, Steven Hack, Daniel Hagen, Dylan Haggerty, Charles Hallahan, Jack Hallett, Ann Hamilton, Wendy Hammers, Larry Hankin, David Harbour, Jerry Hardin, Cynthia Harris, Estelle Harris, Jermaine Harris, Mark Harrison, Sofia Hasmik, Kellen Hathaway, Bill Henderson, Michael J. Henderson, Jessica Hendra, Morgan Henry, Edward Hibbert, Marva Hicks, John Michael Higgins, Amy Hill, Judith Hoag, Bernard Hocke, Tom Hodges, Dominic Hoffman, Victoria Hoffman, Denise Holland, Kirsten Holmquist, J.T. Horenstein, Sherman Howard, Cady Huffman, Gordon Hunt, Kim Hunter, Rachel Hunter, Lillian Hurst, Harry Hutchinson, Bill Ingram, Tino Insana, Moe Irvin, Scott Jaeck, Nick Jameson, Ken Jenkins, Brian Jensen, Billy Joel, Anne-Marie Johnson, Arte Johnson, Jadili Johnson, Susan Ilene Johnson, Wendle Josepher, Greta Jung, McAuley Kahlen, Matt Kaminsky, Ron Karabatsos, Jann Karam, Darlene Kardon, Christina Karis, John Karlen, Patti Karr, Hiram Kasten, Heidi Kaufman, Kevin Keckeisen, David Patrick Kelly, Jean Louisa Kelly, JoNell Kennedy, Jack Kenny, Nancy Kerr, Frederika Kesten, Bruno Kirby, Ajgie Kirkland, Jill C. Klein, Robert Klein, Spencer Klein, David Koechner, Tracy Kolis, Annie Korzen, Eric Allan Kramer, Lisa Kudrow, Keith Kuhl, Darrell Kunitomi, Phil LaMarr, Cynthia LaMontagne, Elizabeth LaRou, Adam A. Labuad Jr, David L. Lander, Nathan Lane, Zane Lasky, Jim Lau, Cyndi Lauper, Cloris Leachman, Mona Leah, Dana Lee, Greg Lee, Madeline Lee, Nikki Lee, Reggie Lee, Phil Leeds, Nancy Lenehan, Jay Leno, Michael Leopard, Susan Leslie, Len Lesser, James Lesure, Floyd Levine, Eugene Levy, Clea Lewis, Jerry Lewis, Lightfield Lewis, Phill Lewis, Nancy Linari, Nicolette Little, Jesse Lizarraga, Sam Lloyd, Rebecca Lobo, Vanessa Lock, Denny Logan, Greg Longstreet, Lyle Lovett, Aaron Lustig, Eric Lutes, Phyllis Lyons, Norma Maldonado, Wendie Malick, Lawrence A. Mandley, Darin Mangan, Anthony Mangano, Peggy Mannix, Ralph Manza, Miles Marsico, Alison Martin, Gregory Paul Martin, James Martin Jr, Karen Maruyama, Tohoru Masamune, Pierrino Mascarino, Mary Matalin, Melanie Mayron, Chuck McCann, Edie McClurg, John C. McDonnell, Gates McFadden, Melinda McGraw, Mark McGwire, Kinna McInroe, Skye McKenzie, Don McManus, Brian McNamara, Mark Meismer, Melody Melendez, Hillel Meltzer, William Mesnik, Christopher Meyer, Keith Middleton, Carolyn Mignini, Lynn Milgrim, Larry Miller, Sofia Milos, T.D. Mitchell, Layla Mohammadi, Armando Molina, Julio Monge, Betsy Monroe, Tim Monsion, Debra Mooney, Michael Moore, Susan D. Moore, Danny Mora, Judith Moreland, Jeanne Mori, Beans Morocco, Jeremiah Morris, Billy Morrissette, John C. Moskoff, Kenneth Moskow, Michael Mulheren, Megan Mullally, Harry S. Murphy, Meghan Murphy, Bill Phillips Murry, Kate Murtagh, Race Nelson, William Newman, Lance E. Nichols, Paunita Nichols, Elizabeth Norment, Mark Nutter, Logan O'Brien, Carroll O'Connor, John F. O'Donohue, John O'Hurley, John O'Leary, Dick O'Neill, Elea Oberon, Ivory Ocean, Steven Ochoa, Yoko Ono, Leland Orser, April Ortiz, Jordan Oschin, Matte Osian, Bibi Osterwald, Mary Ostrow, Rick Overton, Albert Owens, Gary Owens, Stuart Pankin, Paul Parducci, Steve Park, Sarah Partridge, Dorothy Patterson, Steve Paymer, Stephen Pearlman, Kelly Perine, Rhea Perlman, Michael Perrotta, Alessandra Petlin, George