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The Best Episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2

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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. Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, and brother, Robert, live directly across the

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 1 - Ray's on TV
    7.6/10(657 votes)

    #1 - Ray's on TV

    S2:E1

    Ray is devastated when he discovers his family lied to him about his television debut on a sports talk show. When he gets a second chance to appear on the same show, his family decides it's time they gave him some pointers on how to correct his awkwardness with certain words.

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  2. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 2 - Father Knows Least
    7.3/10(597 votes)

    #2 - Father Knows Least

    S2:E2

    When Marie and Frank's stubbornness goes to far, Ray gets to use the "active technique" he and Debra learned in parenting class on his parents.

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  3. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 3 - Brother
    7.6/10(579 votes)

    #3 - Brother

    S2:E3

    At the urging of his parents and Debra, Raymond reluctantly takes Robert for a night out on the anniversary of his brother's divorce.

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  4. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 4 - Mozart
    7.4/10(601 votes)

    #4 - Mozart

    S2:E4

    When Ally wants to quit learning the piano, Ray decides to resume his interest in the piano in order to teach his daughter a lesson about quitting.

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  5. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 5 - Golf
    7.4/10(588 votes)

    #5 - Golf

    S2:E5

    Ray suffers an anxiety attack while playing golf, after he tricked Debra into letting him go. Believing that he is sick, Ray goes to see a doctor who tells him that he is properly suffering from stress and that he needs to find a way to relax, such as playing more golf.

    Director:Unknown

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  6. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 6 - Anniversary
    7.7/10(604 votes)

    #6 - Anniversary

    S2:E6

    At a big surprise party for Frank and Marie's 40th. wedding anniversary, Ray is shocked to learn that his parents were once separated for a year and that they might have gotten divorced, if Frank hadn't returned because Ray broke his arm.

    Director:Unknown

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  8. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 7 - Working Late Again
    7.4/10(561 votes)

    #7 - Working Late Again

    S2:E7

    After Debra reads a newspaper article about people who enjoy being at work more than being at home, she convinces Ray to set up a home office.

    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 8 - The Children's Book
    6.9/10(569 votes)

    #8 - The Children's Book

    S2:E8

    Sick of reading Ally the same stories night after night, Debra decides to try her hand at writing a children's book.

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  10. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 9 - The Gift
    7.6/10(592 votes)

    #9 - The Gift

    S2:E9

    Ray, feeling guilty about only getting his dad a card for his 65th. birthday, makes up for it by buying him a fancy and expensive aquarium just like the one he always admired in the Chinese restaurant. Frank, at first adores the gift, but after one of the fish dies, he starts hating it.

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  11. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 10 - High School
    7.4/10(691 votes)

    #10 - High School

    S2:E10

    Ray makes a startling discovery when he takes Debra to his 20th. high school reunion. It turns out that Debra's "one of them," them being the cool people who hated him and used to push him into the girls' bathroom.

    Director:Jeff Meyer

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  12. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 11 - The Letter
    8.2/10(659 votes)

    #11 - The Letter

    S2:E11

    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 puts pen to paper and writes a letter to her mother-in-law.

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  13. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 12 - All I Want for Christmas
    7.8/10(606 votes)

    #12 - All I Want for Christmas

    S2:E12

    All Ray wants for Christmas is a little loving from his wife and he's willing to try anything to have his holiday wish come true.

    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 13 - Civil War
    7.2/10(567 votes)

    #13 - Civil War

    S2:E13

    Feeling left out when he thinks that his father selectively asked his brother to join a Civil War re-enactment, Ray voluntarily enlists for the Battle of Gettysburg. As the men prepare for Battle, a funny thing happens, Ray is finally able to tell Frank that he wishes they did more together.

