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The King of Queens Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 2001 - 2002
Episode 1
Walk, Man
Mon, Sep 24, 200122 mins
To Doug's delight, Carrie decides that she's ready to try for a baby again. Carrie also takes up spinning as a new hobby, and Doug is less happy about that. When Spence introduces his dog-walker friend Holly to the family, Carrie and Doug see an opportunity to re-direct her talents to their advantage.
Episode 2
Sight Gag
Mon, Oct 1, 200122 mins
For Carrie's birthday, Doug decides to get her laser eye surgery. Doug brings her to the place, and the surgery is a success. The next day, Carrie wakes up to blurry vision. The next day she wakes up to the same thing. Doug calls up the doctor and asks if these symptoms are normal. The doctor says they are not normal, and Doug is now very nervous. Carrie finds out that Doug went to a cheap place, and used discounts.
Episode 3
Mean Streak
Mon, Oct 8, 200130 mins
Doug is ready to break the IPS record of most consecutive day without a broken package, or complaint. While he is ready to break it, his co-workers are not so excited. The old timers are not happy with Doug because he's going to break the record held by their old friend. Even Deacon is mad at Doug, because Doug broke one of Deacon's packages years ago. On the last day, Doug has to deliver light bulbs. He has to go up stairs to deliver them, but can not because the stairs are wet with paint. Doug has to throw the bulbs up or the company will call Doug's supervisor. It all comes comes down to a climactic choice to throw the bulbs up or get in trouble from his company.
Episode 4
Friender Bender
Mon, Oct 15, 200122 mins
Doug and Carrie get in a fender bender with Deacon and Kelly, and the agreement for Doug and Carrie to pay for the damages to Deacon and Kelly's car causes problems between the two couples. Meanwhile, Spence babysits Deacon and Kelly's son, Kirby, who, not understanding what "allergic" means, believes Spence to be afraid of peanuts and stops calling him the "Spencinator," referring to him as the "Scaredinator" instead.
Episode 5
No Retreat
Mon, Oct 22, 200122 mins
Carrie and Doug Heffernan attend Carrie's annual company's retreat, and Carrie, hoping to impress the firm's partners, encourages Doug to be friendly with them, which Doug finds difficult. Meanwhile, Arthur is left at the home alone, with Doug and Carrie instructing Deacon to check up on him to ensure he is okay.
Episode 6
Ticker Treat
Mon, Oct 29, 200122 mins
Arthur forbids Halloween to be celebrated in the house, and Doug, fed up with Arthur's demands, defiantly decorates the house with Halloween decorations, which scares Arthur into the hospital. Once Doug finds out why Arthur hates Halloween, he attempts to find a way to make his father-in-law feel better, which is more difficult than he initially thought. Meanwhile, Deacon is concerned with his son's choice of Halloween costume.
Episode 7
Lyin' Hearted
Mon, Nov 5, 200122 mins
As Arthur (played by Jerry Stiller) is about to have his surgery he asks his daughter Carrie (Leah Remini) to bring him his sleep mask. When she is digging through his stuff looking for it she finds an old letter from Florida State saying she got into college. She never saw the letter before and starts to resent her father.
Episode 8
Life Sentence
Mon, Nov 12, 200122 mins
After Arthur's (played by Jerry Stiller) surgery, Carrie (Leah Remini) decides it would be a good idea to get life insurance and to make sure Arthur has somewhere to go if one of them dies. When she finds out Doug (Kevin James) wouldn't want him if she dies she gets upset. She starts smoking again and Doug thinks she is trying to die first.
Episode 9
Veiled Threat
Mon, Nov 19, 200123 mins
In this episode, the time is set prior to Doug and Carrie's marriage. Carrie is very nervous to be married to Doug. She can not stop vomiting. When the two meet with the priest, he remembers that Doug and Carrie met at camp as kids. When Doug tells his family, his cousin Danny says it wasn't Doug that Carrie fell on, but it was him. Doug was at "fat" camp that year. In the meantime, Arthur can not pay for the wedding and lets Doug's parents pay. He spends way too much money. Doug cannot get the courage to tell Carrie the truth about the story. This story is the only thing that makes her feel comfortable. He ends up telling her right before they get married, which causes Carrie to throw up.
Episode 10
Oxy Moron
Mon, Nov 26, 200121 mins
When Doug's first instinct is to use an oxygen mask - released accidentally during a plane landing - for himself instead of allowing Carrie to use it, she is upset, and he tries to prove that he would be willing to risk his life to save her. Spence looks for a new place to live when his rent is raised again and is surprised when Danny doesn't want to live with him.
Episode 11
Depo Man
Mon, Dec 10, 200122 mins
Carrie's boss requests her to get Doug to be an expert witness in a court case, however, Carrie feels unsure on how he will do. Spence and Danny have a house warming party to celebrate their moving in together. Danny meets Holly, and he wants to ask to take her out on a date, but Spence asserts that he shouldn't.
Episode 12
Ovary Action
Mon, Dec 17, 200130 mins
It's Christmas and Carrie gets another negative pregnancy test. So Doug and her go to a fertility doctor and they find out the reason they are having trouble is because Carrie only has one ovary working. The doctor also tells them that they have a few fertile days coming so they should get going. The only problem is Doug's parents are coming to visit for the holiday.
