Episode
Everybody Loves Raymond: Be Nice
Overview
When Ray and Debra realize they're nicer to strangers than to each other, they vow to change their ways.
Details
- Series
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1999-05-03
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Be Nice is Episode 23 in Season 3 of Everybody Loves Raymond. It aired on 1999-05-03. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 22: Working Girl
When Debra gets a part-time job at an AD agency, an unhappy Ray is left to fend for himself and Marie is left wondering what's to become of the children, the house, and her beloved son now that they will be neglected.
Episode 24: Dancing with Debra
After Ray urges Debra to go swing dancing with Robert, he can't believe how infatuated the two become with their new hobby, and it's starting to tick him off. Meanwhile, Ray sees a side of Marie that he never expected.
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Episode 21: The Getaway
Debra and Ray feel tremendous pressure to show each other a good time on a romantic weekend getaway in Vermont. From the moment they set foot in the quaint bed and breakfast, it's apparent that Debra and Ray are trying a bit too hard for this to be a perfect weekend.
Episode 25: Robert Moves Back
When Robert and Amy have sex in Robert's apartment, they forgot to close the curtains. It doesn't take long for the other tenants to launch a partition to make curtains mandatory. Humiliated, the loving couple are desperate to find a new make-out spot. Debra wants Ray to help them, so he offers Robert and Amy the Barone household basement.
Episode 20: Move Over
When Ray confides to Debra that her constant need to cuddle and "be on top of him" when they are sleeping is causing him many sleepless nights, Debra is more than happy to comply with his request to give him his space in bed.
Episode 26: How They Met
Memories of how they first met flood back when Ray and Debra prepare Ally for her first play date with a boy.
Episode 19: Big Shots
Trying to impress Robert when they visit the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, Ray uses his "weight" as a sports writer for Newsday to jump to the front of the line to meet the members of the ’69 Miracle New York Mets.
Episode 18: Ray Home Alone
When Debra and the kids go away for the weekend, Ray is looking forward to a couple of days of bachelor living. But instead of enjoying himself, the night is turns into a harrowing experience, and Ray is forced to confront the real reason he doesn't want to stay home alone.
Episode 17: Cruising with Marie
Just as Frank and Marie are about to embark on a Caribbean cruise, Frank hurts his knee and can't go. Ray, not wanting to disappoint his mother, accompanies her on the cruise. Marie is having the time of her life soaking every ounce of fun in the sun, while back home, Robert is just about out of patience being the caretaker for the injured Frank.
Episode 16: Frank's Tribute
Frank is elected Man of the Year down at the Lodge, and Marie enlists the reluctant Ray and Robert to prepare his tribute.
Episode 15: Robert's Date
Robert's entire demeanour changes when he starts clubbing with his patrol partner, Judy, and her friends. When he starts using expressions such as "this is so whack" and "I'm down with it," and showing up in mustard coloured suits, the Barone family find it hard to believe how much Robert is changing in order to fit in with his new friends.
Episode 14: Pants on Fire
When Marie discovers that Ray held an unchaperoned party at their home some 20 years ago, she is hurt and disappointed that her favourite son lied to her. Unable to forgive or forget, Marie can no longer put Ray on a pedestal, and he's been bumped for big brother Robert, and it's killing the needy Raymond.