Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005): Season 6, Episode 10 - Raybert - full transcript

Robert finds a date only because she thinks he's Ray.

- I had an amazing night
last night.

I was at the sports bar,

And I met this really,
really hot woman.

- Hot woman, yeah?

So get to the part

Where you notice
her adam's apple.

- Believe me,
she's all woman, okay?

Her name's natasha.

She's pretty.
She's got a great personality.

I'm telling you, raymond,
we really hit it off.

- Yeah, all right.



So then what happened,
you ran out of singles?

- Will you stop?
Will you just stop already?

I'm telling you,
she really liked me.

There was just
one little problem.

- What?

- Well, it--it's really
not a problem,

Shouldn't even
use the word "problem."

It's just a minor,
minor, minor thing.

- All right!
What?

What?
What is it?

- She thinks I'm you.

[laughs]

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

You met a woman
who thinks that you're me?



- Yeah, well,
I'm at the bar, right?

And she spills
her drink on me,

And we start talking,

And I'm telling you,
we really connected.

I was actually
quite charming.

And the bartender
passes me a towel, right?

And he goes,
"uh, here you go, mr. Barone."

And we're in a sports bar,

So she just assumes

That I'm ray barone
from "new york newsday!"

[laughs]

- And you didn't correct her?

- She seemed so happy
to meet you.

She's a big fan of yours.

- Yeah, but listen,
you can't--

Whoa, a hot woman
is a big fan of mine?

- I couldn't believe it either.

- Did she mention
any particular column?

- Well, she did say something
about a cal ripken profile

Just before we...

[singing]
bah-bah bah-bah bah-bah!

- No!
No!

Come on, first night?

- Big fan.

- Ha!

I did get a lot of good feedback
on that piece.

- You certainly did.

- Hey, whoa, whoa,
wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

If she knows my writing,

Then she must know
I have a wife.

- Had.
Had a wife.

- You said I was divorced?

- Widower.

- You killed debra?

- Had to be done.

But don't worry.

You stuck by her
through a very long illness.

You were wonderful.

Oh, and just so you know,
you never had any children.

- What?

- I couldn't leave
any loose ends.

- Hey, look, man, you got
to set her straight.

This is not right
what you're doing.

- I know,
but I really like her,

And I don't want
to blow this, you know?

I just have to pick
the right time to tell her.

Got to lay the groundwork.

- All right, but just make sure
that you do it,

Because it's wrong, man.

It's wrong what you're doing.

- I know.
- All right.

So how hot was she?

- Oh, raymond,
so out of your league.

- Oh.

Oh, I love when they're out
of my league.

Hey, hey, hey, hey,

Let me ask you,

While you were--

Did she say my name
or anything?

- Hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey!

- Oh.
Oh, I'm sorry.

Did I cross over
some moral line, ray?

- All right.

Just suffice to say
she was really into you.

- Oh.
Great.

I finally have sex.
I'm not even there.

- She was a dynamo!

- Oh, really?
- Oh, yeah.

- How was I?

- So-so.

[doorbell rings]

- Hey, what are you
doing to me?

This was sent to my office.

Come on.

"to the beginning
of a wonderful romance.

Love, natasha."

Oh, I can't have this there.
It's like a time bomb.

- All right.
Thanks for bringing it over.

Bye-bye.

- Well, I get at least
two of these brownies.

- No, the brownies
are for me, thank you.

- Well, come on.
I brought the thing over.

- I'm heading for work now,
so I'll see--

Oh, hi.
- Hi.

- Natasha,

This is my brother, robert.

Brother robert,
this is my friend natasha.

- Well, it's so nice
to meet you, robert.

Ray has said
so many good things about you.

- He has, has he?

- Oh, you should hear
how he brags about you.

"what a great cop robert is."
you're like his hero.

- Aw.
Ha.

Ray.

- He's told me all about
your commendations

And your promotions.

- Really?
Yeah.

Yeah, that's no big deal.

They give you those
just for showing up.

Yeah.

- Yeah, but ray said you were
wounded in the line of duty.

- Oh, oh, oh, yeah.
He told you that?

Yeah, that was actually
kind of stupid.

I, uh--I allowed myself

To get gored in the ass
by a bull.

- [sighs]
don't be so modest.

First of all,
he was saving people.

And it was actually
the upper thigh.

- No, no, no, no,
right in the ass.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Really, really stupid.

And I still complain about it.

- Oh, will you stop it?

Stop being so funny.

Everybody thinks
I'm the funny one.

He's the funny one.

This guy is a crack-up.
You're a great cop.

Get out of here.

- No, no, no, no, no, no,
you know, I'm an okay cop,

But I would rather be
a great writer

Like my brother, raymond.

I mean, he's a cultural hero.

- You're out of your mind.
I'm just a scribbler.

- A scribbler, yeah.

Did you happen to see
the profile of cal ripken, jr?

