The BEST episodes directed by Jerry Zaks

#1 - Robert's Wedding (2)

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 25

#2 - Season's Greetings

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 6 - Episode 12

When Marie receives a Christmas letter from a relative detailing how wonderful her life is and how well her kids are doing, it drives Marie insane with jealousy. Later, when Marie shows Debra the letter, the two join forces to compose a Barone family Christmas letter.

#3 - Jack's Back

Hope & Faith - Season 1 - Episode 22

Jack returns to be comforted by his daughters after being jilted by his fiancee. Faith tries to set him up with her friend Mandi's mother, but he falls for Mandi instead. When Mandi refuses to end the relationship, Faith tries to teach her a lesson by going out with her father.

#4 - No Roll!

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 6 - Episode 2

When Debra tells Ray that he's too selfish in bed and that she wants a little variety, he goes out and buys an adults only board game to spice things up.

#5 - Lateness

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 8 - Episode 14

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.

#6 - Tissues

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 6 - Episode 13

When Debra grudgingly agrees to let Ray be more involved in daily decision making, Ray starts grocery shopping for things that he likes. Debra even lets him choose where the family will go for their next vacation. However, these newfound powers quickly become Ray's undoing.

#7 - 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.

#8 - Odd Man Out

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 6 - Episode 3

Frank is so green with envy that he forces Marco to choose either Marie or him as a friend. Meanwhile, Ray sides with Frank because he doesn't approve of a married woman having a male friend.

#9 - Robert's Wedding (1)

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 24

Robert and Amy exchange vows in a classic Barone family wedding ceremony.

#10 - Meeting the Parents

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 17

Amy's parents show up unexpectedly at their daughter's apartment on a Sunday morning. They want to talk Amy out of marrying Robert and take her home to Pennsylvania. They are surprised to see Robert there and shocked to learn that he often spends the night.

#11 - The Plan

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 18

Yet another bump appears on the rocky road to Robert and Amy's wedding, when the bride-to-be puts her betrothed in charge of writing the wedding invitations. Ray and Frank can't believe Robert let himself get roped into planning the wedding, they nevertheless come up with a plan to help ensure that Robert will never have to help out with the wedding again.

#12 - A Vote for Debra

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 6 - Episode 20

Debra decides to run for school president, but Ray isn't sure he can handle the twins by himself during all school meetings, so he votes against her.

#13 - Ally's Birth

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 5 - Episode 25

As Ray escorts Ally to a father-daughter dance, he realizes how grown up and independent his daughter has become. As a result, he begins to recall the day, nine years ago, when the Barone clan welcomed her into the family, but not without incident.

#14 - The Shower

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 21

Debra throws the bridal shower for Amy, but her good intentions get sidetracked by Marie's overzealous participation. This leads to a fight between the two and Marie winds up leaving. Debra then gets a little to much to drink and ends up falling a sleet in her car with the key still in the ignition. She is awoken by a police officer who arrests her for being drunk behind the wheel.

#15 - Aunt Myra Doesn't Pee a Lot

Two and a Half Men - Season 4 - Episode 20

Alan looks forward to Judith's wedding, while Charlie and Myra continue their romance.

#16 - The Disciplinarian

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 15

Tired of being labelled the "evil witch" around the house, Debra convinces Ray that it's his turn to discipline the kids. While leaving to take Ally to a Frontier Girls meeting, Debra tells Ray that he must force the twins to clean up their room or they can't go out and play.

#17 - The Sigh

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 7

Ray moves his things out of his and Debra's bathroom and into the kids' bathroom so Debra has more space, but he soon regrets it when his dad and brother start teasing him and tell him that he is no longer the king of his own house.

#18 - The Surprise Party

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 8 - Episode 8

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.

#19 - Tucked, Taped and Gorgeous

Two and a Half Men - Season 4 - Episode 21

Alan and Charlie re-examine their sexual identities after Alan befriends Greg, a gay man. Meanwhile, Jake has a crush on Greg's daughter.

#20 - Grandpa Steals

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 12

Boisterous Frank learns a difficult lesson in humility from his granddaughter, Ally. During a trip to the supermarket with Ray and Ally, Frank starts nibbling on some trail mix and is caught by a testy manager, and a heated argument ensues. Watching it all unfold is Ally, who becomes frightened by Frank's ranting.

#21 - And the Plot Moistens

Two and a Half Men - Season 3 - Episode 21

Jake’s teacher has a meeting with Alan and Judith to discuss the lack of interest Jake has at school. Alan starts to fall for Francine, in a platonic way, because he is tired of the lack of intelligent communication he has with Kandi. Charlie helps Jake audition for his school musical.

#22 - Sweet Charity

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 16

After Debra signs Ray up for charity work at the hospital without asking, he reluctantly agrees to go. However, he soon becomes a hit with the patients and starts spending more time there than at home, much to his Debra's dismay.

#23 - The Annoying Kid

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 8

Ray and Debra are excited to have finally met a couple, who are just like them. However, Ray starts having mixed feelings when their annoying 8 year-old son wreaks havoc around the Barone household.

#24 - Somebody Hates Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 13

Raymond's friend Andy tells him that Jerry Musso, a radio talk show host, hates him. While Raymond is in shock over this, Robert enjoys seeing him fall over like this.

#25 - Roe to Perdition

Frasier - Season 10 - Episode 18

Frasier and Niles become a big hit when, at a party, they serve beluga caviar they purchased on the black market. Meanwhile, Martin has a tough time returning $40 an ATM gave him in error.

#26 - Wheels of Fortune

Frasier - Season 9 - Episode 16

Frasier is suspicious of Blaine Sternin, Lilith's former-con artist brother, when he visits in a wheelchair and is now preaching.

#27 - Talk to Your Daughter

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 6 - Episode 19

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.

#28 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart (3)

Frasier - Season 10 - Episode 9

Niles recovers rapidly from his heart surgery and receives the go-ahead from doctors to resume normal activities, but seems reluctant to do this. He maintains his strict post-operative diet, and refuses to exercise or share a bed with Daphne. He annoys everyone by constantly going around making speeches about his near-death experience and how much he appreciates life. Frasier refuses to argue with Niles because he promised God that he would never quarrel with his brother again if he recovered from his sickness. The frustration of having to agree with everything Niles says begins to drive Frasier crazy, especially when Niles starts monopolizing his radio show to give his own advice to callers. Frasier believes he has found a way to back out of his promise after he learns that Daphne had already made her own deal with God. In the meantime, Martin talks with Niles about the feelings he experienced after his shooting, and forces his son to overcome his fears and go on with his life.

#29 - We Two Kings

Frasier - Season 10 - Episode 10

Frasier and Niles bicker over who gets to host the family Christmas celebration. When it seems that Martin will have to work, they decide to bring Christmas to him, with disastrous results. Meanwhile, Roz finds herself attracted to a hunky shopping mall Santa.

#30 - Faith's Maid

Hope & Faith - Season 1 - Episode 19

Olga, Faith's former maid, comes to move in with the family. Hope fires her, but Olga misunderstands and invites her pregnant daughter to join them. Soon, their efforts to find new jobs ends up with Hope and Faith working at a club Charley wants to join.