Everybody Loves Raymond
The Wedding (2)
TV Flash files “The Wedding (2)” as the last listed hour of season 2 — Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005) on CBS, season 2, episode 25, aired 1998-05-18, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E25: listed hour 47 of 209 in the Everybody Loves Raymond guide, last listed hour of season 2. It aired 1998-05-18 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Wedding (1)” (S02E24). Next is “The Invasion” (S03E01).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The wedding flashback continues, with Debra and Raymond wondering why they're marrying each other.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Wedding (2) sit in the Everybody Loves Raymond guide?
S02E25 is listed hour 47 of 209 — last listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 25.
When did Everybody Loves Raymond S02E25 air?
The Wedding (2) aired 1998-05-18 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is it just stand-up with a living room?
Romano's persona is the seed, but Rosenthal's marriage-and-in-law machine is the craft: setup, interruption, detonation, reaction shots.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Long Island in-laws as contact sport: Ray Romano's sportswriter lives too close to Marie and Frank, while Robert seethes in second place. Philip Rosenthal turns marriage, food warfare, and never moving far enough away into multi-cam precision. Heaton, Roberts, Boyle, Garrett — a murderers' row of reaction shots. Domestic farce at peak craft.
Flash: September 13, 1996, CBS, Long Island, a house too close to another house. Sportswriter Ray Barone lives across the street from Marie and Frank, whose meddling is a contact sport, while brother Robert seethes in perpetual second place. Philip Rosenthal turned domestic friction into multi-cam precision: marriage negotiations, food warfare, the comedy of never moving far enough away. Ray Romano brought stand-up DNA. Patricia Heaton, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, Brad Garrett — a murderers' row of reaction…
Filed against
- Ray Romano as Ray Barone
Ray Romano played Ray Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, 1990s Long Island in-laws as contact sport — a sportswriter living too close to Marie and Frank, Robert seething in second place, Philip Rosenthal’s multi-cam precision. Marriage,…
- Patricia Heaton as Debra Barone
Patricia Heaton made Debra Barone the contact-sport spouse on Everybody Loves Raymond — 1990s Long Island in-laws as weekly warfare, Ray Romano’s sportswriter living too close to Marie and Frank, Robert seething in second place. Philip…
- Doris Roberts as Marie Barone
Doris Roberts’s Mildred Krebs gave Remington Steele a secretary who knew the fictional boss was the joke — 1980s catalog PI sparkle, then Everybody Loves Raymond turning the same steel into Marie’s Long Island food warfare. TV Flash files…
- Peter Boyle as Frank Barone
Peter Boyle played Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, 1990s Long Island in-laws as contact sport — Ray Romano’s sportswriter too close to Marie and Frank, Robert seething in second place, Philip Rosenthal’s multi-cam precision. Food…
- Brad Garrett as Robert Barone
Brad Garrett’s Robert Barone seethed in second place on Everybody Loves Raymond — Long Island in-laws as contact sport, Ray Romano living too close to Marie and Frank, Philip Rosenthal turning marriage, food warfare, and never moving far…