Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series)

Thank You Notes (2003)

Monica Horan: Amy MacDougall

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• Debra Barone : You married into the Manson Family. And Charlie goes off sometimes!

  Amy MacDougall : I didn't mean to argue. It's thank-you notes. It's so stupid.

  Debra Barone : Hey hey hey hey hey. Look at me. You were great. Do you hear me? You can't let her get away with anything.

  Amy MacDougall : But she's so upset. I don't want a bad relationship with her. I should go apologize.

  Debra Barone : No no no no no. Hey, listen, that is exactly what she is waiting for. For you to go over there and say you'll write those thank-you notes. You have got to be strong. She is testing you. Trust me, what she just pulled here, that's her big weapon - the guilt bomb. And it doesn't help that all the men in her family are scared to death of her. Whenever she comes up against somebody with a backbone who might actually confront her, she's completely threatened and she gets her claws out. And so she has been allowed to rule this way, unopposed, for decades. Listen Amy, I have been waiting for you. This is a critical time. Even though this is a tough regime to topple, with you in the family, now we have a shot. You and me together, to end all the suffering. Do you hear me? We can do it!

  Debra Barone : [to Ray]  What is so funny?

  Ray Barone : You're so nuts. You still, after 15 years, haven't figured anything out about this woman?

  [sitting down] 

  Ray Barone : Amy, here's how I see all this stuff. Mom loves the family. She really does. And she thinks it's her job to hold it all together. Does she overreact occasionally? Okay. So she wants you to write a few thank-you notes. She's an old lady. What else does she have? Besides, before even giving up a drop of power, she will truly kill us all.