Paul and Jamie try to find a moment to themselves while dealing with an unplanned dinner party.

The new couple shops for a sofa with Jamie's best friends, Fran and Mark.

Paul and Jamie debate what to do together while working their way through the Sunday New York Times.

Paul's college crush (Lisa Edelstein) comes to town, stirring up old feelings.

When Jamie's parents (Paul Dooley and Nancy Dussault) come for a visit, it causes anxiety for everyone. This episode marks the only time Dooley and Dussault would play Jamie's parents. When next seen (in season 3), the roles would be played by John Karlen and Penny Fuller; in season 5 the roles would be recast again with Carroll O'Connor and Carol Burnett.

Paul tries to be happy for Jamie when she lands a huge assignment at work on the same day his film is rejected.

Paul meets his former film-school classmate (Steve Buscemi), who now works as a token clerk in the subway after dropping out.

Jamie asks Paul to give up his bachelor pad, which he sublets to a guy called Kramer (Michael Richards of Seinfeld).

Relationships are strained as the couples ride the train toward Thanksgiving with their families.

Jamie tries hard to encourage their British neighbors to like her.

A flashback reveals how Paul and Jamie met in 1989. Lisa Kudrow makes her first appearance in the series, but as Karen; she will later play Ursula, the waitress at Riff's.

Jamie employs a maid, who develops a crush on Paul.

Paul directs a commercial for the PR campaign Jamie is working on. Final appearance of Tommy Hinkley as Selby.

The Buchmans head to Vermont for a stress-escaping long weekend.

Paul and Jamie attend a wedding, which brings up secrets from their dating period. First appearance of John Pankow as Ira.

Paul and Jamie are trapped in the bathroom on Valentine's Day.

An eccentric billionaire (Jerry Lewis) asks Paul to make a film about him.

Paul's father shouts "Hello" to Regis Philbin in public, to the embarrassment of Paul, and becomes a public interest story.

Jamie has good feelings about Lisa's new boyfriend until they decide to move in together.

Paul and Ira war for the attention of Jamie's new client, the woman who played their childhood love, Spy Girl. (Guest star Barbara Feldon)

Jamie's ex-boyfriend paints their apartment and Fran ends up in bed with him because Mark left her to "find himself".

Paul recreates the cake-cutting ceremony from their wedding as an anniversary surprise; Mark leaves New York.

Lisa takes Murray for a walk and returns with the wrong dog.

Paul and Jamie attempt a romantic night, but Murray's pursuit of an imaginary mouse is just one deterrent of many.

Paul and Jamie offer to stay with his mother after his father collapses.

Jamie must deal with the consequences of her boss hearing her and Paul insulting him. First appearance of Lisa Kudrow in the role of Ursula.

Jobless and bored, Jamie drives Paul mad looking for things to do.

Paul and Jamie look after Paul's nephew on Halloween. Talia Balsam originates the role of Paul's sister Debbie in this one episode; in all future appearances, the role would be played by Robin Bartlett.

Paul and Jamie argue whether fate or chance brought them together.

Jamie's 30th-birthday plans go awry.

Ira's wife (guest star Cyndi Lauper) appears during a trip to Atlantic City.

While Jamie envies Paul for doing a job he loves, he struggles to protect his film from his overzealous producer. Meanwhile, Jamie decides she wants to go back to college.

Lisa appears, under a pseudonym, in a chapter of her therapist's new book.

Paul and Jamie's assets are mistakenly frozen because another Paul Buchman has died.

Paul is shooting a film in Chicago for a couple of months, only coming home for weekends.

Paul and Jamie unknowingly cover up the unexpected consequences of the Atlantic-City trip.

Ira wants Paul to invest in a company developing virtual reality. Guest appearances by Christie Brinkley and Andre Agassi.

Paul and Jamie recall his proposal of three years before.

Jamie's fortune cookie reads "Bad luck follows the guilty." Yoko Ono calls Paul.

