Everybody Loves Raymond

When Marie surprises the family with the news that she's treating them all to a two-week vacation in Rome, everybody loves the idea -- except Raymond. It's virtually impossible not to enjoy oneself in a country as beautiful as Italy; but, if anyone can manage it, Raymond can. Not willing to let his sour mood spoil it for the rest of the family, Debra, Frank, Marie, Robert and the kids go on the...

When Marie surprises the family with the news that she's treating them all to a two-week vacation in Rome, everybody loves the idea -- except Raymond. It's virtually impossible not to enjoy oneself in a country as beautiful as Italy; but, if anyone can manage it, Raymond can. Not willing to let his sour mood spoil it for the rest of the family, Debra, Frank, Marie, Robert and the kids go on the...

Ray finally reaches the breaking point with his parents and kicks them out of his house. Ray and Debra lose their cool when Frank and Marie pull the ultimate unannounced visit to their home. Their untimely appearance sets off a series of events that becomes the "straw that broke the camel's back" with respect to Ray's relationship with his parents. Meanwhile, Debra tries her best to play peacem...

Robert finds himself in the most unlikely position of having to choose one of three women - girlfriend Amy, ex-wife Joanne or Italian bombshell Stefania - to share the future with him. Robert decides that "honesty is the best policy" when it comes to his relationship with Amy, so he foolishly tells her about his recent reunion with ex-wife Joanne. To make matters worse, when Amy runs to Debra f...

Ray inadvertently commits "petslaughter" on Ally's hamster while Debra and the kids are away for the weekend. When Ray breaks the difficult news to Ally about "Pumpernickel's" untimely demise, Debra insists that they give the beloved pet a proper burial - complete with eulogies -- to help the youngster get through the grieving process. What Ray at first thought was an utterly ridiculous way to ...

The competition for attention between Ray and Robert reaches an all-time high with the brothers ending up in a fight. Ray's dreams of authoring a sports book get squashed when the publishing company takes a pass on it, just as Robert receives the good news that he is being promoted to lieutenant. The Barone family doesn't quite know how to react to this most bizarre of situations in which Ray h...

Ray is mortified when he meets a girl whom he dated 25 years earlier and believes he treated with disrespect. Meeting Elizabeth again, Ray, wracked with guilt because he feels he didn't behave properly on their high school date, is determined to apologize. However, when he finds out the real reason Elizabeth went out with him that night long ago, he regrets ever bringing up the past. Meanwhile,...

All hell breaks loose when Robert starts dating a girl half his age. While Frank and Ray are fawning over Erica, Robert's latest conquest, Marie and Debra are fuming over how ridiculous the whole situation makes Robert look. Marie can't stand how silly Frank is being with his non-stop flirting and Debra is taking her frustrations out on Ray because, as much as she doesn't want to admit it, she,...

While celebrating Thanksgiving, Debra discovers that her seemingly contented parents are really not very happy with each other. When Ray accidentally overhears his in-laws going at it with each other, he relays the news to Debra...who has always believed her parents' relationship to be a lot healthier than Frank and Marie's. But, when things come to a head at the Thanksgiving table, it's appare...

Ray fears that he is going to come down with something dreadful after someone sneezes on him. When Marie hears that Ray is under the weather, she doesn't waste any time in coddling her younger son with homemade chicken soup, special treats and intense TLC. He laps up every second of it, much to Debra's disgust. Sometimes when you're sick, all you want is your mommy.

Ray buys Debra an elaborate Christmas gift in the hopes that she will be so impressed, she will let him go on a weekend golf trip with his buddies. Ray believes he has the whole scenario worked out -- give Debra a better gift than she is getting him -- and soon he'll be teeing off on a new course that he's been dying to play. However, he doesn't figure on the even more extravagant gift that Deb...

Ray questions his manliness when everyone agrees that he's useless in an emergency situation. When Debra starts choking on a piece of food, she turns to Ray for help...only to discover that he can't be counted on when it really matters. And, Debra's not the only one who feels that way, much to Ray's dismay. Not wanting to be considered a "softie," Ray attempts to turn Debra's opinion of him aro...

