The Faux Pas

The Faux Pas
Ray and George in "The Faux Pas"
Season	9
Episode	11
Air Date	February 7, 2005
Cast	Ray Romano Patricia Heaton Brad Garrett Doris Roberts Peter Boyle Madylin Sweeten Sawyer Sweeten Sullivan Sweeten
Director(s)	Gary Halvorson
Writer(s)	Phil Rosenthal Lew Schneider Ray Romano
Preceded by	A Date for Peter
Followed by	Tasteless Frank

The Faux Pas is the 11^th episode of Season 9, and is episode 205^th of the full 210 episodes for the entire series.

Episode Information

• Episode Title: The Faux Pas
• Episode Number: Season 9, Episode 11 (#205 of 210)
• Air Date: February 7, 2005
• Episode description (from DVD): ""
• Cast:
  • Ray Romano as Ray Barone
  • Patricia Heaton as Debra Barone
  • Brad Garrett as Robert Barone
  • Madylin Sweeten as Ally Barone
  • Doris Roberts as Marie Barone
  • Peter Boyle as Frank Barone
  • Monica Horan as Amy MacDougall Barone
  • Sawyer Sweeten as Geoffrey Barone
  • Sullivan Sweeten as Michael Barone
• Guest Stars:
  • Joel McKinnon Miller as George
  • Skyler Gisondo as Chris
• Crew:
  • Gary Halvorson - Director
  • Phil Rosenthal - Writer
  • Lew Schneider - Writer
  • Ray Romano - Writer
• Preceded by: "Favors"
• Followed by: "Tasteless Frank"

Synopsis

At the game, Raymond purposely offends the twins' new friend at the basketball game by making a joke about his father's profession. To rectify it he invites his friend's father and tries to apologize, but ends up insulting him more. His family came over to sort out the incident, but the situation gets worse. Debra tries to rectify the situation, but makes it even worse with the biggest faux pas. As a result of this incident, George and his son; Chris has to escort the family from their argument.

Trivia

• The title translated from French means "false step" and pertains to manners. What is acceptable behavior in one cultural may not be in another culture and that is a faux pas.

Quotes

• RAY: Maybe, yes, it - it seems l was a little insensitive. But, actually, that thing at the game today - Hey, you can throw your shells on the floor. That's what they pay the janitor for. l was just stating a fact, right? l mean, it's true, isn't it? It's like this. I'm a sportswriter, right? So the next time you're cleaning up something and your kids are with you, and a sporting event goes by, and one of your kids says, Hey, l should write about that. Then you can say, No, you don't have to. That's what they pay the sportswriter for. You see? It's the same thing - sportswriter, janitor custodian.

External links

• "The Faux Pas" at IMDb.com