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Doug Heffernan (Kevin James) drives a truck for courier service IPS.
His wife, Carrie (Leah Remini), is a legal secretary in Manhattan.
UnlikeCheers, it wasnt showered with Emmys for its sharp direction and incisive writing.
UnlikeParks & Recreation, it doesnt confirm anyones notions of female empowerment or the importance of local government.
UnlikeThe Good Place, its not … about philosophy and stuff.
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50.Cheap Saks (Season 6, Episode 15)
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Carrie meets Trish (Janeane Garofalo), an interesting woman who even works at Saks!
Trish assures Doug that shes okay with him now.
Doug is relieved, and happy for Carrie that shes made a wonderful new friend!
But Carrie finds Trish unbearable and plans to ditch her right after the Saks friends and family sale.
49.Screwed Driver (Season 4, Episode 19)
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48.Arthur, Spooner (Season 5, Episode 1)
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(This joke sours an episode that would have been ranked much higher without it.)
Meanwhile, Doug is pretty sure hes not going to be able to fall asleep if Carries not there.
47.Swim Neighbors (Season 3, Episode 22)
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Combining those positive qualities with Carries trademark spite make this a very memorable episode.
46.Paint Misbehavin (Season 3, Episode 14)
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Spence is annoyed that Danny is worming his way into the gang.
Doug and Kelly arebothmad that Carrie thinks Deacon is hot.
45.Icky Shuffle (Season 6, Episode 23)
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Carrie, suffering a terrible cold, is pleasantly surprised when Holly brings her some restorative homemade soup.
44.Flash Photography (Season 5, Episode 8)
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(Kids: This is something we used to do in the early years of this millennium.)
Jake accuses Danny, Samanthas bitter ex, but in fact, the culprit is Doug.
43.Ruff Goin (Season 9, Episode 5)
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42.Gambling NDiction (Season 8, Episode 13)
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Cue theMy Fair Ladysequence!
41.Strike Out (Season 3, Episode 7)
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40.Departure Time (Season 3, Episode 21)
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39.Awed Couple (Season 7, Episode 8)
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They hate book clubs!
38.Damned Yanky (Season 6, Episode 16)
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But Dougs subconscious cant be stopped.
37.Golden Moldy (Season 5, Episode 16)
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36.Flame Resistant (Season 5, Episode 7)
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Carrie has just caught Janet at Margys when she hears Doug outside, serenading his ex.
35.Window Pain (Season 5, Episode Two)
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Carrie must then start a doomed campaign to make Mike and Debi like them.
Elsewhere, Arthur is bullying Spence into buzzing him through the turnstile at the subway station where Spence works.
When Spence cuts him off, Arthur starts hopping the turnstile instead and gets caught.
Dougs making a scene out front when the cops bring Arthur back, under the new neighbors watchful eyes.
34.Queensbro Bridge (Season 5, Episode 22)
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Doug is aghast: Arthur owns a house and he isnt living in it?
Carrie explains that the house was left to Arthur and his estranged half-brother, Skitch (Shelley Berman).
33.Lush Life (Season 4, Episode 20)
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She even did some drunk skating!
32.Missing Links (Season 4, Episode 17)
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Its time for the annual trip, courtesy of Carries law firm, to a very fancy golf course.
Then Deacon and Doug meet Leslie (Angelle Brooks) at Coopers.
She is, predictably, a lot less interested in Carrie.
31.Walk, Man (Season 4, Episode One)
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30.The Shmenkmans (Season Two, Episode 18)
- may be changing Marc and Abbys minds about whether they want to have kids too.
As half of a childless couple, I feel for Doug and Carrie on this one.
Stay in your lane, Shmenkmans!
Its a good lane!
29.Fatty McButterpants (Season 3, Episode 3)
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But the physical choices Remini makes to show Carrie addressing this feedback are gold.
28.Nocturnal Omission (Season 6, Episode 5)
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Carrie has some very exciting news: Kelly has decided that she wants to reconcile with Deacon.
Then Deacon finds her looking at photos of Kirby and Major, and thats the end of that.
27.Clothes Encounter (Season 5, Episode 21)
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Doug thinks they each deserve to buy themselves a treat, and comes home with a harmonica.
