The King of Queens
Set in the working-class suburb of Queens, New York, the show follows Doug Heffernan (Kevin James), an amiable deliveryman, and his wife, spitfire secretary Carrie Heffernan (Leah Remini), as they explore the everyday challenges of love, life, family and marriage.
- Metascore55
- 1998-2007
- 9 seasons
- CBS
- Comedy
- TV-PG
Set in the working-class suburb of Queens, New York, the show follows Doug Heffernan (Kevin James), an amiable deliveryman, and his wife, spitfire secretary Carrie Heffernan (Leah Remini), as they explore the everyday challenges of love, life, family and marriage.
Season 2 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1999 - 2000
Episode 1
Queasy Rider
Mon, Sep 20, 1999 30 mins
Doug wants to buy his own motorcycle after riding Richie's. Carrie finds out, and won't let Doug get one. He eventually gets one anyway without approval from Carrie. When Carrie finds out, she takes up one of her old hobbies of smoking. Doug then has to choose what he loves more: His bike or his wife.
Episode 2
Female Problems
Mon, Sep 27, 1999 30 mins
When Carrie is sad because she has no friends to hang out with, Doug decides to introduce her to a woman who just moved into the neighborhood. Then she spends a lot of time with her new friend, which makes Doug jealous.
Episode 3
Assaulted Nuts
Mon, Oct 4, 1999 30 mins
Doug is goofing off with Deacon at work, but things get serious when he suddenly ends up with a staple in his "area". Hilarity ensues when he then must suffer through the pain while at a meeting with a banker because of an argument with his wife Carrie.
Episode 4
Parent Trapped
Mon, Oct 11, 1999 30 mins
Deacon and Kelly ask Doug and Carrie to be the godparents of their two children, Kirby and Major. Doug instantly says yes, while Carrie thinks this might not be such a good idea. Meanwhile, Arthur's boss has to go away for a few days and puts Arthur in charge of the pretzel shop.
Episode 5
Tube Stakes
Mon, Oct 18, 1999 30 mins
Doug gets very upset with Carrie after he sees that his big screen TV is stolen after Carrie left the garage door open.
Episode 6
Doug Out
Mon, Oct 25, 1999 30 mins
Doug calls Arthur a demented old circus monkey and Arthur overhears it. Later Carrie is doing an impression of him and he walks in on that. To make up for it Doug decides to bring Arthur to a Mets game he won tickets for after being named employee of the month. While trying to make Arthur happy both Carrie and Doug wind up in jail.
Episode 7
Get Away
Mon, Nov 1, 1999 30 mins
When Doug and Carrie go on vacation to celebrate their anniversary, they decide to take their friends Deacon and Kelly which turns out to be a big mistake.
Episode 8
Dire Strayts
Mon, Nov 8, 1999 30 mins
It's double the havoc when Ray and Debra Barone visit Doug and Carrie.
Episode 9
I, Candy
Mon, Nov 15, 1999 30 mins
Doug's ego gets boosted when he gets checked out by a waitress.
Episode 10
Roamin' Holiday
Mon, Nov 22, 1999 30 mins
Carrie's (Leah Remini) friend Susie (played by Melissa Samuels) and her husband Mike (played by Ben Bode) are over for dinner at the Heffernan's and Carrie invites them to spend Thanksgiving weekend with them. Doug (Kevin James) hates her husband, so he convinces Spence (Patton Oswalt) to move out and stay with them so Carrie's friends can't.
Episode 11
Sparing Carrie
Mon, Nov 29, 1999 30 mins
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.
Episode 12
Net Prophets
Mon, Dec 13, 1999 30 mins
The Christmas season is upon Doug and Carrie and they decide they should invest in stock, but they soon feel the joys and stresses of it. Arthur wants to decorate the house with more Christmas items.
Episode 13
Party Favor
Mon, Jan 10, 2000 30 mins
Doug's cousin Danny is getting married but Danny does not have a best man. Carrie volunteers Doug as the best man. So now Doug is on the hook and worries about giving the speech and has to set up a bachelor party. Sadly Danny doesn't have too many friends so the party has many empty seats, and to top it off the stripper isn't 100% either!
