Season four opens with the show in its creative prime, the cast chemistry absolutely unbeatable.
Ray and Debra tackle a parenting issue that divides them and unites the audience in recognition.
Marie discovers something about Debra and reacts with the dramatic intensity of a soap opera heroine.
Robert's self-esteem issues drive a storyline that's both hysterically funny and quietly sad.
Frank delivers his finest monologue of the season from the comfort of his recliner.
Debra stands up to Marie in a confrontation that Patricia Heaton and Doris Roberts play to perfection.
Ray tries to avoid a family event and his escape plan is as elaborate as it is doomed.
The show delivers a classic episode about marriage, family, and the impossibility of having a quiet evening.
Robert and Ray share a brotherly moment that proves underneath the jealousy, there's real love.
Marie's holiday preparations become an episode-long event that exhausts everyone but her.
Frank and Marie's marriage gets another examination that reveals the complicated love that sustains them.
Debra reaches a new level of frustration with the Barone family that Patricia Heaton sells brilliantly.
Ray's cowardice in family matters is exposed, and his attempts to backpedal are comedy gold.
Robert faces a crossroads that Brad Garrett handles with the emotional range that won him multiple Emmys.
The ensemble fires together perfectly in one of the season's strongest episodes.
Marie and Debra find unexpected common ground that scares both of them.
Frank does something surprisingly thoughtful, then ruins the moment with a classic Frank comment.
Ray and Debra's marriage gets its strongest episode of the season — real, funny, and achingly relatable.
The fourth season builds to its finale with every family relationship tested and strengthened.
Robert's arc reaches a satisfying peak that gives Brad Garrett his finest material of the year.
Season four wraps with the Barone family exactly where we love them — fighting, loving, and eating.
The fourth season's finale delivers a Barone family moment that's both perfectly funny and perfectly true.
Season four closes with Marie already crossing the street for season five. Some things never change.
Another year of everybody loving Raymond comes to a close, and the audience loves him right back.