Carrie is dismayed to see whathisidea of a treat is, because hers is a leather jacket.
A scheme is born!
Doug is upset by Carries dishonesty, but lets be real: Carrie just invented Rent the Runway.
26.Switch Sitters (Season 6, Episode 14)
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The two couples then perpetrate their hostility toward one another via Arthur and the kids.
Arthur gets spicy food that keeps him up in digestive distress?
The kids get coffee.
Arthur gets straight hot sauce?
The kids get a scary story.
25.Gorilla Warfare (Season 7, Episode 13)
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You made my life worth saving.
Youre who I am.
Does Spence end up with the comically oversized I WUV YOU teddy bear Danny bought for Holly?
Youre damn right he does.
24.Eggsit Strategy (Season 6, Episode 8)
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Deacon is upset to have lost his sons precious gift and refuses to let Doug replace it.
I get it, but also, dont bring it to work?
Its a shipping company!
It could have fallen into a box and gone anywhere!
An omelet bar is really the least they owe her.
23.Secret Garden (Season 6, Episode 7)
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Doug peeking in the window and gasping HES GOT VAGINAS IN JARS is the episodes best and silliest line.
(Theyre peaches.)
22.Thanks, Man (Season 6, Episode 9)
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21.Double Downer (Season 4, Episode 14)
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20.Jung Frankenstein (Season 5, Episode 12)
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Dougs attempt to address his disordered eating through therapy has led him to Dr. Wagner (Dave Foley).
Even Deacon gets in on the act with a list of his own.
19.Dreading Vows (Season 6, Episode 4)
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(We never find out if Doug also tells this guy that he made Dougs life worth living.)
18.Vocal Discord (Season 8, Episode 2)
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Plus: Mrs. Garrett!
17.Trash Talker (Season 6, Episode 18)
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Deacon has a new friend: another dad named Sean McGee (Jon Favreau).
(Everyone wants to know if Doug did it; he insists he didnt.)
16.Slippery Slope (Season 7, Episode 21)
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Go ahead and scam the homophobic corporation and then get an annulment, I say.
15.Awful Bigamy (Season 6, Episode 24)
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Between Downstairs Wife and Upstairs Wife, hes got a pretty good thing going on.
14.Inn Escapable (Season 8, Episode 7)
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Doug takes Carrie on a surprise vacation to a family-run B&B.
Hotels forever, B&Bs never.
This episode shows why.
13.Sold-y Locks (Season 8, Episode 18)
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When Carrie then hastoomuch fun with her new look, Doug gets jealous and petty.
Closing the episode with the romance novel-worthy wig on Dougs head is a wonderful bonus.
12.Food Fight (Season 4, Episode 13)
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She could understand him defying her for fudge or a calzone, butsalad?
11.Bed Spread (Season 5, Episode 25)
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10.Steve Moscow (Season 5, Episode 18)
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Unfortunately, the contractors come and go as they kindly.
On site, they make messes and get in everyones business.
9.Offensive Fowl (Season 9, Episode 8)
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8.Dog Shelter (Season 5, Episode 23)
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Thats not all: Doug repeated kindergarten.
And he was born in Canada.
(This sounds especially folksy in Jenny OHaras accent.)
7.Life Sentence (Season 4, Episode 8)
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That was the best one ever, says Spence, teary.
Im just glad they finally added a Black guy, says Deacon.
So much heartanda sharp parody of reality TV a much richer text than it seems on first glance!
6.Eddie Money (Season 4, Episode 23)
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5.Home Cheapo (Season 9, Episode 7)
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Doug and Carrie are absolutely blindsided by the news that Deacon and Kelly have bought a vacation home.
4.Four Play (Season 8, Episode 20)
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Unfortunately, Kelly soon gets sick of Doug.
3.Pour Judgment (Season 7, Episode 11)
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But now hes ready to sign up for bartending school!
As we see in a training montage set to Kokomo what else?
2.Connect Four (Season 5, Episode 9)
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What if Elly and Eddie came?
1.Present Tense (Season 8, Episode 17)
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Deacon insists on helping Doug hang the painting prominently.
