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The King of Queens Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1998 - 1999
Episode 1
Pilot
Mon, Sep 21, 199822 mins
Carrie and Doug were happy. Doug had just gotten the perfect basement, it had a big screen TV, a foosball table, everything he could ever want. But when Carrie's father accidentally burns his house down with his "lucky" hot plate, he has to move in with them, and Doug loses his basement.
Episode 2
Fat City
Mon, Sep 28, 199822 mins
Doug sees a picture of Carrie's mother in which she looks really fat. Doug tells Arthur he never knew she was fat and Arthur tells him she wasn't always like that. But at one point, well, she just started expanding rapidly. Now Doug is afraid Carrie will also get fat and he wants her to lose weight by going on a diet. Deacon advises against this because it'll get him into serious trouble with Carrie, but Doug thinks it won't be as bad as that and decides to try and talk Carrie into going on a diet.
Episode 3
Cello, Goodbye
Mon, Oct 5, 199822 mins
Carrie's on the fast track at her new job in a Manhattan law firm. But the trappings of success-late nights at the office, free concert tickets and being surrounded by bright, dynamic people-make Doug wonder why she ever ended up with a guy like him.
Episode 4
Richie's Song
Mon, Oct 12, 199821 mins
When Doug finds out that Richie's wife cheats on him, he must confront him with the news. However, Doug has some trouble telling his friend about his girlfriend.
Episode 5
Paternal Affairs
Mon, Oct 19, 199822 mins
Doug and Carrie throw a wedding anniversary party for themselves. Doug invites his aunt, and finds out that his aunt and uncle are having problems. When Arthur meets Doug's aunt, he falls for her. Can Doug stop their relationship, or let it be.
Episode 6
Head First
Mon, Oct 26, 199821 mins
Doug takes Arthur out on a Friday night because he feels sorry for Arthur being all alone. When Carrie hears about this, she shows her appreciation to Doug by giving him oral pleasure. Doug starts to take Arthur out more and more because he hopes Carrie will keep 'appreciating' him. However, Arthur doesn't really fit in with the rest of the group Doug hangs out with.
Episode 7
The Rock
Mon, Nov 2, 199822 mins
When Carrie and Doug cash in her wedding ring, they wonder if they did the right thing. They buy a satellite dish and a hot tub with the money they got with the ring. They soon find out that they get bad karma from the selling of the ring. Did selling their most prized possession give them their bad karma?
Episode 8
Educating Doug
Mon, Nov 9, 199822 mins
Doug (Kevin James) and Carrie (Leah Remini) are talking to a salesman when he uses a word they do not know. Carrie is bothered by this and decides it is time for them to try to become smarter. They then decide to sign up for a reading class together which ends up being more than Doug can handle.
Episode 9
Road Rayge
Mon, Nov 16, 199822 mins
Doug (Kevin James) gets caught helping Ray Barone (Ray Romano) with a driving test and loses his license for a week. Ray then tries to make it up to Doug but this results in Doug losing it for an even longer period when he is caught driving Ray's car by Ray's brother Robert (played by Brad Garrett), a cop.
Episode 10
Supermarket Story
Mon, Nov 23, 199822 mins
Doug, Carrie, and Arthur head to the supermarket on the day before Thanksgiving. Carrie is challenged by making a whole Thanksgiving dinner from scratch by Arthur's demands. Doug meets a guy that he does not know, but the guy knows everything about him. Soon, all of them find the true meaning of Thanksgiving.
Episode 11
Noel Cowards
Mon, Dec 14, 199822 mins
Its the Christmas season and Doug and Carrie have their eyes on a new car, but when they find out they can't afford it Arthur surprises them with something quite unexpected.
Episode 12
Fixer Upper
Mon, Dec 21, 199822 mins
Carrie arranges a blind date for Spence with Jenny, one of Carrie's co-workers.