O. Petrie, Joy Philbin, Regis Philbin, Jim Piddock, Bradley Pierce, Donna Pieroni, Rosina Pinchot, Fred Pinkard, Maria Pitillo, Mark Pitta, Patricia Place, Suzie Plakson, Jon Polito, Vic Polizos, Sydney Pollack, Donna Ponterotto, Linda Porter, Steven M. Porter, Richard Portnow, Mary Portser, Tarina Pouncy, Beata Pozniak, Shirley Prestia, Timi Prulhiere, Ken Prymus, Missi Pyle, Jude Pyser, Patrick Neil Quinn, Marty Rackham, Luis Antonio Ramos, Christopher Randolph, Richard Redlin, Markus Redmond, Carl Reiner, Michael Richards, Kevin Michael Richardson, Lyndsay Riddell, Jack Ritschel, Mailon Rivera, Daryl Keith Roach, Richard Roat, Francesca P. Roberts, Alex Rocco, Mario Roccuzzo, Valente Rodriguez, Kristin Rogers, Harper Roisman, Al Roker, Larry Romano, Justin Root, Rolf Rosenberry, Carol Rosenthal, Franc Ross, Rick Rossovich, Will Rothhaar, Murray Rubin, Alan Ruck, Al Ruscio, Anthony Russell, Robert Michael Ryan, Bud Sabatino, Ernie Sabella, Jean St. James, Bill Saluga, Joanna Sanchez, Fred Sanders, "The Macho Man" Randy Savage, Mary Anne Schafer, Mark Schiff, Vito Scotti, Jerry Seinfeld, Stan Sellers, Charles Shaughnessy, Jack Shearer, Mark Sheeler, Bob Sheppard, Todd Sherry, Todd Shinto, Bridget Sienna, Helen Siff, Charlene Simpson, Gammy Singer, Jean Smart, Sean Smith, Thomas Daniel Smith, Marcus Smythe, Theodore Carl Soderberg, Ted Sorel, Sara Spadacene, Brent Spiner, Kathryn Spitz, Damon Standifer, Florence Stanley, Maria Stanton, Golde Starger, Eric Steele, David Steinberg, Ryan Stiles, Fred Stoller, Eric Stoltz, Stomp, Julian Stone, Amzie Strickland, David Strickland, Suave, Skipp Sudduth, Kyle Sullivan, Carol Ann Susi, Julia Sweeney, Stacey Swift, Karla Tamburrelli, Tiffany Taubman, Lili Taylor, Simon Templeman, Julius Tennon, Sylvester "Bear" Terkay, Deborah Theaker, Iqbal Theba, Wesley Thompson, Tracie Thoms, Cameron Thor, Kenneth Tigar, Wayne Tippit, Stephen Tobolowsky, Toshi Toda, Peter Tolan, John Toles-Bey, Michael Tomlinson, Nick Toth, Patty Toy, Trappy, Wayne Trask, Stacey Travis, Alex Trebek, Tony Trevino, Erin Trimble, Ruben Trujillo, Marcelo Tubert, Thomas Tulak, Scott Turney, Mark Tymchyshyn, Fabiana Udenio, William Utay, Rodney Van Johnson, Tony Varuola, David Vegh, Chick Vennera, Abe Vigoda, Ernie Vincent, Neil Vipond, F.X. Vitolo, Sheilynn Wactor, Ann Walker, Arnetia Walker, Billye Ree Wallace, George D. Wallace, Lisa Waltz, Patrick Warburton, B.J. Ward, Marsha Warfield, Allan Wasserman, Gedde Watanabe, Laura Waterbury, Kelcey Watson, Frank Watt, Noel Webb, John Webber, Adam Weisman, Shannon Welles, Marjorie Wellin, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jenna Lynn Wexler, Bradley White, Peter White, Paxton Whitehead, Alan Wilder, Wayne Wilderson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Fred Willard, Gareth Williams, Aaron V. Williamson, Bruce Willis, Rita Wilson, Mare Winningham, Elena Wohl, Lenny Wolpe, Kevin Wommack, Bryant Woodert, Jo Anne Worley, Max Wright, Steven Wright, Tim Wrightman, Ping Wu, Meg Wyllie, Michael Yama, Keone Young, Janet Zarish, Louis Zorich, Harley Zumbrum, Jose Zuniga
176 episodes
(TV-PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)
PLOT:
Paul and Jamie Buchman are young urban newlyweds who try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the 90's.