Paul and Jamie must track down a homemade sex tape before anyone sees it.

Paul and Jamie discover letters behind their toilet, written by a soldier and his girlfriend during World War II.

Paul and Jamie's mothers are angry with them; Murray is depressed.

Paul has forgotten to mail in Jamie's registration, so he, Ira, Fran and Lisa must register her at the very last minute--as she navigates her first day of class.

Jamie arranges a blind date for Fran; Paul runs into Mark, who now works as a busboy.

Jamie cannot fall asleep the night before a big test. John Astin and Garth Brooks appear.

Everybody congratulates the couple on their second anniversary, but they're not so happy over Paul's lost ring. Paul and Jamie exchange positions over having a baby soon.

Paul and Jamie deal with the annual New York heatwave by searching for an old-favorite clam restaurant.

While the Buchmans feud with neighbours greedy for their apartment, their dogs get along all the better.

Jamie must decide what to do with her uncle's ashes.

Jamie must get glasses; she and Paul get involved in their super's marital spat.

When she does PR the annual midnight sale at Burt's sporting-goods store, Jamie mulls starting her own PR business; meanwhile, Paul thinks Jamie is outdoing him in productivity, and he learns that Burt's leaving the store to Ira when he retires.

While trying to steal cable TV for the bedroom, Jamie accidentally causes a blackout in New York City. This episode ties in with the Friends episode "The One with the Blackout", and the Madman of the People episode "Birthday in the Big House".

During the taxi ride home from Fran's birthday party, Jamie and Paul take turns apologizing for what happened there.

Paul and Jamie host a very complicated Thanksgiving Day.

When Paul and Jamie have trouble performing their marital duties, somehow their friends get the worst of it.

An outing to see the feel-good movie of the year yields radically opposite results. Special appearance by Rudy Giuliani.

After a slow start, Paul's project to record 15 unvarnished minutes of the couple's lives succeeds spectacularly.

Paul and Jamie have a little competition on pick-up techniques.

Paul and Jamie prepare for marriage, as told in flashback. Guest stars Lyle Lovett.

Murray becomes a TV star.

Paul deals with the ego of a TV star for his film (Carl Reiner reprises the role that he created in The Dick Van Dyke Show).

In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #84 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.^[60]

Jamie leaves for a weekend, reassured that Paul will be all right.

Lisa accidentally switches purses with Jamie, causing Paul to lose his passport.

Paul and Jamie, aka Burt and Sylvia, head to a paradisical Caribbean holiday.

Helping Ira shoulder a big loan leaves Paul with a sore neck. Cyndi Lauper guest stars.

Jamie sentences Paul: "You are going to have a good birthday if it kills you."

Jamie and an ex (Eric Stoltz) work together on a Diner's campaign and rekindle old hostilities, making Jamie shamefully powerful. Jamie then discovers that he has made her the villain of his Comic Book and their relationship is the story.

An evening at the Twilight Room to celebrate their anniversary turns into "The Twilight Zone", where Paul and Jamie find themselves in a world where they never met.

Paul doesn't remember a night of passion with Jamie.

Paul agonizes over buying a parking space in his building.

Jamie finds a relationship test in a magazine while she and Paul wait for a bus.

Jamie is determined to bond with Sylvia.

Paul almost ruins Jamie and Fran's chances of having full-time jobs with the Mayor's office.

Paul gets a chance to shoot a documentary with Yoko Ono.

Paul and Jamie hire a dogwalker who exceeds expectations. First appearance of Hank Azaria as Nat.

Paul and Jamie eagerly befriend a strange new couple, stirring up problems with friends and themselves.

Jamie and Paul try not to be apart for New Year's Eve.

Jamie's insistence to conceive her child precisely on ovulation day strains everyone to the breaking point, especially when Debbie's coming-out intervenes.

Paul injures Jamie's back during sex and has to run her errands (Jamie finally sees Murray's mouse, and Paul translates on the fly).

