The BEST episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond season 9

Every episode of Everybody Loves Raymond season 9, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond season 9!

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.

Last Updated: 5/10/2025Network: CBSStatus: Ended
Finale
star
8.47
335 votes

#1 - 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.

Directors: Gary Halvorson
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Favors
star
7.87
320 votes

#2 - Favors

Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/17/2005

Debra wants Ray to clean up after himself and not leave things around the house, Ray wants Debra to stop moving his things. So when Robert stop by with a gift for Raymond, a letter from his idol, Mohammed Ali, Ray makes a point of putting the letter in the kitchen drawer. Unfortunately, when Debra later goes looking for a coupon in that same drawer, she finds it a mess and decides to dump its content in the trash.

Directors: Kenneth Shapiro
Writer: Aaron Shure
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Boys' Therapy
star
7.84
245 votes

#3 - Boys' Therapy

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2004

The women pressure Ray and Frank to accompany Robert to one of his therapy sessions. Instead, the three of them go to the track. However, even though they skip the therapy sessions, the three unwittingly get closer.

Directors: Kenneth Shapiro
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Angry Sex
star
7.77
338 votes

#4 - Angry Sex

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2004

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.

Directors: Kenneth Shapiro
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The Power of No
star
7.68
346 votes

#5 - The Power of No

Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/2/2005

Ray's latest manipulative plan involves constantly turning down Debra in the bedroom.

Directors: Kenneth Shapiro
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Sister-in-Law
star
7.64
389 votes

#6 - Sister-in-Law

Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/18/2005

After Amy spends an hour chatting with Ray while he is trying to watch the basketball game, he tells Robert that she talks to much, which of course, Robert repeats to Amy, leading to a confrontation between Ray and "Lady Chatterly."

Directors: Kenneth Shapiro
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P.T. & A.
star
7.55
331 votes

#7 - P.T. & A.

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/2004

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

Directors: Kenneth Shapiro
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Not So Fast
star
7.52
333 votes

#8 - Not So Fast

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2004

When Ray and Debra visit Frank and Marie's condo in the retirement community, they learn that they are going to be kicked out due to a number of complains from the other residents.

Directors: Gary Halvorson
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Tasteless Frank
star
7.51
349 votes

#9 - Tasteless Frank

Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/14/2005

Marie is astounded when Franks puts salt on her homemade lasagna, leading her to believe that she's lost her touch in the kitchen. However, Ray and Robert discover that the problem is Frank, who has lost his sense of taste.

Directors: Kenneth Shapiro
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Debra's Parents
star
7.50
315 votes

#10 - Debra's Parents

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2004

Debra invites her divorced parents to the family Thanksgiving. When Ray walks in on the two having sex, he is traumatised and tells Debra about it. She assumes happily that her parents are getting back together.

Directors: Gary Halvorson
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The Home
star
7.50
337 votes

#11 - The Home

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2004

Upon returning from visiting friends at a retirement community in New Jersey, Frank and Marie tell the family that they plan on moving there. Not unsurprisingly, everyone is overjoyed hearing the news.

Directors: Kenneth Shapiro
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A Job for Robert
star
7.47
276 votes

#12 - A Job for Robert

Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2004

Ray gets jealous when Marie starts treating Robert better than him, and when he finds out that Marie gave Robert a gift basket, he deduces that Marie is just manipulating Robert and Amy into getting her grandchildren.

Directors: Kenneth Shapiro
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Pat's Secret
star
7.47
370 votes

#13 - Pat's Secret

Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/9/2005

Robert discovers Pat smoking and she pleads for him not to tell anyone. When Amy later smells smoke on Robert, she tells everyone that he has been smoking. When Pat doesn't tell the truth, Robert ends up being yelled at. The next day, he tells Ray and Debra the truth, but it doesn't take long for the two to blurt out the secret in front of everyone, which leads to many more secrets being revealed.

Directors: Kenneth Shapiro
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Ally's F
star
7.38
314 votes

#14 - Ally's F

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2004

After Ally comes home with an F on her report card, Debra feels she is not paying enough attention. Ray, however, feels it might be the teacher.

Directors: Kenneth Shapiro
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The Faux Pas
star
7.33
366 votes

#15 - The Faux Pas

Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/7/2005

The twins' new friend has a janitor for a father. When Ray accidentally says a bad joke in front of the father he tries to cheer him up, but keeps making things worse.

Directors: Gary Halvorson
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A Date for Peter
star
7.31
281 votes

#16 - A Date for Peter

Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/3/2005

Amy's parents ask Ray to give their son some advise on dating. Debra likes the idea of helping Peter finding a girlfriend and throws a cocktail party, inviting some single women to meet him, but Ray isn't thrilled with the guest list.

Directors: Brian K. Roberts
Writer: Mike Royce
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