| Sex Talk | |
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| Ray and Debbie in "Sex Talk" | |
| Season | 4 |
| Episode | 4 |
| Air Date | October 11, 1999 (USA) October 28, 2004 (Canada) |
| Cast | Ray Romano Patricia Heaton Brad Garrett Doris Roberts Peter Boyle Madylin Sweeten Sawyer Sweeten Sullivan Sweeten |
| Director(s) | Will Mackenzie |
| Writer(s) | Phil Rosenthal Tod Himmel Lisa K. Nelson |
| Preceded by | You Bet |
| Followed by | The Will |
Sex Talk is the 4th episode of Season 4, and is episode 77 of the full 210 episodes for the entire series.
Episode information[]
- Episode Title: Sex Talk
- Episode Number: Season 4, Episode 4 (#77 of 210)
- Air Date: October 11, 1999
- Episode description (from DVD):
- 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
- Crew:
- Will Mackenzie - Director
- Phil Rosenthal - Writer
- Tom Himmel - Writer
- Lisa K. Nelson - Writer
- Preceded by: "You Bet"
- Followed by: "The Will"
Plot[]
Marie sees Debra reading a book to help her talk to Ally about sex. Marie then reveals that her and Frank's sex life has been almost dead for the past 20 years. Debra is shocked and tries to spice up her own sex life. When the guys talk about it, Frank mentions that his sex life is very healthy. Finally Debra and Ray confront Marie and Frank and realize that Marie was lying.
Running Gags[]
- Marie continues to discourage anything that has to do with sex. This is just the beginning of Marie's dishonesty.
Trivia[]
- Marie mentions that, if Ally asks a question about her and Frank, that she will "change the subject and give her a cookie". In a deleted scene shown on the DVD collection this is exactly what Ray does when Ally comes up to him to ask him something although she never gets the chance.
Production Notes[]
- On original widescreen reruns, Technical Coordinator Kenneth R. Shapiro is credited as Kenneth Shapiro. This also happens in the next episode.
Quotes[]
- ROBERT: Oh God
- DEBRA: All I had to do was be awake. Sometimes not even that.
