Marie gets fed up with Frank after 40 years of marriage and moves in with Ray and Debra. Ray and Robert enjoy being mothered by Marie, while Debra spends quality time with Frank, who discovers salsa and is enjoying being a bachelor again.

When Ray’s upper class in-laws come for a visit, he begs his parents to be nice to them and accept their differences even though their lifestyles are worlds apart.

Ray gets tired of being treated like a kid at his father’s poker game, so he ignores his father’s advice, which he quickly regrets.

Debra’s plan to create her own family tradition by serving fish for Thanksgiving is underminded by Marie, who takes it upon herself to make a turkey on her own. Meanwhile, Ray’s idea of a traditional holiday at home becomes even more untraditional when the relatives opt not to watch football, much to his dismay.

When Robert is forced out as captain of Nemo’s basketball team, Ray gets the title and the opportunity to lead his team to victory. Meanwhile, Frank and Marie are upset with Ray for de-throning Robert as captain, and feeling guilty Ray begs Robert to re-join the team.

Ray discovers, after many years, that the autographed Mickey Mantle ball he got as a kid from his father isn’t authentic. Feeling hurt by the fact that his father was not truthful about the ball, Ray decides he’s going to tell Ally the truth about Santa Claus.

When Debra comes down with the flu and is bedridden, inexperienced Raymond must take care of her and the three kids, complicating his plans to meet Terry Bradshaw.

Raymond can’t face the fact that everybody thinks that his brother Robert is classically handsome, while he is merely adorable, like a hamster.

Debra, already annoyed at getting stuck driving the old car Ray bought from his parents, really gets upset when she discovers that it was his old make-out-mobile.

Ray decides to replace the fake diamond on Debra’s engagement ring, not realizing she’d already had it replaced with a diamond of her grandmother’s.