Jamie is enthralled by it, Paul doesn't remember it, Murray didn't see it, and Ira laughs at it--another night and the day after in the Buchmans' lives. Meanwhile Paul finds employment at the Explorer Channel.
b: 24 Sep 95 pc: _________ w: Paul Reiser d: David Steinbergrc: Mark
After a 4-year wait the Buchmans finally have dibs on a parking space in a nearby garage, but still no car, and they soon manage to reverse the situation.
b: 1 Oct 95 pc: _________ w: Billy Grundfest d: David SteinbergA long wait at the bus stop leaves time for the Buchmans to take a Cosmopolitan marriage test. A clip show culled from episodes of the first three seasons that features a full-length rendition of the theme song ("The Final Frontier") at the end.
b: 8 Oct 95 pc: _________ w: Kenny Schwartz & Rick Wiener d: Michael Lembeckrc: Sylvia, Burt, Debbie
Inspired by a Martha Stewart idea, Sylvia organizes a high-noonish tag-what-you-want lunch for her family, complete with a shoot-out in the kitchen with Jamie, except it is not much of a contest.
b: 29 Oct 95 pc: _________ w: Victor Levin d: David Steinbergrc: Sid, Lance
At first Paul has a only vague notion he knows who Jamie's interview at City Hall is with, but he figures it out and complicates matters for Jamie and Fran when they are about to land an important account.
b: 5 Nov 95 pc: _________ w: Brenda Hampton d: Gordon Huntrc: Hollis
Yoko Ono is in town for some film happenings and Paul tries to do something different for the Explorer Channel with her help, except it is not his idea and he can't pull it off, not even after fasting for five days.
b: 12 Nov 95 pc: _________ w: Billy Grundfest & Paul Reiser d: David Steinbergrc: Nat, Hollis, Maggie
With Murray around, the Buchmans are no dinks, so when Lisa demurs they are obliged to hire a professional to walk Murray. And Murray seems to prefer the newcomer to Paul
b: 19 Nov 95 pc: _________ w: Seth Kurland d: David Steinberg NOTE: Hank Azaria, who is introduced at Nat in this episode, is Helen Hunt's real-life boyfriend.Three lies, two shows and a realization as Paul and Jamie figure out "why it will never happen" to them, or so one is led to believe when their new friends turn out to be not quite what they pretend to be.
b: 26 Nov 95 pc: _________ w: Kenny Schwartz d: David Steinbergrc: Mark, Nat, Lance
Paul and Jamie are obliged to spend New Year's Eve apart for the first time, but strange happenings at Times Square have a will, and a way, all their own.
b: 17 Dec 95 pc: _________ w: Scott Silveri & Shana Goldberg-Meehan d: David Steinbergrc: Burt, Sylvia, Debbie, Sid, Maggie
Paul and Jamie try to time a love-in-the-afternoon rendezvous back at their apartment, but his family shows up at the most inopportune time, with Debbie springing a big surprise: She's gay.
b: 7 Jan 96 pc: _________ w: Victor Levin & Danny Jacobson d: David Steinbergrc: Mark, Burt, Sylvia, Maggie, Nat
Jamie throws out her back during adventurous sex on the floor, so Paul has to help out with one of her duties at City Hall while also trying to get his father to an optometrist's appointment.
b: 14 Jan 96 pc: _________ w: Kenny Schwartz & Shana Goldberg-Meehan s: Seth Kurland & Ron Darian d: David Steinbergrc: Sid, Nat, Maggie
A night of cascading dreams of Paul and Jamie's, featuring ostriches, ducks and a party with the frug, with lots of interpretation and a poem (and a half) by Henry Gibson.
b: 4 Feb 96 pc: _________ w: Billy Grundfest d: Thomas Schlammerc: Mark
Ira resumes gambling, wins a lot, hands out generous presents and then takes a $4,000 bath--no problems for him, but a couple for the Buchmans.
