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| Debra pulling off the fake label in "Marie's Meatballs" | |
| Season | 2 |
| Episode | 15 |
| Air Date | January 19, 1998 (USA) September 30, 2004 (Canada) |
| Cast | Ray Romano Patricia Heaton Brad Garrett Doris Roberts Peter Boyle |
| Director(s) | Brian K. Roberts |
| Writer(s) | Susan Van Allen |
| Preceded by | Mia Famiglia |
| Followed by | The Checkbook |
Marie's Meatballs is the 15th episode of Season 2, and is episode 37 of the full 210 episodes for the entire series. In this episode, Marie teaches Debra how to make her famous meatballs. But Marie secretly sabotages Debra's recipe to make her look bad.
Episode Information[]
- Episode Title: Marie's Meatballs
- Episode Number: Season 2, Episode 15 (#37 of 210)
- Air Date: January 19, 1998
- Episode description (from DVD): "Marie teaches Debra her meatball recipe."
- Cast:
- Ray Romano as Ray
- Patricia Heaton as Debra
- Brad Garrett as Robert
- Doris Roberts as Marie
- Peter Boyle as Frank
- Crew:
- Brian K. Roberts - Director
- Susan Van Allen - Writer
- Preceded by: "Mia Famiglia"
- Followed by: "The Checkbook"
Synopsis[]
For dinner, Debra cooks Ray her lemon chicken. But then Marie comes over with her famous spaghetti and meatballs. Ray chooses his mother's spaghetti and meatballs over Debra's lemon chicken.
Debra becomes frustrated because Ray picked the meatballs over her lemon chicken. Ray then gets the idea to have Marie teach Debra how she makes it. Hesitant about it, Debra lets Marie teach her. But when Ray tastes the finished product, the meatballs just taste weird.
After some help from Robert, Debra finds out that Marie sabotaged her meatballs by placing a label for basil on a bottle of tarragon.
Running Gags[]
- This is one of the episodes where Ray walks in the door and calls Debra by some funny nickname. He actually does it two different times in the episode.
- Debra's lemon chicken also appears in this episode, as it does many times throughout the series.
- Robert's quirkiness is also referenced, when he mentions that he washes his keys because they smell.
Trivia[]
- In the episode, the battle between Marie's Thanksgiving turkey and Debra's fish (in the Season 1 episode "Turkey or Fish") is referenced.
Production Notes[]
- In original airings, the closing credits now shift slightly right.
- After four episodes without one, Dave Attell takes over for Steve Tompkins as Creative Consultant.
- Twins Sawyer and Sullivan Sweeten are uncredited in original airings.
- In this episode, Property Master Rhonda Schneider's credit in original airings shift more right than the rest of the credits and squeezes slightly. This also happens in The Ride-Along.
Quotes[]
- DEBRA: You know what I don't get? I don't get how you couldn't see my side of this! You're so busy defending your saint of a mother, that you make me out to be some kind of ungrateful nutcase! Well, who's the nutcase now, Ray? Who's the nutcase now?!
External links[]
| Season 2 Episodes |
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Ray's on TV • Father Knows Least • Brother • Mozart • Golf • Anniversary • Working Late Again • The Children's Book • The Gift • High School • The Letter • All I Want for Christmas • Mia Famiglia • Marie's Meatballs • The Checkbook • The Ride-Along • The Family Bed • Good Girls • T-Ball • Traffic School • Six Feet Under • The Wedding: Part 1 • The Wedding: Part 2 |