season 1 -
Paul and Jamie's planned evening alone turns into an impromptu dinner party. A pouting Paul reluctantly agrees to give up his Saturday to shop for a sofa with Jamie. But their sofa safari hits two snags when Paul objects to Jamie's choice of a "love seat". An apartment-bound Paul and Jamie want to make the most of their Sunday in Manhattan and finally agree to a strict precise agenda. But their best-laid plans are waylaid by wailing relatives, well-intentioned friends and street-clogging parades. Paul nervously anticipates an impromptu reunion with an old college flame and nobly invites a curious Jamie to accompany him and Selby. But he can't help competing with Selby for his ex-girlfriend's attention. Paul feels like the odd man out when Jamie's exceedingly picky parents come to visit. And while her handy dad shows mechanically challenged Paul how to remove a hair clog from the plumbing, Jamie shudders every time her parents question any decision she makes. Paul and Jamie both anxiously await the results of professional projects that could further their respective careers: for him, it's a TV documentary he directed, for her, it's a ludicrous public relations proposal. Jamie persuades Paul to face an old film school rival, Howie, who blames Paul for derailing his film career and forcing him to become a Subway token-taker. After an unpleasant reunion at the subway station, Howie stomps out. A reluctant Paul finally accepts Jamie's dare to give up the rent-controlled lease to his old bachelor apartment and sever all connections to the past. But Jamie doesn't know about Paul's edgy tenant, a strange gawky man named Kramer. Paul and Jamie get on the wrong track en route to a holiday disaster when they cram aboard a train to visit her parents for their first Thanksgiving together. Their good cheer is derailed when their crowded car is also boarded by their feuding friends Fran and Mark. Paul and Jamie's first encounter with their new neighbors is a disaster. In a flashback from three years earlier, bachelor Paul accidentally bumps into an attractive stranger. Paul and Jamie hire a Russian maid to clean their cluttered apartment, but Paul's nagging guilt compels him to get in the way, and he finds himself in trouble when she misinterprets his kindness as flirtation. When Jamie lands a huge account to promote New York tourism, she eagerly hires Paul to direct the filming of a TV commercial. During a long weekend, stressed-out Paul and workaholic Jamie escape the city and try to unwind in a rustic country inn, but the clean air, beautiful scenery and quiet nights nearly drive the New Yorkers stir crazy. Paul and Jamie are overdressed and overstressed when they attend a friend's wedding, where Paul blurts out an embarrassing revelation about the blushing bride. Paul and Jamie miss out on a friend's important Valentine's Day party when they accidentally lock themselves in their bathroom. They vainly try ramming the door, dropping S.O.S. notes out the window and yelling for their lazy dog. Paul is flattered when an eccentric billionaire offers him a ton of money to produce a documentary film about his life. Assisted by Steven, his keenly observant film editor, Paul traipses after his loony subject and amasses miles of film. Paul is mortified when his star struck father calls out to talk show host Regis Philbin across a crowded theater, but his embarrassment mushrooms when an amused Regis asks the chatty old man to appear on his talk show. A protective Jamie shares her doubts with Paul when her neurotic sister Lisa gleefully decides to move in with her too-perfect English boyfriend after a week of courtship. Paul nearly drools with excitement when Jamie invites him to dinner with her client Diane Caldwell, a sexy TV spy/heroine from the 1960s who inspired his adolescent fantasies. Paul becomes insanely jealous when Jamie hires her handsome ex-boyfriend to paint their apartment. Paul's suspicions are further aroused when he rushes home and hears telltale voices from his bedroom. Paul makes intricate plans to celebrate his and Jamie's first wedding anniversary, but the event hits the skids when Jamie worries about inviting their feuding friends Mark and Fran, who have recently separated.
