Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005): Season 2, Episode 19 - Good Girls - full transcript

Ray finds out the Marie likes Amy more than Debra because Amy is a "good" girl.

- Hi.

- Hi, marie.

- [sniffing]
ooh, what--

Oh, another dinner
get away from you, dear?

- It's burnt popcorn, marie.

- Oh, popcorn for dinner.
How fun.

- No, it wasn't for dinner,
and I didn't--

- Amy! Oh!
- Marie! Oh!

- Oh, honey!
- Hi!

Look, look,
I'm wearing the pin.

- Oh, it looks great
on you, honey.



- Thanks, and thank you so much
for lunch yesterday.

Marie is such a life saver.

- Oh, stop it.
A life saver?

- You brought me lunch at work.

- Oh, honey, it was nothing.

- "it was nothing."
you made your own mustard.

- Well, you deserve it.

- Will you look at my gals?

I call them the two musketeers.

- That's stupid.

- Okay, you know, honey,

Would you like to come
and have a cup of coffee?

- Oh, great.

Deb, you want to go
get some coffee?



- Uh, no, I can't.
I have to--

- She has to take care
of that smell.

- Right this way, my ladies.

Both: Oh, thank you.

[all laughing]

- What the hell was that?

- All right.

Ma wants to get the kitchen
in good shape.

She's letting amy
cook dinner here Friday night.

You and debra
are cordially invited.

- Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

Mom's letting amy
use her kitchen?

- That's right.

I don't have to tell you
what a big deal this is, do I?

'cause it's huge.

- It's not huge, robert.

- Mom has never let anybody
cook in her kitchen.

Nobody.

- Oh, what's that
supposed to mean?

- Nothing.

It's just I'm excited
for amy.

And this is the first-year
anniversary of us going out.

- You know, debra
has cooked here, my friend.

- Mm, no, she has not.

- She has too.

- No, sir.
- She has too, you freak.

- You're the freak!
Dad? Dad?

- Ow!

- Has ma ever let debra
cook in her kitchen?

- I'm not getting involved
in your stupid argument.

Your mother likes amy
better than debra.

End of story.

Hold that up.

- Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait.
Wait a minute.

What?
Who told you that?

- Your mother!

Don't go blabbing that.
She said it was a secret.

- Well, what does she mean
she likes her more?

- Oh, they're very close.
You know, they talk every day.

- Every day?
What about yesterday?

- Was yesterday a day?

Every day

For hours.

- It's true.

Amy talks her out.

Marie sometimes goes days

Without having
to say a word to me.

I love amy.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Your dad okay?

- Yes.

Hey, did you know that amy's

Cooking a big dinner
over there Friday?

- For their
anniversary thing?

- Yeah.
Yeah, amy's cooking.

In my mom's kitchen.

You've cooked over there
before, right?

- What, are you kidding me?

Marie doesn't even like me
cooking over here.

- Can we turn the tv off,
please, huh?

Does the tv always
have to be on?

- What's wrong with you?

- Nothing.

Can't we just talk?

- Okay, now you're scaring me.

- You don't wish that you could
cook over there sometime, huh?

That wouldn't be fun?

- Um...

That might be the dumbest thing
you've ever said.

Give me the remote.

- No, no, no.
No tv.

- Ray, come on,
what are you doing?

This is stupid!
- It isn't stupid!

- You give me--I don't care what
your mom does with amy, okay?

- No!
No!

- Ray, I'm watching the tv!

- She likes amy more than you!

- What?

- Yeah, that's what
she told my dad.

- She did?

- Yes, and then he
told me and robert.

Oh, and don't go
telling anybody, all right?

It's a secret.

- Okay, I won't.

Why do you care?

- I don't care.

Robert's the one
who was acting all cocky.

"amy's cooking.
Ah."

- What, is this, like, some kind
of competition between you two?

- No!
What--

- Oh, my god.
It is!

Oh, you can't stand it
that your mommy

Likes robbie's girl
better than your girl.

- I'm a little
insulted by that.

- You're insulted?

I'm just this thing
in your stupid sibling rivalry.

- There is no rivalry.
- Oh, no?

Robbie's got
the better girl, ray.

We're behind.
What are we gonna do?

- Where you going?

- Well, I've got
a lot of work to do.

There's
the evening gown competition.

There's swimsuit competition.

Oh, my god,
talent competition.

What should I do,
twirl or sing?

I know!
I'll do both.

[singing]
one, singular sensation

Every little
step she takes

One

Thrilling combination

Every move that she makes

Idiot.

