The BEST episodes written by Tom Caltabiano

Finale
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8.47
317 votes

#1 - Finale

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 9 - Episode 16

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, the nurse says that Ray isn't waking up from the anesthesia and everyone fears he may die. Fortunately, thirty seconds later, the doctor comes out and says he's just fine. Everyone agrees not to tell Ray or Marie about it; however, Frank ends up telling Marie who rushes over to smother Ray with kisses. Ray finds out about it and begins acting weird as if he thinks he really is going to die. After a couple minutes, he gets out of it. The show closes with the entire family sitting around the table eating and arguing, just like the Barones always have in the past nine years.

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The Lone Barone
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8.38
398 votes

#2 - The Lone Barone

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 3 - Episode 9

When Robert and Amy break up Raymond is blamed by everyone because of some bad things he told Robert about marriage.

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Ray Home Alone
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8.24
455 votes

#3 - Ray Home Alone

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 3 - Episode 18

Debra brings the kids to her parent's house and Ray stays home alone. Ray can't sleep because he's scared so he goes to Robert's but Robert's fine. So Ray goes to his parent's house where he finds Robert scared too. The two reminisce about how Frank used to scare them as children.

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Crazy Chin
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8.19
261 votes

#4 - Crazy Chin

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 8 - Episode 18

Amy's parents put Robert on the defensive when they point out his strange habit of touching food to his chin before he eats it. When Amy confides in Debra, who tells her that Robert's strange behavior could be psychological, she devises a plan to break him of his chin habit for good.

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Debra's Workout
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8.16
373 votes

#5 - Debra's Workout

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 4 - Episode 8

Ray is bewildered, but not altogether displeased when Debra starts initiating sex on a more than regular basis. He can't believe his luck - and good fortune when as a result of Debra's new behavior it's as if he and she were newlyweds again. Ray is even willing to give up his golf game to satiate Debra's desires. But, never able to leave well enough alone, Ray looks for a reason behind her sudden burst of energy and gets a crushing blow to his ego.

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The First Time (3)
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8.15
343 votes

#6 - The First Time (3)

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 6 - Episode 24

After Marie has Frank return an anniversary gift Ray and Debra gave them Ray and Debra reminisce about the first time they slept together. Debra then decides to go apologize to Marie but Marie refuses to accept her apology when she learns that Debra lied to her in front of a priest.

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Six Feet Under
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8.09
361 votes

#7 - Six Feet Under

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 2 - Episode 22

When six-foot-tall Raymond discovers that he's shrunk a quarter of an inch, the resultant midlife crisis grows until it stretches 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. But when Debra finds him writing his "Things To Do Before I Die" list, she decides to show her husband the proper way to have his crisis. Meanwhile, Marie gets mad at Frank when she discovers that he sold half of their burial plot for a profit.

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Golf for It
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8.02
257 votes

#8 - Golf for It

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 8 - Episode 23

Robert and Ray end up with the mother of all guilt trips when they decide not to help Marie with a home project so they can land a prime spot on the golf course. Their overnight wait in the car for a tee time becomes a brawl over their respective roles in their parents' future.

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Golf
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7.89
455 votes

#9 - Golf

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 2 - Episode 5

Ray's love of the links is in jeopardy after he tricks Debra into letting him play golf, and his guilty conscience translated into a big bogey. Marie gives Debra marital advice, much to Debra's dismay.

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The Checkbook
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7.88
472 votes

#10 - The Checkbook

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 2 - Episode 16

When Raymond takes over the family checkbook to prove to Debra how "easy it can be" to balance it, he discovers he is no accountant. After he quickly runs out of money and starts bouncing checks, he tries to hide the truth from Debra and winds up entangled in a mess of lies, two fake checkbooks and a large loan from his brother.

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The Article
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7.87
412 votes

#11 - The Article

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 3 - Episode 8

Ray is jealous of Andy who's article is published by "Sports Illustrated". He feels better however when he learns they had rewritten the article.

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The Breakup Tape
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7.87
320 votes

#12 - The Breakup Tape

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 6 - Episode 18

When Debra stumbles across a cassette tape that contains a message from Ray's college girlfriend, she wants to know why he has saved it all of these years. So Ray retaliates by asking Debra to divulge any gifts that she's kept from her former boyfriends – but he's in for quite a shock when he sees the quantity of gifts still in her possession.

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Robert Needs Money
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7.78
314 votes

#13 - Robert Needs Money

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 6

After deciding to lend Robert $1,000 when he complains he's struggling with finances, Ray and Debra are surprised when Robert uses the money for a vacation to Las Vegas.

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Jazz Records
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7.74
327 votes

#14 - Jazz Records

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 8 - Episode 10

When the kids ruin Ray's dictionary, Frank shares how Ray ruined his prized 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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The Bachelor Party
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7.62
344 votes

#15 - The Bachelor Party

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 23

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

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Jealous Robert
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7.59
338 votes

#16 - Jealous Robert

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 6 - Episode 7

Marie and Debra set up Amy with Gianni to get Robert jealous so he'll want to get back together with Amy but their plan backfires when Amy and Gianni hit it off.

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P.T. & A.
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7.54
313 votes

#17 - P.T. & A.

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 9 - Episode 4

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

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Young Girl
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7.46
430 votes

#18 - Young Girl

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 5 - Episode 8

Robert starts to date a 22-year old woman and Marie and Debra don't think it's right. They break up when he finds out that she's really only 19 and she finds out that he's really 43.

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