- Oh, I loved that piece.

- Really?
Yeah, me, too.

Me too.
- What about you?

Robert's planning
a clothing drive

For the police athletic league.

He just can't stop
with the giving.

- I don't believe you two.

- No?

- I've never met two brothers
who get along so well

And admire each other so much.

It's unreal.

- It is unreal.

- Well, somebody
raised you right.

You must have amazing parents.

- Yeah.
[clears throat]

They would amaze you.

- I got to go.

I hope to be
seeing you again, robert.

- Oh, yeah!
Yeah, right, right.

- Oh, how did this get here?

- Oh, yeah, yeah.
Robert brought this over.

He stopped by my office
this morning

And delivered it here.

Always thinking of me.

- Mm.

Hey, ray, could I get
one of those brownies?

- Certainly.
- Oh.

Thanks, ray.

- [laughs]

That's funny.
Ray does that chin thing too.

- Hmm, yeah, we're both idiots,
'cause we do that.

- That's cute.
That's cute.

I'll see you later, ray.

- Mm.

[chuckles]

I swear to god

I was gonna tell her
last night.

I just want to make sure
that she knows

What a great guy
robert is, see?

I'm trying to get her
to fall for me.

- Yeah, like she's gonna
dump me for you?

- You watch.
I'm slowly making the transfer.

I build up who robert is,

The kind, compassionate
police officer,

And I downplay the shallow,
heartless sportswriter

Until she says, "gee, ray,

I wish you were
more like your brother,"

And then, ta-da!

- Ta-da?
You're a psychotic liar.

Come on.
Just tell her the truth.

- I'm gonna.
- Tonight.

- But there's groundwork.

- Psychotic!
- All right!

I'll tell her tonight.

- All right.

She is pretty, though.

- What'd I tell you?
- Mm.

Way out of my league.

- Mine too.
- Yeah.

You know, it's like
neither one of us

Could've gotten her
on our own, but--

- But melded together,

We were like
a whole other entity,

Like a superhero.

We were better
than just ray.

- Better than just robert.

- We were

Raybert.

Come on.
You were on your way out anyway.

You can't help your brother

With his laundry
down the stairs?

We're raybert.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, raybert.

What the hell you got
in here anyway?

- Just some socks
and unmentionables.

- Yeah.

Too bad
they're not unsmellables.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- You know her?
- Yeah, right.

- Hey, let me help you sort
some of this stuff out, ray.

- Excuse me.

Do either of you
have change for a dollar?

- Uh, no.
No, I don't.

But you know what?

My brother, ray barone,
probably does.

Yeah.
Yeah.

Yeah.
You probably do, right?

He's a top sportswriter
over at "newsday."

So what do you say?

Can you help her out,
ray barone?

- I think
I might have change.

- Oh, yes.

Top writer at "newsday"
is gonna have plenty o' change.

- Thanks.

So this guy must be
the president of your fan club.

- [laughs]
no, no, no.

Yeah, no, I'm just his brother,
robert, that's all,

You know, but I am proud
of his accomplishments.

Yeah.
You bet I am.

But you two go back
to what you were doing.

You work out that change thing.
Yeah, go ahead.

- So you're ray barone?

- Uh, yes.
Yes, I am.

- My father loves your column.

- Well, thank you.

- So does my father.
Yeah.

And his father, 'cause--
'cause we're brothers.

Yeah, all right.
Let's do laundry.

- Hey, hey, it works.
Raybert works.

- All right,
but I like natasha.

- Oh, you can't
tie raybert down like that.

- Hey, raybert may be two guys,
but he's a one-woman man.

- Come on, I just want
to see what happens.

- Thanks for the change.

Both: You're welcome.

- So you--you're using
number seven.

There's a great agitator
in there.

- Okay.

- Listen, you know,
tell your dad

If he ever wants
to talk sports,

I'd be happy to.

- That's so nice.
Thanks.

I'm wendi.

- I'm still ray.

- Right.

[all laugh]

I'll see you
around the building.

- Okeydokey.
- Bye.

- Bye.
- Bye.

[laughs]

Oh, god!

- Ray.

- Oh, I got to tell you,

That was wild watching that.

It's like I invented a world
where ladies want ray!

- Bert!
Raybert!

- Yeah, yeah, yeah,
raybert, raybert, raybert.

Hey, listen, you--
with your availability

And my mystique, we--

We're unstoppable!

- All right,
but you have to understand,

We may have unleashed
an awesome power here.

But with that power
comes responsibility.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You got to start working
on my wardrobe.

[doorbell rings]

- Hi.
- Hi.

- I'm natasha.
Is robert here?

- Uh, no, not at the moment.

- Well, I met him this morning,
and I just--

- You met robbie?

- Yes.

- Did you like him?

- Sure, he seems very nice.
- He is very nice.

I'm his mother.
- Marie.

- What?

