9.0/10902 votesLoading...#1 - She's the One
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2002
Robert think he has finally found "the one" or a girlfriend. The girl is Angela, an international-trade lawyer who seems too good to be true. She's bright, speaks four languages and clearly loves Robert. The girl goes on to endear herself to Debra by complimenting her lemon chicken. While Ray, is also initially smitten with Angela, he see's something disgusting: Angela eats a dead fly out of a napkin. After he tells Robert and Debra, the won't believe him.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: Phil Rosenthal, Ray Romano
8.8/10706 votesLoading...#2 - The Canister
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/9/2001
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 Marie that she was wrong and her mother-in-law was right all along.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Jennifer Crittenden, Mike Royce
8.8/10655 votesLoading...#3 - Lucky Suit
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/2002
Robert is ecstatic when he is recommended for an FBI job. That is, until it becomes apparent that Marie's intrusive ways may be his undoing. This time, she may have gone too far and Robert may not be able to forgive and forget.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Tucker Cawley
8.6/10631 votesLoading...#4 - The Angry Family
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2001
The Barones clash even more than usual in the sixth-season opener when they get a child's-eye view of all the bickering that goes on in the family. The fireworks begin when the whole gang attends an open house at first-grader Michael's school, during which the kids all read stories that they've written themselves. Most of the students tell tall tales that are obviously fictional. But then Michael gets up and reads the title to his story, ""The Angry Family."" The shocked Barones fear the worst---and for good reason---as Michael begins the saga of a clan that is constantly arguing.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Phil Rosenthal
8.6/10604 votesLoading...#5 - Baggage
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2003
Ray and Debra wind up in a two-week standoff over a suitcase. When Robert asks Ray if he can borrow a suitcase sitting on the stairway landing for his honeymoon, Ray explains he and Debra have been locked in an ""unspoken"" battle of wills since a weekend trip over who is responsible for putting the suitcase away. Although Robert thinks Ray and Debra are insane, Frank and Marie can easily relate and offer their own words of wisdom – with Frank counseling Ray and Marie advising Debra on how to resolve their marital differences.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tucker Cawley
8.5/10631 votesLoading...#6 - Debra Makes Something Good
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/2000
Debra throws the Barone family into turmoil when she finally creates a dish that everyone likes. Ray can't believe it when he samples Debra's braciole. Even though her past attempts at cooking seemed to have ruined his taste buds, it's simply delicious. But, when Marie gets wind of Debra's cooking prowess, and sees the effect that the braciole has on Ray, Robert and Frank, it's war!
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Kathy Ann Stumpe
8.5/10664 votesLoading...#7 - Marie's Sculpture
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2001
Ray and Debra are horrified when Marie presents them with an abstract sculpture she made in art class which bears a striking resemblance to a part of the female anatomy. Frank, on the other hand, is totally mesmerized by Marie's creation, though neither he nor Marie have picked up on it's erotic resemblance.
Director: Kenneth Shapiro
Writer: Jennifer Crittenden
8.5/10614 votesLoading...#8 - Robert's Wedding (1)
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/2003
Robert and Amy exchange vows in a classic Barone family wedding ceremony.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Phil Rosenthal
8.5/10626 votesLoading...#9 - Pat's Secret
Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 5/9/2005
Robert discovers Pat smoking and she pleads for him not to tell. Later, when Amy smells smoke on Robert, she thinks Robert smokes. Frank, Marie, Peter, Hank and Amy all think Robert smokes. Robert gets yelled at, and Pat doesn't tell the truth or back him up. The next day, Robert tells Raymond and Debra about Pat, and the family comes over. There is a bitter argument and then Ray and/or Debra yells out that Pat smokes. She confesses and tells the truth. There is another argument and Peter confesses something, then Hank, then Ray, then Debra. It ends with Frank and Marie telling them that they are weird and that they shouldn't do the stuff they are doing.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Tucker Cawley
8.4/10631 votesLoading...#10 - The Wallpaper
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2000
Ray finally tells Frank and Marie how he feels about their constant intrusiveness after Marie accidentally drives the car through the front of his house.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Lew Schneider
8.4/10622 votesLoading...#11 - Raybert
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2001
Robert meets a beautiful woman who is a big fan of Ray Barone's sports column. But when the woman mistakes Robert for Raymond, Robert doesn't set her straight. Now, Robert has to involve Ray in a complicated plot to keep the woman from learning Robert's true identity. Ray warns him that this could blow up in his face, but Robert keeps it up so he can get her to like him instead of Ray. As Ray expected, things go wrong when she shows up at Ray's house and she tells Debra, who she thought was dead, that she and Ray are dating.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Steve Skrovan
8.4/10574 votesLoading...#12 - The Bird
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/2003
Robert and Amy convince their families to spend Thanksgiving together. When the Barones arrive at the Pennsylvania home of Amy's parents, they find that their differing family traditions encourage lots of lively conversation. If only the MacDougals owned a television set! Things start to come together when the families separate into Pilgrims and Indians for the annual MacDougal Thanksgiving Family Pageant. All is well until a bird flies into the house and Pat McDougal decides to ""put it out of it's misery.""