Ray's exhilaration over being sent to cover the Super Bowl for his newspaper is overshadowed by the fact that he must choose who will accompany him to the game. When Ray arrives at the hotel and realizes that all of the other reporters have brought their wives along, he knows he has made a huge mistake in not bringing Debra with him. He attempts to rectify the situation by flying her in, but th...

Ray is mortified when he realizes that Marie used to read the personal journal he kept as a teenager. When Marie blurts out an embarrassing incident from Ray's past, he can't figure out how she could have possibly known that information. That is, until he discovers that she must have broken the secret code he used when writing in his journal. And in the process, his mother has learned about his...

Debra is upset when she realizes during a Valentine's Day dinner with Ray, that they no longer have anything to say to one another. Not willing to accept the fact that they have run out of topics of conversation, Debra suggests that they get involved in one another's hobbies so they'll have something in common. Debra agrees to watch a basketball game with Ray, while he promises to read a book s...

Ray is upset when he discovers that his twins, Michael and Geoffrey, are playing fairies in the school play. At first he defends the boys against Frank's sarcastic comments about the situation. But when Ray later learns that the boys actually chose to play fairies, despite the fact they were offered other parts, his reaction reveals that he's not all that different from his own father when it c...

Robert gets a surprise visit from Stefania, the woman with whom he fell head over heels in love when the Barones vacationed in Italy. Robert's excitement over having his beloved, and stunningly gorgeous, Stefania so close quickly gives way to annoyance when he is witness to a few of her idiosyncrasies. After spending some quality time with the Italian beauty, sans gelato and gondolas, Robert ha...

Ray purchases a new state-of-the-art vacuum cleaner from an attractive door to door saleswoman and it ignites a housekeeping war between Marie and Debra. Debra is as taken with the new vacuum as Ray once she witnesses all of the wonderful things it can do. That is, until she learns why the saleswoman showed up at their door in the first place. Determined to prove to Marie that she's is just as ...

Tempers flare when Marie accuses Debra of not returning a borrowed canister that holds sentimental value and Debra insists that she has already given it back. Debra is then horrified when she discovers that she does indeed still have the canister in her possession. With Ray and Robert's reluctant assistance, she concocts an elaborate scheme to get rid of the evidence, rather than confess to Mar...

Debra becomes angry when Ray contributes $1,000 to his friends' harebrained scheme to open a go-cart business without first consulting her. When Ray later retaliates by saying that the money is his to do with as he pleases, since he earns the paycheck, Debra is further infuriated. Later Ray discovers that Debra kept him in the dark regarding an old money transaction that she had with Marie. It ...

Marie gathers Robert's ex-girlfriends Amy and Stefania and his female police partner, Judy, together so they can dissect his character in an effort to help her better understand why her eldest son can't commit to a relationship. Unfortunately, Robert unexpectedly drops in and is forced by his mother to listen to his character being assassinated by the women as they discuss his relationship hang...

When Ray realizes that his kids would rather spend time with their Uncle Robert than with him, he decides to do something about the situation. When Robert makes the observation that, as a parent, Ray finds it boring to be around his kids, Debra couldn't agree more. She then suggests that Ray follow Robert's example and to try to have more fun with his children. But, when her own parenting skill...

Although Debra has been aware that her parents have been having problems, she is devastated to learn that they are planning to separate after 40 years of marriage. Debra, who had always looked to her parents as a perfect example of what a solid marriage is like, now worries that if this can happen to them, how strong is her own marriage? Meanwhile, when Marie hears the news, she's sympathetic, ...

Frank offers to paint Ray and Debra's house, but refuses to paint it the color they have chosen. Frank's need to be "the boss" of every situation becomes too much for Ray to bear. So, he takes matters into his own hands and relieves Frank of his duties as house painter. Marie then reveals some information about Frank's past that convinces Ray to reconcile with his dad and to allow him to finish...