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It has been five months since the wedding of Paul and Jamie Buchman (Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt) -- and five whole days since Paul and Jamie have been alone long enough to do what married couples do in privacy. Their plans to spend an evening by themselves lead to a hilarious misunderstanding when each assumes the other has canceled a dinner engagement. This premiere episode of Mad About You serves to introduce not only the Buchmans, but also their friends Mark and Fran Devanow (Richard Kind, Leila Kenzle), Lisa Stemple (Anne Ramsay), and Jay Selby (Tommy Hinkley) -- not to mention Murray the dog.