Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 5 (2000)

Robert tells Amy about Stefania because he thinks they're meant to be. Another breakup.

With the untimely accidental murder of Ally's hamster Pumpernickel, she and the family decide to give the pet a proper funeral.

Ray tries to write a book but gets rejected. Robert makes lieutenant.

At a wedding, Ray reunites with the first woman he dated. He tells the family about the time he didn't walk her to the door.

The 43-year-old Robert is dating a 22-year-old named Erica, and Marie and Debra find his new girlfriend way too young for his age. Frank invites her to his birthday party, which becomes a disaster.

Debra's parents visit for Thanksgiving and confess that they're going to marriage counseling.

A man accidentally sneezes on Ray and he think's he's caught the man's germs.

Ray gets Debra a really great present for Christmas so she'll agree to let him go golfing.

Ray starts to have second thoughts about himself after he didn't help Debra when she was choking.

Ray decides to take Gianni to the Super Bowl with him. But the rest of the family wants to go.

When Marie finds the diary that Ray kept as a boy, he is embarrassed about much of the sexual content, but she is only upset over a single mean comment about her.

Ray and Debra can't think of anything to talk about. Debra thinks they need to spend more time together.

The twins want to be fairies in the school play.

Marie doesn't want Robert to end up alone, so she invites Stefania to America. But she comes with her father.

When Ray buys a new top-of-the-line vacuum, Debra takes it to Marie's home in search of dirt.

Marie thinks Debra has her canister, but Debra says she doesn't. But when Debra finds it in Ally's room, she gets Ray and Robert to help her sneak it back into Marie's house.

Ray invests money in a go-cart venture without telling Deborah. He says it is his money, so Deborah bills him for the job she does with the children and the house. Robert compares it to a wrongful death lawsuit - the value of life.

Marie thinks something's wrong with Robert. So she gathers all of the girls in Robert's life to come up with ways to help him.

Ray thinks his kids like Robert better than him.

Debra finds it hard to handle her parents' divorce.

Frank, Ray, and Robert paint Ray's house. And Robert and Ray find out something new about their father.

Flashback to when Ally was born.