The BEST episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond

#1 - The Invasion

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1998

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.

#2 - Finale

Season 9 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/16/2005

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.

#3 - The Lone Barone

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1998

Raymond is in a bad mood. Forced to wait home all day for the delivery of Debra’s new curtains, he can’t go play golf and laments to his brother, that marriage is like a prison. So, when Amy breaks up with Robert, everyone blames Raymond.

#4 - Moving Out

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1998

Feeling pathetic because he lives with his parents, Robert finally musters up the courage to move out on his own. Encouraged by Ray, and much to his parents’ horror, Robert packs up his bags, takes his dog and moves into a garage apartment.

#5 - Why Are We Here?

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/7/1997

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

#6 - The Ride-Along

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/1998

Raymond decides to accompany his brother Robert, who is a policeman, on a ride-along. Initially, spending night shift in the back of Robert's patrol car bores Raymond, but his boredom quickly turns to terror during a chance visit to Nemo's restaurant.

#7 - Robert's Wedding (2)

Season 7 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/19/2003

#8 - Italy (2)

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2000

Ray is complaining about the heat, Debra is getting tired of following Marie's strict schedule and of Ray's pessimistic attitude, Robert meets Stefánia's father, who is not thrilled with his daughter choice of man, and Frank is enjoying himself playing pétanque. After going on a long walk with his mother, Ray slowly starts to enjoy himself and appreciate where he is, no thanks to Marie.

#9 - Ray Home Alone

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/22/1999

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.

#10 - Frank Paints the House

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/21/2001

When Ray and Debra find Frank painting their house, they find out that Marie put him up to the job due to his retirement. But when Frank paints it the colour they don't like, Ray fires him. That's when Marie reveals the truth behind Frank's retirement.

#11 - The Letter

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1997

When Marie crashes and ruins her Tupperware party, Debra decides that she's had just about enough of her mother-in-law's constant interference. She puts pen to paper and writes a letter to her mother-in-law.

#12 - The Gift

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1997

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.

#13 - How They Met

Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/24/1999

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

#14 - Driving Frank

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1998

After Frank has one car accident too many, Debra decides that the kids can’t ride with him anymore, which makes Ray realizes that his dad is getting older.

#15 - Mia Famiglia

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1998

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.

#16 - The Apartment

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1998

Robert has moved into a new apartment, and Raymond is jealous. Not because of the apartment, but because everywhere he looks, beautiful women are coming out of the woodwork, and they all seem to come by Robert's apartment.

#17 - The Canister

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/9/2001

Tempers flare when Marie accuses Debra of not returning a borrowed canister that holds sentimental value. Debra insists that she has already returned the canister, so she is horrified when she discovers that she still has the canister in her possession.

#18 - Six Feet Under

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/27/1998

When six-foot-tall Raymond discovers that he's shrunk a quarter of an inch, the resultant midlife crisis grows until it turns 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.

#19 - Crazy Chin

Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/22/2004

Amy's parents put Robert on the defensive when they point out his compulsive habit of touching food to his chin before he eats it.

#20 - Cruising with Marie

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/1999

Just as Frank and Marie are about to embark on a Caribbean cruise, Frank hurts his knee and can't go. Ray, not wanting to disappoint his mother, accompanies her on the cruise. Marie is having the time of her life soaking every ounce of fun in the sun, while back home, Robert is just about out of patience being the caretaker for the injured Frank.

#21 - Brother

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1997

At the urging of his parents and Debra, Raymond reluctantly takes Robert for a night out on the anniversary of his brother's divorce.

#22 - Debra's Workout

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1999

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.

#23 - No Fat

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1998

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.

#24 - Italy (1)

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2000

When Marie surprises the family with the news that she's treating them all to a two-week vacation to Italy, everybody loves the idea except Raymond. Not willing to let his sour mood spoil it for the rest of the family, Debra, Frank, Marie, Robert, and the kids go on their merry way and soak up the atmosphere, the sights, and tastes of the country.

#25 - The First Time (3)

Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/2002

After Marie has Frank return an anniversary gift given to them by Ray and Debra, the two reminisce about the first time they slept together. An encounter Marie had tried to stop by inviting a priest to Debra's department.