Paul and Jamie try to make sense of their extremely weird dreams; the Laugh In crew appears.

Ira starts gambling again; Paul and Jamie try to keep their sex life on track.

Jamie and Paul struggle to increase her fertility; Paul films fertile Pandas.

Ira's heart is broken by a girlfriend whose beauty inspires Jamie to dye her hair.

An innocent photograph leads to Jamie inadvertently blackmailing her boss.

Paul and Jamie invite Ira, Iris, Mark, and Fran for reconciliation, but the tables turn on them; directing a campaign commercial, Paul feels like Leni Riefenstahl.

Paul's sperm sample is missing after the Buchmans' car is stolen.

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 gets him fired; Jamie's boss is caught accepting money from a mobster.

Upset that Jamie cannot accompany him to an awards dinner, Paul almost leaves it with another woman.

Jamie kisses a colleague, and Paul reveals to her that he almost went home with another woman.

Ira and Lisa try to engineer the Buchman reconciliation; Paul and Jamie try working through their problems. With their marriage on the verge of collapse, Paul prepares to leave Jamie--can anything turn the situation around?

Jamie and Paul find out that they are expecting! Deciding not to tell anyone yet, they look for a new gynecologist; Paul's parents meet Joan.

Jamie and Paul quit drinking coffee, causing Jamie to gaffe at work; Paul and Ira visit Paul's Uncle Phil (Mel Brooks), who gives Paul an idea for his next documentary.

Paul and Jamie visit therapist Dr. Sheila Kleinman (Mo Gaffney); Paul tries to film his parents for the documentary.

Paul and Jamie spend time stomach-listening, looking for a response from their baby. (Compilation of clips from past seasons.)

After being late to their appointment with Joan to listen to the baby's heartbeat, Paul tells of his day with Burt looking for their old apartment.

Jamie's parents Theresa (Carol Burnett) and Gus (Carroll O'Connor) visit; they're planning a cross-country RV trip when they suddenly break up, and Paul and Jamie try to reunite them.

Paul and Jamie plan to announce their baby news at Thanksgiving--but the word gets out early and they try to squelch the "outbreak". Guest stars Kevin Bacon.

Paul contemplates abstinence until July (Ira discourages it); Jamie talks Paul into a trip upstate where they discover that a country store's homemade fudge has aphrodisiac qualities.

Jamie gets a free pass to the gym where Paul works out but he does not want her there. Jamie gives away the pass to a homeless man named Virgil (Bruno Kirby). Paul likes to be a man of mystery, and he avoids saying anything significant to the gym members.

Ira becomes a producer and tastes oily water.

Paul and Jamie offend Fran by critiquing her son's violin playing.

Paul and Jamie accidentally break up Lisa's engagement.

Nat's sister makes accurate predictions.

Paul and Jamie debate learning their child's gender; Uncle Phil makes a dying request.

Paul tries deciphering his dying uncle's last words. Guest stars Sid Caesar.

When Jamie is prescribed bedrest, a steadily increasing stream of family pampers her; Nat kidnaps Murray.

Paul overcompensates manliness when Jamie plans a baby shower.

Jamie ignores Paul at the breakfast table, then tries to quit her job; Ira teaches a bird a naughty phrase.

Paul's raisin bran lacks raisins; Jamie hinders a newly opened coffee shop; Paul offends a fellow bus passenger.

Jamie fights to return a video--and wins; Paul and Jamie are kicked out of birth class while Ira and Sylvia search for a spoon.

Paul and Jamie try to find a guardian for their child; an infatuated 18-year-old (Seth Green) haunts Jamie.

A taste war ensues when Jamie and Paul receive cribs from both sets of grandparents-to-be.

Paul's documentary gets a surprisingly good review at a film festival and Jamie has a labor false-alarm. At the hospital, Paul gets a tour of it courtesy of Bruce Willis. Michael Moore also stars.

