The BEST episodes written by Kathy Ann Stumpe

The Apartment
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8.20
410 votes

#1 - The Apartment

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 3 - Episode 11

Ray feels jealous of Robert when he visits his new apartment and sees that it's filled with beautiful women. Also Frank turns Robert's old room into a lounge.

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The Letter
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8.18
432 votes

#2 - The Letter

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 2 - Episode 11

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 takes pen to paper and writes a letter to her mother-in-law, telling her to stop intruding into her life. Horrified by the problems that this letter might trigger, Ray does everything in his power to intercept the offending document – but he fails. Surprisingly, the family discovers that honesty really may be the best policy.

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Anniversary
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8.04
424 votes

#3 - Anniversary

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 2 - Episode 6

At a big surprise party for Frank and Marie's 40th wedding anniversary, Raymond is shocked to learn that his parents were once separated for a year and might have gotten divorced if Frank hadn't returned home to help with Ray's broken arm. After the initial shock wears off, Ray starts to wonder if it's his fault that his parents are still together... and miserable.

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Pitch and Woo
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8.00
12 votes

#4 - Pitch and Woo

Grace Under Fire - Season 2 - Episode 4

Grace dates a minor-league ballplayer while Faith wants a major commitment from Russell who backs off.

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Diamonds
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7.91
492 votes

#5 - Diamonds

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 1 - Episode 16

Ray finds out that the diamond on Debra's engagement ring is a fake, so he steals it from her to get it changed, only to find out after that she already had it changed. She had her grandma's $15,000 diamond put in.

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Snow Day
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7.85
378 votes

#6 - Snow Day

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 6 - Episode 14

Held captive at Frank and Marie's during a snowstorm, Debra, Ray and Amy actually find themselves having a great time. Then Debra makes a nasty comment to Frank which totally upsets the good mood. This causes Marie to defend Frank and finally reveal her true feelings for Debra.

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Debra Makes Something Good
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7.82
388 votes

#7 - Debra Makes Something Good

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 4 - Episode 18

Debra throws the Barone family into turmoil when she finally creates a dish that everyone likes. Ray can't believe it when he samples Debra's braciole. Even though her past attempts at cooking seemed to have ruined his taste buds, it's simply delicious. But, when Marie gets wind of Debra's cooking prowess, and sees the effect that the braciole has on Ray, Robert and Frank, it's war!

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Christmas Present
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7.82
355 votes

#8 - Christmas Present

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 5 - Episode 11

Ray buys Debra an elaborate Christmas gift in the hopes that she will be so impressed, she will let him go on a weekend golf trip with his buddies. Ray believes he has the whole scenario worked out. He thinks by giving Debra a better gift than she is getting him will soon have him teeing off on a new course that he's been dying to play. However, he doesn't figure on the even more extravagant gift that Debra has purchased for him.

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Is There a Doctor in the Howe?
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7.81
225 votes

#9 - Is There a Doctor in the Howe?

Cheers - Season 11 - Episode 16

Frasier is upset when he hears that Lilith now officially want s a divorce. The staff at Cheers decide to hold a "happy divorce" party to cheer him up, and at the party, whilst Woody drinks too much and becomes a mean drunk, Frasier gets drunk. Afterwards Rebecca drives him home, but they end up in bed together. However, first the gang pop around to check Frasier is OK - and to watch "The 3 Stooges" - but just when they leave, who should show up but Lilith, who has escaped from the eco-pod...

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The Sister
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7.79
381 votes

#10 - The Sister

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 4 - Episode 6

Debra is upset when her hippie, free spirit sister decides to become ... a sister. It's a good indication that something is up when Debra's sister, Jennifer, shows up for a visit with rosary beads and prayer cards as gifts for the kids. Unable to share the real reason why she is so upset with Jennifer's decision to become a nun, Debra reacts by accusing her sister of going through yet another phase and not being truly worthy of the calling to the religious life.

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Fighting In-Laws
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7.77
409 votes

#11 - Fighting In-Laws

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 5 - Episode 9

While celebrating Thanksgiving, Debra discovers that her seemingly contented parents are really not very happy with each other. When Ray accidentally overhears his in-laws going at it with each other, he relays the news to Debra... who has always believed her parents' relationship to be a lot healthier than Frank and Marie's. But, when things come to a head at the Thanksgiving table, it's apparent that there really isn't that much of a difference between the two older couples – much to Debra's dismay.

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Win, Lose, or Draw
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7.76
516 votes

#12 - Win, Lose, or Draw

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 1 - Episode 9

Ray gets tired of being treated like a kid at his father's poker game, so he ignores his father's advice and ends up losing all his money. Debra wants Ray to act like a mature adult and ask Frank for his money back, but Ray is too stubborn. Meanwhile, it turns out that Frank was only trying to teach Ray a lesson—that you can always go to your father and he'll make everything okay.

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The Holidays
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7.75
12 votes

#13 - The Holidays

Grace Under Fire - Season 2 - Episode 12

Grace has to contend with her 'down-in-the-dumps' ex-mother-in-law and an invitation to a Christmas dance with Dougie.

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Traffic School
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7.74
409 votes

#14 - Traffic School

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 2 - Episode 21

Robert proves to be a crashing bore when it comes to teaching traffic school, so he decides to practice his presentation on the 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.

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Smotherly Love
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7.72
192 votes

#15 - Smotherly Love

Cheers - Season 10 - Episode 20

Frasier wants Lilith to confront her overbearing mother and Rebecca wants Sam to make Norm pay his bar tab.

