Episode
Everybody Loves Raymond: The Letter
Overview
When Marie crashes and ruins her Tupperware party, Debra decides that she's had just about enough of her mother-in-law's constant interference. She puts pen to paper and writes a letter to her mother-in-law.
Details
- Series
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1997-12-08
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
The Letter is Episode 11 in Season 2 of Everybody Loves Raymond. It aired on 1997-12-08. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 10: High School
Ray makes a startling discovery when he takes Debra to his 20th. high school reunion. It turns out that Debra's "one of them," them being the cool people who hated him and used to push him into the girls' bathroom.
Episode 12: All I Want for Christmas
All Ray wants for Christmas is a little loving from his wife and he's willing to try anything to have his holiday wish come true.
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Episode 9: The Gift
Ray, feeling guilty about only getting his dad a card for his 65th. birthday, makes up for it by buying him a fancy and expensive aquarium just like the one he always admired in the Chinese restaurant. Frank, at first adores the gift, but after one of the fish dies, he starts hating it.
Episode 13: Civil War
Feeling left out when he thinks that his father selectively asked his brother to join a Civil War re-enactment, Ray voluntarily enlists for the Battle of Gettysburg. As the men prepare for Battle, a funny thing happens, Ray is finally able to tell Frank that he wishes they did more together.
Episode 8: The Children's Book
Sick of reading Ally the same stories night after night, Debra decides to try her hand at writing a children's book.
Episode 14: Mia Famiglia
When Ally has to do a school project on genealogy and interview her oldest living relative, Ray helps her track down his father Frank's long-lost Aunt Sarina in Italy, and they decide to write her a letter. Things get interesting when Aunt Sarina takes the letter and the "stop by if you if you're ever in America" literally.
Episode 7: Working Late Again
After Debra reads a newspaper article about people who enjoy being at work more than being at home, she convinces Ray to set up a home office.
Episode 15: Marie's Meatballs
When Raymond chooses his mother's spaghetti and meatballs over his wife's lemon chicken for dinner, Debra blows a gasket. With good intentions, Ray asks his mom to teach Debra how to make her world-famous dish.
Episode 6: Anniversary
At a big surprise party for Frank and Marie's 40th. wedding anniversary, Ray is shocked to learn that his parents were once separated for a year and that they might have gotten divorced, if Frank hadn't returned because Ray broke his arm.
Episode 16: The Checkbook
When Raymond takes over the family chequebook to prove to Debra how "easy it can be," he discovers he is no accountant after quickly running out of money and cheques start to bounce.
Episode 5: Golf
Ray suffers an anxiety attack while playing golf, after he tricked Debra into letting him go. Believing that he is sick, Ray goes to see a doctor who tells him that he is properly suffering from stress and that he needs to find a way to relax, such as playing more golf.
Episode 17: The Ride-Along
Raymond decides to accompany his brother Robert, who is a policeman, on a ride-along. Initially, spending night shift in the back of Robert's patrol car bores Raymond, but his boredom quickly turns to terror during a chance visit to Nemo's restaurant.