Episodes

Depressed that Marie and Debra can't resolve their differences, Robert decides to join a support group and his cousin Gerard convinces him to attend a Inner Path meeting. The Romano family is concerned that Robert has joined a cult, and Marie insists that Raymond join Robert doing an upcoming meeting, so that he can keep an eye on his brother.

After arguing with Ray over his inability to help her with the household tasks, Debra becomes intrigued when their friends, Linda and Bernie, mention they've been seeing a marriage counsellor. Although Ray is against the idea, he quickly adopts a cooperative attitude when they meet the therapist, Pamela.

When Ally's teacher, Miss Purcell, overhears Ray commenting about the kids' excessive workload, she invites Raymond to address the curriculum review board and gives him a mountain of material for review and evaluation.

Ray writes a eulogy for his father Frank, who hasn't died yet. In the eulogy, he tells a childhood story about watching his tough dad pet the family bunny named Hoppy. Unfortunately for Ray, Marie reads the eulogy and gets offended when she learns that Ray hasn't written one for her.

Ray fears something is wrong with him after he comes home from a night out with his friends and tells Debra that he didn't enjoy it. She thinks Ray is finally growing up.

After deciding to lend Robert $1,000 when he complains he's struggling with finances, Ray and Debra are surprised when Robert uses the money for a vacation to Las Vegas.

Ray moves his things out of his and Dedbra's bathroom and into the kids' bathroom so Debra has more space, but he soon regrets it when his dad and brother start teasing him and tell him that he is no longer the king of his own house.

Ray and Debra are excited to have finally met a couple, who are just like them. However, Ray starts having mixed feelings when their annoying 8 year-old son wreaks havoc around the Barone household.

Robert think he has finally found "the one", and her name is Angela, an international-trade lawyer. She's bright, speaks four languages, and clearly likes Robert. The girl goes on to endear herself to Debra by complimenting her lemon chicken. Ray is also smitten with Angela, until he sees something disturbing during dinner.

While Raymond, Robert, and Frank don't want to bring up the fact that Marie is having vision trouble, Debra decides to level with her and suggests she visit an eye doctor. When Marie gets a pair of glasses just in time for the holidays, she winds up spotting and pointing out everyone's physical insecurities.

Robert gives Ray a great idea on what to get Debra for Christmas, but he isn't very happy when Ray takes all the credit for it.

Boisterous Frank learns a difficult lesson in humility from his granddaughter, Ally. During a trip to the supermarket with Ray and Ally, Frank starts nibbling on some trail mix and is caught by a testy manager, and a heated argument ensues. Watching it all unfold is Ally, who becomes frightened by Frank's ranting.

Raymond's friend Andy tells him that Jerry Musso, a radio talk show host, hates him. While Raymond is in shock over this, Robert enjoys seeing him fall over like this.

The six-year on-again, off-again relationship between Robert and Amy is reaching a pivotal moment. Robert wants to propose to Amy, but there's one small formality the hopeful groom-to-be must take care of first: asking Amy's devout churchgoing parents for their daughter's hand in marriage.

Tired of being labelled the "evil witch" around the house, Debra convinces Ray that it's his turn to discipline the kids. While leaving to take Ally to a Frontier Girls meeting, Debra tells Ray that he must force the twins to clean up their room or they can't go out and play.

After Debra signs Ray up for charity work at the hospital without asking, he reluctantly agrees to go. However, he soon becomes a hit with the patients and starts spending more time there than at home, much to his Debra's dismay.

Amy's parents show up unexpectedly at their daughter's apartment on a Sunday morning. They want to talk Amy out of marrying Robert and take her home to Pennsylvania. They are surprised to see Robert there and shocked to learn that he often spends the night.

Yet another bump appears on the rocky road to Robert and Amy's wedding, when the bride-to-be puts her betrothed in charge of writing the wedding invitations. Ray and Frank can't believe Robert let himself get roped into planning the wedding, they nevertheless come up with a plan to help ensure that Robert will never have to help out with the wedding again.

Ray takes Ally over to her friend Molly's house for a sleepover. He is mortified when Molly's mother turns out to be Peggy, the same Frontier Girl troop scout leader that he had a run-in with doing the cookie sale last year. Things get awkward when she pats his rear after he helps her set up a tent for the girls.

Debra and Ray pick out replacement spouses for each other and jealousy starts. Marie announces that Rose, the elderly lady next door, has passed away. Marie is upset because Rose is the woman she'd chosen for Frank if she hadn't died. Debra thinks it would be fun to fantasize about who should take her place and tells Ray she's selected her friend Linda. But then Ray picks Linda's husband Bernie for Debra.

Debra gives a bridal shower for Amy, but her good intentions get sidetracked by Marie's overzealous participation. When Marie attempts to ""take over"" Amy's wedding shower, Debra gets upset and yells at her, prompting Marie to leave in a huff. Returning to the party festivities, Debra starts drinking a little too much champagne and winds up being too tipsy to drive. When she can't reach Ray on the phone, Debra decides to take a nap in her car with the keys in the ignition and is awakened by a police officer, who arrests her for drunk driving. When her license is suspended, Debra finds herself in a precarious situation when she's forced to rely on Marie for help.

Ray and Debra wind up in a two-week standoff over a suitcase. When Robert asks Ray if he can borrow a suitcase sitting on the stairway landing for his honeymoon, Ray explains he and Debra have been locked in an ""unspoken"" battle of wills since a weekend trip over who is responsible for putting the suitcase away. Although Robert thinks Ray and Debra are insane, Frank and Marie can easily relate and offer their own words of wisdom – with Frank counseling Ray and Marie advising Debra on how to resolve their marital differences.

Ray hosts a lame bachelor party for Robert and is shamed by Debra, Marie and Amy into throwing him another one at the lodge, which is attended by Amy's father and brother.

Robert and Amy exchange vows in a classic Barone family wedding ceremony.

Robert and Amy exchange vows in a classic Barone family wedding ceremony.