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Raymond takes Robert out on the anniversary of his divorce, and they begin to bond, but a little too much for Raymond's liking.

Raymond resolves to take up playing the piano once again in order to teach his daughter a lesson in perseverance, and the music brings back memories.

Raymond finds that his guilty conscience is affecting his game after he successfully tricks Debra into letting him play more rounds of golf.

Ray is shocked to learn that his parents were separated for a year, but wonders if it was such a bad thing when he considers how unhappy they are.

Debra reads an article that leads her to believe that her husband would be a much happier person if he could work within the confines of his own home.

Debra decides to write a children's book, and tries to get Raymond to help, but instead, he turns it into a competition with their daughter as the judge.

Raymond can't seem to understand why his father would possibly dislike an aquarium that he has purchased for the elder man's 65th birthday.

While attending a high school reunion, Ray remembers his days as a nerd, and discovers that Debra was one of the "cool people."

Debra gets fed up and writes an angry letter to Raymond's mother, and Ray tries to stop it, but finds that it may not have been such a bad idea.

Ray has big holiday plans for a passionate tryst with his wife, but the sudden arrival of some unwanted Christmas guests threatens to ruin everything.

When the family heads to Brooklyn to visit Mrs. Rossini for Thanksgiving, it is customary for the women to wait on the men, which irritates Angela.

Samantha's grandfather, Nick, is denied parole from prison, so he breaks out and prepares to run, but first he must confront Samantha.

Mona, who has just graduated from college, is needed to help bring down a company who is accused of discrimination, but Angela ruins her plans.

A disgusted Tony tries to convince his cousin to not marry a male chauvinist, but first he must discuss the issue with her furious father.

When Sam needs more money so she can be more involved with activities for the basketball team, she goes to work in Angela's office.

When Tony starts taking an advertising class that Angela just so happens to be teaching, Angela can't stand Tony's ad for laundry detergent.

Tony is misled by compliments given to Samantha, from her instructor, for the work she is doing in ballet class but the compliments may not be what they seemed.

Samantha must watch Jonathan when his sitter cancels at the last minute, leading to some interesting babysitting adventure while she sits.

When Cindy asks for Janet's outlook on single motherhood, the roommates conclude that Cindy is pregnant and Jack thinks about proposing to her.

When the Ropers are back in town to visit with their former tenants, Helen comes by after having a fight with Stanley and things soon become chaotic.

When Ralph's attractive niece visits, Jack is determined to go out with her and decides to pose as his own identical twin brother, but problems soon arise.

When Jack and Janet come home one evening after seeing a horror movie and discover that Cindy is not there, they decide that she has been kidnapped.

Jack tells a woman that he lives alone and borrows Ralph's apartment to impress her, but things soon take a turn for the worse when she catches him lying.

When Jack finds himself in the middle of a quarrel between a girl and her jealous boyfriend, Larry advises Jack to fake his own death and funeral.

After Cindy moves out to attend veterinary school at UCLA, Janet sets out to search for a new roommate; Jack has a bad experience with a nurse.

When Jack finds out that Janet's new roommate is the quarrelsome nurse he had trouble with at the hospital, Jack and Larry play a joke to get rid of her.

When Grady grows tired of his surroundings, he decides to move in with his daughter and her husband and their two children in a much better neighborhood.

After a small earthquake, Grady tells Fred an even larger one is coming, so the distressed Fred decides to move and go to Las Vegas to avoid the disaster.

When Aunt Esther's concerns over her husband's possible infidelity escalate, she moves in with Fred and Lamont until she decides if she will end their marriage.

When Fred and Lamont decide to purchase Julio's house, they visit the bank for a loan, but while they are there, hostile robbers quickly overtake the bank.

Julio's old home is turned into a boarding house by the Sanfords, and an endless supply of hopeful tenants winds up bombarding their door.

Fred and Lamont see a sitcom on television that mirrors their lives, so they file a lawsuit against the studio producing the show.

Fred's sister and her husband Rodney move in, and Fred considers giving Rodney a job at the boarding house if his schedule will allow it.

A politician establishes his campaign headquarters at the junkyard, and Fred wants nothing to do with it, especially when he learns Della Reese opposes him.

When Frank fails to invite Raymond to participate in a Civil War reenactment, Ray joins the opposing side; the family, like the country, makes peace.

While researching a family tree, Frank's old-world aunt comes to visit, delighting the family at first, but she soon overstays her welcome.

When Ray likes Marie's cooking better than Debra's, his wife is upset, and soon, his mother fears that he only visits her for the food.

Raymond decides to show Debra how easy it is to balance the checkbook, but instead ends up in deep financial trouble and needs help.

When Raymond spends a shift in the patrol car with his brother, he first thinks it's boring, but realizes how brave his brother is during a robbery.

Raymond tries to call in his mother to deal with Ally's nighttime fears, but Debra is upset when she finds out.

The family wonders why Marie is so fixated on the sexual activity of Robert's girlfriend, only to make an alarming discovery.

Raymond is afraid to stand up for Debra's faux pas at a T-Ball game because he wants everybody to love him.

Robert finds that he is a dull traffic instructor, and after pestering his family with his spiel, he gets help from a puppet.

Raymond has a mid-life crisis when he finds that he's shrunk a quarter of an inch; Marie is upset at Frank for selling half of their burial plot.

Debra and Raymond find that they are in disagreement over the prospects of having more children when Debra wants to sell their baby things in a yard sale.

A flashback shows how nervous Raymond was when he proposed, but then he starts wondering if Debra married him for love or just to have a big wedding.

Raymond comes to feel doubts about Debra's original reasons for marrying him, and he decides to give his wife another chance to reject him.

Extermination for termites drives Ray, Debra and the kids out and they move in with Marie and Frank for the duration, but now the shoe is on the other foot.

When Frank is found to be an unsafe driver, Debra doesn't want the kids riding with him; Raymond begins to worry that his parents are getting older.

When Raymond and Debra hire a sitter, Marie is insulted; when the kids prefer the sitter to Debra, she has to go, but Marie can't handle the job.

When another man proposes marriage to Donna, she considers it, but quickly turns to Fred to find out if he is going to ever ask her to marry him.

When Lamont judges a beauty pageant with a $1,000 prize, Fred bets Aunt Esther's husband he will win, but some help will be needed first.

Fred is surprised at the deliciousness of the Asian dish Lamont's friend has prepared for them, and when they decide to start a takeout business together.

After some confusion over his date with Donna, Fred decides to enter the Senior Olympics to face Donna's other suitor to prove he is better than him.

Fred is grumpy during the holiday season, leaving attempts to make him cheery short lived, but while he is sleeping, spirits show him the error of his ways.

After Fred witnesses a murder attempt, he lands in the hospital under intense security, but despite police protection, he thinks the killer will get to him.

Lamont has just enough money to take acting school, but Fred sees a commercial for a get rich quick scheme and decides to give it a try using Lamont's funds.

A tenant at The Sanford Arms cannot pay, so he leaves Fred his pet elephant as collateral, gaining the attention of city officials.

Lamont bets Fred he will not make any money during his absence, and Fred wants to prove him wrong by renting Lamont's room out to a pregnant woman.

Lamont suggests that Fred get some exercise rather than watch TV all the time, which leads to an argument & the television breaking.