The family meets Paul and Jamie's unnamed child.

Jamie writes a letter for daughter to read on her 18th birthday. Ira and Joan join in on the fun, but Paul makes a video instead of a letter.

Mabel can only sleep when she's kept in motion.

Uncle Phil tries to provide gifts for Mabel with disastrous results.

Paul must deal with a moody Jamie while putting on a production of The Pirates of Penzance.

A mix-up at the cleaners leaves Paul wearing David Copperfield's pants.

Paul and Jamie try to ease back into relations for the first time since Mabel's birth.

Paul and Jamie meet new neighbor Sarah, a divorced mother of three who offers Jamie a more casual parenting style. Paul wins one of those genius grants and nobody can take his new 'genius' status seriously except him.

Paul and Jamie have an uninterrupted 20-minute conversation in front of the bedroom door, trying to train Mabel to get to sleep on her own. When this episode was originally broadcast on NBC, it was aired uninterrupted, with commercials airing only after the theme song and before the end credits. The 20-minute conversation between Paul and Jamie outside the baby's room, filmed in one take, is shown straight through.

Mabel is weaned off of nursing; Ira fixes a children's hockey game.

Paul is shocked to discover that Jamie lost her virginity to a visiting professor (Nathan Lane). In a comedy of errors, the professor believes Paul is angry and wants to hurt him. Meanwhile, Ira meets a woman who sleeps with him only to get better burial plots.

Jamie and Paul take one plane each to increase the chances of one of them living through the plane ride.

After a few frustrating sessions, Paul and Jamie leave Sheila for someone more impressive, but startling news sends them back.

Not wanting to go back to work, Jamie tries to get herself fired; Paul confronts the newspaper journalist who wrote an error-filled article about his film Buchman.

Jamie finds a thank-you letter to Paul and learns that he has an ex-wife.

Paul innocently flips a coin to make a decision when his former producer, Lou Bonaparte, overhears a conversation that puts Paul and Jamie in the limelight with the tabloid program; Sylvia and Burt try their luck in Atlantic City, relying on the wisdom of Paul's "coin of destiny".

The couple's British neighbors suspect Paul's birthday-party guests of art theft.

Paul, Jamie and Ira decide to make a baby video, but Paul as the Sandman frightens the kids too much.

During a fire at Riff's, Joan and Debbie reevaluate their relationship, Ira hooks up with Ursula, Paul and Jamie have a tiff, and Ira has a sandwich named after him.

Jamie shakes Paul's soda can when he is not looking and it's pointing toward her when she opens it; Mother's Day creates innumerable opportunities for jealousy among mothers both old and new.

Paul's life flashes before his eyes when he slips in the shower.

Paul and Jamie try to match Nat up with Arley the babysitter; a sleeping disorder makes Jamie beat up Paul without realizing it.

Paul's latest project is 'The Making of "The Making of Titanic".' He accidentally causes the caterer (Ellen DeGeneres) on the set to be fired, then hires her as a nanny. (This episode's simple title was previously used at the end of season 4, although it is a different episode.)

Paul makes a sandwich with bad meat; Paul takes Viagra and Jamie is locked out of her gym in just a towel; Paul meets Jerry Seinfeld in the street.

Mabel's first word is a bad one; Paul has his tonsils removed and Jamie loathes his nurse (Jean Louisa Kelly).

An old boyfriend of Jamie's (Eric Stoltz) dies and leaves her $35,000; Paul and Jamie are sued by their therapist after he accidentally hits her in the face with a golf club.

Paul tries to practice a new laugh; Lisa adopts a vicious cat and leaves it with Paul and Jamie; Jamie learns the benefits of a "nooner".

Jamie sneezes multiple times; STOMP lives upstairs from her and Paul; their therapist tells them to go the rest of the day without verbal communication.

