The BEST episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond season 2
Every episode of Everybody Loves Raymond season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond season 2!
Everybody Loves Raymond revolves around Ray Barone, a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife, Debra, 12-year-old daughter, Ally, and 8-year-old twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. That's the good news. The bad news? Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, live directly across the street and embrace the motto "Su casa es mi casa," infiltrating their son's home to an extent unparalleled in television history. Frank's favorite expression, "Holy Crap," is shouted at regular intervals, and Marie's "cooking advice" is less than appreciated by Debra. Brother Robert, a divorced policeman, is constantly moving in and out of his parents' house, and loves to drop over and resent Ray's successful career and happy family life. Ray and Debra just wish someone would knock once in a while. Finalizing it's 9th and final season, the cast and crew of "ELR" has had a very successful run, and it makes it even harder for them all to say good-bye.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - The Wedding (2)
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/18/1998
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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Marie's Meatballs
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1998
When Raymond chooses his mother's spaghetti and meatballs over his wife's lemon chicken for dinner, Debra blows a gasket. With good intentions, Ray asks his mom to teach Debra how to make her world-famous dish.
#9 - Anniversary
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1997
At a big surprise party for Frank and Marie's 40th. wedding anniversary, Ray is shocked to learn that his parents were once separated for a year and that they might have gotten divorced, if Frank hadn't returned because Ray broke his arm.
#10 - Mozart
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1997
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.
#11 - Father Knows Least
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1997
When Marie and Frank's stubbornness goes to far, Ray gets to use the "active technique" he and Debra learned in parenting class on his parents.
#12 - The Children's Book
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1997
Sick of reading Ally the same stories night after night, Debra decides to try her hand at writing a children's book.
#13 - High School
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1997
Ray makes a startling discovery when he takes Debra to his 20th. high school reunion. It turns out that Debra's "one of them," them being the cool people who hated him and used to push him into the girls' bathroom.
#14 - Golf
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1997
Ray suffers an anxiety attack while playing golf, after he tricked Debra into letting him go. Believing that he is sick, Ray goes to see a doctor who tells him that he is properly suffering from stress and that he needs to find a way to relax, such as playing more golf.
#15 - The Checkbook
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/1998
When Raymond takes over the family chequebook to prove to Debra how "easy it can be," he discovers he is no accountant after quickly running out of money and cheques start to bounce.
#16 - Civil War
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1998
Feeling left out when he thinks that his father selectively asked his brother to join a Civil War re-enactment, Ray voluntarily enlists for the Battle of Gettysburg. As the men prepare for Battle, a funny thing happens, Ray is finally able to tell Frank that he wishes they did more together.
#17 - The Wedding (1)
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/11/1998
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.
#18 - Good Girls
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/9/1998
Debra discovers that her mother-in-law, Marie, likes Robert's girlfriend, Amy, better than than her, because Amy is a "good girl."
#19 - Traffic School
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/20/1998
Robert proves to be a crashing bore when it comes to teaching traffic school, so he decides to practice his presentation on the Barone family, which drives them crazy. In an attempt to lighten things up, he puts in an assist-officer call to Traffic Cop Timmy, a puppet dressed as a policeman.
#20 - All I Want for Christmas
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1997
All Ray wants for Christmas is a little loving from his wife and he's willing to try anything to have his holiday wish come true.
#21 - The Garage Sale
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/4/1998
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.
#22 - Working Late Again
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1997
After Debra reads a newspaper article about people who enjoy being at work more than being at home, she convinces Ray to set up an office in their house.
#23 - T-Ball
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/6/1998
Debra brings pretzels to Ally's T-ball game, and when the person in charge of snacks tells her that pretzels aren't on the approved list, Ray doesn't stand up for her, prominently displaying his fear of being disliked by anyone.
#24 - Ray's on TV
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1997
Ray is devastated when he discovers his family lied to him about his television debut on a sports talk show. When he gets a second chance to appear on the same show, his family decides it's time they gave him some pointers on how to correct his awkwardness with certain words.
#25 - The Family Bed
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/2/1998
The scary monsters in her room send Ally scurrying nightly to the safety of her parents' bed, so sleep-deprived Ray decides it's time to call in an expert.