Everybody Loves Raymond

Marie has saved up some money and takes the whole family on a trip to Italy, where they stay with Marie’s relatives. Marie, Debra, Frank and Ray follow the holiday plan made by Marie. Raymond is not enjoying himself because he has caught a cold from the airplane’s air conditioning, and as a result he’s always complaining and pessimistic, while Debra is constantly nagging him to get with the program and have a good time. Robert meets Stephania at an Italian Ice stand and is instantly smitten, experiencing what Frank calls "The Thunderbolt".

Marie drives Frank’s car backwards through Ray’s front door. Debra is mad and insists that Frank pay to repair everything that was damaged, but Ray is not very supportive. When the new wallpaper doesn’t exactly match the old paper, he seems to overreact. All the vent-up frustrations with his parents come out in the open.

Robert has been seeing his ex-wife Joanne, so now with her, Amy and Stephania, three women are interested in Robert. Ray and Frank tell him he has to choose. He decides that he and Amy are "meant to be" and tells her the same at dinner. To start an honest relationship, he confesses about Joanne. Amy gets mad and leaves. Back at home, she complains to Debra and Debra accidentally blurts out about Robert’s relationship with Stephania. Amy breaks up with Robert and leaves.

Ally’s hamster, Pumpernickel, passes away due to Ray’s carelessness. Ray tries to replace him with a new hamster, but Ally is not interested. On Debra’s suggestion, the family holds a funeral for Pumpernickel.

Ray’s dreams of writing a sports book get squashed when the publishing company takes a pass on it, just when Robert is promoted to lieutenant. The brothers discuss their need for winning the never-ending competition between them, and getting in a fight.

When Ray learns that he will be seeing an old girlfriend, Elizabeth, at a wedding, he confesses to the family that he regrets that after their first date 25 years ago he did not walk her to her door. During the wedding reception he meets her and apologizes to her. She replies that she doesn’t even remember the incident and laughs at the thought that he might have been waiting 25 years to tell her. In an effort to irritate Ray, Debra orders him to describe one regret he has in his relationship with her.

Robert dates a 22 year old girl named Erica. Ray and Frank are excited to meet her, but Debra and Marie are annoyed. After a disastrous birthday party (Frank’s), Ray, Debra, Robert and Erica go out for dinner. While Ray and Robert are away, Debra discovers that the girl is just 19. When Robert learns this he is shocked. Ray and Debra then find out that Robert had told her that he is 35, not 43, and that Ray is 37. They break up and the remaining three finish their meals.

Debra’s parents drop in for Thanksgiving dinner, on their way to Germany. On Thanksgiving eve, Ray accidentally overhears that they are having marital troubles and they are on the way to counseling in New Jersey. During dinner next day, the truth comes out into the open.

Ray is sneezed on in the airport rest room. He becomes obsessed with it and thinks he is getting sick. Marie pampers him and puts him to bed. Debra is annoyed by all the mothering and asks Ray to get up. Later the doctor calls to inform that Ray is actually sick.

Ray buys Debra an elaborate Christmas gift in the hope that she will be so impressed she will let him go on a weekend golf trip. It backfires when Debra gets him a better gift and willingly allows him to go to the golf trip. Ray then thinks that she has some ulterior motive and confronts her. He goes overboard and ends up losing the golfing trip and also gets stuck with all the household work.

Debra starts to choke on a orange seed, but Ray does nothing. When she accuses him of being useless during emergencies, he talks to his mother. Marie agrees with Debra. Andy, Gianni and Robert makes fun of him, so Ray tries to be too manly with Debra that evening.

Ray gets two tickets to the Super Bowl and he chooses Gianni to go with him. Frank, Robert and Debra get very upset, each wanting to be his companion. In the hotel, Ray realizes that his colleagues have brought their wives and he arranges to have Debra flown in. When Debra realizes that he has no plans to spend time with her, she decides to leave. To please her, he cancels the entire plan and also throws away the Super Bowl tickets. Of course, this makes Debra even angrier.

