Be Nice

Be Nice
Ray, Debra and Ally in "Be Nice"
Season	3
Episode	23
Air Date	May 3, 1999 (USA) October 22, 2004 (Canada)
Cast	Ray Romano Patricia Heaton Brad Garrett Doris Roberts Peter Boyle Madylin Sweeten Sawyer Sweeten Sullivan Sweeten
Director(s)	Steve Zuckerman
Writer(s)	Lew Schneider
Preceded by	Working Girl
Followed by	Dancing with Debra

Be Nice is the 23^rd episode of Season 3, and is episode 70 of the full 210 episodes for the entire series.

Episode information

• Episode Title: Be Nice
• Episode Number: Season 3, Episode 23 (#70 of 210)
• Air Date: May 3, 1999
• Episode description (from DVD): "Ray and Debra realize they treat everyone else better than each other."
• Cast:
  • Ray Romano as Ray
  • Patricia Heaton as Debra
  • Brad Garrett as Robert
  • Doris Roberts as Marie
  • Peter Boyle as Frank
  • Madylin Sweeten as Ally
  • Sawyer Sweeten as Geoffrey
  • Sullivan Sweeten as Michael
  • Stephanie Erb as Elise
  • Mary Jo Keenen as Lori
• Crew:
  • Steve Zuckerman - Director
  • Lew Schneider - Writer
• Preceded by: "Working Girl"
• Followed by: "Dancing with Debra"

Synopsis

Debra and Ray realize they are nicer to strangers than to each other. They decide to be nicer to their own families. But the situation gets awkward when they are just pretend-nice to avoid being honest.

Production Notes

• By production order, this is the twenty-second episode of the third season.
• Today's reruns squeeze the Production Staff credit slide. This also happened in the previous episode.

Quotes

• FRANK: Nice? I tried it once. Didn't care for it.
• MARIE: Did the same thing happen with SMART?

External links

• "Be Nice" at IMDb.com