[flashback:]
Gianni: My friend is all nervous 'cause he likes you or something. He wants to ask you out.
Debra: Oh, really?
Gianni: What? You've got a boyfriend?
Debra: No, it's just-
Gianni: Hey, let me ask you something. If we weren't here, you think you could put this thing together yourself?

[flashback:]
Debra: I'll probably be there for lunch tomorrow. You talking about it made me really hungry for it.
Ray: Oh yeah?
Debra: Yeah.
Ray: Actually, I just had Chinese today.
Gianni: Oh my God!
Ray: Sometimes when I go back two days in a row, I just... I order something different, you know? Like shrimp.
So if I was to go back there and order the shrimp would you want to go with me?
Debra: Yeah, sure.
Ray: Yeah? Oh, great! Yeah. Great. I told you I was gonna be a writer, right?
Debra: Yeah.
Ray: Yeah.
Gianni: Yeah, what a way with words.

[flashback:]
Gianni: Hey, beautiful, you forgot to give her the futon cover.
Ray: Oh, oh yeah. [knocks]
Debra: [o.s.] Coming!
Ray: What?
Debra: [o.s.] Coming.
Debra: [gasps] Oh! What do you want? What are you doing?
Ray: You said, "Come in."
Debra: I said, "Coming."
Ray: It sounded like "Come in."
Gianni: What's up? [Ray closes the door]
Debra: What are you doing?
Ray: I didn't want him to see.
Debra: Would you excuse me, please? Okay, I'm sorry. Look, I didn't see anything.
Debra: Yes, you did.
Ray: I know, I'm sorry!

[flashback:]
Marie: Who is this?
Debra: Hi, I'm Debra Whelan. Ray delivered a futon to me.
Robert: Oh!
Debra: What?
Robert: Oh, nothing. Just thinking about zebras.

[flashback:]
Marie: Wouldn't you like to introduce us to your friend, Raymond?
Ray: Uh, this is my... Marie and Robert. My roommates.

[flashback:]
Marie: If I knew you were gonna have a visitor, I would have laid out a nicer pair of pants for you.

[flashback:]
Debra: How come you canceled our lunch?
Ray: I didn't think-
Debra: Is it because you saw me naked? Admit it, you don't want to go out with me because you saw me naked.
Ray: No, no, I mean yes.
Debra: Well, just so you know, I don't look like that.
Ray: What?!
Debra: It was a bad angle, bad lighting, I hadn't showered yet. That's not how I look.
Ray: What do you mean? You looked great. Not that I looked.
Debra: Then how come you canceled?
Ray: Because... I was in over my head anyway. I was thinking you'd think I'm just some futon guy. Then you'd throw pervert on top of it.
Debra: Well, you should've let me cancel. That's the decent thing to do when you see someone naked. The naked person gets to cancel.
Ray: I didn't know that.

[flashback:]
Ray: So what time tomorrow then?
Debra: I get home from work about 6:00.
Marie: That's no good, Raymond eats at 6:00.
Ray: Ma, do you mind? 6:00 is good.
Debra: Okay.
Marie: Okay, dear, lovely meeting you.
Debra: Yeah, bye, bye. [exits]
Marie: She's not the girl for you, Raymond.

[flashback:]
Debra: [o.s.] Who is it?
Ray: [o.s.] It's Ray from Claude's Futons.
Debra: Yeah, come in. ... I said, "Come in."
Ray: [o.s.] Okay, it really sounds like you're saying "Come in."
Debra: Yeah, I did say "Come in." Hi.
Ray: Hi.

[flashback:]
Ray: Can I ask you something?
Debra: Yeah, sure.
Ray: Were you making all that food for someone and they didn't show up?
Debra: They showed up. Here you go.
Ray: So, the futon was never loose?
Debra: Look, you know, I've been out with a lot of guys, like stockbrokers and athletes and rich, famous, good-looking guys...
Ray: So you're going the other way now?
Debra: No, no, I'm not going any way. You just seemed like a nice guy, that's all.