Raybert

This episode is simply, in my opinion, the best of the many presented on this fine, long-running comedy. Robert meets a beautiful young woman at a bar, who from the proprietor's calling him "Mr. Barone," assumes he's Raymond. She's a fan of Ray's column, and Robert permits the mistaken identity to continue, while regaling her of his "older brother's" virtues as a dedicated police officer.

When he reveals to Ray the deception (he told her "his" wife had died of a long illness), Ray - in his usual neurotic fashion, is both disturbed and titillated by all of this, and curious as well.

They actually continue the deception with another beautiful young woman (harmlessly) - but then Robert/"Ray's" new girl shows up at Ray's house, with donations for the police clothing drive. {Having been to Robert's apartment (which she believes to be "Ray's"), she went to the house listed as "R. Barone," believing it to be Robert's.}

Marie is there, too, and Frank arrives, and Ray subsequently comes downstairs shortly before Robert arrives - and humorous mayhem ensues.

These last few minutes from her arrival are among the funniest and cleverest you'll ever see.

This is the only episode of all the seasons that you see the wall that the couch is facing. You see it when Robert and Natasha are on the porch near the end of the episode.

This might not be the absolute best episode, but I laughed the most in this one for sure. Especially towards the end of the episode when it was all falling apart for Raybert. All the characters were so well established at this point that them being funny as a group was effortless. Marie slowly cracking the window open to get a better listen was my favourite moment- I was having a laughing fit!

The show hit the jackpot with the casting for this show. Even twenty years later it's still one of the best shows on TV and I go back to it often.

I'm so glad that we know future Robert has a very happy ending after all his dating troubles and low self esteem!