Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series) The Finale (2005) User Reviews

An ending that this show deserved...not one it "needed".

[bsilbor · 8/10 · 4 August 2021]

Someone decided to take it upon themselves and pitch their own fanfiction about Marie and Ray moving in together at the end of the episode and spending the rest of their lives together as mother and son (much to Ray's misery) while Debra, the kids, Robert, Amy, and Frank basically disown both of them. This person basically painted Marie to be this irredeemably evil woman and Ray as this neglectful jerk, both of whom apparently don't love their families and deserve to be miserable.

I guess they completely missed ALLLL the previous nine seasons. Yes, most of the characters are not morally pure and are rather selfish, but the underlying theme of this show is that all the characters, above all else, love their family, despite its glaring flaws. This was a good finale, not because it was grand or shocking or game-changing as many people have said in their reviews...but because it didn't need to be those things. The overall idea that everybody really does love Raymond is put on display here more perfectly than in any other episode, with the characters having to briefly ponder the idea that they might have to continue on with life without him.

The episode ends in the most appropriate way for this show...with nothing having changed at all. They all sit at the table eating breakfast. These nine seasons have just been a 9-year-long slice of life for these characters and they will continue to go on as a family after the cameras stop rolling. This is a show that doesn't take itself too seriously, so they wrap it up with an episode that perfectly encompasses what the show has been from the start. That's an appropriate send off for Everybody Loves Raymond...not some arbitrary SHOCKING ending just for the sake of having a SHOCKING ending.

My favorite sitcom, my favorite work by Ray Romano, and a hidden gem in a world of TV that, in my opinion, has lost its soul.

Stormy602 is an idiot

[Chipsneak · 9/10 · 7 August 2022]

Genuinely a perfect ending for this show. There were no outlandish story arcs or character turns to establish a more exciting ending. It was just another episode that totally encapsulated the theme of the entire show. This is the most underrated show of all time.

Also, check out stormy602's review for the worst idea I've ever heard in my life.

Everybody Really Does Love Raymond!!!

[TheLastDon81 · 10/10 · 28 June 2021]

I love this episode. While the episode is basically just another episode of the show, it really ties together the whole point of the show and that is that everybody really does love Raymond. With a show like this it's really hard to have a big bang finale. It's not that type of show. The only thing I regret not seeing is Robert and Amy having a child. But this is the direction the show decided to go, No big deal.

What they did give us is a very important part of the show that we never get to really see to its fullest. Bits and pieces but never from everyone at once. No matter all the fighting, yelling, nagging and family drama, when the chips were down and the family was worried about him, everyone's true colors came out.

And we get to see that .... Everybody... Truly ...Does ...Love ...Raymond

Beautiful ending to a fantastic show.

They Got It Right

[mistermikemig · 10/10 · 14 September 2021]

It's beyond belief that anyone would consider the Raymond finale to be bad. Unfortunately, too many viewers have grown to expect fireworks and fanfare and guest stars in a series finale. That never works. See the Seinfeld finale for how to screw it up terribly. The last episode of a series should indeed be just another episode. What it should do, and what this one does admirably, is strike the tone of the show on the nose (pun not intended). The theme of the episode captures the emotions of Ray and his family for each other, something that is at the center of the series' success. It seems that too many people want to twist the show into a soap opera and subvert everything it was about just to cap things off with a bang. That's nonsense. Raymond is an example of one of the finest finales of all time, right up there with the Mary Tyler Moore Show and Scrubs.

A very low key finale

[studioAT · 4/10 · 8 January 2017]

After nine seasons and multiple Emmy's later 'Everybody Loves Raymond' bowed out in this final episode, helpfully titled 'The Finale'.

And I'm afraid to say it's a bit of a anti-climax. I know this was an era where 'Friends' and 'Frasier' ended with big, game changing finales, but even so, this felt if anything just like a normal episode. Perhaps that was the intention.

There's a bit of drama, where we think we might lose Raymond, but it's over so quickly that it never really comes to it.

For many fans the true ending of the show would have been Ray/Debra or Frank and Marie moving away. Once the show did that right at the start of the ninth series (which in general felt weaker)with Frank and Marie, only for them to move straight back, there was nowhere else to go.

This was a great sitcom, and one I return to regularly, but I can't say I've ever been totally impressed with this final episode.

One of the worst series finales ever

[stormy602 · 1/10 · 22 March 2017]

Everybody Loves Raymond is one of my favorite sitcoms ever. That being said, the finale was just another episode, nothing ending about it. They had a perfect opportunity to make a real statement. They spent nine years trying to show real life families on a sitcom. So I think the perfect ending should have been real life. Debra leaving Ray because she finally had enough of him being a terrible husband and father, not to mention the worlds biggest mama's boy. Through all the clips over nine seasons proving her points, the show could have lasted two hours, a proper finale for a show of this magnitude. They could have also worked in the fact that Robert, who always took Debra's side, could have had enough and he and Amy could have also moved away. With all this madness going on, Frank could have kicked Marie out for being a main reason everyone is leaving, especially Debra who he saw as a daughter. Marie would have moved in with Raymond and the closing scene would have been an unhappy Raymond (knowing he got what he deserved)sitting on the couch with Marie who is hiding a smile behind that smug look she does so well. This is the ending the entire series was building up to, Ray ending up with his mommy and Marie getting her way, as usual.

One of the worst finales ever.

[skirev · 1/10 · 10 September 2021]

The whole setup and premise is lame, lame, lame. Hated it.