b: 18 Feb 96 pc: _________ w: Kenny Schwartz & Danny Jacobson d: Thomas Schlammerc: Mark, Hollis
Paul and Jamie embark on an organic fertility enhancement program with Mark's help, plus a day off at a fancy local hotel at Fran's suggestion.
b: 25 Feb 96 pc: _________ w: Larry Charles s: Liz Sagal & McNally Sagal d: Gordon Huntrc: Debbie, Mark, Nat
Jamie tries a new look with interesting consequences, while Ira feels betrayed at the love game, let down by his quality wing-man Paul who digs himself a big hole discussing beauty.
b: 10 Mar 96 pc: _________ w: Victor Levin d: Thomas Schlammerc: Lance, Berkus
The saga of a daisy-chain of favors, triggered by the young daughter of Ira's girlfriend wanting an autographed picture of Hizzoner, and complicated by Paul and his fancy new camera.
b: 17 Mar 96 pc: _________ w: Ron Darian d: Gordon Huntrc: Mark, Sid, Berkus, Lance
The mix of Jamie and Paul, Fran and Mark, and Iris and Ira, with call-waiting, split screens, a campaign commercial, and dinner for six featuring a reversal of fortunes.
b: 24 Mar 96 pc: _________ w: Victor Levin d: David Steinbergrc: Mark, Maggie, Hal
The next step in the Buchman baby saga is trying to find out if Paul is the reason Jamie is unable to conceive, and a trip to the hospital is in the cards. But a cooler, the theft of their car, a dramatic chase and the NYPD bomb squad get in on the action.
b: 31 Mar 96 pc: _________ w: Victor Levin d: David Steinbergrc: Mark, Hollis
Jamie undergoes a minor diagnostic procedure and is quite smitten by her doctor. Meanwhile Ira rescues Paul's job at the Explorer Channel.
b: 14 Apr 96 pc: _________ w: Brenda Hampton & Larry Charles d: David Steinbergrc: Sid, Hollis, Berkus
Jamie tries to plan for a weekend getaway in Pennsylvania-Dutch country, but Paul is preoccupied with his current documentary project about a weed to be interested.
b: 21 Apr 96 pc: _________ w: Billy Grundfest & Larry Charles d: David Steinbergrc: Mark, Berkus
Nominated once again for the Silver Sprocket, a reluctant Paul is coaxed into a tuxedo by Ira and expects to attend the ceremony with Jamie at his side to counter the weasels from the Explorer Channel. Of course things don't quite work out that way.
b: 28 Apr 96 pc: _________ w: Ron Darian, Seth Kurland & Larry Charles d: David Steinbergrc: Mark, Hollis, Burt, Debbie
After a week's reflection and ignoring Ira's emphatic advice not to, Paul decides to tell Jamie about his walk around the block with a female filmmaker he met at the Silver Sprocket Awards, except Jamie blurts out first the matter that has been on her mind all day: Berkus came on to her.
b: 5 May 96 pc: _________ w: Victor Levin, Billy Grundfest & Larry Charles d: David Steinbergrc: Mark, Berkus, Sylvia, Burt
Ira and Lisa try to engineer the Buchman reconciliation, except it proves easier to resolve the scheduling conflict between Burt and Sylvia's 45th anniversary party and Lisa's engagement party.
b: 19 May 96 pc: _________ w: Paul Reiser, Victor Levin, Billy Grundfest & Larry Charles d: David Steinbergrc: Mark, Berkus, Sylvia, Burt
Ira and Lisa try to engineer the Buchman reconciliation, except it proves easier to resolve the scheduling conflict between Burt and Sylvia's 45th anniversary party and Lisa's engagement party. Jamie and Paul try to talk their differences out by themselves. They succeed and return to their apartment where Jamie springs a suprise on Paul.
b: 19 May 96 pc: _________ w: Paul Reiser, Victor Levin, Billy Grundfest & Larry Charles d: David Steinberg| Back to TOP of Page |
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