The Best Episodes Written By Ellen Sandler

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(8 votes)

   #1 - The Invasion

   S3:E19/21/1998

   When Ray's house is tented for termites, he and his family moves 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.

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   8.3/10(7 votes)

   #2 - No Fat

   S3:E1011/23/1998

   Since Debra's parents will be out of the country on Thanksgiving Day, she, Ray, and the kids make plans to spend the holiday at Frank and Marie's house. But their dreams of turkey with sausage stuffing and yams with marshmallows on top are quickly shattered by Marie's new heart-healthy diet.

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   8.0/10(5 votes)

   #3 - Mia Famiglia

   S2:E141/12/1998

   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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   7.6/10(7 votes)

   #4 - The Gift

   S2:E911/17/1997

   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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   7.5/10(6 votes)

   #5 - Working Late Again

   S2:E711/3/1997

   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.

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   7.2/10(5 votes)

   #6 - You Bet

   S4:E310/4/1999

   After Frank stops by Ray and Debra's house to borrow some ointment for his thighs, he becomes unusually interested in spending time with Ray. Initially, Ray finds it weird and is concerned that his father has suffered a physical trauma to the head, but after two of Frank's friends from the lodge stop by, all becomes clear.

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   #7 - The Garage Sale

   S2:E235/4/1998

   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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