The WORST episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond
Every episode of Everybody Loves Raymond ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond!
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 - Neighbors
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/1997
The neighbourhood is up in arms over Ray's noisy dad and meddling mom, and the neighbours demand a meeting at Ray's and Debra's house.
#2 - Net Worth
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/2001
Debra becomes angry when Ray contributes $1,000 to his friends' harebrained scheme to open a go-cart business, without first consulting her.
#3 - Home from School
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2003
When Michael stays home from school two days in a row, Ray suspects that he simply hasn't done his homework, but the rest of the family have their own explanation for Michael's sudden aversion to school.
#4 - Dancing with Debra
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/10/1999
After Ray urges Debra to go swing dancing with Robert, he can’t believe how infatuated the two become with their new hobby, and it’s starting to tick him off. Meanwhile, Ray sees a side of Marie that he never expected.
#5 - Debra at the Lodge
Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/2004
When Debra accepts a position at Frank's lodge to help plan a member recruitment party, Ray begins to resent how much time she is spending away from home.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Talk to Your Daughter
Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/2002
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.
#9 - Fun with Debra
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2003
Debra talks Ray into letting her join him on the golf course, after she once again realizes that they don't have fun together anymore.
#10 - 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.
#11 - Somebody Hates Raymond
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/27/2003
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.
#12 - The Annoying Kid
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2002
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.
#13 - I Wish I Were Gus
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1996
Even dead people love Raymond, as he is chosen to deliver the eulogy at his great uncle's funeral. It's an occasion that serves as a reunion for Ray's mother and her feuding sister, Alda.
#14 - Super Bowl
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2001
Ray gets to go to the Super Bowl and cover it for his newspaper. He brings Gianni but feels bad about not having brought Debra when he sees that all the other reporters brought their wives so he has her flown in and to prove that he wants to spend time with her he rips up the tickets to the Super Bowl.
#15 - Young Girl
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2000
Robert starts to date a 22 year old woman and Marie and Debra don't think it's right. Things take a turn when he finds out that she's really 19 and she finds out that he's really 43.
#16 - Sweet Charity
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/17/2003
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.
#17 - Just a Formality
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/2003
The six-year on-again, off-again relationship between Robert and Amy is reaching a pivotal moment. Robert wants to propose to Amy, but there's one small formality the hopeful groom-to-be must take care of first: asking Amy's devout churchgoing parents for their daughter's hand in marriage.
#18 - Security
Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/23/2004
Robert reveals that he has taken a second job selling home security systems, and that he has been asked to join the security firm full-time. But of course, this would mean retiring from the police force early.
#19 - 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.
#20 - Slave
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/2004
After inadvertently leaving the twins home alone, Ray and Debra are impressed with Ally when she steps up and takes care of the twins until they return.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Misery Loves Company
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2003
Debra and Ray are annoyed at the over-the-top affection Robert and Amy are expressing towards each other. In fact, Robert feels compelled to give Ray marriage advice and Amy does the same with Debra at the newly-wed couple's three months anniversary dinner.
#23 - Grandpa Steals
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2003
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.
#24 - Be Nice
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/3/1999
When Ray and Debra realize they're nicer to strangers than to each other, they vow to change their ways.
#25 - 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.