- Nice.
Very nice.

Nice attitude.

Forget about miss congeniality,
that's for sure.

I'm not an idiot.

- Hi, raymond.

Listen, on Friday,
amy's gonna cook--

- Yeah, yeah, I know.

Robert just told me.

- Oh, good.
So you'll be there?

Oh, robbie is so excited.

- Yeah, that's nice for him.
Listen, ma...

- What?
- I want to ask you something.

Sit down.

- All right.

- Why do you like amy
more than debra?

- What?

- Yeah, dad told me.
Dad told me that you liked--

- He's lying.

- Did you say that you like amy
more than debra?

- I am not

Saying that.

- What?

- I am not saying
that I like amy more than debra.

- I know.
I know you're not saying it now.

But did you say it ever?

What if I told you
that we have a tape

Of you saying it, ma?

- Give me the tape.

- Yeah.
There is no tape.

- Well, then you don't have
any proof at all.

- Wait. Wait, mom. Why?
Why did you tell dad that?

- It was supposed
to be a secret.

I'm never gonna talk
to that man again.

- Why don't you like debra?

- Honey, I love debra.

No, it's just that amy and I
get along so well.

She's a very nice girl,
you know?

- Well, so is debra.
Debra's nice.

- No, I don't mean
nice like that.

- Well, what?

- I mean, amy is a very nice
and very good--

She's a very good girl.

- So is debra.

- No.
Good pure.

- Pure?

Whoa, wait.

Wait!
What?

Pure as in amy has never--

- Buh, buh, buh, buh, buh--

I was supposed
to keep that a secret.

- What?
Amy is a good girl?

But she's 33 years old, ma.
She can't be.

- She can't?

- I mean, yeah, she can,
but how?

It's so...

- Refreshing?

- Wow, I don't believe it.

So amy's never let anybody
cook in her kitchen either.

- I don't like that, raymond.

- Well, wait a minute.

Why is amy's goodness
such a big deal?

- Because it tells me
about her character,

The kind of person she is.

See, I think robert
is very lucky

To find a girl like that.

- How do you know
that I wasn't lucky too?

- What are you saying?

- How do you know
that debra wasn't,

You know,
when we got married?

- You mean debra
was a good girl?

- Listen, my mom was just here,
and we were talking,

And it hit me.

I was,
I was being competitive

About amy and robert
and my mom, and

I'm sorry,

Really sorry.

I mean, you know, who cares
what your mom thinks?

- You're right.

You are.
You're right.

In fact, you should
hear the reason

Why she likes amy
more than you.

Oh.
[laughs]

Oh, man.
She's nuts, that lady.

- Why? What?
What did she say?

- Well, first of all,

Did you know
that amy has never--

[clicking tongue]

Huh?
She's saving up for later.

- That's supposed
to be a secret.

Who told you that?
- My mom.

- She did?
- Yeah, can you believe it?

That's it!
That's her whole reason.

- Because amy's a--
- good girl. Good girl.

That's what she's calling her,
a good girl.

- Oh, my god.

- It's so shallow.

- What can I do?

I can't exactly compete with amy
in that department.

You know,
you can't un-ring a bell.

[both laughing]

Oh.
- Nope.

You know what I did?

I told my mother
that you were a good girl too.

[laughs]

[both laugh]

- Well, how does she think
we got the kids?

- I meant before.
You know, before we got married.

[laughs]

[laughs]

- You can stop
laughing now, ray.

- I don't want to.

- Hi.
- What, you get lost?

I'm starving here!

- The babysitter
just got there.

- Yeah, yeah.
Let's get going.

Appetizers, marie

- Welcome to
la cucina dell' amy.

May I take your coats?

- I got it, robert.

- Hi, raymond.
- Hi.

- Oh, debra.

Oh.

I'm so glad you're here.

Oh, come on. Come on.
Come on.

I need your opinion
on this sauce.

- Really?
- Yes, of course.

- Mmm.
Yeah, tastes good.

- Good.

- What's your secret?

Extra-virgin olive oil?

You boys take the appetizers
and get out of here now.

And let us finish in here.

- Okay.
All right.

Come on, debra.
Let's go.

I want debra to stay
and help me with the salad.

- Love your haircut, deb.
- Oh, thanks.

- Oh, yeah,
it's very good.

- Oh, well, you know me,
good hair for a good girl.

[chuckles]

Yeah, want to look good,
want to be good.

Good, good, good.

- Okay, let's get going.

Let's let amy and mom
finish up here.

