Doug is a overweight courier, who does not enjoy his job. His consolation is his beautiful wife... he also can’t enjoy much since her father, that doesn’t get along with Doug, moved in with them.
1 | Queasy Rider |
| Doug’s recent purchase of a motorcycle angers Carrie, but soon after, Doug secretly gets tired of it. Arthur gets a job at pretzel shop. |
2 | Female Problems |
| After Carrie’s constant togetherness with Doug, Doug finds a friend for Carrie. Soon Doug regrets his actions after Carrie and her new friend are always together leaving Doug jealous and alone. |
3 | Assaulted Nuts |
| Doug accidentally staples himself with a staple gun in a "private" place while fooling around at work. Rather than go to the hospital, he must struggle through a loan interview for Carrie. |
4 | Parent Trapped |
| Deacon and Kelly ask Doug and Carrie if they want to be their children’s Godparents, overcome with the compliment, Doug instantly says yes, but Carrie is not completely on board. |
5 | Tube Stakes |
| Carrie leaves the garage door open at night. The following morning, Doug enters the garage to find that his television has been stolen. In an effort to make up, she buys Doug a new TV. |
6 | Doug Out |
| Arthur accidentally hears Doug call him a "Demented Old Circus Monkey" so Doug tries to make it up to him. |
7 | Get Away |
| When Doug and Carrie go on vacation to celebrate their anniversary, they decide to take Deacon and Kelly, which ends up being a big mistake. |
8 | Dire Strayts |
| Doug gets stuck half way in the attic during a visit from Ray and Debra Barone (Ray Romano and Patricia Heaton). |
9 | I, Candy |
| Doug gets a big head after a waitress flirts with him. |
10 | Roamin’ Holiday |
| Carrie invites a friend and her husband to stay over for the Thanksgiving weekend, meaning Doug would probably have to entertain her husband. Doug however finds him dull, so after Spencer and his mother get into a fight, Doug takes advantage and convinces Spence to ask to stay over at the Heffernans. |
11 | Sparing Carrie |
| Doug’s bowling team bowls just for fun and is financially supported by the local ale house, but now they threaten to no longer support them if they continue to be on a constant losing streak. Doug soon realizes Carrie is the problem so he removes her from the team making for an awkward household. |
12 | Net Prophets |
| During Christmas time, Doug receives his Christmas bonus and Carrie eventually talks Doug into investing it in to net stocks. |
13 | Party Favor |
| Doug’s cousin Danny (Gary Valentine) has no best man for his marriage, so Doug reluctantly fills in and also arranges a bachelor party. Unfortunately Danny does not seem to have many friends who want to come. |
14 | Block Buster |
| It’s Doug’s high school football reunion and he boasts about his famous block. But everyone besides him remembers his now handicapped ex-team mate (Pat Finn) making the block. Doug tries to find proof on some old tapes. |
15 | Frozen Pop |
| Arthur moves upstairs because his cellar gets too cold in winter. Doug does not like it and waits for warmer weather, but Arthur does not seem to want to move back. |
16 | Fair Game |
| Doug is appalled when he finds out Carrie frequently cheats at board games. She tries to get better but maybe the reason behind her behavior needs to be found first. |
17 | Meet By-Product |
| Back in the 1980s, Richie invites Carrie and a friend of hers over to his and Doug’s apartment. While Richie hits it off with the friend, Doug and Carrie have a tough time. |
18 | The Shmenkmans |
| Doug and Carries are happy with their new friends. But then the Shmenkmans meet Deacon and Kelly and it turns out the two couples have a lot in common. |
19 | Surprise Artie |
| Doug takes Arthur out for lunch, so Carrie can arrange a surprise birthday party. Doug runs into some problems with Arthur at the buffet, meanwhile the waiting guests back home are starting to fight. |
20 | Wild Cards |
| After promising to go to the theatre with Carrie, Doug and Deacon take a trip to Atlantic City. |
21 | Big Dougie |
| Doug decides to become a "big brother" and agrees to participate in a 10 kilometer race supporting heart disease. |
22 | Soft Touch |
| Doug gets tricked by Tim Sacksky (Bryan Cranston) into falling for a pyramid scheme, disguised as a way to make large amounts of money selling water filters. |
23 | Restaurant Row |
| Carrie gets angry at a waiter and the manager at a recently found favorite restaurant of Doug’s. So Carrie bans him from ever going there again. |
24 | Flower Power |
| Carrie is jealous when someone from her work gets flowers and takes it out on Doug. |
25 | Whine Country |
| Doug and Carrie both have very specific ideas on how to spend their vacation together. Doug wants to rent an RV, while Carrie prefers a visit to Paris. They flip a coin, and Doug wins. In order to make Doug reconsider his idea, Carrie invites her father on the cross-country trip. She assumes that Doug would not want to spend his vacation in a confined space with the old man. However, to spite her, Doug not only agrees to take Arthur along, but invites Spence as well. |