season 2 -
Paul and Jamie are stupefied when her luckless sister Lisa takes their dim-witted dog, Murray, out for a walk and returns with another hound on the leash. Because of Paul's heavy workload, he and Jamie look forward to a long-postponed romantic night alone in their bedroom, but their little passion play is continually interrupted by phone calls. After his father is hospitalized with mild chest pains, Paul and Jamie offer to spend the night at home with Paul's disagreeable mother. Paul encourages an overworked Jamie to quit her job. After quitting her job, Jamie struggles with her newfound leisure time. Paul and Jamie care for a nephew on Halloween. After a spat with Jamie, Paul leaves in a huff and eventually winds up in the American Museum of Natural History, where he bumps into Jamie and Lisa. Paul's birthday surprise for Jamie goes awry. A mysterious trip to Atlantic City yields Ira's long-held secret. Paul finishes his film as Jamie tries to plot her own future. Paul mediates a spat between Jamie and her woeful and unemployed sister Lisa, after Lisa's psychologist publishes a case-study book in which her patient holds Jamie partially responsible for her sad-sack life. Over the weekend, Paul and Jamie are stranded without cash or credit when their charge cards are confiscated after a computer glitch mistakenly confuses him with another Paul Buchman, recently deceased. Paul's absence makes Jamie's heart grow fonder when he is hired to shoot a documentary in Chicago for six weeks. He flies home on the weekends for passionate reunions, but one intimate weekend is jeopardized when Paul's abrasive mother comes to visit. Ex-lovers Fran and Ira, desperate to keep Fran's suspected pregnancy under wraps, each secretly tell Paul and Jamie a different story, resulting in a cascade of mistaken identities, a paint-splattered room, and an uncooperative pregnancy test. Christie Brinkley appears as herself as Paul's image of the perfect woman when he dons a computerized helmet and set of gloves. Unfortunately, he makes the mistake of telling Jamie. In a Valentine's Day flashback, Paul and Jamie are swept back three years when bachelor Paul secretly scripts out how he will propose marriage to Jamie at the ice-skating rink in Rockefeller Center. Jamie teaches her Valentine, Paul that their love for each other can survive even the worst case of bad karma. While cleaning their apartment, Paul and Jamie accidentally switch a self-made videotape of themselves cavorting in their boudoir with a rental cassette of "RoboCop 3". While making household repairs, Paul and Jamie accidentally discover a stash of amorous letters that had been hidden away, and discover a love affair between a couple much like themselves. Paul and Jamie find themselves in the middle of an argument between their mothers. A frantic Paul trades bon mots with a finicky French teacher while he, Fran, Ira and Lisa scramble to covertly enroll Jamie in her college courses before she discovers that Paul forgot to mail her registration forms. As Jamie arranges a blind date for Fran, Mark suddenly returns. Jamie and Paul are locked out of their apartment on the eve of her big exam. Paul loses his wedding ring on the eve of his second anniversary. Paul and Jamie's anniversary prompts an unexpected discussion about children.
