Everybody Loves Raymond: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
The Invasion
Sep 21, 1998 · 22 min
When Ray's house is tented for termites, he and his family moves into his parent's house and gives Frank and Marie a taste of their own medicine. Marie's initial excitement that "R
Driving Frank
Sep 28, 1998 · 22 min
After Frank has one car accident too many, Debra decides that the kids can't ride with him anymore, which makes Ray realizes that his dad is getting older.
The Sitter
Oct 5, 1998 · 22 min
Feeling overwhelmed with her responsibilities, Debra decides to get a babysitter. But when Lisa, the babysitter, becomes the smash hit at "Space Station Barone" with her alien-catc
Getting Even
Oct 12, 1998 · 22 min
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 hi
The Visit
Oct 19, 1998 · 22 min
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 gra
Halloween Candy
Oct 26, 1998 · 22 min
After Debra suggests that she might be more consistently romantic if she weren't in charge of the birth control, Ray decides to "cut the wires." But after a discussion with Robert
Moving Out
Nov 2, 1998 · 22 min
Feeling pathetic because he lives with his parents, Robert finally musters up the courage to move out on his own. Encouraged by Ray, and much to his parents' horror, Robert packs u
The Article
Nov 9, 1998 · 25 min
It has been Ray's life long dream to get an article published in Sports Illustrated. So when his friend and coworker Andy, the "stats guy" at work and novice sportswriter, sells a
The Lone Barone
Nov 16, 1998 · 23 min
Raymond is in a bad mood. Forced to wait home all day for the delivery of Debra's new curtains, he can't go play golf and laments to his brother, that marriage is like a prison. So
No Fat
Nov 23, 1998 · 22 min
Since Debra's parents will be out of the country on Thanksgiving Day, she, Ray, and the kids make plans to spend the holiday at Frank and Marie's house. But their dreams of turkey
The Apartment
Dec 7, 1998 · 22 min
Robert has moved into a new apartment, and Raymond is jealous. Not because of the apartment, but because everywhere he looks, beautiful women are coming out of the woodwork, and th
The Toaster
Dec 14, 1998 · 22 min
Ray is overjoyed by the reaction he is getting from friends and family who received a personalized "Barone" toaster from him for Christmas, even Debra's parents seemed thrilled wit
Ping Pong
Jan 11, 1999 · 22 min
When Ray finds out that his father let him win a game of ping pong when he was twelve, he challenges him to a new game.
Pants on Fire
Jan 18, 1999 · 22 min
When Marie discovers that Ray held an unchaperoned party at their home some 20 years ago, she is hurt and disappointed that her favourite son lied to her. Unable to forgive or forg
Robert's Date
Feb 1, 1999 · 22 min
Robert's entire demeanour changes when he starts clubbing with his patrol partner, Judy, and her friends. When he starts using expressions such as "this is so whack" and "I'm down
Frank's Tribute
Feb 8, 1999 · 22 min
Frank is elected Man of the Year down at the Lodge, and Marie enlists the reluctant Ray and Robert to prepare his tribute.
Cruising with Marie
Feb 15, 1999 · 22 min
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. Mari
Ray Home Alone
Feb 22, 1999 · 22 min
When Debra and the kids go away for the weekend, Ray is looking forward to a couple of days of bachelor living. But instead of enjoying himself, the night is turns into a harrowing
Big Shots
Mar 1, 1999 · 22 min
Trying to impress Robert when they visit the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, Ray uses his "weight" as a sports writer for Newsday to jump to the front of the line to meet the
Move Over
Mar 15, 1999 · 22 min
When Ray confides to Debra that her constant need to cuddle and "be on top of him" when they are sleeping is causing him many sleepless nights, Debra is more than happy to comply w
The Getaway
Apr 5, 1999 · 22 min
Debra and Ray feel tremendous pressure to show each other a good time on a romantic weekend getaway in Vermont. From the moment they set foot in the quaint bed and breakfast, it's
Working Girl
Apr 26, 1999 · 22 min
When Debra gets a part-time job at an AD agency, an unhappy Ray is left to fend for himself and Marie is left wondering what's to become of the children, the house, and her beloved
Be Nice
May 3, 1999 · 22 min
When Ray and Debra realize they're nicer to strangers than to each other, they vow to change their ways.
Dancing with Debra
May 10, 1999 · 22 min
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
Robert Moves Back
May 17, 1999 · 22 min
When Robert and Amy have sex in Robert's apartment, they forgot to close the curtains. It doesn't take long for the other tenants to launch a partition to make curtains mandatory.
How They Met
May 24, 1999 · 22 min
Memories of how they first met flood back when Ray and Debra prepare Ally for her first play date with a boy.