    Director:Jeff Meyer

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  15. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 14 - Mia Famiglia
    7.8/10(637 votes)

    #14 - Mia Famiglia

    S2:E14

    When Ally has to do a school project on genealogy and interview her oldest living relative, Ray helps her track down his father Frank's long-lost Aunt Sarina in Italy, and they decide to write her a letter. Things get interesting when Aunt Sarina takes the letter and the "stop by if you if you're ever in America" literally.

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  16. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 15 - Marie's Meatballs
    8.2/10(682 votes)

    #15 - Marie's Meatballs

    S2:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 16 - The Checkbook
    8.0/10(632 votes)

    #16 - The Checkbook

    S2:E16

    When Raymond takes over the family chequebook to prove to Debra how "easy it can be," he discovers he is no accountant after quickly running out of money and cheques start to bounce.

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  18. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 17 - The Ride-Along
    8.2/10(654 votes)

    #17 - The Ride-Along

    S2:E17

    Raymond decides to accompany his brother Robert, who is a policeman, on a ride-along. Initially, spending night shift in the back of Robert's patrol car bores Raymond, but his boredom quickly turns to terror during a chance visit to Nemo's restaurant.

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  19. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 18 - The Family Bed
    7.5/10(544 votes)

    #18 - The Family Bed

    S2:E18

    The scary monsters in her room send Ally scurrying nightly to the safety of her parents' bed, so sleep-deprived Ray decides it's time to call in an expert.

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  20. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 19 - Good Girls
    8.2/10(651 votes)

    #19 - Good Girls

    S2:E19

    Debra discovers that her mother-in-law, Marie, likes Robert's girlfriend, Amy, better than than her, because Amy is a "good girl."

    Director:Unknown

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  21. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 20 - T-Ball
    7.7/10(613 votes)

    #20 - T-Ball

    S2:E20

    Debra brings pretzels to Ally's T-ball game, and when the person in charge of snacks tells her that pretzels aren't on the approved list, Ray doesn't stand up for her, prominently displaying his fear of being disliked by anyone.

    Director:Jeff Melman

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  22. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 21 - Traffic School
    8.0/10(641 votes)

    #21 - Traffic School

    S2:E21

    Robert proves to be a crashing bore when it comes to teaching traffic school, so he decides to practice his presentation on the Barone family, which drives them crazy. In an attempt to lighten things up, he puts in an assist-officer call to Traffic Cop Timmy, a puppet dressed as a policeman.

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  23. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 22 - Six Feet Under
    7.4/10(545 votes)

    #22 - Six Feet Under

    S2:E22

    When six-foot-tall Raymond discovers that he's shrunk a quarter of an inch, the resultant midlife crisis grows until it turns into an end-of-life crisis. So, before he gets put six feet under, he decides to make a list of his dreams and goals in life.

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  24. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 23 - The Garage Sale
    7.4/10(554 votes)

    #23 - The Garage Sale

    S2:E23

    As the entire family prepares for Honest Frank's Yard of Bargains, Ray is surprised to see Debra unloading their cribs and baby clothing for the sale, and even more surprised to hear that she assumed they were done having children.

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  25. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 24 - The Wedding (1)
    7.7/10(579 votes)

    #24 - The Wedding (1)

    S2:E24

    After Ray asks Debra why she ever married him, they take a walk back in time to the very beginning of it all. Ray is very nervous, he's about to propose to his lovely girlfriend Debra, and nothing is going right. When he finally pops the big question, she accepts, the families celebrates, and all is well, for about five minutes.

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  26. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 25 - The Wedding (2)
    8.0/10(603 votes)

    #25 - The Wedding (2)

    S2:E25

    While the Barones prepare for a friend's wedding, Ray kiddingly asks Debra, "Why did you marry me?" When she hesitates, he flashes back to the not-so-magical night 10 years prior, when he popped the big question.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Ray's on TV" is the best rated episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" season 2. It scored 7.6/10 based on 657 votes. Directed by Michael Lessac and written by Tucker Cawley, it aired on 9/22/1997. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Father Knows Least".