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The Sitter

Episode Number: 50    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Monday October 5, 1998    Prod Code: 9803
Debra decides to hire a babysitter so she hires Lisa. Lisa is highly recommended and is very popular with the kids she baby-sits. When Marie finds out that she wasn't asked to baby-sit she feels insulted and Debra feels left out when the kids prefer Lisa to her. So Debra lets Lisa go and asks Marie to baby-sit. Marie however can't handle the energy the kids have and trips over a toy and hurts herself. So Ray tries to get Lisa to come back but she's already found another job at the Parkers.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Lew Schneider
Director: Will Mackenzie
Star: Ray Romano (Raymond Albert Barone),  Patricia Heaton (Debra Barone),  Brad Garrett (Robert Barone),  Doris Roberts (Marie Barone),  Peter Boyle (Frank Barone),  Madylin Sweeten (Ally Barone),  Sawyer Sweeten (Geoffery Barone),  Sullivan Sweeten (Michael Barone)
Guest Star: Senta Moses (Lisa),  David Hunt (Bill Parker),  Tess Oakland (Sally Parker),  Elizabeth Herring (Mary Parker)

Notes

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David Hunt, who plays Bill Parker in this and other episodes, is the real-life husband of Patricia Heaton. Also, he is British, and he covers his accent with varying degrees of success. (edit)

Quotes

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Robert: C'mon dad, can you help us get mom in her own bed?
Frank: You know, it might be easier if we just switch houses.
Marie: Frank.. just give me a hand.
Frank: (sarcastic) Coming sunshine.
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Marie: Someone left the kids in the middle of the room and I tripped and I broke my leg.
Debra: Oh my god Marie.. what can we do?
Frank: Do you have a lawyer?
Ray: Are suing us, dad?
Frank: Not you.. the insurance company.. we'll split it! (edit)
Debra: I don't think I'm gonna have Lisa babysit anymore.
Ray: What? No! Listen, I never think of her, ever. (edit)
Debra: (about Lisa) Isn't she fantastic?
Ray: She seems great.
Debra: Oh my God, I love her, Ray! She used to babysit for the McCormicks down the street, but they put Katie in daycare, so I knew I had to move fast because the Parkers were eyeing her.
Ray: Screw the Parkers!
Debra: Yeah, exactly.
Ray: She's ours! (edit)
Ally: We want Lisa to stay.
Debra: Yeah, but I'm gonna make you dinner.
Ally: We're not hungry!
Debra: But I'm going to make you fishsticks, and then we're going to take a bath and I'm going to read you a story.
Ally: We don't want you. We want Lisa!
Debra: (long pause) I've got cookies! (edit)

Trivia

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When Ray and Debra get home after leaving the kids with Lisa the babysitter, Lisa takes the kids into the living room to finish reading a story. Why would she and the kids settle down with a book when the parents have already returned home? (edit)
Trivia: This episode's lunch special is what looks like a gravy smothered baked potato. (edit)

Allusions

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Ray: Lisaaa!!!

This quote is a reference to the famous scene in the book A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams where the lead character calls for his wife outside her window, yelling "Stellaaa!!!" (edit)
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