Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005): Season 8, Episode 7 - Liars - full transcript

Ray makes up a lie to tell his mother why he didn't come over to her house for quality time.

Raymond?

Hey. What's shakin', bacon?

Where were you last night?

I thought we were going to watch

the Billie Jean King special
together on the "Ess-pan."

ESPN, Ma.

I know. I'm sorry.

I came home.
I had the worst headache.

I just went right to sleep.

Oh. I made a very special
dinner for you last night.

I know, Ma.



It was just this headache.

It's like there were
two monkeys in there

and only one banana.

Hey.

Five after 7:00. Morning, Marie.

Were you up all night
taking care of Raymond?

Because you look terrible.

Uh, yeah, Ray had a headache.

So he went right to bed.

Right there.
That's where it hurt.

Ugh, it was all night.

Okay. I'll talk to you later.

All right.

Your father and I are
still babysitting tonight, right?



Yep. See you tonight.

I'm sure I'll see you before then.

I'm sure you will.

What was all that about?

Oh, I just kind of
stood her up last night,

so I didn't want
to hurt her feelings.

But I don't have a headache,

in case you want a little
rise-and-shine action.

Deb, come on. I'm ready.

Hey, Ray, you watch
the Jets game last night?

Yeah, I did.

- Horrible game.
- Yep, it was.

You see the taco commercial
with the lady and the other lady?

Yeah.

That part was all right.

Raymond, how did you
watch the game?

I thought you went
right to sleep

when you got
home from work.

Yeah, I did.

I had Debra tape the game for me,

because my head hurt so much.

This morning,
I watched the game,

and that's how I'm able
to talk about it with Dad.

The end.

Come on. Listen.

New story to cover
my headache-from-last-night story.

You taped the game for me
because of my headache.

- I watched it this morning, okay?
- Okay.

Okay, so we're just going
to dinner and a movie.

We should be back
around 11 :00.

Okay, dear. Have fun.

Hey, Ray. Wait.

Put the tape with
the game on for me.

What?

Yeah, I want to see
the taco ladies again.

Put it on.

You know what?

The VCR is busted.

Twins had a friend over today,
and he jammed a toy in it.

Yeah, that kid Justin--
he's a psycho.

Sorry, Dad.

Hey, kids! Stop stop!

What's with your friend Justin?

I don't like troublemakers.

Okay, boys, let's go
get ready for bed.

Let's go. Right now.

Tell him to keep his grubby paws

off of anything Grandpa uses.

What?

Bedtime, guys. Come on.

Let's go. Come on.

Listen up for a second.

One thing before we go:

Your mommy and l,
we told Grandpa

that Justin broke the VCR, okay?

Why would you say that?

Actually, your mother said it.

Ray!

Please, just do this.

Look, we're just playing
a little trick

on Grandma and Grandpa.

Yeah. A little trick.

So don't say anything
about the trick,

because that would ruin it.

And all the fun would be gone.

- Yeah, and you'd be punished.
- Ray!

Okay.

Maybe there might
be some movie candy in it for you

if you keep it
a secret, okay?

You like Mike & lkes?

- Okay, you two.
- What?

Let's go--

pajamas, teeth,
stories, and bed.

Okay. Good night, guys.

And be good.

We've got to move it now.

Okay. Bye, Frank.

Sorry about the VCR.

I'll take a look at it,
see if I can do something.

Hey, wait a minute,
wait a minute.

Before you do that, why don't you
check out the washing machine?

The stupid thing
is acting up again.

I'll see what I can do.

Stinkin' piece
of Japanese crap.

What are you doing?

Breaking the VCR.

What? I wanted a new one anyway.

It was good, though.

- Hey.
- Hi.

Go ahead, Frank.

Tell them about
the washing machine.

Well, it seemed to be
working fine.

Oh okay.
Well, good good.

So I took it apart.

You know what
your problem is?

This part won't go back in.

Beautiful.

Don't worry.
I called a real repairman.

He'll be here tomorrow
between 10:00 and 2:00.

Well, good luck to him.

I couldn't fix it,

and I'm the smartest guy I know.

Hello, Raymond.

What's with you?

I swung by after work
to thank Ma.

She dropped off a batch of her
chicken cacciatore today.

You love Ma's chicken cacciatore,

don't you, Raymond?

Yeah, that's right, I do.

Well, here.
I saved you a little.

Oh, Ma, you made it with
the sweet peppers I like!

And it was just for me and Amy.

