The BEST episodes written by Philip Rosenthal

#1 - Finale

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 9 - Episode 16

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.

#2 - New York City

Somebody Feed Phil - Season 2 - Episode 6

Steak. Pizza. Hot dogs. Egg creams. Fall in love with Phil's New York as he noshes with friends Al Roker, Judy Gold, Elaine May and Tracy Morgan.

#3 - Robert's Wedding (2)

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 25

#4 - Italy (2)

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 5 - Episode 2

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.

#5 - How They Met

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 3 - Episode 26

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

#6 - Italy (1)

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 5 - Episode 1

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.

#7 - The Wedding (2)

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 2 - Episode 25

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.

#8 - Copenhagen

Somebody Feed Phil - Season 2 - Episode 4

Phil relishes new interpretations of Nordic classics such as smørrebrød and frikadeller before joining his family for fun and games at Tivoli Gardens.

#9 - Mozart

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 2 - Episode 4

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.

#10 - Buenos Aires

Somebody Feed Phil - Season 2 - Episode 3

Argentina delights Phil as he swoons over dulce de leche delicacies, wild boar choripán and divine cuts of beef. Bonus: He tangos and rides a horse.

#11 - The Angry Family

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 6 - Episode 1

The Barones clash even more than usual when they get a child's-eye view of all the bickering that goes on in the family. The fireworks begin when the whole family attends an open house at first-grader Michael's school, during which the kids all read stories that they've written themselves.

#12 - Bad Moon Rising

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 4 - Episode 22

When Ray witnesses Debra's hypersensitive mood and generally annoyed reaction to everything he says and does, he checks the calendar and realizes it's going to be a long couple of days ahead. In his desperate attempt for a "quick fix," he makes a bad situation worse by suggesting that a simple pill will help with his wife's insufferable mood swings.

#13 - The Toaster

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 3 - Episode 12

Ray is overjoyed by the reaction he is getting from friends and family who received a personalized “Barone” toaster from him for Christmas, even Debra’s parents seemed thrilled with it, but not having heard from them, Ray decides to visit his parents to find out what they truly think about present.

#14 - Cape Town

Somebody Feed Phil - Season 2 - Episode 5

Phil gamely tries ostrich and antelope, eats with Nelson Mandela's grandson, tucks into BBQ and a family meal, and taste-tests coffee and flowers.

#15 - She's the One

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 9

Robert think he has finally found "the one," and her name is Angela, an international-trade lawyer. She's bright, speaks four languages, and clearly likes Robert. The girl goes on to endear herself to Debra by complimenting her lemon chicken. Ray is also smitten with Angela, until he sees something disturbing during dinner.

#16 - Boys' Therapy

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 9 - Episode 6

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.

#17 - The Wedding (1)

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 2 - Episode 24

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 - Robert's Wedding (1)

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 24

Robert and Amy exchange vows in a classic Barone family wedding ceremony.

#19 - Dublin

Somebody Feed Phil - Season 2 - Episode 2

With wife Monica along to trace her Irish roots, Phil feasts on boxty and seaweed, warily plays beekeeper, and learns how to pour and drink Guinness

#20 - Left Back

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 4 - Episode 10

While discussing the possibility of having to hold Michael back for another year of pre-school, Ray is shocked to discover that he too was held back when he was that age.

#21 - The Cult

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 1

Depressed that Marie and Debra can't resolve their differences, Robert decides to join a support group and his cousin Gerard convinces him to attend a Inner Path meeting. The Romano family is concerned that Robert has joined a cult, and Marie insists that Raymond join Robert doing an upcoming meeting, so that he can keep an eye on his brother.

#22 - In-Laws

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 1 - Episode 8

When Ray's upper class in-laws come for a visit, he begs his parents to be nice to them. Ray admits to his parents that he doesn't always see eye-to-eye with Debra's folks but manages to fake it, and he'd like his parents to do the same when they all go out and try to have a family dinner.

#23 - Pilot

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 1 - Episode 1

Debra is sick and tired of having Raymond's parents and brother show up unannounced. With her birthday coming up, they try avoiding having them over.

#24 - I Love You

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 1 - Episode 2

When newly-wed friends make a public display of their affection, Debra wonders why reticent Raymond has trouble saying those three little words.

#25 - Older Women

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 6 - Episode 9

It's the first Thanksgiving since Debra's parents divorced, and Debra is thrilled that both her parents have agreed to have dinner with the Barone family. However, she soon learns that her father is bringing a date. Everyone is horrified except Debra's mother, who thinks it's just great.

#26 - Separation

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 5 - Episode 23

Debra gets upset when she finds out that her parents have separated.

#27 - Thank You Notes

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 8 - Episode 2

Marie instantly tries to get the upper hand in her relationship with her new daughter-in-law when Amy and Robert return from their honeymoon, but Debra steps in, determined to stop Marie's meddling once and for all.

#28 - It Should Happen to You

Coach - Season 7 - Episode 2

Hayden hires an image consultant who sets out to make him a superstar.

#29 - Not So Fast

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 9 - Episode 2

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.

#30 - Just a Formality

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 14

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.

#31 - Is It Hot in Here, or is It Me? (1)

Coach - Season 8 - Episode 1

(Season premiere) Hayden leaves Minnesota for a new job as coach of an NFL team in Orlando, Florida. When he arrives, he finds that the team's owner has a game plan of her own.

#32 - Is It Hot in Here, or is It Me? (2)

Coach - Season 8 - Episode 2

Hayden tries to win over both Doris and the press while readying the Breakers for their first game.

#33 - Coach for a Day (1)

Coach - Season 6 - Episode 14

Luther is offered the job of head football coach at nearby small Aberdeen college.

#34 - Coach for a Day (2)

Coach - Season 6 - Episode 15

Luther is embarrassed to confess his new job: managing a miniature golf course.

#35 - Inconceivable

Coach - Season 7 - Episode 6

Hayden and Christine have a major marital blowup over her seeming "impregnability" and the consequent mechanical nature of their recent love life. Luther gets into an unbelievable car deal with an elderly woman.

#36 - Call Me Cupid

Coach - Season 7 - Episode 18

A Valentine's Day dinner gives three couples heartburn when Hayden's efforts to fix up a lovelorn Dauber entirely miss their mark.

#37 - Ten Percent of Nothing

Coach - Season 7 - Episode 23

Luther risks losing agent Art Hibke by making a self-arranged promotional appearance without telling Art -- and then refusing to pay his commission, which leads to a crazed dental drilling; Dauber tries a new image.

#38 - Nice Guys Get Cut

Coach - Season 8 - Episode 14

Hayden loses his appetite when Christine invites soon-to-be-fired player Matt Luba over for dinner.

#39 - Johnsonwreckers

Coach - Season 7 - Episode 19

Hayden tries to befriend former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson -- but his efforts go to the dogs when Johnson's Super Bowl ring is eaten by Luther's dog.

#40 - Belly of the Beast

Coach - Season 6 - Episode 2

Hayden stands up in court for Luther's defendant dog Quincy, who bit the MSU bandleader; Christine dozes during Hayden's advances.

#41 - My Fair Agent

Coach - Season 7 - Episode 8

Hayden blames Christine for his sexist attitude toward an attractive co-worker.

#42 - Head Like a Wheel

Coach - Season 6 - Episode 25

On his 49th birthday, Hayden wants to drive a race car.