The Gist: Debra overhears Ray and his friends complaining about how their wives act when on their “lady days."
Holy Crap: When Everybody Loves Raymond debuted, popular sitcoms weren’t centered around traditional families. The Barones, who we discovered were anything but traditional, enabled everyone to see a little bit of their family in them. The way the relationships unfold feels comfortable to husbands and wives, because they feel they are in the same boat as Ray and Debra. In this episode, Ray’s accusation that Debra likes when she’s PMSing because she has an excuse to yell at Ray relates to husbands who think their wives are as evil as them. I always enjoyed how you got the feeling Ray thought of his relationship as a chess game and Debra was his opponent who could beat him blindfolded, yet he still played anyway. This episode does a great job of presenting both sides, as Ray seems sympathetic and thoughtful, while you feel Debra’s frustration for her idiot husband. And for the record, there is not one man in America who could have figured out tape recording Debra’s mood swing was not going to help Ray’s case until she blows up at him.
Best Line: Ray: Hug you?! This is not you! Why would I want to hug the person that shows up once a month to rip into me like a monkey into a cupcake?
The Whole Truth: This episode was based on an argument creator Phil Rosenthal had with his wife Monica Horan (Amy).
Holy Crap: When Everybody Loves Raymond debuted, popular sitcoms weren’t centered around traditional families. The Barones, who we discovered were anything but traditional, enabled everyone to see a little bit of their family in them. The way the relationships unfold feels comfortable to husbands and wives, because they feel they are in the same boat as Ray and Debra. In this episode, Ray’s accusation that Debra likes when she’s PMSing because she has an excuse to yell at Ray relates to husbands who think their wives are as evil as them. I always enjoyed how you got the feeling Ray thought of his relationship as a chess game and Debra was his opponent who could beat him blindfolded, yet he still played anyway. This episode does a great job of presenting both sides, as Ray seems sympathetic and thoughtful, while you feel Debra’s frustration for her idiot husband. And for the record, there is not one man in America who could have figured out tape recording Debra’s mood swing was not going to help Ray’s case until she blows up at him.
Best Line: Ray: Hug you?! This is not you! Why would I want to hug the person that shows up once a month to rip into me like a monkey into a cupcake?
The Whole Truth: This episode was based on an argument creator Phil Rosenthal had with his wife Monica Horan (Amy).
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