Episode 14
Block Buster
Mon, Jan 17, 2000 30 mins
Doug Heffernan invites his old football teammates over so they can talk to a reporter about their team. Doug made a championship-winning play, but to his dismay, other people on the team believe that another player made it. Doug then proceeds to try to prove them all wrong.
Episode 15
Frozen Pop
Mon, Jan 24, 2000 30 mins
Carrie decides Arthur can temporarily sleep upstairs in her office - which is across Doug and Carrie's bedroom - because it's too cold in the basement. Doug doesn't like this because he's afraid Arthur will stay in the room. Carrie convinces Doug he will leave when the weather gets better and when the weather finally gets balmy, Doug and Carrie are very curious as to what Arthur will do.
Episode 16
Fair Game
Mon, Feb 7, 2000 21 mins
At a board-game evening, Doug finds out that Carrie cheats. Carrie doesn't come clean about this to him, which makes him a bit edgy, especially since another board-game is being planned.
Episode 17
Meet By-Product
Mon, Feb 14, 2000 22 mins
Back when Doug was a nightclub bouncer and Carrie a shop seller, Doug's buddy from the nightclub successfully asked Carrie out for a date. But Carrie wanted her friend Lynn to come along so Doug agreed for a double date. Doug's buddy made sure their neighbor's dog would be present at their bachelor pad. While it was eventually only the buddy and Lynn who had chemistry, Carrie accidentally allowed the dog to run off. While driving to find the dog, their ongoing common dislike was intensified until Carrie asked to leave the car near a bus station. The episode ended as Doug drove back to said bus station to try having a second chance with Carrie.
Episode 18
The Shmenkmans
Mon, Feb 21, 2000 22 mins
Doug and Carrie Heffernan (played by Kevin James and Leah Remini respectively) meet a new couple to be friends with. When their schedules get messed up, they invite Deacon and Kelly Palmer (played by Victor Williams and Merrin Dungey) over at the same time. Then they start to worry that Deacon and Kelly are stealing their friends from them.
Episode 19
Surprise Artie
Mon, Feb 28, 2000 22 mins
Arthur's 75th birthday is coming up and Doug and Carrie decide to throw him a surprise party, but they're in for a rude awakening when two of the invited guests are at each others throats and they can't find Arthur!
Episode 20
Wild Cards
Mon, Mar 6, 2000 22 mins
After lying to Carrie, Deacon and Doug go to Atlantic City where Doug loses a lot of money, while Deacon makes a lot of it. Deacon used money that he was holding for Doug to win the money, so Doug wants some of it. Carrie takes Arthur to a musical.
Episode 21
Big Dougie
Mon, Apr 17, 2000 22 mins
After Deacon tells him he's a Big Brother, Doug feels bad because he doesn't give anything back to society and decides to become a Big Brother as well. Unfortunately for Doug, the boy that's assigned to him doesn't seem to be very enthusiastic, to say the least. Meanwhile, Carrie accidentally says 'I love you' when she's on the phone with Doug Pruzan, one of her bosses.
Episode 22
Soft Touch
Mon, May 1, 2000 22 mins
In spite of all Carrie's efforts to avoid them, annoying neighbors Tim and Dorothy manage to invite her and Doug for dinner. After a rather uncomfortable main course, Tim talks Doug into participating in his water filter "project" so he can get rich quick. Doug doesn't realize it's really a pyramid scheme, doesn't believe Carrie when she tells him and even gets Arthur involved in it as well.
Episode 23
Restaurant Row
Mon, May 8, 2000 22 mins
Doug and Carrie go to a new Italian restaurant where Carrie gets a wrong order and causes chaos there. Doug gets very upset because he loved the food and he wanted that place to be his and Carrie's new restaurant. Carrie bans Doug from there, so Doug has to start sneaking behind her back to eat there.
Episode 24
Flower Power
Mon, May 15, 2000 22 mins
When a colleague has gotten flowers (which she initially thought were for her), Carrie is disappointed and Doug tries to show his romantic side. Meanwhile, Arthur has jury duty.
Episode 25
Whine Country
Mon, May 22, 2000 22 mins
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.
