Plot[]
Stuart is the coolest teacher at Penbrook. He jokes around with his students and he shoots billiards with coffee as a wager. As Shawn puts it, he treats his students like adults. However, Eric, due to his "fifth sense", is the only one who doesn't like Stuart and insists he's bad news.
Eric is proven right when Stuart crosses a line when going over a paper in Topanga and Angela's dorm room. He hits on Topanga, telling her that he'd like to get to know her and despite her pleas, it's what she wants. As soon as Cory gets word, he confronts Stuart. The conversation escalates and results in Cory forcefully shoving Stuart, sending him through the door and into the student union. Stuart then congratulates Cory on getting himself kicked out of college.
Feeny attempts to bargain with Dean Bolander. He tells the Matthews that the Dean has scheduled a hearing, with a strong possibility that Cory could face expulsion. Eric congratulates his brother because he knew Stuart is bad. Amy and Alan stand behind Cory, as does Topanga. In an attempt to help his brother, Eric convinces Rachel to attempt to seduce a confession out of Stuart, but she has no luck. At the hearing, things get intense.
Stuart remains adamant that he did nothing wrong, going so far as to imply that Topanga came onto him. Feeny grows very angry, expressing his distaste by saying he'd like to rip off Stuart's head and roll it down the hallway. After a while, Dean Bolander has decided that she's heard enough. She gives Cory a 24-hour suspension and puts him on probation for the rest of the year, telling him that she won’t take kindly to him solving his problems with anything but words. Relieved, Cory reassures the Dean that she doesn't have to worry about it happening again and is greatful. When Stuart protests, Bolander says that a teacher must be someone a student should trust and if that teacher uses non-academic pressure on a student, that trust is gone. She says Feeny is an excellent example of what a teacher is before telling Stuart she doesn't know what he is, but she intends to find out. After the hearing, Amy apologizes to Topanga for her ordeal on the matter, while Alan thanks Feeny for sticking by Corey throughout the hearing. Shawn apologizes to Feeny for ever having compared him to Stuart. Cory finally realizes that College is far more different from high school, which Feeny agrees with. He also has no choice but to agree with the Dean that he can no longer protect them. He mentions that while he had protected them in the shelter of high school, they are now in college and in the real world where things are very different, and they're not children anymore. Cory, Shawn, Topanga and Angela realize that they're indeed no longer children.
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Trivia[]
- The title is a parody of Everybody Loves Raymond, another TV sitcom.
- Stuart is played by Ben Savage's brother, Fred Savage.
- Eric's middle name is revealed by Jack to be Randall (named after Betsy Randle, who plays Amy), although he believed his middle name was Jonathan.
- Eric also says the street name he grew up was Cumberland; however, there is a very strong possibility that Eric is incorrect.
- Rachel reveals that her middle name is Kimberly, while Angela says hers is Shanaynay.
- Shawn says his middle name is Patrick; however, this isn't a revelation as Shawn's middle name was revealed to be Patrick in season 3's City Slackers.
- Topanga also has a middle name, although she does not disclose it.
- Cory says he has never hit anyone before, although he has gotten into an altercation with both Shawn and Eric in prior seasons, as well as pushing his father down the same way he pushed Stuart.
- Realistically, Stuart's actions would put Penbrook at risk. This is because of his repeated advances towards Topanga, which not only are considered sexual harassment, but they are also a violation of Title IX. Violating Title IX is a serious offense, because it could potentially get the university sued.