Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series)

The Thought That Counts (2002)

Patricia Heaton: Debra Barone

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Quotes 

• Ray Barone : It's unbelievable. You know, I try to do something nice and thoughtful and it's like I killed my mother's birthday.

  Debra Barone : Yep. Very, very thoughtful.

  Ray Barone : What?

  Debra Barone : Hmm? Nothing. No, I guess I was just surprised at how thoughtful your mom's gift was but I shouldn't be surprised because you always put a lot of effort into the things that you buy. For her.

  Ray Barone : Goodnight.

• Debra Barone : You gave me the perfect present.

  Ray Barone : You know I almost went with another idea. Something from Lake Saugatuck.

  Debra Barone : Lake Saugatuck? I don't think I've even mentioned that in ten years.

  Ray Barone : Well, you know, I guess I remembered it cause I knew how important it was to you.

  [Debra hugs Ray] 

  Debra Barone : Oh, isn't he too much, huh?

  Robert Barone : [yelling]  It was me!

  Debra Barone : What?

  Robert Barone : You should be happy with me! I told him to get you that book! It was my idea! Not Raymond's! Me, mine, all me!

  Ray Barone : Robert.

  Robert Barone : Oh, you never even heard of "To Kill A Mockingbird"!

  Ray Barone : Yes I did!

  Robert Barone : You did not! You never read the book! You never saw the movie! I bet you didn't even know there *was* a movie about it! Huh? Who was the star of the movie, Raymond?

  Ray Barone : Wha-what does that got...

  Robert Barone : Gregory Peck! Gregory Peck! He played Atticus Finch! Gregory Peck!

  [he imitates Gregory Peck's performance] 

  Robert Barone : All right, Scout. Step aside while I shoot this rabid dog.

  [continues yelling] 

  Robert Barone : He won the Oscar in 1962! You moron!

• Ray Barone : I've gotten you plenty of thoughtful stuff. You're not making any sense! Maybe you're delirious from lack of sex.

  Debra Barone : You always get me gift certificates and backrub IOUs or stuff that I've had to hint that I want like, like these pajamas for instance.

  Ray Barone : You never hinted about those pajamas

  Debra Barone : I gave you the color, the size, directions to the store, directions from the front of the store to the pajama department. I still had to return them because you got the wrong ones.

  Ray Barone : See, if you sleep naked we don't have this problem.

• Debra Barone : All you care is about is "What should I get for my mom?", "You think my mom will like this?", "Why don't we ask my mom?" Mom, mom, mom, mom, ma.

  Robert Barone : How do we get out of here?

  Ray Barone : Come on, Debra! You got your book. I gave it to you. You should be happy. Isn't it the thought that counts?

  Debra Barone : Yeah but it wasn't *your* thought. It was his!

  Amy MacDougall : [pokes Robert in the stomach]  Yeah! And why do you care so much about her gift?

  Robert Barone : I don't care about her gift. I was just trying to make him look bad.

  [to Ray] 

  Robert Barone : Sorry, man.

  Ray Barone : It's okay. I understand.

  Debra Barone : You know, Ray? I don't want you to ever get me another gift again because every time you do it just makes me realize how little you care.

  [shoves the book into Ray's hands] 

  Debra Barone : Merry Christmas Ray.

  Ray Barone : Oh, come on! Now you're becoming my mother!

  Debra Barone : What?