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Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete 5 Season

Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete 5 Season

HBO (2000)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
026359240423
TV Series | Comedy | TV Shows
USA | English | Color | 12:30

The beloved sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond would be as brutal as a Strindberg drama if it didn't make familial bitterness so genuinely funny. Stand-up comedian Ray Romano (Ice Age) plays Ray Barone, a sportswriter married to Debra (the sharp and sexy Patricia Heaton) who has the misfortune to live just across the street from his invasive, bickering parents Frank and Marie (Peter Boyle, Young Frankenstein, and Doris Roberts, Remington Steele). Rounding out the cast is Ray's neglected older brother Robert (Brad Garrett, Gleason), whose every accomplishment has been ignored because his parents prefer to dote on the younger, cuter Ray. Robert, whose gloomy mug and huge size makes him loom over Ray like some malevolent alter-ego, is actually more honest and sensitive to the needs of others than is Ray, who's both self-centered and too eager to please--an impossible balance that Romano spins to great comic effect.

The fifth season presents the show at the peak of its strength. The season opener, a two-part story about a trip to Italy, degenerates into schmaltz, but immediately afterward Everyone Loves Raymond regains its bearings and launches into series of deftly played and skillfully written domestic skirmishes between husband and wife or parent and child. Episodes range from an explosive fight over wallpaper (a fan favorite) to anxiety over Ray's twin sons playing fairies in a school performance to the separation of Debra's seemingly perfect parents (Katherine Helmond, Brazil, and Robert Culp, I Spy). It's hard to imagine that any other show could get away with such a morbid view of marriage. In one episode, Ray and Debra panic when they realize they're running out of things to talk about; but after they witness Ray's parents having a meal without speaking a single word (a hypnotic pas de deux between Boyle and Roberts), Debra persuades herself that being quiet with each other is true intimacy...but the show never tells you whether she's discovered marital zen or if she's just rationalizing the inevitable emotional heat-death of a life-long commitment. Robert's romantic troubles recur throughout the season, culminating in the nightmare of having his ex-girlfriends meet to hash out everything that's wrong with him. Just a slight adjustment in tone would make Everyone Loves Raymond a bleak indictment of how people can be cruelest to those closest to them; instead, it's a cunningly comic celebration of how people can be cruelest to those closest to them. --Bret Fetzer


Episodes View details

1 Italy: Part 1 30 min | Oct 02, 2000

For Marie's birthday, the family goes to Italy. But Ray gets a cold and becomes miserable and Robert finds the woman of his dreams. But first he has to get past her father.

2 Italy: Part 2 22 min | Oct 02, 2000

The show continues in Italy. Ray starts to appreciate Italy and Robert must avoid Stefania's father if he wishes to see tomorrow.

3 The Wallpaper 23 min | Oct 09, 2000

Marie and Frank crash their car into Ray's house.

4 Meant to Be 23 min | Oct 16, 2000

Robert tells Amy about Stefania because he thinks they're meant to be. Another breakup.

5 Pet Cemetery 23 min | Oct 23, 2000

With the untimely accidental murder of Ally's hamster Pumpernickel, she and the family decide to give the pet a proper funeral.

6 The Author 23 min | Oct 30, 2000

Ray tries to write a book but gets rejected. Robert makes lieutenant.

7 The Walk to the Door 23 min | Nov 06, 2000

At a wedding, Ray reunites with the first woman he dated. He tells the family about the time he didn't walk her to the door.

8 Young Girl 23 min | Nov 13, 2000

The 43-year-old Robert is dating a 22-year-old named Erica, and Marie and Debra find his new girlfriend way too young for his age. Frank invites her to his birthday party, which becomes a disaster.

9 Fighting In-Laws 23 min | Nov 20, 2000

Debra's parents visit for Thanksgiving and confess that they're going to marriage counseling.

10 The Sneeze 23 min | Nov 27, 2000

A man accidentally sneezes on Ray and he think's he's caught the man's germs.

11 Christmas Present 30 min | Dec 11, 2000

Ray gets Debra a really great present for Christmas so she'll agree to let him go golfing.

12 What Good Are You? 23 min | Jan 08, 2001

Ray starts to have second thoughts about himself after he didn't help Debra when she was choking.

13 Super Bowl 30 min | Jan 29, 2001

Ray decides to take Gianni to the Super Bowl with him. But the rest of the family wants to go.

14 Ray's Journal 30 min | Feb 05, 2001

When Marie finds the diary that Ray kept as a boy, he is embarrassed about much of the sexual content, but she is only upset over a single mean comment about her.

15 Silent Partners 23 min | Feb 12, 2001

Ray and Debra can't think of anything to talk about. Debra thinks they need to spend more time together.

16 Fairies 30 min | Feb 19, 2001

The twins want to be fairies in the school play.

17 Stefania Arrives 30 min | Feb 26, 2001

Marie doesn't want Robert to end up alone, so she invites Stefania to America. But she comes with her father.

18 Humm Vac 23 min | Mar 19, 2001

When Ray buys a new top-of-the-line vacuum, Debra takes it to Marie's home in search of dirt.

19 The Canister 23 min | Apr 09, 2001

Marie thinks that Debra has her canister, but Debra says she doesn't. When Debra finds it in Ally's room, she gets Ray and Robert to help her sneak it back into Marie's house.

20 Net Worth 23 min | Apr 23, 2001

Ray invests money in a go-cart venture without telling Deborah. He says it is his money, so Deborah bills him for the job she does with the children and the house. Robert compares it to a wrongful death lawsuit - the value of life.

21 Let's Fix Robert 23 min | Apr 30, 2001

Marie thinks something's wrong with Robert. So she gathers all of the girls in Robert's life to come up with ways to help him.

22 Say Uncle 22 min | May 07, 2001

Ray thinks his kids like Robert better than him.

23 Separation 30 min | May 14, 2001

Debra finds it hard to handle her parents' divorce.

24 Frank Paints the House 23 min | May 21, 2001

Frank, Ray, and Robert paint Ray's house. And Robert and Ray find out something new about their father.

25 Ally's Birth 30 min | May 21, 2001

Flashback to when Ally was born.

Cast View all

Brad Garrett Robert Barone
Peter Boyle Frank Barone
Ray Romano Ray Barone
Doris Roberts Marie Barone
Patricia Heaton Debra Barone
Madylin Sweeten Ally Barone
Sawyer Sweeten Geoffrey Barone
Sullivan Sweeten Michael Barone
David Proval Marco Fogagnolo
Alex Meneses Stefánia Fogagnolo
Susan Varon Suzy
Jon Manfrellotti Gianni
Katherine Helmond Lois Whelan
Robert Culp Warren
Pierrino Mascarino Giorgio
Bob Ruth Nemo
Andy Kindler Andy
Monica Horan Amy MacDougall
Silvana De Santis Aunt Colletta
Bob Odenkirk Scott Preman
Brian Posehn Walter
Sherri Shepherd Sergeant Judy
Bob Joles Guy
Suzie Plakson Joanne Glotz
Diana-Maria Riva Sarah

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Edition details

Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 5
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed)
Widescreen (16:9)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Subtitles English | French | Spanish
Distributor Hbo Home Video
Layers Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date Dec 06, 2005
Regions Region 1

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