Everybody Loves Raymond
The seventh season of Everybody Loves Raymond serves up a delightful mix of comedy and pathos as the Barones deal with cults, theft, marriage, and death. The season opener (which aired on CBS in 2002) starts where season 6 ended: with Debra (Patricia Heaton) and Marie (Doris Roberts) feuding, and Ray (Ray Romano) and Robert (Brad Garrett) conjuring up a plan to get them to make up. This 5-disc set includes all 25 episodes, including the two-part wedding finale between Robert and Amy (Monica Horan). In typical Marie fashion, she has a shocking and inappropriate comment to make when the priest makes the rhetorical statement, "If anyone can think of any reason why these two should not be joined, speak now or forever hold your peace." There is very little peace when Marie is around. A fantastic cook and a loving mother, Marie is the reason why women worldwide dislike mama's boys. When things go wrong on the home front, Ray isn't above comparing Debra to his mother. Sometimes it's unintentional. But at other times, it's calculated as a means of getting his way. The show's saving grace is the likeability of the characters and the strong writing, which makes up in humor what it lacks in subtlety.
The relationship between woebegone Robert and Amy is a delight, especially because viewers get to meet her parents this season. Fred Willard (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) and Georgia Engel (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) play Amy's conservative parents who'd rather see their daughter remain single than marry into the Barone family. Chris Elliott also guest stars as Amy's spoiled, unemployed brother who likes to stir things up between the two clans. The show's success always has been less about completely out-there premises than taking a slice of everyday life--helping the kids with their homework, sharing chores, dealing with in laws--and presenting them in a comical manner. In the real world, a lazy husband like Ray wouldn't be nearly as cuddly. And an interfering mother-in-law like Marie would not be tolerated by most wives. But on Everybody Loves Raymond, they're two of the main reasons why viewers consistently tuned in to this hit sitcom. --Jae-Ha Kim
When Robert joins a cult, the Inner Path, Raymond points out their idiot cousin Gerard is already a member. Although Robert eventually sees through the group (particularly when he realises the leaders were really after Raymond, to be their spokesman), he allows himself to be the subject of a fake intervention, in order to stop Debra and Marie squabbling.
Debra tries to convince Ray to go see a marriage counselor with her after she learns that two of their friends have gone.
Ray believes that Ally's school is giving out too much homework.
Ray writes a eulogy for Frank. He tells the story of how he saw Frank petting his bunny we he was a kid. Frank goes berserk.
Debra & Raymond go out on Saturday, but to different places. Marie thinks they are having marital problems. Ray did not have fun with his friends. He goes with Debra to a book reading and does not enjoy that either.
Robert needs money, so Ray and Debra give him some. But then, Robert decides to go to Las Vegas and gamble.
Whenever Debra sighs, Ray thinks it's because of him. So he decides to give Debra their bathroom and he'll share the kids' bathroom from now on. Debra accepts.
Ray and Debra's friendship with a new couple is threatened by the pair's obnoxious 8-year-old son, who constantly annoys Ray.
Robert's new girlfriend seems perfect for him, until Ray discovers she eats flies.
Now that Robert is back with Amy, the family turns to another problem. Marie's eyes. Her eye sight is getting worse, so Debra asks her to go get glasses. Not only do the glasses help Marie's eyes, but she starts seeing things that no one else can see.
Ray lies to Debra about getting her a great Christmas present. He goes to Amy and Robert for help and Robert suggests the book "To Kill a Mockingbird". But when Ray gets all the credit, Robert snaps.
When Ally witnesses Frank, stealing food from the supermarket, she starts avoiding him.
Andy's new boss hates Ray. Ray does everything he can to find out why.
Robert decides that it's time to propose to Amy. But her parents say "no". So Ray and Robert try to make them change their minds.
Ray finally finds out that, to the kids, he's a pushover. So he decides to go hard on them. But he may be going a little too hard.
Debra signs up for charity work and signs up Ray for an hour of charity at the hospital. He is reluctant but goes. Turns out the patients enjoy his humor and sports information and he enjoys going. Debra is upset at how often he is gone.
Marie and Frank meet Hank and Pat for the first time.
Ray and Frank persuade Robert to make a complete hash of designing his and Amy's wedding invitations, so that Amy will step in and take over; unfortunately, the plan backfires and the invitations go out, warts 'n' all. Worse, Debra realises Ray has been faking incompetence for years to avoid performing his household duties.
Ray reluctantly takes his daughter to her friend Molly's for a sleepover, fearing another run-in with Molly's mother, Peggy (previously seen in season six's "Cookies"). A casual pat on the behind leads Ray to believe Peggy is coming on to him.
When a friend of Frank and Marie dies, Marie tells Frank that she had been the woman Marie had picked out to marry him if she died first; Ray and Debra then get into a debate about who they would choose to take their place if they died.
When Debra has too much to drink at Amy's shower she rests in the car until she feels better. But the cops think that she was drinking and driving. Marie becomes even more protective.
Ray and Debra have a three-week-fight over who's going to put the suitcase away.
When Ray's bachelor party for Robert doesn't go well, Amy, Debra, and Marie tell him to try again.
Robert and Amy finally get married. But it's not the wedding they expected.
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Brad Garrett | Robert Barone |
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Peter Boyle | Frank Barone |
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Ray Romano | Ray Barone |
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Doris Roberts | Marie Barone |
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Patricia Heaton | Debra Barone |
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Madylin Sweeten | Ally Barone |
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Sullivan Sweeten | Michael Barone |
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Sawyer Sweeten | Geoffrey Barone |
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Monica Horan | Amy MacDougall |
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Fred Willard | Hank MacDougall |
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Tom McGowan | Bernie Gruenfelder |
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Georgia Engel | Pat MacDougall |
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Chris Elliott | Peter MacDougall |
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Maggie Wheeler | Linda Gruenfelder |
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Jon Manfrellotti | Gianni |
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Sherri Shepherd | Sergeant Judy |
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Len Lesser | Garvin |
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Victor Raider-Wexler | Stan |
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Fred Stoller | Gerard |
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Andy Kindler | Andy |
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Richard A. Romano | Policeman #2 |
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Dan Martin | Policeman #1 |
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Alexandra Romano | Molly |
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Max Rosenthal | Max |
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Albert Romano | Albert |
| Edition | The Complete Seventh Season |
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| Packaging | Custom Case |
| Nr Discs | 5 |
| Screen Ratios | Widescreen 1.85:1 Color |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Subtitles | English | French | Spanish |
| Distributor | Hbo Home Video |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Sep 19, 2006 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
| Purchased | For $ 44.98 |
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| Index | 1226 |
| Added Date | Dec 12, 2012 01:15:23 |
| Modified Date | Mar 26, 2019 21:52:51 |