Episode 13
Best Man
Mon, Jan 11, 199922 mins
Doug, Carrie, Arthur, Deacon and Kelly are going to the wedding of Todd, an old friend of Carrie and Kelly. Just before going to the wedding, Doug finds out Carrie once had sex with Todd.
Episode 14
Dog Days
Mon, Jan 18, 199922 mins
The incessant barking of their new neighbors' dog keeps Doug and Carrie awake all night. Arthur thinks Charles Schultz based the Charlie Brown Peanuts cartoon character on him.
Episode 15
Crappy Birthday
Mon, Feb 1, 199922 mins
Doug has plans to watch a pay-per-view fighting championship on the same night Carrie celebrates her 30th birthday.
Episode 16
S'ain't Valentine's
Mon, Feb 8, 199922 mins
Doug plans the perfect Valentines day, but first he has to take Spence out for a beer with his friends, because his birthday is on Valentines day. Spence's mom is secretly planning a surprise party, and ropes Doug, Deacon, and Richie into staying. When Spence gets there he storms off because his mom embarrasses him, and the guys have to stay because Spence's mom guilts them into it.
Episode 17
Court Date
Mon, Feb 15, 199922 mins
Carrie gets a ticket and since it's her fourth, the car insurance will be doubled. Doug is cross with Carrie about this and when the cop who gave Carrie the ticket wants to go out with her, Doug insists she goes out with him.
Episode 18
White Collar
Mon, Feb 22, 199922 mins
At work, Doug's (Kevin James) supervisor is in the hospital and Doug is temporarily promoted to his position. Unfortunately Doug ends up hating working behind a desk and misses his driving his truck of a day. But suddenly Doug's supervisor dies and Doug is stuck being in his new, hated, position..
Episode 19
Rayny Day
Mon, Mar 1, 199922 mins
Ray Barone calls and asks Doug if he wants to go golfing at his private club, but Doug already has plans with Richie. Doug cancels and tells Richie to come back later and they will watch TV, but when a storm comes and Doug and Ray are stuck in the clubhouse, Doug wonders if he can make it in time.
Episode 20
Train Wreck
Mon, Mar 15, 199925 mins
Doug Heffernan (Kevin James) suddenly finds he has a hot woman named Julie (played by Julie Benz) as a trainee and becomes upset that this situation is not making Carrie (Leah Remini) jealous. Meanwhile, Arthur (Jerry Stiller) has to find a way to change the date of death on his pre-purchased tombstone so the first numbers are 20 and not 19.
Episode 21
Hungry Man
Mon, Apr 5, 199922 mins
Carrie's boss is having a cocktail party to impress a client and the only way Doug made it there was by not eating anything all day. He embarrasses Carrie by searching for food after he finds out there's no food at the party; Meanwhile, Arthur and Spence have trouble while planning a new business.
Episode 22
Time Share
Mon, Apr 26, 199922 mins
Doug (Kevin James) and Carrie Heffernan (Leah Remini) have always hated their neighbors, Tim and Dorothy Sacksky (played by Bryan Cranston and DeeDee Rescher respectively). When the Sackskys offer Doug and Carrie their time share in the Hamptons because they are having marital problems, Doug and Carrie decide they have to be nice until they get the keys.
Episode 23
Where's Poppa
Mon, May 3, 199922 mins
Arthur is always getting in the way of Doug and Carrie's fun so they decide to try to pawn him off on somebody for a weekend. After they can't get anyone else to do it, Doug calls his cousin Danny who he hates and gets Arthur to work at his pizza place and stay with Danny for a weekend, but then Danny wants to hang out with Doug more.
Episode 24
Art House
Mon, May 10, 199922 mins
Arthur Spooner (played by Jerry Stiller) almost gets Doug (played by Kevin James) fired from his work, resulting in Doug yelling at him. In a rage, Arthur moves out of the house. We then see Arthur ending up living in a great apartment that he could never afford, and Carrie (played by Leah Remini) has to convince him to move back in with them.
Episode 25
Maybe Baby
Mon, May 17, 199922 mins
Doug and Carrie consider having a baby.
