Ray Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter Ally, and twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, and brother, Robert, live directly across the street.
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- Seasons
- 9
- Episodes aired
- 210
- Latest aired
- S09E16
- Total runtime
- 3d 5h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1996 – April 1997 22 episodes
- Season 2 September 1997 – May 1998 25 episodes
- Season 3 September 1998 – May 1999 26 episodes
- Season 4 September 1999 – May 2000 24 episodes
- Season 5 October 2000 – May 2001 25 episodes
- Season 6 September 2001 – May 2002 24 episodes
- Season 7 September 2002 – May 2003 25 episodes
- Season 8 September 2003 – May 2004 23 episodes
- Season 9 September 2004 – May 2005 16 episodes
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S02E01 Ray's on TV
September 22 · 22min find the promo
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Ray is devastated when he discovers his family lied to him about his television debut on a sports talk show. When he gets a second chance to appear on the same show, his family decides it's time they gave him some pointers on how to correct his awkwardness with certain words.
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S02E02 Father Knows Least
September 29 · 22min find the promo
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When Marie and Frank's stubbornness goes to far, Ray gets to use the "active technique" he and Debra learned in parenting class on his parents.
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S02E03 Brother
October 6 · 22min find the promo
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At the urging of his parents and Debra, Raymond reluctantly takes Robert for a night out on the anniversary of his brother's divorce.
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S02E04 Mozart
October 13 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S02E05 Golf
October 20 · 22min find the promo
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Ray suffers an anxiety attack while playing golf, after he tricked Debra into letting him go. Believing that he is sick, Ray goes to see a doctor who tells him that he is properly suffering from stress and that he needs to find a way to relax, such as playing more golf.
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S02E06 Anniversary
October 27 · 22min find the promo
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At a big surprise party for Frank and Marie's 40th. wedding anniversary, Ray is shocked to learn that his parents were once separated for a year and that they might have gotten divorced, if Frank hadn't returned because Ray broke his arm.
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S02E07 Working Late Again
November 3 · 22min find the promo
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After Debra reads a newspaper article about people who enjoy being at work more than being at home, she convinces Ray to set up a home office.
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S02E08 The Children's Book
November 10 · 22min find the promo
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Sick of reading Ally the same stories night after night, Debra decides to try her hand at writing a children's book.
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S02E09 The Gift
November 17 · 22min find the promo
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Ray, feeling guilty about only getting his dad a card for his 65th. birthday, makes up for it by buying him a fancy and expensive aquarium just like the one he always admired in the Chinese restaurant. Frank, at first adores the gift, but after one of the fish dies, he starts hating it.
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S02E10 High School
November 24 · 22min find the promo
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Ray makes a startling discovery when he takes Debra to his 20th. high school reunion. It turns out that Debra's "one of them," them being the cool people who hated him and used to push him into the girls' bathroom.
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S02E11 The Letter
December 8 · 22min find the promo
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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 puts pen to paper and writes a letter to her mother-in-law.
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S02E12 All I Want for Christmas
December 15 · 22min find the promo
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All Ray wants for Christmas is a little loving from his wife and he's willing to try anything to have his holiday wish come true.
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S02E13 Civil War
January 5 · 22min find the promo
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Feeling left out when he thinks that his father selectively asked his brother to join a Civil War re-enactment, Ray voluntarily enlists for the Battle of Gettysburg. As the men prepare for Battle, a funny thing happens, Ray is finally able to tell Frank that he wishes they did more together.
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S02E14 Mia Famiglia
January 12 · 22min find the promo
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When Ally has to do a school project on genealogy and interview her oldest living relative, Ray helps her track down his father Frank's long-lost Aunt Sarina in Italy, and they decide to write her a letter. Things get interesting when Aunt Sarina takes the letter and the "stop by if you if you're ever in America" literally.
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S02E15 Marie's Meatballs
January 19 · 22min find the promo
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When Raymond chooses his mother's spaghetti and meatballs over his wife's lemon chicken for dinner, Debra blows a gasket. With good intentions, Ray asks his mom to teach Debra how to make her world-famous dish.
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S02E16 The Checkbook
February 2 · 22min find the promo
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When Raymond takes over the family chequebook to prove to Debra how "easy it can be," he discovers he is no accountant after quickly running out of money and cheques start to bounce.
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S02E17 The Ride-Along
February 23 · 22min find the promo
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Raymond decides to accompany his brother Robert, who is a policeman, on a ride-along. Initially, spending night shift in the back of Robert's patrol car bores Raymond, but his boredom quickly turns to terror during a chance visit to Nemo's restaurant.
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S02E18 The Family Bed
March 2 · 22min find the promo
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The scary monsters in her room send Ally scurrying nightly to the safety of her parents' bed, so sleep-deprived Ray decides it's time to call in an expert.
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S02E19 Good Girls
March 9 · 22min find the promo
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Debra discovers that her mother-in-law, Marie, likes Robert's girlfriend, Amy, better than than her, because Amy is a "good girl."
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S02E20 T-Ball
April 6 · 22min find the promo
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Debra brings pretzels to Ally's T-ball game, and when the person in charge of snacks tells her that pretzels aren't on the approved list, Ray doesn't stand up for her, prominently displaying his fear of being disliked by anyone.
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S02E21 Traffic School
April 20 · 22min find the promo
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Robert proves to be a crashing bore when it comes to teaching traffic school, so he decides to practice his presentation on the Barone 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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S02E22 Six Feet Under
April 27 · 22min find the promo
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When six-foot-tall Raymond discovers that he's shrunk a quarter of an inch, the resultant midlife crisis grows until it turns into an end-of-life crisis. So, before he gets put six feet under, he decides to make a list of his dreams and goals in life.
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S02E23 The Garage Sale
May 4 · 22min find the promo
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As the entire family prepares for Honest Frank's Yard of Bargains, Ray is surprised to see Debra unloading their cribs and baby clothing for the sale, and even more surprised to hear that she assumed they were done having children.
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S02E24 The Wedding (1)
May 11 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S02E25 The Wedding (2)
May 18 · 22min find the promo
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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.