Episode 1 - [Romantic Improvisations] |
Details : Paul and Jamie Buchman are newlywed adjusting to life together in Manhattan. When only after 5 months of marriage Jamie complains that their sexual life is not like it used to be Paul decides to come earlier from his job so they could spend a nice evening alone. But their scheduled evening goes awry as each assumes the other had cancelled their dinner plans with friends. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Kind | Leila Kenzle | Tommy Hinkley as Jay Selby | Director : Barnet Kellman | Writer : Danny Jacobson | Writer : Paul Reiser | |
Air Date : Sep. 23, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 2 - [Sofa's Choice] |
Details : To Paul a couch by any other name is not a couch especially if it is a divan a settee or worse a love seat. Jamie is determined that their first major purchase to be jointly made and when dragged to the department store Paul manages to hyperventilate. When they hang out together in the store Mark discovers to Paul some informations that he probably shouldn't ever find about. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Jodi Carlisle | Richard Kind | Leila Kenzle | Estelle Harris | Director : Barnet Kellman | Writer : Danny Jacobson | Writer : Paul Reiser | |
Air Date : Sep. 30, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
Episode 3 - [Sunday Times] |
Details : Paul and Jamie enjoy a quiet Sunday with nothing to do except decide what to do. However they have to decide whether to see a movie take in a parade or get to the museum before their friends' Sundays' intrude. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Kind | Leila Kenzle | Director : Barnet Kellman | Writer : Jeffrey Lane | |
Air Date : Oct. 07, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 4 - [Out Of The Past] |
Details : News of his ex-girlfriend visiting New York first fills Paul with excitement followed by guilt culminating in blithering idiocy after he invites Jamie to Riff's to meet her and Jamie accepts. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Art Evans | Kerri Green | Jack Kenny | Lisa Edelstein | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
Air Date : Oct. 14, 1992 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 5 - [Paul In The Family] |
Details : An unexpectedly long visit by Jamie's parents Gus (guest star: Paul Dooley) and Theresa Stemple (guest star Nancy Dussault) turns her into a raving lunatic who bribes Lisa with cold cash and cab fare into sharing the experience. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Nancy Dussault | Paul Dooley | Director : Paul Lazarus | |
Air Date : Oct. 21, 1992 |
Episode 6 - [I'm Just So Happy For You] |
Details : Paul's film about Yankee Stadium is rejected by PBS the same day Jamie snags a major advertising account turning her celebratory bash into a defeat party. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Art Evans | Kerri Green | Richard Kind | Leila Kenzle | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
Air Date : Oct. 28, 1992 |
Episode 7 - [Token Friend] |
Details : Paul is suddenly reluctant to use the subway because a former fellow film school student turns up as the token clerk at his station. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Steve Buscemi | Richard Kind | Leila Kenzle | Director : Paul Lazarus | Writer : Sally Lapiduss | Writer : Pamela Eells | |
Air Date : Nov. 04, 1992 |
Episode 8 - [The Apartment] |
Details : Planning their last will and testament together brings up the subject of Paul's old bachelor pad which he now sublets to Cosmo Kramer (guest star Michael Richards). Jamie wants Paul to get ridden of his apartment but Paul is against that. They get into a fight which results by Paul deciding about the future of his apartment and Jamie getting ridden of her t-shirt from her past (which she later wants back). |
Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Kind | Leila Kenzle | Al Ruscio | Michael Richards | Director : Barnet Kellman | Writer : Danny Jacobson | |
Air Date : Nov. 11, 1992 |
Episode 9 - [Riding Backwards] |
Details : On a trip to Connecticut to spend Thanksgiving with Jamie's parents Paul and Jamie are doing fine Mark and Fran begin to fight while Selby and Lisa are just friends. However on the return journey everything is different. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Kind | Leila Kenzle | Director : Barnet Kellman | Writer : Jeffrey Lane | |
Air Date : Nov. 18, 1992 |
Episode 10 - [Neighbors From Hell] |
Details : The Buchmans get off on the wrong foot with the neighbors across the hall Hal and Maggie Conway (guest stars Paxton Whitehead and Judy Geeson) and each subsequent step to improve relations. However that decidion seems to be making the matters worse. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Kind | Leila Kenzle | Paxton Whitehead | Judy Geeson | Writer : Paul Reiser | Director : Dennis Erdman | |
