- When Ray embarrasses Debra at a Bidding, Debra says she's going to get him back for it. Ray wonders how.
- Ray and Debra help auction off items at Ally's school. While making jokes about the jewelry box Debra made, Ray says something that totally humiliates Debra in front of everyone at the auction. So afterward, Ray fears that Debra will try to get him back by humiliating him somehow.
- Debra is on the organizing committee for a school fundraiser, to buy new equipment for the school playground. Ray, as usual, forgot all about it.
The whole family attends and there is a silent auction for the items donated by the parents. Frank tries to bid up the prices by putting down high bids on many items. Marie says that Frank is just trying to be a big shot. There is a live auction, in addition to the silent auction.
Ray runs the live auction as Debra insists. Ray tries to start off with a few jokes, but they stink and evoke no laughs from the audience. The first item is a jewelry box made by Debra and Ray makes it an item of fun when the item comes apart during the demonstration and Ray keeps pushing the auction price down so that it sells.
Robert puts in a mercy bid for $3, but Ray continues to make fun of her craftsmanship by making comments like "everything my wife touches falls apart, so you can guess how scared I am". Debra feels humiliated. The audience is in splits and cannot stop laughing. When Ray asks her to stop feeling that way, she tells him that she would get back at him. Ray tries to explain that he was only joking and the box falling apart in front of the audience broke the ice with them. Ray says that people thought it a bit that Ray and Debra did this on purpose. Debra tells Ray that he cannot tell her how to feel. Debra says that all Ray cares about is how he did as an auctioneer. Ray says that if Debra did something similar to him, he would be flattered instead of being bothered by it. Debra takes on the challenge. Debra starts by withholding sex from Ray.
Meanwhile Frank is upset since he won many of the silent auctions that he bid on as there were no other bids on it. Frank has to pay $80 for the use of a canoe.
For the next few days Ray becomes very neurotic. Debra apologizes to him the next day, but he won't believe her. Debra says that she was angry in the heat of the moment and that she is not out to "get him". Debra offers a soda canister to Ray for breakfast as there is only enough juice for Ally (Madylin Sweeten). Ray thinks Debra shook the soda can before handing to him. Ray wants Ally to have the soda, but Debra says that she doesn't want Ally to have soda for breakfast. But Debra is fine with Ally opening the soda can for Ray.
Frank opens the canister of soda, and it is perfectly fine. Ray says that Debra must be planning something much bigger.
Ray asks Robert to do his cop thing with Debra to figure out how she plans to get him. Robert is certain that Debra is not going to humiliate Ray. Robert speaks to Debra and says that she is not going to get Ray. Ray thinks Robert is in cahoots with Debra.
Finally, Debra tells him that she didn't do anything, and she just allowed Ray some alone time to imagine everything. Ray is frustrated as he canceled his golf outing when he thought that Debra had sabotaged it in some way.
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