Director: Kenneth Shapiro
Writer: Tucker Cawley, Mike Royce
8.4/10530 votesLoading...#13 - Boys' Therapy
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2004
The women pressure Ray and Frank to accompany Robert to one of his therapy sessions. Instead, they go out to the track, and then put on an act in front of the wives. However, even though they skip the therapy sessions, the three unwittingly get closer.
Director: Kenneth Shapiro
Writer: Phil Rosenthal
8.4/10771 votesLoading...#14 - Finale
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 5/16/2005
Ray fears getting his adenoids removed, but Debra convinces him to go through with the surgery. At the hospital, while Marie is in the bathroom, the nurse says that Ray isn't waking up from the anesthesia and everyone fears he may die. Fortunately, thirty seconds later, the doctor comes out and says he's just fine. Everyone agrees not to tell Ray or Marie about it; however, Frank ends up telling Marie who rushes over to smother Ray with kisses. Ray finds out about it and begins acting weird as if he thinks he really is going to die. After a couple minutes, he gets out of it. The show closes with the entire family sitting around the table eating and arguing, just like the Barones always have in the past nine years.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Tom Caltabiano, Steve Skrovan, Jerramy Stevens, Lew Schneider, Tucker Cawley, Phil Rosenthal, Leslie Caveny, Mike Royce, Aaron Shure, Ray Romano
8.3/10563 votesLoading...#15 - The Invasion
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1998
When Ray’s house is tented for termites, he moves his entire family into his parent’s house and gives Frank and Marie a taste of their own medicine. Marie’s initial excitement that “Raymond has come home!” quickly fades when the world’s greatest home intruders start to feel intruded upon. Sensing her in-laws’ growing frustration with the disturbance of their daily routine, Debra decides to have a little fun at their expense and “help them” like they always claim to be “helping her” — until she and Ray realize that once again, they just can’t win the game.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: N/A
8.3/10564 votesLoading...#16 - Robert Moves Back
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 5/17/1999
When Robert and Amy get caught alone by some of Robert’s fellow apartment tenants, they are desperate to find someplace, any place, where they can have some time to themselves. Ray comes to the rescue, at Debra’s urging, by allowing Robert to move into their basement for a while. But, when caught again, by someone even more intimidating – – the couple is mortified.
Director: Brian K. Roberts
Writer: Lew Schneider, Aaron Shure
8.3/10580 votesLoading...#17 - How They Met
Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 5/24/1999
Memories of how they first met flood back when Ray and Debra prepare Ally for her first play date with a little boy. The first time Ray and Debra laid eyes on each other; their first kiss; the first time Marie met her future daughter-in-law (and what she thought of her!); and the first time Ray sampled Debra’s cooking are all revealed. It’s a flashback episode as Ray and Debra reminisce about their fateful first meeting 15 years before.
