Ray Romano’s Favorite ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Episodes Might Surprise You
If you’ve rewatched Everybody Loves Raymond in recent years, you have something in common with Ray Romano. The actor has revealed he’s spent the last few years watching all 210 episodes of the hit sitcom for the first time. Not only did he watch every single episode, he rated each one and figured out which ones he thinks are the series’ best.
Romano rated each episode on a scale of one to 100, but 96 was the highest score he gave. “We were never perfect,” he told People.
“I got on a little kick there. I hadn’t seen the episodes,” he explained. “They took on a new look to me. I was appreciating them more. I was very hard on them back then… But you see when you’re removed from it a little, I felt like an audience member. And then I said, ‘Let me rate them.’ I rated them, and I was hard on some.”
Only three episodes got a 96 from the actor, 66: Season 2 Episode 19, “Good Girls;” Season 7 Episode 9, “She’s the One;” and Season 7 Episode 22, “Baggage.”
In “Good Girls,” Ray (Romano) finds out the Marie (Doris Roberts) likes Amy (Monica Horan) more than Debra (Patricia Heaton) because Amy is a “good” girl. “She’s the One” is the episode where Robert’s (Brad Garrett) girlfriend eats flies. (“It’s bizarre and crazy, but it ended up being a great episode,” Romano said of the installment.) In “Baggage,” Ray and Debra have a three-week-fight over who’s going to put the suitcase away. “Baggage” won an Emmy for its writing.
Romano said in the classic sitcom format, you’re bound to have hits and misses. He also declined to reveal which episodes got his lowest scores. He still hangs out with the writers, and wrote some episodes himself, after all.
“When you do 210 episodes, you’re going to have episodes that you think are brilliant and you’re going to have episodes that you think, ‘Wow, you know what? We kind of missed it on that one,” he explained. “Then you’re going to have episodes that are very good, great and somewhere in the middle, you know what I mean? That’s just to be expected when you’re cranking an episode out every week.”
Everybody Loves Raymond aired for nine seasons from 1996 to 2005 on CBS. It collected a total of 69 Emmy nominations during its run, winning 15, including two wins for Outstanding Comedy Series (in 2003 for Season 7 and 2005 for Season 9, the final season). All nine seasons are available to watch on Paramount+.
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I watch the show every night starting at 7pm until 10. Have to end my day with Everybody Loves Raymond. One of my favorites is when Robert has an interview with the FBI, a classic!!
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My favorites are the one where Marie & Frank drive the car through Ray & Debra’s house, Traffic Cop Timmy, The girl scout cookie ones, The Toaster, The garage sale, tbh i absolutely obsessed with this show i couldn’t possibly pick a favorite. I can say that the only episode i like the least is the one about the dead hamster. I literally watch this show first thing in the morning & the last thing right before bed. Its so comforting & cozy! Lol. My friends always make fun of me including my 3yr old son who used to say “again?” & “Nooooo” everytime i turned it on! Haha…He gave in & gave up cuz now he “loves” it!
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Waiting in the car all night to play golf the next day and Ray and Robert have a fight. Ended up squeezing jelly donuts all over each other. Then yelled out "truce" and "no truce". The word truce brought back memories from my childhood.
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I've watched everyone many many times. They're all perfect to me. Brought so much joy to my life. I'm still watching every night.
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The Annoying Kid with Spencer. Classic
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I've watched all the episodes and one of my favorite was
Boy's Therapy
Still I'm watching
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Like Elaina8, I too end my day by watching the show … I know almost every line and I easily fall asleep at the sound of their voices….
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I think “Tee-ball” was great, along with “Traffic cop Timmy” was awesome as well.
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RR is totally right about She's the One and Baggage. They're in my Top 10 for this show, and Baggage might be for my Top 10 for all shows. I totally relate to their predicament in that ep. I've lived it, though not as hysterically funny.
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Agree about Baggage. I think I was newly dating my now husband when that episode first aired. I appreciated it then, but as time has passed, I find myself thinking about it constantly. . . and seeing SO much truth in every little bit of it.
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The one where one of the twins writes a story about "The Angry Family" and Debra loses it with their teacher.
The one where Ray and Robert have the fight in the car as to which one Marie will live with when Frank dies.
The episode where Frank and Marie move to the retirement home.
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"It's the FBI MA, NOT THE GAP!"
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Never saw show
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Wow bud, surprised you bothered to comment. It’s not too late to catch the reruns. I bet you’ll love it as much as I do!
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