| The Cult | |
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| Season | 7 |
| Episode | 01 |
| Air Date | September 23, 2002 |
| Cast | Ray Romano Patricia Heaton Brad Garrett Doris Roberts Peter Boyle Madylin Sweeten |
| Director(s) | Kenneth Shapiro |
| Writer(s) | Philip Rosenthal & Tucker Cawley |
| Preceded by | The First Time |
| Followed by | Counseling |
The Cult is the first episode of Season 7, and is the 147th episode overall.
Summary[]
Robert joins a strange self-help group to escape the tension coming from Marie and Debra's feud, but realizes that they are just using him to gain fame by way of his brother, Raymond. When Ray realizes that they can use this to bring Debra and Marie together, they stage a fake intervention for Robert, and with the help of Frank and Judy they bring Marie and Debra together.
Plot[]
In order to escape the tension arising from Debra and Marie's ongoing feud, Robert joins a strange self-help group. When Ray joins Robert at a meeting at the insistance of the rest of the family, Robert realizes that the self-help group was only using him to gain fame by way of his brother. Afterwards, Ray realizes that they can use this to bring Debra and Marie together.
A fake intervention for Robert is staged and with the help of Frank and Robert's police partner Judy, Debra and Marie are brought together