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Rosenthal, Ray Romano
8.3/10630 votesLoading...#18 - Bad Moon Rising
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/2000
Ray's attempts to alleviate Debra's PMS moodiness only make her more irritable. When Ray witnesses Debra's hypersensitive mood and generally annoyed reaction to everything he says and does, he checks the calendar and realizes it's going to be a long couple of days ahead. In his desire to get a ""quick fix"" for Debra's womanly problems – thus making his life a heck of a lot easier – he turns a bad situation worse by suggesting that a simple pill will help with his wife's insufferable mood swings.
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Rosenthal, Ray Romano
8.3/10774 votesLoading...#19 - Italy (1)
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2000
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 their merry way and soak up the atmosphere, sights, smells and tastes of the city of love and try their best to ignore Ray. Meanwhile, Robert meets the girl of his dreams – she's stunningly beautiful, unbelievably sexy and works in a gelato shop.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Phil Rosenthal
8.3/10517 votesLoading...#20 - The Skit
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/2002
Thinking it would be hilarious to show the partygoers a typical day in the life of Frank and Marie, Ray and Debra do a dead-on impersonation of the two that brings down the house at the party. But, when Frank and Marie turn the tables and do a ""Ray and Debra"" imitation, Ray and Debra don't find it funny at all.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Lew Schneider
8.3/10517 votesLoading...#21 - The Plan
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 3/10/2003
Yet another bump appears on the rocky road to Robert and Amy's wedding, which was nearly blocked by her disapproving parents. When the bride-to-be (Monica Horan) puts her betrothed (Brad Garrett) in charge of writing the wedding invitation, he seeks input from Ray and Frank. While they can't believe Robert let himself get roped into such a chore, they nevertheless come up with a plan: If Robert makes a mess of the job, it will convince Amy that she should take care of all the wedding plans herself. So the groom drafts an appalling mock invite---complete with the wrong date and names---and waits for Amy's reply...which is worse than he ever expected.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Tucker Cawley
8.3/10520 votesLoading...#22 - Lateness
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2004
Fed up with his wife's constant lateness, Ray leaves Debra at home rather than take her to the ESPY Awards. While Debra seethes over Ray's actions, Marie and Amy get into a heated debate with Frank and Robert when they air their own grievances about their wives' blatant disregard for the time.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Steve Skrovan
8.3/10519 votesLoading...#23 - Favors
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 1/17/2005
Debra complains to Raymond about leaving things around the house. Later on, when Raymond receives a personal letter from his idol, Muhammad Ali, he remembers what Debra told him, so he puts it away in a drawer. Unfortunately, when Debra later looks for a coupon in the same drawer, she's so put off by how much 'junk' is in there, she indiscriminately dumps most of its contents into the trash - and then dumps the trash into a garbage truck just as it arrives. When Debra realizes her mistake, she goes to Marie, desperate for help. Marie takes the blame, but Debra soon finds out that Marie, as always, has ulterior motives.
Director: N/A
Writer: Aaron Shure
8.2/10595 votesLoading...#24 - The Letter
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1997
When Marie crashes and ruins her Tupperware party, Debra decides that she's had just about enough of her mother-in-law's constant interference. She takes pen to paper and writes a letter to her mother-in-law, telling her to stop intruding into her life. Horrified by the problems that this letter might trigger, Ray does everything in his power to intercept the offending document – but he fails. Surprisingly, the family discovers that honesty really may be the best policy.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Kathy Ann Stumpe
8.2/10618 votesLoading...#25 - Marie's Meatballs
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1998
When Raymond chooses his mother's spaghetti and meatballs over his wife's lemon chicken for dinner, Debra blows a gasket. With good intentions, Ray asks his mom to teach Debra how to make her world-famous dish. Although Marie and Debra have fun in the kitchen, the meatballs lead Marie to believe that it's only her cooking that keeps Ray coming by.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond
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Ray Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter Ally, and twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. That's the good...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"She's the One" is the best rated episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond". It scored 9/10 based on 902 votes. Directed by John Fortenberry and written by Phil Rosenthal, Ray Romano, it aired on 11/18/2002. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Canister".