And I'm glad I came by

because Geoffrey told me
the funniest thing.

He told me you two were
playing some kind of trick

on Grandma and Grandpa.

And I couldn't get
anything else out of him,

but I have to tell you,
it did pique my interest.

So, uh, what's up, tricksters?

What the hell is going on here?

You playing a trick on me?

No no, it's nothing.

The trick was that, uh...

We didn't go to dinner
and a movie tonight.

I don't understand.

Why would you play a trick
on where you went?

Because we actually
went to a hotel.

You know, with the kids,

we never have time
to ourselves.

So we decided to make it
a special night...

Of passion.

Yes.

We ordered room service
and massages and...

rekindled our love.

And we didn't want
to say anything,

'cause it's a little embarrassing.

But the truth is out.

About our sex.

Well, how...

nice for you.

Don't get any ideas, Marie.

Anyone else want to
get the hell outta here?

Me!

Okay, thanks for babysitting.

Okay.

Sorry about the trick.

I go to hotels
to get away from my wife.

Good night.

Ooh.

I feel a little bad.

Why? You know what?

We're pretty good at this.

I know.

Maybe a little too good.

Hey, we wouldn't have to be
if it wasn't for your mother.

We're living in a predatory environment.

We have to camouflage.

Yeah. Whatever.

I just didn't want to hurt
her feelings about last night, so...

I did like that whole
sex-in-the-hotel part.

I did too.

When you came up
with part of the story,

then I came up with part,

then you, then me.

We had a great little... rhythm.

It's like our own little sex-capade.

That's my favorite kind of capade.

You want to go up?

Mm. Wow!

This'll be twice in one night
if you count the lie.

That repair guy's going to be here
between 10:00 and 2:00.

Can you wait for him?

Oh, wait.

I got golf with Gianni tomorrow.

Golf?!

Oh, I really need
the washing machine.

Yeah, but that's my one day off.

I can't be here 'cause
I have a doctor's appointment.

All right.

Wait. Whoa.

Doctor's appointment?

All of a sudden,
you remembered that?

What are you saying-- I'm lying?

No. Gosh.
Why would I say that?

It's not like you're great at it

or love doing it or anything.

You don't trust me.

No, I do, I do.

Of course, I do.

I'm going to sleep.

Aw, come on!

I have a headache.

Oh, yeah right!

You can't use headache today.

I already did it.

- Hey.
- Hi.

What's going on?

I'm doing laundry
for you at my house.

It was piling up so high,

I started to worry it
might fall on the children.

No no no no, that's okay.

We had the washing machine
fixed today.

No, you didn't.

Hey.

What's going on?

Why isn't the washing machine fixed?

Oh yeah, here's the thing:
The guy called back.

He had to reschedule
for tomorrow,

but you'll be here,
right, from 10:00 to 2:00?

So the repair guy
called back to reschedule

for when you're not here,

and you went golfing.

I believe that was
the order of things, yes.

Let's go, Marie.

I'm staring at the business end

of a pair of Ray's skivvies.

Shush!

- Hi!
- Hello!

Hi.

Hey, Ma.

Brought back your cacciatore pan,

Iicked clean.

So... Robert told me

about your special evening
last night.

Which hotel
did you guys go to?

Yeah. No no.
That, uh...

Actually, Amy,
it wasn't a great hotel.

Yeah, you wouldn't like it.

We didn't spend that much money

because Ray's so, you know, cheap.

Well, uh... wait a minute.

I thought that's how you liked it--

cheap and trashy.

You know, it was too trashy for me,

but Debra said, "Come on, Ray,

the trashier, the better."

And I'm, like, "What?"

And she's, like,
"Mm yeah, trashy!"

Yeah, I guess
it was so trashy

that that's why Ray
really couldn't... you know.

Oh, I could.
Believe me, I could.

It's just that
the mood was ruined

because Debra wanted
to-to-to buy drugs.

I know you're lying
about the repairman!

That's right.
I canceled it myself!

And you want to know why?

Because I called
Dr. Dwight's office,

and surprise surprise!

You didn't have
an appointment.

You were lying like a rug!

Ray, Dr. Dwight is not
my doctor anymore.

I switched last year.

You called the wrong place.

We should go, Robert.

No no no.

Everything's fine. Stay.

So, Deb, you're kind of like
a naughty party girl, huh?

No, Frank.

Hey, what's the name
of this new doctor?

Ray, would you stop it? Enough!