Paul and Jamie go to LA to meet Gardner Malloy, the superagent who wants to represent Paul. The life of luxury makes them reluctant to go back.

Paul and Jamie host Thanksgiving and play charades with the guests.

Paul reads a baby book aloud to keep himself entertained; Paul and Jamie start using the Internet; after a small quarrel about Paul rehiring nurse Diane for their neighbor Hal, Paul and Jamie are advised to privately write and bury their complaints.

Jamie's card trick fails, but Paul lets her win. Mr. Wicker asks Paul and Jamie to tend his rooftop garden while he's away; when Mabel loves another baby's rare toy, Jamie steals it for her. Guest Stars Robert Klein.

Ira tries to revive the business by offering a car to the person who keeps a hand on it the longest. Since he can't afford it, he wants all of the contestants to be ringers.

Jamie fixes up Paul's nurse Diane with Mabel's pediatrician Dr. Lee. But Diane has a crush on Paul and shouts out his name during sex. Hearing it makes Paul feel flattered and he shouts out his own name during sex.

Paul and Jamie look at a house in Irvington, New York.

Paul mops himself into a corner. Paul and Jamie reinvest in a technology company, and they learn their future. Guest stars Mark McGwire.

Uncle Phil goes back to high school and Lisa has breast-implant surgery.

Jamie and Paul are still good at dancing. Therapist Sheila tells the couple they are cured; Jamie tells Paul to have a vasectomy; Murray fights his fear of cats.

Albert Einstein calls upon Paul to rid the world of the Millennium Bug.

Paul and Jamie discover that sleeping separately is more fun, but will it hurt their relationship?

Worried that Burt and Sylvia's rundown car will cause them to have an accident, Paul and Jamie attempt to steal it so they'd have to buy a new one, but they get arrested.

Paul and Jamie learn that "We love you" can be the harshest words.

Paul and Jamie discover that they are related; they also try to read Moby Dick for a book club.

In a series of nonsequential flashbacks, the adult Mabel (Janeane Garofalo) describes the family's next 20 years.

When Paul and Jamie drop their daughter Mabel off for her first day of college, it quickly becomes clear that they have very different ideas of what their lives after children will look like.^[156]

After too many surprise dorm visits, Mabel forces Jamie to sign a contract limiting contact for the next 48 hours, and suddenly Paul finds himself in the parenting hot seat.^[156]

Jamie makes the decision to get back into the work force, but time and menopause conspire against her. Meanwhile, Paul is invited to speak to Mabel’s class only after promising to Mabel that no one will know they’re related.^[156]

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.^[156]

Tonya oversees Jamie’s sessions as she transitions back into the workplace as a therapist. At the gym, Paul is going through a battle of his own as Mark is upset that Paul refuses to be naked around him.^[156]

Paul and Jamie pay a visit to the retirement home to visit Paul’s mother, Sylvia, and her new boyfriend, Ralph. Meanwhile, an unexpected visitor walks into Ira’s restaurant.^[156]

A childhood friend of Paul and Ira’s has died, and his funeral triggers Paul and Jamie’s concerns about mortality and getting their affairs in order.^[156]

When Lisa is double-booked on her celebrity pet-sitting obligations, Jamie volunteers Paul to stay at Anderson Cooper’s place, allowing him his first bachelor night in years.^[156]

When Paul and Jamie get a surprise visit from a wealthy buyer interested in their apartment, they're forced to make a tough decision about the future of their home.^[156]

Following Sheila’s advice, Paul and Jamie head to a marriage boot camp in The Berkshires in hopes of working out their issues. Back in New York, Lisa dog-sits Walter… kind of.^[156]

Paul and Jamie help Mabel deal with the fallout when a school experiment goes awry. Jamie stumbles upon an unconventional way that Tonya can help Walter overcome his sleepless nights.^[156]

Paul and Jamie attempt to plan a surprise birthday party for Mabel, while Mabel is planning to reveal a big surprise of her own.^[156]