The Best Episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond Season 9

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(705 votes)

   #1 - Pat's Secret

   S9:E155/9/2005

   Robert discovers Pat smoking and she pleads for him not to tell anyone. When Amy later smells smoke on Robert, she tells everyone that he has been smoking. When Pat doesn't tell the truth, Robert ends up being yelled at. The next day, he tells Ray and Debra the truth, but it doesn't take long for the two to blurt out the secret in front of everyone, which leads to many more secrets being revealed.

   Director:Gary Halvorson

   Writer:Tucker Cawley

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   Director:Gary Halvorson

   Writer:Tucker Cawley
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   8.4/10(624 votes)

   #2 - Boys' Therapy

   S9:E611/15/2004

   The women pressure Ray and Frank to accompany Robert to one of his therapy sessions. Instead, the three of them go to the track. However, even though they skip the therapy sessions, the three unwittingly get closer.

   Director:Kenneth Shapiro

   Writer:Phil Rosenthal

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   Director:Kenneth Shapiro

   Writer:Phil Rosenthal
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   8.4/10(871 votes)

   #3 - The Finale

   S9:E165/16/2005

   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, and everyone else in the waiting room, the nurse comes out and tells Debra that Ray isn't waking up from the anaesthesia.

   Director:Gary Halvorson

   Writers:Tucker Cawley, Steve Skrovan, Mike Royce, Lew Schneider, Ray Romano, Tom Caltabiano, Jeremy Stevens, Aaron Shure, Leslie Caveny, Phil Rosenthal

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   Director:Gary Halvorson

   Writers:Tucker Cawley, Steve Skrovan, Mike Royce, Lew Schneider, Ray Romano, Tom Caltabiano, Jeremy Stevens, Aaron Shure, Leslie Caveny, Phil Rosenthal
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   8.3/10(603 votes)

   #4 - Favors

   S9:E101/17/2005

   Debra wants Ray to clean up after himself and not leave things around the house, Ray wants Debra to stop moving his things. So when Robert stop by with a gift for Raymond, a letter from his idol, Mohammed Ali, Ray makes a point of putting the letter in the kitchen drawer. Unfortunately, when Debra later goes looking for a coupon in that same drawer, she finds it a mess and decides to dump its content in the trash.

   Director:Gary Halvorson

   Writer:Aaron Shure

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   Director:Gary Halvorson

   Writer:Aaron Shure
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   8.2/10(628 votes)

   #5 - The Home

   S9:E19/20/2004

   Upon returning from visiting friends at a retirement community in New Jersey, Frank and Marie tell the family that they plan on moving there. Not unsurprisingly, everyone is overjoyed hearing the news.

   Director:Kenneth Shapiro

   Writers:Tucker Cawley, Jeremy Stevens

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   Director:Kenneth Shapiro

   Writers:Tucker Cawley, Jeremy Stevens
6. 

   8.2/10(617 votes)

   #6 - Not So Fast

   S9:E29/27/2004

   When Ray and Debra visit Frank and Marie's condo in the retirement community, they learn that they are going to be kicked out due to a number of complains from the other residents.

   Director:Gary Halvorson

   Writers:Phil Rosenthal, Mike Royce

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   Director:Gary Halvorson

   Writers:Phil Rosenthal, Mike Royce
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7. 

   8.2/10(615 votes)

   #7 - P.T. & A

   S9:E410/11/2004

   Ray is elected to tell Debra that members of the P.T.A. have problems with the way she dresses.

   Director:Kenneth Shapiro

   Writer:Tom Caltabiano

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   Director:Kenneth Shapiro

   Writer:Tom Caltabiano
8. 

   8.2/10(615 votes)

   #8 - The Power of No

   S9:E145/2/2005

   Ray's latest manipulative plan involves constantly turning down Debra in the bedroom.

   Director:Andy Ackerman

   Writers:Tucker Cawley, Aaron Shure

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   Director:Andy Ackerman

   Writers:Tucker Cawley, Aaron Shure
9. 

   7.9/10(546 votes)

   #9 - Tasteless Frank

   S9:E122/14/2005

   Marie is astounded when Franks puts salt on her homemade lasagna, leading her to believe that she's lost her touch in the kitchen. However, Ray and Robert discover that the problem is Frank, who has lost his sense of taste.

   Director:Gary Halvorson

   Writers:Steve Skrovan, Leslie Caveny

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   Director:Gary Halvorson

   Writers:Steve Skrovan, Leslie Caveny
10. 

    7.8/10(575 votes)

    #10 - Angry Sex

    S9:E310/4/2004

    When Debra and Marie have a big fight, Ray is worried that Debra's anger will cause her to forget about their sex date that night. But rather than forgetting, the opposite happens when that anger is making the sex even better. Ray really enjoys the angry sex, so he starts doing things which makes Debra angry on purpose.

    Director:Kenneth Shapiro

    Writers:Mike Scully, Lew Schneider, Ray Romano

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    Director:Kenneth Shapiro

    Writers:Mike Scully, Lew Schneider, Ray Romano
11. 

    7.8/10(533 votes)

    #11 - Debra's Parents

    S9:E711/22/2004

    Debra invites her divorced parents to the family Thanksgiving. When Ray walks in on the two having sex, he is traumatised and tells Debra about it. She assumes happily that her parents are getting back together.

    Director:Gary Halvorson

    Writer:Leslie Caveny

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    Director:Gary Halvorson

    Writer:Leslie Caveny
12. 

    7.8/10(539 votes)

    #12 - A Job for Robert

    S9:E811/29/2004

    Ray gets jealous when Marie starts treating Robert better than him, and when he finds out that Marie gave Robert a gift basket, he deduces that Marie is just manipulating Robert and Amy into getting her grandchildren.

    Director:Gary Halvorson

    Writer:Steven James Meyer

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    Director:Gary Halvorson

    Writer:Steven James Meyer
13. 

    7.6/10(572 votes)

    #13 - A Date for Peter

    S9:E91/3/2005

    Amy's parents ask Ray to give their son some advise on dating. Debra likes the idea of helping Peter finding a girlfriend and throws a cocktail party, inviting some single women to meet him, but Ray isn't thrilled with the guest list.

    Director:Brian K. Roberts

    Writer:Mike Royce

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    Director:Brian K. Roberts

    Writer:Mike Royce
14. 

    7.6/10(615 votes)

    #14 - The Faux Pas

    S9:E112/7/2005

    The twins' new friend has a janitor for a father. When Ray accidentally says a bad joke in front of the father he tries to cheer him up, but keeps making things worse.

    Director:Gary Halvorson

    Writer:Lew Schneider

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    Director:Gary Halvorson

    Writer:Lew Schneider
15. 

    7.4/10(497 votes)

    #15 - Sister-in-Law

    S9:E134/18/2005

    After Amy spends an hour chatting with Ray while he is trying to watch the basketball game, he tells Robert that she talks to much, which of course, Robert repeats to Amy, leading to a confrontation between Ray and "Lady Chatterly."

    Director:Gary Halvorson

    Writers:Tucker Cawley, Mike Royce, Tim Peach, Frank Pines

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    Director:Gary Halvorson

    Writers:Tucker Cawley, Mike Royce, Tim Peach, Frank Pines
16. 

    7.2/10(521 votes)

    #16 - Ally's F

    S9:E510/18/2004

    After Ally comes home with an F on her report card, Debra feels she is not paying enough attention. Ray, however, feels it might be the teacher.

    Director:Kenneth Shapiro

    Writer:Steve Skrovan

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    Director:Kenneth Shapiro

    Writer:Steve Skrovan