Even dead people love Raymond, as he is chosen to deliver the eulogy at his great uncle's funeral. It's an occasion that serves as a reunion for Ray's mother and her feuding sister, Alda.

For a criminal-psychology course, Robert issues standard IQ tests to Raymond and Debra, and boy, is Ray smarting when they get the results.

Although Marie has always cooked the traditional turkey dinner for Thanksgiving, Debra decides it's her turn to prepare the holiday meal, but not wanting to compete with Marie's turkey, she chooses to serve fish.

When Debra tries to change Ray's pessimistic attitude about winning the Sports Writer of the Year Award, he agrees to change his ways and become more positive, but he soon has to suffer the downside of being the only optimist in his family.

Sick of reading Ally the same stories night after night, Debra decides to try her hand at writing a children's book.

Feeling left out when he thinks that his father selectively asked his brother to join a Civil War re-enactment, Ray voluntarily enlists for the Battle of Gettysburg. As the men prepare for Battle, a funny thing happens, Ray is finally able to tell Frank that he wishes they did more together.

The scary monsters in her room send Ally scurrying nightly to the safety of her parents' bed, so sleep-deprived Ray decides it's time to call in an expert.

When six-foot-tall Raymond discovers that he's shrunk a quarter of an inch, the resultant midlife crisis grows until it turns into an end-of-life crisis. So, before he gets put six feet under, he decides to make a list of his dreams and goals in life.

After Raymond begrudgingly agrees to be the auctioneer at the Our Lady of Faith School auction, he’s pleasantly surprised with the laughs he gets at Debra’s expense. Debra tells him that she’s going to get even, but later retracts her warning, but it’s too late, Ray is convinced that Debra is plotting her revenge.

When Debra’s mother comes to visit the family for a week, she is disappointed that her mother doesn't want to help around the house or that she doesn't show any interest in her grandchildren. Debra finds herself shocked to discover that she wishes her mom was more like Marie.

Just as Frank and Marie are about to embark on a Caribbean cruise, Frank hurts his knee and can't go. Ray, not wanting to disappoint his mother, accompanies her on the cruise. Marie is having the time of her life soaking every ounce of fun in the sun, while back home, Robert is just about out of patience being the caretaker for the injured Frank.

After Ray urges Debra to go swing dancing with Robert, he can’t believe how infatuated the two become with their new hobby, and it’s starting to tick him off. Meanwhile, Ray sees a side of Marie that he never expected.

The whole family choses sides when Ray and Debra fight over a newly acquired can opener.

Everyone gets on Ray's case because he's doesn't go to Sunday Mass. When Ray starts feeling guilty and sees the good example his father Frank is setting by attending church, he commits to becoming a regular parishioner. But when he shows up at the church, he soon figures out the real reason his father likes attending Mass.

Ray screws up a Hackidu trade for his daughter by refusing to trade several cards for one Scramisaur card, which is rare and worth a lot of money. Ray thinks he's being the perfect father by taking an interest in Ally's Hackidu hobby, and advising her on the card swap, but she is disappointed as the Scramisaur is not only rare and valuable, but also her favourite Hackidu.

While out for a family dinner, the Barones spot Robert's ex-wife Joanne, which prompts them to reminisce about the demise of his marriage. The family tells Amy the truth about Robert's failed marriage. The surprise sighting also brings back some personally harrowing memories for Robert.

Ray inadvertently commits petslaughter on Ally's hamster while Debra and the kids are away for the weekend. When Ray breaks the difficult news to Ally about Pumpernickel's untimely demise, Debra insists that they give the beloved pet a proper burial, complete with eulogies, but Ray thinks that it's ridicules to morn a pet.

Ray gets sneezed on at the airport and he fears he might have caught something so Debra tries to take care of him but Marie takes over.

Frank is so green with envy that he forces Marco to choose either Marie or him as a friend. Meanwhile, Ray sides with Frank because he doesn't approve of a married woman having a male friend.

Robert meets a beautiful woman who is a big fan of Ray's sports column and who mistakes him for Ray. When he doesn't correct her, he has no choice but to involve Ray in a complicated plot to keep the woman from learning Robert's true identity.

When Ray learns that scout troop leader Peggy and her daughter have targeted his parents house as a spot to make a big sale for themselves during the Frontier Girls' selling competition, while Ray and his daughter Ally were assigned to a terrible spot, it means war.

Debra decides to run for school president, but Ray isn't sure he can handle the twins by himself during all school meetings, so he votes against her.

Ray moves his things out of his and Debra's bathroom and into the kids' bathroom so Debra has more space, but he soon regrets it when his dad and brother start teasing him and tell him that he is no longer the king of his own house.

Raymond's friend Andy tells him that Jerry Musso, a radio talk show host, hates him. While Raymond is in shock over this, Robert enjoys seeing him fall over like this.

The six-year on-again, off-again relationship between Robert and Amy is reaching a pivotal moment. Robert wants to propose to Amy, but there's one small formality the hopeful groom-to-be must take care of first: asking Amy's devout churchgoing parents for their daughter's hand in marriage.

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.

When Michael stays home from school two days in a row, Ray suspects that he simply hasn't done his homework, but the rest of the family have their own explanation for Michael's sudden aversion to school.

Fed up with his wife's constant lateness, Ray leaves Debra at home rather than take her to the ESPY Awards. While Debra is seething over Ray's actions, Marie and Amy get into a heated debate with Frank and Robert when they air their own grievances about their wives' blatant disregard for the time.

When the MacDougals are invited to spend Easter with the Barones, the two families attempt to bond over a 500-piece puzzle. While everyone else gets frustrated with the puzzle, Ray and Pat continue working on it until the wee hours of the night while sharing stories about themselves and their families.

After Ally comes home with an F on her report card, Debra feels she is not paying enough attention. Ray, however, feels it might be the teacher.

Marie is astounded when Franks puts salt on her homemade lasagna, leading her to believe that she's lost her touch in the kitchen. However, Ray and Robert discover that the problem is Frank, who has lost his sense of taste.

Ray fears getting his adenoids removed, but Debra convinces him to go through with the surgery. At the hospital, while Marie is in the bathroom, and everyone else in the waiting room, the nurse comes out and tells Debra that Ray isn't waking up from the anaesthesia.