Ray discovers Marie read his diary during middle school, and Marie makes him feel guilty for writing the things he did in it. Ray discovers that Robert kept two journals to fool Marie. Ray apologize to Marie and edit it out the entre saying; "I e-hat my mother".

After an uncomfortable meal at the restaurant, Ray and Debra discover they have nothing to say to each other. They decide to take interest in each other’s life. Debra starts watching sports with Ray and asks Ray to read a book with her. When Debra realizes that Ray did not read the book and is not interested in watching a game with her, she gets mad.

The twins play fairies in the school play and Frank tells Ray that this will make them gay. Ray is initially fine with the twins playing the parts, believing that the school assigned the roles, but objects when he realizes Debra specifically signed them up as fairies. He tries to change their part to boulders, but when he discovers that the twins actually want to be fairies, he gets their parts back and trains them.

Stefania, Robert’s Italian girlfriend visits from Italy with her father. Robert initially likes it, but then realizes that she is annoying and breaks up with her. Stefania’s father loves America and buys Nemo’s to settle down in Long Island. After the break-up, to avoid Stefania’s father’s wrath, he lies to him that he is gay.

Ray buys a new vacuum cleaner, which cleans well and makes Debra happy. When she realizes that Marie had sent over the salesgirl, Debra tries to find dirt in Marie’s house. Debra then claims that Marie’s obsessive cleaning and plastic covers on the furniture makes their house cold and the guests uncomfortable. Marie tries to loosen up, but after the guys make a mess, she returns to her normal behavior.

Marie asks Debra to return a canister she borrowed, but Debra says she already returned it. They argue and Debra eventually convinces Marie that she is wrong. Marie apologizes to Debra, which astonishes Ray. Debra feels good that she finally got through to Marie but soon learns that the canister was in fact never returned; the kids had it. She tries to sneak it into Marie’s house, but gets caught. Frank takes the blame to save her.

Debra becomes angry when, without her knowledge, Ray contributes $1,000 to his friends’ scheme to open a go-cart business. When he says that it’s his money to invest, Debra gets upset and makes a bill for the services she does at home. When Marie and Frank walk in, they have a huge debate over the worth of their contribution towards the house.

When Robert hears that Stefania and Amy have met, he is shocked. Marie hears about it and calls a meeting of Stefania, Amy and Judy to find out what’s wrong with Robert and then fix him. Robert is forced to attend.

When Ray realizes that his kids would rather spend time with their Uncle Robert than with him, he decides to do take the kids to the zoo instead of letting Robert take them. When Robert objects, Ray tells him he should get his own life. Robert takes it badly and goes away. After Marie talks to Ray, he patches things up with Robert.

Lois arrives at Debra’s house and announces that she and Warren are separated. Debra blames her mother for the separation. Ray is unable to understand why Debra is getting upset over something that was long coming. Warren arrives at Debra’s house on Ally’s birthday to tell her that Lois is not at fault and it was all mutual.

Frank paints Ray’s house against his wishes, and enlists Robert and Ray help to help. When Franks bosses them around and chooses a color Ray does not approve of, Ray fires him. Marie then explains that Frank was fired from his last job. Ray confronts Frank, and Frank loudly explains his reasons for making the decisions he had made about painting the house, stating that he shouldn’t need to explain. Ray apologizes and brings him back, agreeing that Frank will be in charge.

At a father/daughter dance, Ray remembers the day of Ally’s birth. In the flashback, Debra realizes that she is pregnant and wants to be the first to tell Ray. Marie has her own plans, but Debra finally manages to win. After 9 months, when Debra is ready is give birth, she is fed up with Marie’s constant intrusion. When her water breaks, she lies to Marie and just goes to the hospital with Ray and Robert. When they are stuck in traffic, Robert tries to deliver the baby, but it turns out to be a false alarm. Finally Ally is born in a hospital.