season 3 -
Paul and Jamie try to escape a heat wave. Some irritating neighbors have eyes for Paul and Jamie's apartment. Jamie agrees to dispose of her favorite uncle's remains. Mr. Wicker's crush on a tenant results in him staying with Paul and Jamie. Paul is upset over not being given his father's store. Trouble arises when Jamie decides to steal a cable TV hookup without telling Paul. Paul and Jamie try being less of a couple at a party, only to have their experiment end is disaster. Paul and Jamie host a big family Thanksgiving dinner. A miscommunication sets Paul and Jamie's sexual relationship on a downhill slide. Paul and Jamie must struggle with the city when they join Ira and his new date for a movie. PBS asks the Buchmans to film themselves in their apartment for 15 minutes with no cuts for a "slice of life" documentary. Paul's dating video causes him and Jamie to reexamine how they met. Paul and Jamie's wedding preparations are revisited. Complications with the wedding preparations overwhelm Paul and Jamie. A TV commercial makes Murray a celebrity. Paul wants a crank TV legend to narrate his new documentary film. When Jamie is out of town, Paul mistakenly gives away their bed to a charity thrift store. A mix up with their purses causes Jamie and Lisa to change places for a day. Paul and Jamie get carried away when they masquerade as his parents in order to take an all expenses paid vacation. Paul is nervous when Ira's ex-wife suddenly returns. Anxiety over his birthday causes Paul to recall some notable past disasters. Paul is shooting a new movie about Pete, the last milkman in New York and neither he or Jamie can't seem to find time in their busy schedules, but they manage to plan on being together for pizza on Tuesday night. On their third wedding anniversary, Paul and Jamie go out with their friends to a strangely new ritzy nightclub called The Twilight Room. But, afterward, Paul and Jamie's night out turns into "The Twilight Zone" when they slide in time into a parallel world where all evidence that they have ever met disappears, including their memories of each other.
season 4 -
Paul realizes he slept through the best sex Jamie says she ever had. Paul wants to buy a parking space, even though he and Jamie don't own a car. A magazine's quiz prompts Paul and Jamie to look back on their life together. Jamie sets out to win over her mother-in-law. Jamie is offered a job by Paul's former rival. Paul agrees to make a film with Yoko Ono. A busy Paul and Jamie consider hiring some household help. Paul and Jamie make a surprise discovery about a pair of new friends. Conflicting schedules conspire to keep Paul and Jamie apart on New Year's Eve. Trying to conceive a baby has the Buchmans frustrated in more ways than they imagined. When Jamie is stricken with a bad back, Paul steps in to help. Paul and Jamie each have strange dreams with sexual undertones and bizarre happenings. They try to interpret them, but even the interpretations are bizarre. As the Buchmans struggle to keep their sex life on track, Paul discovers Ira has started gambling again. After four months of trying, Jamie convinces Paul to take drastic steps to improve their fertility. Ira's heart is broken by a girlfriend whose beauty inspires Jamie to make a drastic change. An innocent photograph leads to Jamie inadvertently blackmailing her boss. Paul's reluctant work on behalf of Jamie's boss exposes the Buchman's political differences. Paul and Jamie take a sample of Paul's sperm to the hospital for testing, to see if he is the cause of their not being pregnant yet. They have less than an hour to get to the hospital, but everything seems to delay them. While Jamie is in the hospital to determine if she can get pregnant, Paul's job is on the line when Ira poses as his agent. Paul's obsession with perfection jeopardizes his job. Jamie's boss is caught accepting money from a mobster. After losing his job, Paul is nominated for a prestigious filmmaking award. Jamie plans a bridal shower for Lisa, Paul plans an anniversary party for his parents, and Fran gets back with Mark and quits her job. Jamie tells Paul she kissed her co-worker. Paul walks out. Paul and Jamie are separated, each try to get over the hurt. They interact, plan the parties, and finally talk about the problem and their relationship. With their marriage on the verge of collapse, Paul prepares to leave Jamie.
season 5 -
season 6 -
After bringing their new baby home, Jamie and Paul worry that they aren't up to the task of being parents. As Jamie's letters to their new daughter Mabel put pressure on Paul, Ira discovers that Joan secretly harbors romantic feelings for him. Their first difficult night with Mabel sends a panicky Jamie and Paul to see their pediatrician. As Uncle Phil's aggressive coupon clipping gets the entire Buchman clan in trouble with the law, Jamie decides to get a tattoo. Following the birth of their daughter, Jamie struggles with the onset of depression while Paul does his best to direct his parents in a charity's production of a musical. On their first night out since the baby, Jamie worries about Mabel as Paul accidentally ends up wearing magician David Copperfield's pants. Resuming sex after the birth of their baby is not without problems for Jamie and Paul. Jamie sets up Ira with a free-spirited single mother and when Paul receives a genius award, his ego drives everyone crazy. Paul and Jamie try getting Mabel to fall asleep by herself. As Paul presses for her to stop breast-feeding, Jamie discovers her mother is dating a younger man. Paul agrees to give a lecture for the university professor who introduced Jamie to sex. When asked to be a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding, Jamie persuades Paul that they should take separate planes. Paul and Jamie decide to switch therapists. An offer to work for a pair of well known political consultants draws Jamie back to work and leaves Paul home to care for their daughter. Jamie discovers that Paul was married once before. Paul finds a coin that seems to foretell the future. Paul's birthday party turns into a hunt for a thief who stole a neighbor's valuable artwork. Paul, Jamie and Ira team up to make a new kids video with unexpected and disastrous results. Paul is upset after Jamie fails to warn him about a restaurant fire. Sylvia fakes an accident out of jealousy on Jamie's first Mother's Day. A slip in the bathroom causes Paul's life to suddenly pass in front of him. A sleep clinic uncovers the surprising truth behind Paul's chronic exhaustion, Nat and Arly each turn to a Buchman for advice about asking the other on a date. The Buchman's difficult work schedules lead to Paul asking a bumbling former caterer to take care of Mabel.