- No, no, no.
Let--

- No, no, it's amy's dinner,
you know,

And we wouldn't want
to ruin it.

- Are you happy now?
- No.

- Why?
Your mom likes me.

- I'm sorry.

- Hey, ray, try one
of these garlic rounds.

Amy made them.

- Okay, dinner will be ready
in just a few minutes.

- Thank god!

- Isn't this fun?
[giggling]

You and I
should make a big meal

For the family together.

How long has it been?

- Oh, gosh, pretty long.

Let's see,
uh, never.

- No!
[laughs]

No.

Never?
- No.

- Oh, we'll just
have to do it.

- Oh, that's okay.

- No, we'll have lots of fun.

- That's okay, marie.
- Oh, you know what?

You can make
your lemon chicken.

- All right, stop it, ma, huh?
Just stop it.

- What?

- Stop being nice to debra.

- Ugh.

Don't bother, ray.
- No, this is crazy.

She can't keep
treating you like this.

- I shouldn't be nice?

- You're being nice
for the wrong reasons!

You know she can't cook.

And what I said
about debra?

I lied, okay?
I lied!

- What do you mean?

- Debra wasn't a good girl
when we got married.

- Oh!
- Huh?

- What do you mean,
a good girl?

- Go ahead, ray.
Tell him.

- Oh, you weren't a good girl.

[laughs]
got ya.

So who cares about the cooking?

- Why would you lie
to me, raymond?

- Because of you.
You.

You care so much about
who's a good girl and who's not.

You started
this whole competition

Between debra and amy.

- Here we go.

What competition?

- [clears throat]
don't worry. You win.

- And if I'm
following this right, you lose.

- What are you guys
talking about?

- You weren't supposed
to say anything.

- That's why
you like amy better,

'cause she hasn't been
around the block?

Why didn't you
tell me that?

- It was a secret, frank!

- Yes.

It was a secret.

- Amy, what did you
tell marie that for?

- I didn't tell marie.
- Well, I didn't tell her.

- Robert?

- I'm sorry.

I haven't been paying attention.

- All right,
let me fill you in.

We just found out
that you told ma--

- Okay, raymond.
I'm up to speed.

- How come you told
your mother about amy?

You didn't tell me.
- You didn't ask.

- You asked?

- I care about people.

- Marie, why would you
ask that about me?

- Uh, you know,
I can explain it.

Run.

Just run, and keep running.

- Robert, why would you
tell your mother that?

- So she'd like you better.

- You're worse.

You lied so she'd
like me better.

- A lie of love.

- Oh, god, I keep forgetting

What a freak show
this family is

Until somebody new comes in
and looks at us like that.

I remember that look.

That used to be me.

And now I'm one of them.

- I take exception
to that, debra.

- Well, I take exception
to what you think, marie.

You think just because
you were a good girl

In the '50s,
that gives you the right--

- Good girl?
Ha!

- Oh, frank, no!

- Oh, god.

- What the hell
are you talking about?

- Is that true, marie?

- [stammering]

- Go ahead, marie.

I won't tell anyone.

- Okay!
Yes!

Frank and I succumbed
to temptation once,

Just once
before we were married.

I was weak,

And I fell for your father's
boyish good looks.

That was a long time ago.

I knew it.

I knew we shouldn't do
what we did,

But we were in love,
right, frank?

- I wanted sex.

It was a long time ago.

- So it was just the once,
and then you got married?

- It was just the once,
and then we had to get married!

- Frank, no!

- Oh, whoa.
Had to get married?

Wait.
Wait a minute.

So robert's--

- What?

Oh.

- All right.
It's true.

We got married

After I found out
I was pregnant.

And then robbie came along
seven months later.

- Our plan was to tell people
he was two months premature.

Then he was born.

Try passing off a 12-pound baby
as premature.

- Try passing it, period.

- All right.
Wait a minute.

Wait, it's nine months, right?

You were married in September,
and my birthday's in June.

- That's when we told you
your birthday was.

- What?

- It was--

It was easier
that way, robbie.

- Oh, well, as long
as it was easy!

Well, there you go, raymond.

You were conceived legitimately.

You win again.

- Come on, robert, what?
There's no winning.

- Well, I guess I should know.

When is my real birthday?

- April 6th.

- That's today.

- Surprise.

[singing quietly]
happy birthday to you

All: Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday, dear robert

Happy birthday to you

- Happy birthday.
- Happy birthday, honey.

- Happy birthday.

- [singing]
how old am I now?