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The writing gets meta. In "The Contractor," Ray hires a contractor who is just as lazy as he is, leading to a garage that remains unpainted for a year. The show also begins planting seeds for the finale, with Robert and Amy trying to have a baby and Ray starting to realize he takes Debra for granted.

The show settled into a formula: Ray goes to his parents’ house to steal food, gets trapped listening to Frank critique his lawn, then returns home to a furious Debra. But the formula works. The episode "The Christmas Picture" is a holiday classic, where the family tries to take one nice photo for Marie, only for chaos to erupt over a torn dress. Everybody Loves Raymond Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

Explored the MacDougall family (played by Georgia Engel and Fred Willard), providing a hilarious, repressed counterpoint to the loud, aggressive Barones. The writing gets meta