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#48 – The Invasion
Ray and Debra stay with Frank and Marie while
their house is being fumigated.
#49 – Driving Frank
Frank hits Robert’s patrol car, so Ray tells
Frank he can’t drive the kids until he retakes his license test.
#50 – The Sitter
Ray and Debra
hire the perfect babysitter, but the kids end up liking her too much.
#51 – Getting Even
Ray, the auctioneer
for a school’s benefit, makes several jokes about the jewelry box Debra made for the event. Upset, she vows to get even.
#52
– The Visit
Debra’s mother comes for a visit and, from the moment she arrives, complains and insists on
spending time away from the family – even considering checking into a hotel. Debra is deeply hurt.
#53 –
Halloween Candy
Ray considers a vasectomy, but instead returns home with multicoloured condoms, telling Debra that
the “stuff” will now be his responsibility.
#54 – Moving Out
Ray and Debra tease Robert about
not having his own apartment, so he moves out…and moves in with an older couple who are exact replicas of Frank and
Marie.
#55 – The Article
Andy asks Ray to read an article he has written, and Ray gives him a lot of criticism
and several suggestions. Later, Andy thanks Ray and says Sports Illustrated bought his article, which he submitted
without including any of Ray’s suggestions.
#56 – The Lone Barone
Ray vents to Robert about how
miserable he is in his marriage and tells Robert that he’s lucky to live alone. Later, Robert breaks up with Amy. Everyone
blames Ray.
#57 – No Fat
It’s Thanksgiving, and Frank and Marie have high cholesterol, so Marie
makes a tofu turkey. Ray, behind Marie’s back, orders a complete holiday dinner.
#58 – The Apartment
Robert’s
new apartment building is full of incredibly gorgeous women, so Ray starts making lame excuses to go visit him. When Debra
comes by, she discovers why Ray has been going so often.
#59 – The Toaster
Ray buys the family engraved
toasters for Christmas. Everybody loves them, except Franks and Marie, who return theirs for a coffeemaker.
#60 –
Ping-Pong
Ray and Robert reminisce about how Frank tortured them while playing ping-pong, until the day twelve-year-old
Ray finally beat him. When Marie says that Frank let him win, Ray demands a rematch.
#61 – Pants on Fire
Frank
and Marie find a beer bottle cap that Ray admits came from a party he threw one weekend back in high school. Marie is shocked
that Ray would have lied to her and thrown a party behind her back. Upset with Ray, she starts favouring Robert.
#62
– Robert’s Date
Judy invites Robert out with all her black friends, and Robert, felling awkward, starts
acting like a black person.
#63 – Frank’s Tribute
Frank’s lodge votes him “Man of the
Year.” Ray and Robert interview lodge members for a tribute video. But now one rally likes Frank, so Ray doctors the
video.
#64 – Cruising With Marie
Ray and Robert buy their parents a cruise for Marie’s birthday,
but Frank hurts his knee, so Ray is forced to go with his mom.
#65 – Ray Home Alone
Ray is home alone
for the weekend, but he can’t sleep because he’s afraid. When Robert has similar troubles, he and Ray blame Frank
and his scary bedtime stories. They decide to give him a good scare, hiding in his closet and waiting.
#66 –
Big Shots
Ray takes Robert to Cooperstown to meet the ’69 Mets. Ray tries to cut in line using his press pass,
causing a scene and getting both of them thrown out.
#67 – Move Over
Debra likes to cuddle with Ray in
bed, but Ray can’t sleep that way. Their priest advises Ray that she probably needs more affection during the day.
#68
– The Getaway
Ray, though afraid of alone time with his wife, reluctantly agrees to go on a bed-and-breakfast
weekend with her.
#69 – Working Girl
Debra lands a job as a copywriter, but Ray isn’t very supportive.
However, when Debra gets fired, Ray goes to get her job back.
#70 – Be Nice
Ray and Debra realize that
they treat everyone else better than they treat each other and vow to remedy the situation.
#71 – Dancing with
Debra
Robert needs a wing dancing partner, so Ray suggests Debra. They have a great time and make another date, but
Ray, jealous, sabotages it by telling Robert that Debra didn’t have fun.
#72 – Robert Moves Back?
After
Robert and Amy have sex at his apartment, they learn that the entire building saw them in the act. Robert, ashamed, crashes
in Ray’s basement.
#73 – How They Met
A flashback to when Ray and Debra first meet. He delivers
a futon to her apartment, and she invites him to dinner
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