Come on, the name.
Give me the name right now, the name!

Flowers.
Dr. Flowers.

Oh! Nice try.

Dr. Flowers, huh?

Yeah, sure.

You sure it's not Dr. Cabinet?

Huh?

Or Dr. Scrubby Brush?

Ha ha, yeah!

There's a new sheriff in town,

and he just shot your doctor.

What's going on here?

What's wrong with you two?

Nothing, Ma.
Forget it. It's nothing.

Then what's with
all this crazy talk?

Ray, I'm eating
the rest of these.

Go ahead.
Knock yourself out.

You're eating candy?
Where did you get these?

They were sticking out
of Ray's pants here.

This is your pants
that you wore last night.

Mike & lkes?

That's a very big box--

the kind you get
at the movies, but...

Debra, you said
you didn't go to the movies.

Right.

We got those at the hotel.

Yeah, out of the minibar.

What is the name of the hotel?

Wait wait wait.

Why don't you
whisper the name to me?

And then we'll see
what Debra says--

if it's something else.

Come over here.

Go ahead.

Ramada.

There was no hotel...

which means...

that wasn't the trick
you were playing on us.

So then what was it?

There was-- no, nothing.

The washing machine?

Having Frank fix something
that wasn't broken?

Yes, that's it!

Ha ha! Gotcha!

Why, you lousy
big-nosed bastard!

Where's the trick in that?

And why do you include
Michael and Geoffrey?

Hmm...

She's picking up a scent.
Watch this.

Why did you rush
the kids upstairs?

The VCR. The--

the kids didn't break the VCR.

But why would you lie
about it being broken?

This is great.

I'm usually behind one-way glass
during this part.

Because there was no tape
for Frank to watch...

which means you did
watch the football the night before,

because you didn't
have a headache.

You lied to me.

You both did.

Oh, Marie,
how can you think that?

You are way off, right, Ray?

How did you do that?

I can put things together.

You think I was born yesterday?

Anyone?

Marie, we didn't really like

the chicken cacciatore
you made for us,

so we ordered
Chinese instead.

Amy!

When she came over
this morning,

I think she noticed
the takeout containers.

It was just a matter of time!

Marie...

Now we know what little respect
you have for us.

Come on, Ma,
it's no big deal.

It snowballed from
one tiny little lie.

So when you lied
right to my face,

you consider that
a tiny little lie?

No, I just...

I mean,
Debra and I were--

- Don't bring Debra into it.
- Yeah, Ray.

Look, Ma, I just--

just didn't want to hurt
your feelings, that's all.

My feelings?

It's obvious you don't
want to be with me.

And your tiny little lie

is actually the one
that hurts the most.

Listen, Ma.

About your chicken cacciatore...

Amy was the one
who threw it out.

Robert!

You threw out my food?!

Food I specially made for you?

Wait a minute. You didn't make
that food for Robert.

You made
that cacciatore for Ray,

for your special night together.

Ma?

Is that true?

No, I made two.

Tell me the truth.

Did we only get it
because Raymond didn't show up?

Give me a minute.

Wait a minute.

If you didn't eat
cacciatore last night,

what did you breathe on me?

Kung pao.
You don't know anything.

Robbie, I made
the cacciatore for Raymond

'cause I had planned
a very special evening.

There are very important
things we had to discuss.

Important things to discuss?

You told me you wanted
to watch a sports show with me.

Which we would then discuss.

- Bull crap!
- Frank!

She had notes prepared.

They were topics for
her evening with Raymond.

They were all complaints.

I was one of the categories.

Debra was the rest
of the categories.

You had notes?

I wasn't even a category.

No wonder she's so good
at finding out we're lying.

It takes one to know one.

I do not lie.

No?

If we were to go
over your house right now,

we wouldn't find any notes?

Absolutely not!

And I would like to say

I can't believe that
you're all ganging up

on an elderly woman...

who hasn't been
feeling very well lately.

I need to lie down.

Ah, you wouldn't, uh,
you wouldn't be going

to destroy those notes,
would you?

Please.

Wow.

For a sick old lady,
she can really move.

Bye, Mom. Bye, Dad.

Hey hey,
where you going?

Over to Molly's house.

Wait wait wait!
Don't you have homework?

We're doing it there.

Where are your books?

At Molly's house.

She took them home for me

because she knew
we were going there

to do our homework.
Right, Molly?

Right.

Okay. Bye.

She gets that from you.