Episode
Everybody Loves Raymond: Alone Time
Overview
When Debra realizes that all her time is spent with the kids, Ray, and his family, she tells Ray to take the kids out more often so that she can have more time to herself. Ray doesn't understand why Debra needs more time to herself, and when Marie hears about it, she starts thinking that something is wrong with their marriage, and when Ray finds out what his wife is doing with her alone time, he starts to get worried.
Details
- Series
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2000-04-17
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Alone Time is Episode 20 in Season 4 of Everybody Loves Raymond. It aired on 2000-04-17. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 19: Marie and Frank's New Friends
Ray and Debra's plan of getting Frank and Marie their own friends backfires when instead of going to their house, they bring their new friends to Ray and Debra's.
Episode 21: Someone's Cranky
Still recuperating from his recent run-in with a bull, a cantankerous Robert is driving everyone crazy with his mean-spirited behaviour. When his doctor tells him that he needs two more weeks of of recovery, which means two more weeks at his parents' house, his attitude worsens. But Debra things that there is another reason for Robert's bad attitude.
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Episode 18: Debra Makes Something Good
Debra throws the Barone family into turmoil when she creates a dish that everyone likes. Ray can't believe it when he tastes Debra's braciola, his wife has finally cooked something he likes. But Marie is not happy when she sees the effect Debra's cooking prowess has on Ray, Robert, and Frank.
Episode 22: Bad Moon Rising
When Ray witnesses Debra's hypersensitive mood and generally annoyed reaction to everything he says and does, he checks the calendar and realizes it's going to be a long couple of days ahead. In his desperate attempt for a "quick fix," he makes a bad situation worse by suggesting that a simple pill will help with his wife's insufferable mood swings.
Episode 17: Hackidu
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Episode 23: Confronting the Attacker
During his first day back on active duty, Robert loses his nerve and decides to quit the police force.
Episode 16: The Tenth Anniversary
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Episode 24: Robert's Divorce
While out for a family dinner, the Barones spot Robert's ex-wife Joanne, which prompts them to reminisce about the demise of his marriage. The family tells Amy the truth about Robert's failed marriage. The surprise sighting also brings back some personally harrowing memories for Robert.
Episode 15: Robert's Rodeo
After Robert gets hurt by a bull while on duty, Ray starts feeling tremendous guilt after Robert's partner reveals that he was only on duty because Ray cancelled their plans, so that he could race go-karts.
Episode 14: Prodigal Son
Everyone gets on Ray's case because he's doesn't go to Sunday Mass. When Ray starts feeling guilty and sees the good example his father Frank is setting by attending church, he commits to becoming a regular parishioner. But when he shows up at the church, he soon figures out the real reason his father likes attending Mass.
Episode 13: Bully on the Bus
Ray and Debra have differing points of view on how best to handle the situation, when they learn that Ally has been bullying another child on the school bus. Ray thinks Ally's pushiness comes from Debra, and she thinks that if she doesn't instil independence in Ally, she'll end up being a wuss, just like her Raymond.
Episode 12: What's with Robert?
When Amy raises the notion with Debra, that Robert's reluctance to commit to her, may be because he's gay, Ray doesn't believe it. But, after giving it some more thought, and upon closer observation of Robert, his prior conviction is cast into doubt.