Episode
Everybody Loves Raymond: Meeting the Parents
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2003-02-24
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Meeting the Parents is Episode 17 in Season 7 of Everybody Loves Raymond. It aired on 2003-02-24. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 16: Sweet Charity
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.
Episode 18: The Plan
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.
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Episode 19: Sleepover at Peggy's
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Episode 14: Just a Formality
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Episode 20: Who's Next
Marie announces that Rose, the elderly lady living next door to her and Frank, has passed away. She is upset because Rose was the woman she had chosen for Frank as a replacement wife, if Marie should pass away first. Debra thinks it would be fun to fantasize about who would take her place.
Episode 13: Somebody Hates Raymond
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Episode 21: The Shower
Debra throws the bridal shower for Amy, but her good intentions get sidetracked by Marie's overzealous participation. This leads to a fight between the two and Marie winds up leaving. Debra then gets a little to much to drink and ends up falling a sleet in her car with the key still in the ignition. She is awoken by a police officer who arrests her for being drunk behind the wheel.
Episode 12: Grandpa Steals
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.
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Episode 11: The Thought That Counts
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Episode 23: The Bachelor Party
Ray throws a lame bachelor party for Robert and is shamed by Debra, Marie, and Amy into throwing him a proper one at the lodge, which will also be attended by Amy's father and brother.