What did everyone think? It's hard to imagine that it's all over now. It just seemed like one of those shows that would always be there. It ended just the way I imagined it would. I knew they would all be together talking/arguing at the same time. I couldn't see it going out any other way. I must admit I did get a scare with the hospital scene! I thought that person could have been right about Ray dying. Thank God that didn't happen. It would have been a horrible way to end the show. Overall, I liked it, but Monday nights will never be the same.

it's truly the end of an era tonight. And they did it well. I agree with you, I never imagined the show ending any other way than with them fighting. In fact, if you are a Mama's Family fan, I always pictured it ending like that. In a way, it did. The main cast members sitting around the kitchen table arguing. It was a great finale though. Simple, yet sentimental, but not overly sad or dramatic. It didn't try to do anyting different or special, it was just another episode. That's the best way to go out.

I didn't really like it.

I admit, that I thought Raymond was going to die - but only for a second. That would be something to kill him off in the 11th minute of the episode. It was nice to see Robert ready to barge back there, thinking he could save Raymond. Once the final scene started I figured it would fade out, like it did. Although at the beginning of the episode, I thought, somehow it would end with Robert, once again, uttering the line "Everybody Loves Raymond".

For not having an actual "Last episode" plot, I thought it was very good. Marie jumping into bed with Raymond and Debra was hilarious.

What happened? I missed it!

I liked it and it was funny! I almost couldn't breathe from laughing at the bedroom scene with Frank and Marie :rotflmao:

I will miss my favorite show :(

I liked it. The best scene was when Ray and Debra were about to have sex and Marie runs in and starts kissing Ray. That was hilarious. :lol:

From Zap2It!!!

The series finale of "Everybody Loves Raymond" drew nearly 32.2 million viewers in early ratings estimates, helping to pave the way for a Monday night CBS rout.

CBS won big in the 9 p.m. hour with the "Raymond" finale (19.7/29) and "Two and a Half Men" (15.2/22). ABC's "Bachelor" had a 6.9/10, just ahead of the 6.8/10 for FOX's "24." NBC's "Hercules" was fourth. On The WB, "Everwood" was fifth, narrowly beating the 2.8/4 averaged by "Girlfriends" and "Half & Half" on UPN.

Not bad ratings. I wasn't expecting 40 million, but I thought it would be closer to Frasier's 26 million, but it was slightly higher at 32 million. Should be #1 for the week unless the DH cliff-hanger season finale scores more.

I liked when Marie hits Robert in the forehead with the spoon. True to form 'til the end. :lol:

Yes the spoon part was hilarious!!!! :lol:

I thought they did a very good job but will admit I
watched that beginning with a lot of trepidation
because it seemed they were setting up the "death"
episode. And that would leave such a bad taste that it would effect the feel of the whole series. The
show is more than hard-nosed enough already. Funny
but hard to take sometimes. So giving the characters, and the fans, some honest and yet hard
to admit tenderness was a great move. And gives all the shows a better feel. It takes some sting out
of the hardest shows and improves the whole series.
And they did it without getting sloppy or major
changes. Their lives just go on as before, but with
a slightly nicer feeling that was well earned and
probably well needed. And yet it fits in with the
rest of show. They did a damn good job.

I didn't really like it. As good as this show was, I thought the writers could've come up with something better.

What did everyone think? It's hard to imagine that it's all over now. It just seemed like one of those shows that would always be there. It ended just the way I imagined it would. I knew they would all be together talking/arguing at the same time. I couldn't see it going out any other way. I must admit I did get a scare with the hospital scene! I thought that person could have been right about Ray dying. Thank God that didn't happen. It would have been a horrible way to end the show. Overall, I liked it, but Monday nights will never be the same.
In my opinion, it's about time it's over. Make room for more newer sitcoms, there is life after 'Everybody Loves Raymond' you know.

I was surprised that they didn't have a curtain call. I thought that they would have the actors come out on stage one by one and take a bow, but it didn't happen.

I was thinking that too, but you had to watch the retrospective show they had on for the hour ahead of the finale to see the curtain calls. I hope somehow they rerun that show in syndication too, but its unlikely.

And yeah, as they faded out in the kitchen scene, I really thought you'd hear Robert's voice over the others saying, Everybody loves Raymond!! Oh well

Wow! Its over...It sort of feels like the last of the sitcom giants has gone (Frasier, Friends and now Raymond) Will & Grace will probably be the next to go, then what? :confused:

I thought the jokes were up to snuff for the finale but it was missing something.

They didn't use any of the regular extras like Ray or Deb's friends/cousins so it kind of came off as a sparse episode. I would have liked to have seen Ray's cousin or perhaps Stephania worked into the end. I think they should have also mentioned these extras in the special. Sadly, they didn't.

I can't say that I'm a big fan of this series, but I liked the last show as it was not some big grandiose affair, nobody got married or pregnant or moved or got another job or got adopted. It was a regular length show and it had heart and reinforced the basic theme of the series without having to come right out and actually have any character say, "I love you" which is something those characters had a hard time doing. This episode gave me the warm fuzzies. Hopefully some one of the new fall series will be like that, a show with real heart that you feel good about after having seen it, because on some level it reinforces good human values of love, decency and consideration. I'd rather watch something like that than a 1/2 hr of poorly sketched out surface level characters doing jokes that ultimately don't go anywhere or are obvious manipulations of the audiences' emotions and aren't entertaining to watch which is what a lot of the sitcoms are now.

The Series Finale is now available on DVD. Read a review here:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/everybodylovesraymondtheseriesfinaledvdreview.html

I need my Raymond fix. :(

What will be the anchor show on Monday nights?

Everybody Loves Raymond is being replaced by Two and A Half Men,
which will next at 9et/8c instead of 9:30et/8:30c. The cast to that
show has major work ahead of them replacing a major hit CBS sitcom.
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