I'm interested
in my son's friends.

What's your last name, natasha?

- Leonetti.

- [gasps]
italian!

- Well, on my father's side.

- Good enough!
Come on in, dear.

- I just wanted to drop off
some things

For the police clothing drive.

- Okay.

I mean, you're more than welcome
to leave them here,

But you might do better
taking them to his place.

- Oh, I'm sorry.
This isn't robert's house.

I saw "r. Barone"
in the phone book.

I just assumed--
- it's okay.

We'll make sure
that he gets them.

- Thank you.
Thank you.

It was nice meeting you.
- You too.

- Well, hello.

- Hello.

- Frank?

Frank, this is robbie's
new friend, natasha.

- Natasha.

Well, any gorgeous friend
of robert's

Is a gorgeous friend of mine.

Where is ray?
I want to see his dead toenail.

I think I got
the same thing.

- Uh, ray's here?

- Oh, yes, he's upstairs
putting the kids to bed.

- Kids?
What kids?

- How do you--

Wait, how do you know ray?

- We met at a bar.

- What do you mean?
Through robert?

- No, no, no,
I met robert through ray,

'cause ray and I
are kind of dating.

- [gasps]

- Holy crap!

- Wait a minute.
What?

- Is there a problem?

- Um, no, there's no problem.

I'm just surprised

That my husband
has time to date.

- What?
You're his wife?

Ray said you were dead!

- [gasps]
oh! Oh!

Oh!
Oh!

- Holy crap!

- [singing]
beach baby

Beach baby
down on the sand--

- Shame on you,
young man!

- Wait a minute.
Wait a minute!

- Didn't I teach you anything?

You got a problem
with your woman,

You don't go out
and get another woman!

Now all you got
is two problems!

- Just wait a minute!

- Okay, just back it up,
everybody.

- Robert, what is going on?

- That's not robert.
That's raymond.

- You're not robert?

- Okay, look, if you just
let me talk,

I can explain everything.

I am robert.

- Wow, that is one bad alibi.

- [changes voice]
I come to fix sprinkler.

- What's your name?

What's your name?

- Man, let me show you
where that water valve is.

- Ray.

- Sorry, man.

- It's all right.
Forget it.

[clears throat forcefully]

I am robert barone,
lieutenant, nypd,

And this is my brother,

Raymond,

Sportswriter, "newsday."

- How could you do this to me?

- When you first mistook me
for raymond,

I didn't want to let you down.

- So you lied to me?

I have to get out of here.

- No, no, wait, natasha,

Listen.

I was gonna tell you
so many times.

It's just
that I really liked you,

And I didn't want--

You see, people seem
to respond differently

To raymond.

He's always been
the funny one,

The smart one,

The favored one.

- We've never shown
any favoritism.

- See, you got to understand

I've always wondered

What it would be like
to be raymond.

And it was even better
than I thought it would be

Because I met you.

- I can't believe this.

You didn't have to do that.

I liked you.

- Really?

- Not anymore.

This is so humiliating.

- I hear you.

- And what did you think,

I was some
ray barone groupie?

You know what?

Good-bye, whoever you are!

- [laughs]

It's not you.

It's that she said,
"ray barone groupie."

- All right, dad.

- That's got to be
a pretty small group.

All you got left is her.

I'll say this, robert.

You're scaring off
a better class of broad.

- Always there for me, dad.

- He's right.

Why won't you
let me help you, robbie?

- He should be able
to help himself.

What the hell
is wrong with you?

You have to pretend
to be somebody else?

I mean, please,
how old are you?

You have got to have
a little more self-esteem!

- You're right.
I'm an idiot.

- Yes--no!
That's--no!

That--that's what
I'm talking about.

When are you gonna see

What other people
see in you, robert?

- I know.
I know.

It's just it started
as a mix-up,

And then raymond and I

Just started
having so much fun with it.

- Wait a minute.

Ray and you?

- By "ray," he means him
'cause of that thing he did.

Yeah.

- No, no, no, no,
I'm not blaming you, ray.

I mean, it's my fault.
I enjoyed being raybert too.

- Raybert?

- Yeah.

That's what we called us.
It was fun.

And it worked.

There was natasha

And then the girl
in the laundry room.

- The girl in the laundry room?

- [changes voice]
I go fix sprinkler now.

- Oh, good, he's here.

Dad, this is ray barone.

- Um--

- That's not ray barone.

- What?
- I've seen him in interviews.

- Listen--

- This guy told you
he was ray barone?

- Yeah.

- What are you trying to pull?

- You're not ray barone?

- I have self-esteem issues.

- What is wrong with you?

- No one knows.

- Stay away from my daughter,
understand me?

Or I'll call the cops.

- Actually, I am a cop.

- You want to play
with me now?

Let's go.

From now on,
you do your laundry at home.

- Weirdo.

- That doesn't help
my self-esteem!