
Ray Barone is a successful sports writer and family man who deals with a brother and parents -- who happen to live across the street. Mom Marie loves to meddle in his life, while older brother Robert sometimes resents his success, and Dad Frank just makes comments and raids the fridge. Nevertheless, Ray manages to keep a bright outlook and a sense of humor, leaving the hard issues to his more-practical wife, Debra.

Amy's parents ask Ray to give Peter dating advice.

Marie helps Debra deal with Ray's habit of leaving his stuff lying around the house.

Trying to be funny, Ray makes a remark to a friend of his children, but he discovers that it upset his family.

Marie sees Frank putting salt on the lasagna, so she fears that she is losing her touch in the kitchen.