Season Five

#98 & 99 – Italy

Marie surprises her family with a trip to Italy. Ray spends much of the time complaining, while Robert falls in love with the beautiful Stefania.

#100 – Wallpaper

Frank and Marie’s car comes crashing into Ray and Debra’s living room.

#101 – Meant to Be

Robert’s complicated love life now involves three women: his ex-wife, Joanne, the Italian beauty, Stefania, and Amy. He decides Amy is the one, but first he must tell her about the other two.

#102 – Pet Cemetery

While the family is away for the weekend, Ray loses Ally’s pet hamster. Robert eventually find it in the freezer.

#103 – The Author

Ray’s dream of publishing a book is crushed at the exact moment that Robert gets a promotion.

#104 – The Walk to the Door

Ray finds out the Elizabeth, a girl from high school, will be at an upcoming wedding. Ray explains that he didn’t walk her to the door after a dance, and that this is something he has always regretted.

#105 – The Young Girl

In public, Debra says it’s fine that Robert is dating a very young woman. In private, she tells Ray that she is disgusted.

#106 – Fighting In-Laws

Debra’s parents are visiting for Thanksgiving. Ray overhears Warren and Lois and discovers that they are going to marriage counseling. When Ray tells Debra, they debate whose parents are worse.

#107 – The Sneeze

After a guy at the airport sneezes right in Ray’s face, Debra must deal with his hypochondria.

#108 – Christmas Present

Ray wants permission to golf, so he tries to bribe Debra by getting her a better Chrsitmas present than she gets him.

#109 – What Good Are You?

After Debra nearly chokes on some food and Ray provides no real help, Ray wonders if anyone thinks of him as useful.

#110 – Super Bowl

Ray takes Gianni instead of Debra on a work trip to the Super Bowl. When Ray gets there, he finds that all his coworkers have brought their wives, and it’s only a matter of time until Debra finds out.

#111 – Ray’s Journal

Ray discovers that Marie read his childhood journal, and that she still bears a grudge about some of the things he wrote.

#112 – Silent Partners

At dinner, Ray and Debra realize that they have nothing to say to each other. Worried about their marriage, Debra suggests they do more things together.

#113 – Fairies

Ray finds out that Debra signed the boys up to be fairies in the school play. He’s not pleased, and tries to get the better parts as mighty boulders.

#114 – Stefania Arrives

Marie arranges a surprise visit from Robert’s Italian girlfriend, Stefania. She, in turn, surprises everyone by bringing her scary father and the news that they are moving to America. And Robert finds that, despite her womanly charms, Stefania is annoying.

#115 – Humm Vac

Against Debra’s wishes, Ray buys a new Humm Vac Esprit. At first, Debra is impressed with it, but she is angered when Marie explains that she sent the saleswoman over. Debra takes the vacuum to Marie’s determined to find dirt in her house.

#116 – The Canister

Marie insists that Debra has not returned one of her kitchen canisters. Debra denies it and demands an apology. Marie gives one and leaves, but then Ally enters holding the canister. Ray and Debra try to sneak the canister back into Marie’s house.

#117 – Net Worth

Ray lends a friend money against Debra’s wishes, and they argue over who should have control of the finances, and over who is “worth” more.

#118 – Let’s Fix Robert

To his horror, Robert finds out that Amy and Stefania are at Marco’s Restaurant trashing him. Later, he goes over to his mother’s and is further horrified to learn that Marie has invited the same women over to discuss everything that’s wrong with him.

#119 – Say Uncle

Robert has plans to take the kids to the zoo. When Ray notices the kids imitating their Uncle Robert, he becomes insecure and tells Robert to get his own life.

#120 – Separation

Debra gets a surprise visit from her mother, who explains that she and Debra’s father are splitting up after forty years. Debra worries that she and Ray are on the same path.

#121 – Frank Paints the House

Marie, desperate to get Frank out of her hair, makes him paint Ray and Debra’s house. When Ray and Robert get sucked into helping their father, Frank’s barking so upsets Ray that he finally fires him.

#122 – Ally’s Birth

While accompanying Ally to a father/daughter dance, Ray reminisces about the circumstances surrounding her birth. Chief among them is getting stuck in traffic on the way to the hospital, forcing Robert to prepare to be Debra’s midwife.