The Best Episodes Written By Ray Romano

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   8.8/10(5 votes)

   #1 - She's the One

   S7:E911/18/2002

   Robert think he has finally found "the one," and her name is Angela, an international-trade lawyer. She's bright, speaks four languages, and clearly likes Robert. The girl goes on to endear herself to Debra by complimenting her lemon chicken. Ray is also smitten with Angela, until he sees something disturbing during dinner.

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   8.5/10(4 votes)

   #2 - Bad Moon Rising

   S4:E225/8/2000

   When Ray witnesses Debra's hypersensitive mood and generally annoyed reaction to everything he says and does, he checks the calendar and realizes it's going to be a long couple of days ahead. In his desperate attempt for a "quick fix," he makes a bad situation worse by suggesting that a simple pill will help with his wife's insufferable mood swings.

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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Ray's Journal

   S5:E142/5/2001

   When Marie blurts out an embarrassing incident from Ray's past, he can't figure out how she came by that information. He is mortified when he realizes that she used to read the personal diary he kept as a teenager.

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   8.0/10(6 votes)

   #4 - The Wedding (2)

   S2:E255/18/1998

   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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   #5 - Debra's Workout

   S4:E811/15/1999

   Ray is bewildered, but not altogether displeased when Debra starts initiating sex on a more than regular basis. He can't believe his luck, he is even willing to give up his golf game to satiate Debra's newfound desires. But he can't leave well enough alone, and decides to look into the reason behind his wife's sudden burst of energy.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #6 - 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.

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   7.8/10(6 votes)

   #7 - How They Met

   S3:E265/24/1999

   Memories of how they first met flood back when Ray and Debra prepare Ally for her first play date with a boy.

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   7.8/10(5 votes)

   #8 - Why Are We Here?

   S1:E224/7/1997

   In this flashback episode, Ray and Debra remember their days in their first apartment.

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   7.8/10(5 votes)

   #9 - The Wedding (1)

   S2:E245/11/1998

   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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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #10 - The Bachelor Party

    S7:E235/12/2003

    Ray throws a lame bachelor party for Robert and is shamed by Debra, Marie, and Amy into throwing him a proper one at the lodge, which will also be attended by Amy's father and brother.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Talk to Your Daughter

    S6:E193/18/2002

    Ray has been arming himself with knowledge and has been preparing to speak with Ally about the facts of life only to find that Ally's interest has changed from where babies come from to the meaning of life.

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Ray Home Alone

    S3:E182/22/1999

    When Debra and the kids go away for the weekend, Ray is looking forward to a couple of days of bachelor living. But instead of enjoying himself, the night is turns into a harrowing experience, and Ray is forced to confront the real reason he doesn’t want to stay home alone.

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    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #14 - Mozart

    S2:E410/13/1997

    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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