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Dr. Wonderful

Episode Number: 96    Season Num: 5    First Aired: Tuesday September 17, 1996    Prod Code: 501
With Mark Devanow in Europe, a pregnant Jamie and Paul have to look around for a gynecologist, and Debbie tries to set them up with her girlfriend. Meanwhile, the elder Buchmans finally get to meet Debbie's "friend."

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Writer: Victor Levin, Larry Charles
Director: Michael Lembeck
Star: Helen Hunt (Jamie Stemple Buchman),  Maui (Murray the Dog),  John Pankow (Ira Buchman),  Anne Ramsay (Lisa Stemple),  Paul Reiser (Paul Buchman),  Leila Kenzle (Fran Devanow)
Recurring Role: Louis Zorich (Burt Buchman),  Robin Bartlett (Debbie Buchman),  Suzie Plakson (Joan Golfinos),  Cynthia Harris (Sylvia Buchman)
Guest Star: John O'Hurley (Dr. Von Derphal),  Victoria Hoffman (Ira's Girlfriend),  Jann Karem (Girl),  Norma Maldonaldo (Consuela)

Notes

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Beginning with this episode, "Mad About You" time slot moves to tuesdays at 08:00 p.m. (edit)
This episode marks the first appereance of a recurring character Joan Golfinos, Debbie's girlfriend, played by Suzie Plakson. (edit)
Leila Kenzle (Fran Devanow) and Anne Elizabeth Ramsay (Lisa Stemple) do not appear in this episode. (edit)

Quotes

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Jamie: All right, you guys, what should we drink to?
Joan: (to Debbie) To your family!
Debbie: My family.. Dysfunctional, judgemental, intolerant, oppressive, petty and small.
Paul: Yes, but we get everything when they die! (edit)
Debbie: So! Only 96 hours, 15 minutes and 12 seconds until Mom and Dad finally meet Joan.
Jamie: Relax. I'm sure the big news is that you've a girlfriend.
Paul: Now you've given them a face to attach to the sleepless nights spent crying...
Debbie: Thank you Paul. See how nice I am when you come out of the closet.
Paul: (uncertain, to Jamie) What does she mean by that? (edit)
Jamie: When your mom meets Joan, she'll be so mad, that she'll have to like me more. I'll move up from the bottom of the totem poll.
(opens door to see Paul's mother and Joan laughing and holding hands)
Paul: Bottom of the totem poll?
Jamie: Yeah. (edit)

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Jamie says that one of the ER characters is based on Dr. Von Derphal. (edit)

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