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Don't Shoot... I'm Only the Psychiatrist
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7.72
202 votes

#16 - Don't Shoot... I'm Only the Psychiatrist

Cheers - Season 10 - Episode 13

Cliff and Norm help Frasier's low-esteem self-help group really help themselves and Woody trims Sam's hair.

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Meant to Be
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7.72
466 votes

#17 - Meant to Be

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 5 - Episode 4

Robert finds himself in the most unlikely position of having to choose one of three women girlfriend Amy, ex-wife Joanne or Italian bombshell Stefania to share the future with him. Robert decides that "honesty is the best policy" when it comes to his relationship with Amy, so he foolishly tells her about his recent reunion with ex-wife Joanne. To make matters worse, when Amy runs to Debra for consolation, Debra mistakenly spills the beans about Robert's recent tryst with Stefania. Suddenly, Robert is not in a position to decide which woman he wants. It's a matter of which one, if any, is going to want him.

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The Bar Manager, The Shrink, His Wife and Her Lover
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7.72
230 votes

#18 - The Bar Manager, The Shrink, His Wife and Her Lover

Cheers - Season 11 - Episode 17

After returning to Boston only to discover Frasier in bed with Rebecca, Lilith comes to Cheers to seek Sam's advice. Frasier comes after her, and Rebecca shows up as well to explain. Frasier says he can't take Lilith back after what she did - just as her lover, Dr Pascal, shows up and takes the gang as hostages unless Lilith returns to him. When Paul and John Allen Hill show up and also get taken as hostages, Lilith has to persuade Pascal to let them all go, and that she doesn't want to go back. Plus will she reconcille with Frasier?

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Move Over
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7.69
445 votes

#19 - Move Over

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 3 - Episode 20

When Ray confides to Debra that her constant need to cuddle and "be on top of him" when they are sleeping is causing him too many sleepless nights, Debra is more than happy to comply with his request to give him his space in bed. Now, Ray is learning the hard way that you have to be careful what you wish for!

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Confronting the Attacker
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7.65
346 votes

#20 - Confronting the Attacker

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 4 - Episode 23

After losing his nerve on the job during his first day back from medical leave, Robert quits the police force. No one realized how much of an effect the "bull incident" had on Robert's mental state – and his ability to confront fear and the unexpected. Now, back on the job only one day, he finds himself too scared to handle a minor altercation so, rather than face his fears, he decides to change his career to something "safer and more solitary" – telemarketing. However, he rejoins the force after confronting the bull that gored him.

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Working Girl
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7.65
405 votes

#21 - Working Girl

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 3 - Episode 22

When Debra gets a job Ray isn't too happy because it means he has to help around the house. But she gets fired on first day so Ray goes and gets her job back. Debra isn't happy about this at first but seems okay with it at the end.

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Take Me Out of the Ball Game
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7.58
138 votes

#22 - Take Me Out of the Ball Game

Cheers - Season 10 - Episode 21

Sam ponders a baseball comeback, but when he goes to play a few games he discovers most of the players are much younger and immature than he is. They're acting just like he used to, and Sam doesn't think he enjoys acting like that anymore. Meanwhile, back in Boston, Frasier loses Lilith's favourite lab rat and tries to get an identical one before she returns.

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Mother & Son & Father Reunion
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7.50
12 votes

#23 - Mother & Son & Father Reunion

Grace Under Fire - Season 2 - Episode 23

Grace thinks Matthew's father should meet him, but the feeling is not mutual.

I Wish I Were Gus
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7.44
677 votes

#24 - I Wish I Were Gus

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 1 - Episode 3

It seems "even dead people love Raymond," as reticent Ray learns when he's 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.

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A Very C.J. Christmas
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7.39
201 votes

#25 - A Very C.J. Christmas

8 Simple Rules - Season 3 - Episode 12

To keep C.J. from spending Christmas alone in Las Vegas, the Hennessy household bends over backwards to recreate one of Cate's first holiday memories to entice him to stay. Meanwhile, Rory decides to break up with his wealthy girlfriend when he fears that he won't be able to buy her a Christmas gift worthy of her upper class status.

Feelings... Whoa, Whoa, Whoa
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7.37
201 votes

#26 - Feelings... Whoa, Whoa, Whoa

Cheers - Season 11 - Episode 9

Carla tries to hide her feelings when John Hill has a heart attack. Cliff believes that Hitler has moved into his building.

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First Day of School
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7.10
181 votes

#27 - First Day of School

8 Simple Rules - Season 3 - Episode 1

Knowing that Kerry is dragging her feet over breaking up with Kyle, Bridget takes it upon herself to do it for her sister, which only makes matters worse for Kerry. Meanwhile, Cate is offered the position of school nurse by Principal Ed Gibb, and Rory's first day of high school proves embarrassing when he has to hit the showers after gym class.

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Have You Seen My Muffins, Man?
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6.75
8 votes

#28 - Have You Seen My Muffins, Man?

The Bill Engvall Show - Season 1 - Episode 4

Susan decides she wants to sell her muffins to make some extra money, and Bill tries his best to support her even though he's not thrilled with the idea. Bryan works on his rocket for the science fair with the goal to beat one of his friends.

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Aloha, Raffles
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6.22
9 votes

#29 - Aloha, Raffles

The Bill Engvall Show - Season 1 - Episode 2

Bill plans to take the family on vacation to Hawaii. When he discovers that the family dog, Raffles is sick, the family must decide whether or not to try an expensive surgery. The kids try to help raise money to save Raffles in an unconventional way.

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