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The Worst Episodes of Mad About You

Every episode of Mad About You ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Mad About You!

Worst episode
S5E4 The Clip Show
5.9124 votes
Best episode
S3E8 Giblets for Murray
8.3209 votes
Top season
Season 3
7.5avg
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2d 14h
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Mad About You Season 5 Episode 4 - The Clip Show
    5.9/10(124 votes)

    S5:E4

    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.

    Director:Michael Lembeck
    Writer:Leslie Caveny

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  2. Mad About You Season 6 Episode 21 - Paul Slips in the Shower
    6.2/10(121 votes)

    S6:E21

    Paul's life flashes before his eyes when he takes a spill in the shower.

    Director:David Steinberg
    Writers:Victor Levin, Paul Reiser

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  3. Mad About You Season 7 Episode 9 - Farmer Buchman
    6.3/10(125 votes)

    S7:E9

    Mr. Wicker goes out of town and asks Paul and Jamie to tend his rooftop garden. Mabel loves another baby's rare toy.

    Director:Helen Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Mad About You Season 7 Episode 13 - Virtual Reality II
    6.3/10(113 votes)

    S7:E13

    The couple learns that Jamie will be in bed with Mark McGwire via virtual reality.

    Director:David Steinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Mad About You Season 6 Episode 15 - The 2nd Mrs. Buchman
    6.4/10(119 votes)

    S6:E15

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

    Director:David Steinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Mad About You Season 6 Episode 18 - The Baby Video
    6.5/10(120 votes)

    S6:E18

    Paul, Jamie and Ira decide to make a baby video. However, Paul starring as the Sandman frightens kids and turns them off to the concept. Meanwhile, Paul's parents tell him he has a half-brother.

    Director:Michael Lembeck
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Mad About You Season 7 Episode 16 - Millennium Bug
    6.5/10(114 votes)

    S7:E16

    Jamie's 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.

    Director:David Steinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Mad About You Season 7 Episode 15 - Murray at the Dog Show
    6.6/10(123 votes)

    S7:E15

    Sheila declares Paul and Jamie cured. However, Murray is still traumatized by the earlier puma attack, so Paul and Jamie enter him in a dog show.

    Director:Michael Lembeck
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Mad About You Season 6 Episode 23 - The Finale
    6.6/10(122 votes)

    S6:E23

    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."

    Director:Gordon Hunt
    Writer:Victor Levin

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  10. Mad About You Season 5 Episode 17 - On the Road
    6.6/10(119 votes)

    S5:E17

    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.

    Director:David Steinberg
    Writers:Larry Charles, Paul Reiser, Richard Day

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  11. Mad About You Season 6 Episode 20 - Mother's Day
    6.6/10(117 votes)

    S6:E20

    Paul tries to pick a Mother's Day present for Jamie, but Ira and Marvin have better ideas: a rocking chair and a message displayed on the Times Square video screen. Sylvia is jealous of Jamie's gifts and fakes injury to steal attention.

    Director:Helen Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Mad About You Season 6 Episode 19 - Fire at Riff's
    6.6/10(116 votes)

    S6:E19

    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 Riff's, where a fire breaks out while Paul is in the bathroom. Ira saves Ursula's life while Jamie, Debbie and Joan run out, leaving Paul in the bathroom. Joan asks Debbie to marry her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Mad About You Season 6 Episode 16 - The Coin of Destiny
    6.7/10(125 votes)

    S6:E16

    When Paul innocently flips a coin to make a decision, Paul's former producer overhears a conversation that puts Paul and Jamie in the limelight with the tabloid program ""Hard Copy."" Also, Ira finds that he's the prime suspect in a paternity case, and Paul's parents try their luck in Atlantic City.

    Director:Michael Lembeck
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Mad About You Season 4 Episode 3 - The Test
    6.7/10(119 votes)

    S4:E3

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

    Director:Michael Lembeck
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Mad About You Season 7 Episode 3 - Tragedy Plus Time
    6.7/10(119 votes)

    S7:E3

    Jamie's ex-boyfriend dies and leaves everything to her. Debbie has second thoughts about marrying Joan.

    Director:Gordon Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Mad About You Season 7 Episode 10 - Win a Free Car
    6.7/10(118 votes)

    S7:E10

    To save the store, Ira plans to give away a car to the person who keeps their hand on it the longest. Since he can't afford it, he wants all of the contestants to be ringers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Mad About You Season 7 Episode 17 - Separate Beds
    6.7/10(118 votes)

    S7:E17

    Paul and Jamie discover the extra comfort of sleeping apart. Marvin is wrestling part time and Ira becomes his manager.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Nickman

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  18. Mad About You Season 1 Episode 17 - The Billionaire
    6.8/10(229 votes)

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writers:Pamela Eells, Sally Lapiduss

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  19. Mad About You Season 7 Episode 4 - There's a Puma in the Kitchen
    6.8/10(133 votes)

    S7:E4

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

    Director:David Steinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Mad About You Season 5 Episode 19 - The Touching Game
    6.8/10(129 votes)

    S5:E19

    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.

    Director:Gordon Hunt
    Writer:Richard Day

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  21. Mad About You Season 5 Episode 11 - The Recital
    6.8/10(122 votes)

    S5:E11

    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.

    Director:David Steinberg
    Writer:Jenji Kohan

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  22. Mad About You Season 6 Episode 8 - The New Friend
    6.8/10(117 votes)

    S6:E8

    Paul and Jamie meet a new neighbor, Sarah, a divorced mother of three who manages to teach Jamie a more casual style of parenting. Also, Paul and Jamie conspire to set up Sarah on a blind date with Ira.

    Director:Gordon Hunt
    Writer:Lissa Levin

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  23. Mad About You Season 7 Episode 20 - The Dirty Little Secret
    6.8/10(116 votes)

    S7:E20

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

    Director:Gordon Hunt
    Writer:Elin Hampton

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  24. Mad About You Season 1 Episode 19 - Swept Away
    6.9/10(170 votes)

    S1:E19

    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 week's acquaintance, Paul tries to stop Jaime, but she is unable to stay uninvolved.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Mad About You Season 2 Episode 5 - So I Married a Hair Murderer
    6.9/10(152 votes)

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Thomas Schlamme
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Clip Show" is the worst rated episode of Mad About You. It scored 5.9/10 from 124 votes. Directed by Michael Lembeck and written by Leslie Caveny, it aired on October 22, 1996. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Paul Slips in the Shower".

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