All Episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond
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Season 1
6.8/104 votesLoading...Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1996
Debra is sick and tired of having Raymond's parents and brother show up unannounced. With her birthday coming up, they try avoiding having them over.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Phil Rosenthal
6.8/105 votesLoading...I Love You
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1996
When newly-wed friends make a public display of their affection, Debra wonders why reticent Raymond has trouble saying those three little words.
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Rosenthal
6.8/104 votesLoading...I Wish I Were Gus
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1996
Even dead people love Raymond, as he is chosen to deliver the eulogy at his great uncle's funeral. It's an occasion that serves as a reunion for Ray's mother and her feuding sister, Alda.
Director: N/A
Writer: Steve Skrovan
7.8/104 votesLoading...Standard Deviation
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1996
For a criminal-psychology course, Robert issues standard IQ tests to Raymond and Debra, and boy, is Ray smarting when they get the results.
Director: Jeff Meyer
Writer: Steve Skrovan
7.5/104 votesLoading...Look Don't Touch
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1996
Nemo's niece, Angelina, takes employment at Nemo's restaurant as a waitress. When Angelina catches Ray's eye, he has a lot of explaining to do to his wife, especially after Angelina calls him at home.
Director: Paul Lazarus, Jeff Meyer
Writer: Tucker Cawley, Lew Schneider
6.8/104 votesLoading...Frank, the Writer
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1996
When Frank gets a few anecdotes published in Reader's Digest, he submits his writing samples to Ray's editor, hoping to get his own column in the newspaper.
Director: Paul Lazarus
Writer: Tucker Cawley, Kathy Ann Stumpe
7.2/104 votesLoading...Your Place or Mine?
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1996
Marie gets fed up with Frank after 40 years of marriage and moves in with Ray and Debra. Ray and Robert enjoy being mothered by Marie, while Debra spends quality time with Frank.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeremy Stevens
7.0/103 votesLoading...In-Laws
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1996
When Ray's upper class in-laws come for a visit, he begs his parents to be nice to them. Ray admits to his parents that he doesn't always see eye-to-eye with Debra's folks but manages to fake it, and he'd like his parents to do the same when they all go out and try to have a family dinner.
Director: Alan Kirschenbaum
Writer: Phil Rosenthal
6.8/104 votesLoading...Win, Lose or Draw
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/1996
Ray gets tired of being treated like a kid at his father's poker game, so he decides to ignore his father's advice and ends up losing all his money.
Director: Alan Kirschenbaum
Writer: Kathy Ann Stumpe
7.2/104 votesLoading...Turkey or Fish
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1996
Although Marie has always cooked the traditional turkey dinner for Thanksgiving, Debra decides it's her turn to prepare the holiday meal, but not wanting to compete with Marie's turkey, she chooses to serve fish.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Steve Skrovan, Lew Schneider
6.8/104 votesLoading...Captain Nemo
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1996
When Ray's free time goes to coaching Nemo's basketball team in preparation for the Pizza League championships, he is reminded by Debra that their kids are growing up fast and he's missing precious time with them.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Tucker Cawley
7.0/103 votesLoading...The Ball
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1996
Ray discovers that the autographed Mickey Mantle ball he got as a kid from his father isn't authentic. Feeling hurt by the fact that his father wasn't truthful about the ball, Ray decides he's going to tell Ally the truth about Santa Claus.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Stephen Nathan
7.0/104 votesLoading...Debra's Sick
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/3/1997
When Debra comes down with the flu and is bedridden, so now the inexperienced Raymond must take care of her and the three kids.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Bruce Kirschbaum
7.0/103 votesLoading...Who's Handsome?
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1997
Ray can't face the fact that everybody thinks that his brother Robert is "classically handsome," while they consider him "adorable like a hamster."
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/103 votesLoading...The Car
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1997
Debra, already annoyed at getting stuck driving the old car Ray bought from his parents, really gets upset when she discovers that it was his old "make-out-mobile."
Director: N/A
Writer: Lew Schneider
7.7/103 votesLoading...Diamonds
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1997
Ray finds out that the diamond on Debra's engagement ring is a fake, so he steals it from her to get it changed, only to find out after that she already had it exchanged it with her grandma's $15,000 diamond.
Director: Michael Lembeck, Jeff Meyer
Writer: Tucker Cawley
7.5/104 votesLoading...The Game
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1997
When Ray and his family play a game of Scruples after their cable goes out, they find themselves arguing about honesty. To make matters worse, when Ray complains to the cable company about the disruption in service, he is informed that he has an illegal hookup.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: Kathy Ann Stumpe
6.8/104 votesLoading...Recovering Pessimist
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1997
When Debra tries to change Ray's pessimistic attitude about winning the Sports Writer of the Year Award, he agrees to change his ways and become more positive, but he soon has to suffer the downside of being the only optimist in his family.
Director: Jeff Meyer
Writer: Steve Skrovan
7.0/103 votesLoading...The Dog
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/1997
Ray brings home a stray bulldog that reminds him of the dog he had to give up as a boy due to his allergies, but his brother Robert bonds with the dog and the siblings have to decide who gets to keep him.
Director: Rod Daniel
Writer: Bruce Kirschbaum
6.0/104 votesLoading...Neighbors
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/1997
The neighbourhood is up in arms over Ray's noisy dad and meddling mom, and the neighbours demand a meeting at Ray's and Debra's house.
Director: Jeff Meyer
Writer: Jeremy Stevens
7.7/103 votesLoading...Fascinatin' Debra
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/17/1997
A popular radio psychologist visits the Barone household to interview Debra for a book on the American family. But the doctor finds that the rest of the eccentric Barones are more captivating.
Director: Jeff Meyer
Writer: Tucker Cawley, Jeremy Stevens
7.7/103 votesLoading...Why Are We Here?
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/7/1997
In this flashback episode, Ray and Debra remember their days in their first apartment.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ray Romano