Air Date : Dec. 09, 1992 |
Episode 11 - [Met Someone] |
Details : The story of how Paul and Jamie met is told beginning with a chance encounter on a Sunday evening by the newstand followed by Paul's hard work to locate Jamie. Jamie breaks up with her boyfriend and is feeling strange. Paul appears in her office bringing her clothes and as time passes they go on a dinner date... |
Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Kind | Leila Kenzle | David Arnott | Lisa Kudrow as Karen | Director : Barnet Kellman | Writer : Danny Jacobson | |
Air Date : Dec. 16, 1992 |
Episode 12 - [Maid About You] |
Details : The Buchmans find their new once-a-week maid Masha (guest star Beata Pozniak) a big help but she is heartbroken that her affection for Mr. Paul isn't being reciprocated. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Kind | Leila Kenzle | Beata Pozniak | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
Air Date : Jan. 06, 1993 |
Episode 13 - [Togetherness] |
Details : Producer Jamie gets to hire the director for a new spot for the New York City tourism campaign and picks Paul so they can work together. However they soon find out how much togetherness is too much. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Jerry Hardin | Director : Barnet Kellman | |
Air Date : Jan. 13, 1993 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 14 - [Weekend Getaway] |
Details : An escape to the country side doesn't immediately cure Jamie's blues but once it does she wants to stay in the country permanently make apples till soil and run a Chinese restaurant. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Parley Baer | Director : Linda Day | |
Air Date : Jan. 27, 1993 |
Episode 15 - [The Wedding Affair] |
Details : After unwittingly revealing a secret about a bride to her father on her wedding day Paul badgers Jamie into telling him one of hers and is soon sorry that he did. |
Guest Cast and Crew : John Pankow | Writer : Paul Reiser | Director : Linda Day | |
Air Date : Feb. 06, 1993 |
Episode 16 - [Love Among The Tiles] |
Details : What should a couple do when trapped in their bathroom on Valentine's Day? Paul and Jamie show the way--painting toenails giving mutual facials and using antacid tablets as food and more. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Gregory Paul Martin | Writer : Sally Lapiduss | Director : Linda Day | Writer : Pamela Eells | |
Air Date : Feb. 13, 1993 |
Episode 17 - [The Billionaire] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Steven Wright | Jerry Lewis | Writer : Sally Lapiduss | Director : Linda Day | Writer : Pamela Eells | |
Air Date : Feb. 20, 1993 |
Episode 18 - [The Man Who Said Hello] |
Details : Paul's father has his 15 minutes of fame following an incident with Regis Philbin that embarasses Paul. Events progress to a point where Paul is being viewed by the entire city as an over-reactive son. |
Guest Cast and Crew : John Pankow | Regis Philbin | Louis Zorich | Joy Philbin | Maria Pitillo | Writer : Danny Jacobson | Writer : Jeffrey Lane | Director : Linda Day | |
Air Date : Feb. 27, 1993 |
Episode 19 - [Swept Away] |
Details : 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Charles Shaughnessy | Director : Linda Day | |
Air Date : May. 01, 1993 |
Episode 20 - [The Spy Girl Who Loved Me] |
Details : Jamie's new client is a former TV star Diane Caldwell (guest star Barbara Feldon) idolized by Paul and Ira in their childhood. They quickly revert back to their old ways and compete for star attention. But Ira charmes Diane before Paul and gets to spend a night with Diane. But next day everything is about to change when Ira finds out the truth... |
Guest Cast and Crew : Barbara Feldon | John Pankow | Director : Barnet Kellman | Writer : Paul Reiser | |
Air Date : May. 08, 1993 |
Episode 21 - [The Painter] |
Details : Jamie hires an ex-boyfriend Sherman (guest star: Rick Rossovich) to paint the apartment and is a bit annoyed when Paul is not concerned by the prospect of her old flame being alone with her. When Paul comes home from his job he finds Sherman and Fran together in their bed having sex because Fran is stressed over her move-out from Mark's apartment. So Paul talks to Mark about their marriage. Jamie and Paul try to get them together back but they decide to get split. |
Guest Cast and Crew : John Pankow | Rick Rossovich | Director : Barnet Kellman | Writer : Danny Jacobson | Writer : Jeffrey Lane | |
Air Date : May. 15, 1993 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 22 - [Happy Anniversary] |
Details : At the Buchmans' first anniversary party love blossoms between Warren and Connie while Paul tries to turn back the clock. However there is no love between the now separated Fran and Mark. |
Guest Cast and Crew : John Pankow | Steven Wright | Director : Barnet Kellman | Writer : Sally Lapiduss | Writer : Pamela Eells | |
Air Date : May. 22, 1993 |