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The Best Episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond Season 8

Every episode of Everybody Loves Raymond Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond Season 8!

The Best Episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond Season 8

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...

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  1. 8.4/10(591 votes)

    #1 - The Bird

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    S8:E9

    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.

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  2. 8.3/10(533 votes)

    #2 - Lateness

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    S8:E14

    Fed up with his wife's constant lateness, Ray leaves Debra at home rather than take her to the ESPY Awards. While Debra is seething 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.

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    Director:Jerry Zaks
  3. 8.1/10(515 votes)

    #3 - Thank You Notes

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    S8:E2

    Marie instantly tries to get the upper hand in her relationship with her new daughter-in-law when Amy and Robert return from their honeymoon, but Debra steps in, determined to stop Marie's meddling once and for all.

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  4. 8.1/10(497 votes)

    #4 - Liars

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    S8:E7

    Ray and Debra get caught up in telling lies in order to cover up previous lies. When the lies snowball out of control, Marie picks up the scent and traces everything back to the initial lie.

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  5. 8.1/10(508 votes)

    #5 - The Model

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    S8:E21

    Robert has been discovered. While he and Amy are out buying Chinese food, a modelling agent gives Robert his card. Robert and Amy tells everyone about the modelling opportunity and Robert later goes to the agency for his first profile shoot. Ray, who really wants to meet the models, especially the Swedish kind, accompanies Robert to the agency, but when they get there, everything has mysteriously disappeared.

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  6. 8.0/10(514 votes)

    #6 - Crazy Chin

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    S8:E18

    Amy's parents put Robert on the defensive when they point out his compulsive habit of touching food to his chin before he eats it.

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    Director:N/A
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  8. 8.0/10(477 votes)

    #7 - Blabbermouths

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    S8:E20

    When Robert informs Ray that Amy filled him in on some juicy gossip about him, Ray decides to get even with Debra by sharing some nasty secrets of his own.

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  9. 8.0/10(485 votes)

    #8 - Golf For It

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    S8:E23

    Robert and Ray end up with the mother of all guilt trips when they decide not to help their mother with a home project. The reason they skip out is so that they can land a prime spot on the golf course, by waiting in line in their car all night.

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  10. 7.8/10(485 votes)

    #9 - The Nice Talk

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    S8:E19

    When the MacDougals are invited to spend Easter with the Barones, the two families attempt to bond over a 500-piece puzzle. While everyone else gets frustrated with the puzzle, Ray and Pat continue working on it until the wee hours of the night while sharing stories about themselves and their families.

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  11. 7.7/10(476 votes)

    #10 - Misery Loves Company

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    S8:E4

    Debra and Ray are annoyed at the over-the-top affection Robert and Amy are expressing towards each other. In fact, Robert feels compelled to give Ray marriage advice and Amy does the same with Debra at the newly-wed couple's three months anniversary dinner.

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  12. 7.7/10(483 votes)

    #11 - Jazz Records

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    S8:E10

    When the kids ruin Ray's dictionary, Frank shares the story of how Ray ruined his priced jazz collection. After trying to make amends for his childhood mistake, Ray discovers that he may not have been the culprit.

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  13. 7.7/10(444 votes)

    #12 - The Ingrate

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    S8:E17

    Debra is hurt when Ray receives an honorary doctorate and thanks everyone except her in his acceptance speech.

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  14. 7.6/10(463 votes)

    #13 - The Mentor

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    S8:E22

    A young man named Sam Gilula arrives at Frank and Marie's and everyone is surprised, when he and Frank fondly embrace. Sam explains to Ray and Robert that Frank had been an inspiration and a mentor to him when he was a young lad. The two are understandably in disbelief.

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  15. 7.5/10(470 votes)

    #14 - Peter on the Couch

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    S8:E6

    After Amy invites her brother Peter to stay for dinner, he makes himself at home on the couch and never leaves.

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  16. 7.5/10(456 votes)

    #15 - Debra at the Lodge

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    S8:E11

    When Debra accepts a position at Frank's lodge to help plan a member recruitment party, Ray begins to resent how much time she is spending away from home.

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  17. 7.5/10(430 votes)

    #16 - Slave

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    S8:E12

    After inadvertently leaving the twins home alone, Ray and Debra are impressed with Ally when she steps up and takes care of the twins until they return.

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    Director:Jerry Zaks
  18. 7.5/10(459 votes)

    #17 - Party Dress

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    S8:E15

    Ray and Debra disagree over whether they should purchase an expensive dress for Ally to wear to a friend Molly's formal 13th. birthday party. Especially since Molly's mom is the woman that Ray loves to hate, Peggy.

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  19. 7.5/10(437 votes)

    #18 - Security

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    S8:E16

    Robert reveals that he has taken a second job selling home security systems, and that he has been asked to join the security firm full-time. But of course, this would mean retiring from the police force early.

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  20. 7.4/10(429 votes)

    #19 - Home From School

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    S8:E3

    When Michael stays home from school two days in a row, Ray suspects that he simply hasn't done his homework, but the rest of the family have their own explanation for Michael's sudden aversion to school.

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  21. 7.4/10(402 votes)

    #20 - Whose Side Are You On?

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    S8:E13

    After realizing that Debra places bets with the kids on his questionable behavioural traits, Ray is insulted that his own children thinks he's a "doof."

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  22. 7.3/10(432 votes)

    #21 - Fun with Debra

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    S8:E1

    Debra talks Ray into letting her join him on the golf course, after she once again realizes that they don't have fun together anymore.

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  23. 7.2/10(428 votes)

    #22 - The Surprise Party

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    S8:E8

    After Debra's mother suggests throwing Debra an old-fashioned English tea party, Ray reluctantly agrees after she promises to do all the work. When Debra realizes Ray is planning something for her birthday, she suggests changing the theme to a Chinese banquet.

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    Director:Jerry Zaks
  24. 7.1/10(438 votes)

    #23 - The Contractor

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    S8:E5

    Debra persuades Ray to hire Gianni to do some remodelling in their kitchen, but they both soon regret it due to their friend's laziness.

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    Writer:Mike Royce

Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Bird" is the best rated episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" season 8. It scored 8.4/10 based on 591 votes. Directed by Kenneth Shapiro and written by Tucker Cawley, Mike Royce, it aired on 11/24/2003. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Lateness".