Episode 13
Food Fight
Mon, Jan 7, 200222 mins
Carrie grows jealous when Spence's girlfriend recruits Doug to test her culinary work.
Episode 14
Double Downer
Mon, Jan 14, 200221 mins
Deacon asks Doug to come along to Atlantic City for a weekend. Carrie wants to go salsa dancing with Doug but concurs and they go to Atlantic City. However, Deacon has sent a message that he won't be coming. Doug's boss on the other hand, did come to Atlantic City and Doug and Carrie don't seem to be able to get rid of him.
Episode 15
Dougie Nights
Mon, Feb 4, 200222 mins
Deacon and Kelly are still separated and Doug takes a very depressed Deacon to some clubs. Doug really gets in the groove and makes a habit of it, with or without Deacon.
Episode 16
No Orleans
Mon, Feb 25, 200222 mins
When Doug and Carrie find an old check in a wedding present, they need to invite Doug's annoying relatives to write them a new one. The Heffernans plan on going to New Orleans with the money. However, Doug's relatives say that New Orleans is "their town", and tell Doug and Carrie not to go without them. Doug and Carrie get to the "Big Easy", but can they get back without them knowing.
Episode 17
Missing Links
Mon, Mar 4, 200222 mins
Carrie's work has an annual golf trip, but Doug and Carrie used to always take Deacon and Kelly. Now that Deacon and Kelly have split up, Doug and Carrie have to try to find another couple to invite to the golf trip before Deacon meets a woman named Leslie (Angelle Brooks) and now he can also go on the trip, where he bring along Leslie, too. Carrie meets Leslie and has a hard time clicking with her, but Doug, however, immediately clicks with her and her boisterous laugh. Meanwhile, Holly agrees to watch Deacon's kids while is on the golf trip with Doug and Carrie, but she also has to bring Arthur along, too.
Episode 18
Hero Worship
Mon, Mar 18, 200222 mins
His uncle Stu seems to like Doug much more than he likes his own son Danny and when Doug tells him it's his dream to own a sandwich shop, uncle Stu buys him a property to start his business. Carrie however, doesn't think Doug can run a business but because she already said she believes in him, she has to find somebody else to talk Doug out of it.
Episode 19
Screwed Driver
Mon, Mar 25, 200222 mins
Carrie goes on a business trip to Chicago when Doug's parents decide to come for a week trip. When Doug is at work his boss tells him and his fellow IPS drivers that they are going to have to take a test on the job. Doug is worried about the test and not knowing how to take care of his parents. But Doug's mother makes it easier by taking care of the household and Doug. Doug begins to feel young like a teenager again.
Episode 20
Lush Life
Mon, Apr 8, 200222 mins
Carrie starts joining a colleague for after-work cocktails and Doug realises she's less abrasive when she returns home. When Carrie has a row with her co-worker, Doug and Arthur conspire to keep her a little tipsy - until neighbour Lou spills the beans and she's even angrier than ever.
Episode 21
Bun Dummy
Mon, Apr 29, 200221 mins
Doug and Spence have a high school reunion, but Spence doesn't want to go because he had a relationship that ended really badly. Doug is looking forward to it, until Carrie starts wearing a new hairstyle, which is a tight bun that looks like a librarian's hair. So now Doug is afraid that she will wear her hair like that to his reunion.
Episode 22
Patrons Ain't
Mon, May 6, 2002
Doug and Carrie donate enough money to Kirby's school library to become patrons of it; however, on the plaque they receive, they are only listed as friends, and not as patrons. Doug, who doesn't want to make a big deal of it has an argument with Carrie over it. Carrie thinks that the error is such a big deal that once the school board finds out about the mistake, they release "the dear sweet woman who handled the money that was donated", instead.
Episode 23
Eddie Money
Mon, May 13, 200222 mins
Doug Heffernan takes $100 from the emergency fund jar to bet on boxing, and wins $5000 with Deacon. But they realize they can't tell anybody or Carrie will know he took the money, and Kelly will try to get the money in the divorce. They decide the best thing to do is blow all the money on the best day ever.
Episode 24
Two Thirty
Mon, May 20, 200221 mins
Doug has a bad tooth and decides to go to Deacon's dentist. But when Doug finds out that Carrie and the dentist know each other, he feels that the Dr. is hurting Doug on purpose out of jealousy. When Deacon wins a poker game over Arthur and Arthur doesn't have the money he promised him, Arthur tells him that he will give his son free piano lessons. The only problem is that Arthur doesn't know how to play the piano.
Episode 25
Shrink Wrap
Mon, May 20, 200222 mins
When Carrie and Arthur's constant fighting begins to irritate Doug, Arthur is taken to a therapist (William Hurt) to discuss why he has to yell and act up all the time. It is revealed that Arthur's problems stem from his childhood, by being horribly treated by his own father (Ben Stiller). With Arthur cured, Doug and Carrie realize that Arthur wasn't the only one with issues, leading them to take turns dealing with problems of their own.
