Everybody Loves Raymond

Ray is devastated when he discovers his family lied to him about his television debut on a sports chat show.

Ray finds that the "active listening" techniques, that he and Debra have learned in a parenting class, work much better on his parents than on his kids.

At the urging of his parents and Debra, Ray reluctantly takes Robert for a night out, on the anniversary of his brother's divorce. The brothers begin a newfound bonding experience, until Roberts begins to want to get in touch with Ray's feelings.

Ray tricks Debra into allowing him to play golf and his guilt manifests itself as an anxiety attack. To compound his guilt, the doctor prescribes even more golf.

When Ally wants to quit taking piano lessons from Marie, Ray tries to set an example for her by resuming the lessons he too had quit as a child.

On the eve of Frank and Marie's wedding anniversary, Ray finds out the startling news that his parents were separated for a year and would have gotten divorced if he hadn't broken his arm, forcing his dad to come home.

Debra realizes she's made a huge mistake, after she persuades Raymond to work from home so that he can spend more time with his family.

Ray and his wife bring out the worst in each other after Debra asks him to help her write a children's book.

For his 65th birthday, Ray buys his father, Frank a tropical aquarium. When one of the fish dies, Frank goes into a serious depression, which Ray attributes to his dad facing his own mortality.

Raymond begrudgingly attends his 20th high school reunion, where Debra immediately bonds with the "cool" kids and Ray realizes he really was a nerd.

Debra writes an angry letter to her mother-in-law after Marie crashes and ruins the tupperware party she was giving for her girlfriends. Ray makes matters worse when he tries to intercept the letter before it gets to his mother's house.

In an effort to bond with his dad, Raymond joins Frank and his brother in a Gettysburg Civil War re-enactment.

It's Christmas Day, and Ray and Debra search in vain for some intimate time together.

When Ray's "Zia Sarina" comes to visit all the way from Italy, he's thrilled finally to meet a relative whom the whole family likes.

When Debra gets depressed because Ray would rather eat his mother's cooking, Ray asks his mom to give Debra cooking lessons.

When Raymond takes over the family checkbook to prove to Debra "how easy it can be" to balance it, he nearly creates a financial disaster that sends the family to the poorhouse.

When Raymond goes on a citizen's ride-along in his brother's patrol car and sees Robert risk his life during a hold-up, he gains new respect for him.

When Ally, claiming that there are monsters in her room, insists on sleeping in her parents' bed, Ray and Debra do everything they can to slay the monsters so they can get a good night's sleep.

Debra discovers that her mother-in-law, Marie, likes Robert's girlfriend, Amy, better than she likes her because Amy is a "good girl."

Debra brings an "unapproved snack" to Ally's T-Ball game and Ray doesn't stand up for her -- prominently displaying his fear of being disliked.

When Robert's traffic school students complain that his class causes severe insomnia, he practices on members of his family -- who turn out to be even tougher critics.

Debra tries to teach Raymond how to have a "normal" mid-life crisis like everyone else, after he starts planning for his burial.

When Debra gives away all the "baby stuff" at a family garage sale, Ray gets upset that she doesn't want to have any more children.

After Raymond asks Debra why she ever married him, they take a walk back in time -- to the very beginning of it all, in Part One of a special two-part episode.