Everybody Loves Raymond never lost steam. Season 9 was just as great as any other season. The two office workers that have to tell Ray and Debra that Marie and Frank are being kicked out did a great job!
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Don't get it
racheladams-539817 January 2019
It's a good episode if you overlook the fact that Robert owns the house??!!!!. His parents sold it to him when they moved? But when the parents had to move back they expected to live in the house again, and own/control it. Robert owns it!! I would either not let the parents move back in or i would tell them they had to pay rent. Yet at one point Marie says to Robert "You can live here til you find a place". But it's already his place!! He should be saying that to his parents! I find this very annoying as i feel they had to do this for continuation purposes.
Raymond's jump the shark moment?
studioAT11 March 2020
Warning: Spoilers
For me, 'Everybody Loves Raymond' jumped the shark a bit in it's final year. Unfortunately Peter Boyle is visibly unwell and the stories weren't always as strong.
The novel twist of having Frank and Marie move away would've been a perfect finale for the show - Ray and Debra would've had new annoying neighbours across the street.
And it looked like that was the way things were heading, until this episode undoes it all rather rapidly.
It's certainly all well played out, and I get that Robert is a character whose whole life is 'one step forward, two back', but for me it didn't work.
I pretend these first two episodes of S9 don't exist, or that the first one is the finale.
The novel twist of having Frank and Marie move away would've been a perfect finale for the show - Ray and Debra would've had new annoying neighbours across the street.
And it looked like that was the way things were heading, until this episode undoes it all rather rapidly.
It's certainly all well played out, and I get that Robert is a character whose whole life is 'one step forward, two back', but for me it didn't work.
I pretend these first two episodes of S9 don't exist, or that the first one is the finale.
A kind of a failed experiment
puzgolac4 December 2023
I have mixed feelings about this (and the previous) episode. There are a few laughs and funny situations, though it is not great. But more importantly, the overall tone just seems to be wrong. It feels like some kind of a failed experiment to bring a new direction in the show. Frank and Marie have moved... no, wait, they haven't. As some of the other reviewers have said, this episode, if put together with the previous, could have made a great finale. Frank and Marie have moved, Ray and Debra have new neighbors, with the possible hint that the new neighbors could be just as annoying to them as the previous ones. Or even show that Frank and Marie have been kicked out of their retirement condo, but end it with them showing at Robert's door, and end the show that way. It would have been funny and meaningful.
Also, there is a thing that doesn't make sense. Robert bought the house, it is his now. Even if he felt the obligation to give it back to his parents, there is no need for him to stay there, and he is not without money, as they make it out to be. If Frank and Marie get the house back, Robert should get his 26000 dollars back, and that should be plenty of money to rent a place of his own.
Also, there is a thing that doesn't make sense. Robert bought the house, it is his now. Even if he felt the obligation to give it back to his parents, there is no need for him to stay there, and he is not without money, as they make it out to be. If Frank and Marie get the house back, Robert should get his 26000 dollars back, and that should be plenty of money to rent a place of his own.
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