season 7 -
Jamie and Ira talk Paul into experimenting with Viagra. As a sore throat sends Paul to the hospital, Mabel's first word troubles the Buchman family. Jamie's ex-boyfriend dies after making her the sole beneficiary of his will. The Buchmans find themselves playing host to a vicious kitten, as Jamie becomes addicted to noontime sex. Paul and Jamie's therapist asks them to stop talking for a day. When a famous Hollywood agent courts Paul, he and Jamie use the time to spend a romantic weekend away from their daughter. Paul and Jamie square off over a Thanksgiving game of charades. After Jamie disagrees with Paul's choice of a nurse for their injured neighbor, they try to bury their argument in the park and forget all about it. As Paul tends the building superintendent's garden, Jamie tries to keep from returning a lost toy to it's rightful owner. Paul and Jamie agree to help Ira rug a contest to save his store. Paul and Jamie take the honeymoon they never had, only to find they've got some unexpected company. Paul surprises Jamie with a new house for Valentine's Day. The Buchmans learn that Jamie will be in bed with home run king Mark McGwire, via virtual reality. As the Buchmans help Uncle Phil return to finish high school, Lisa's new breast implants disturb Paul. Paul's affinity for math is exposed following a dream about Albert Einstein. Jamie and Paul disagree over what to do after their therapist says they are cured. As Marvin tries out a new wrestling career, Paul and Jamie experiment with separate beds. To avoid having his parents take their old broken down car on a long trip, Jamie convinces Paul to steal it. Paul and Jamie pretend they are about to die in order to tell everyone that they love them. Genealogical research suggests that Paul and Jamie are cousins. Glimpses into the future for the Buchmans are told by their child, Mabel.
season 8 -
Paul and Jamie struggle with being empty-nesters after their daughter Mabel leaves for college. When Jamie can't stay away from campus, Mabel's drastic measures to keep her at bay force Paul to step in when trouble arises. Jamie's return to the workforce is complicated by menopause. Paul is asked to speak to Mabel's college film class. Jamie spins out when one of her meticulously crafted scrapbooks documenting Mabel's childhood disappears. Meanwhile, Ira shocks everyone (himself included) when he asks Lucia to marry him. Tonya supervises Jamie as she transitions back into the workforce as a therapist. At the gym, Mark is upset when Paul refuses to be naked around him. Paul and Jamie pay a visit to a retirement home to see his mother Sylvia and her new boyfriend. Ira gets an unexpected visitor at the restaurant. When a childhood friend's death leads Paul to discover that Jamie changed her burial plans without telling him, Ira suspects the deceased of trying to perpetuate a long-running prank. When Lisa double books housesitting clients, Paul is tapped to spend the weekend at Anderson Cooper's apartment. Jamie unwittingly comes between Tonya and her fantasy husband. Just as they are starting marriage counseling, the Buchmans get a generous offer for their apartment. Ira suspects he's being punished for not using a local cheese supplier for his restaurant. Dr. Kleinman sends Paul and Jamie to marriage boot camp. Lisa's questionable judgment threatens to leave the Buchmans without a dog. Paul and Jamie's efforts to help Mabel get readmitted to college inadvertently exposes Tonya's unusual part-time job. Mabel uses her eighteenth birthday party to deliver some big news about her future.
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