Baggage

"Baggage" is the 22nd episode of the seventh season of the American sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005). The series follows the life of Newsday sportswriter Ray Barone as he tries to cope with being with his neurotic family, consisting of wife Debra (Patricia Heaton), parents Frank (Peter Boyle) and Marie (Doris Roberts), brother Robert (Brad Garrett), daughter Ally (Madylin Sweeten), and twin sons Michael (Sullivan Sweeten) and Geoffrey (Sawyer Sweeten). In this episode, a battle arises between Ray and Debra's refusal to bring upstairs and unpack a suitcase they took on a Connecticut vacation, which has remained on the landing for three weeks. The episode aired on May 5, 2003 on CBS. The episode was written by Tucker Cawley and directed by Gary Halvorson.