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The King of Queens Season 8 Episodes
Season 8 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 2005 - 2006
Episode 1
Pole Lox
Mon, Sep 19, 200521 mins
When Doug learns that some of his friends' wives or girlfriends do pole dancing at their homes which spices up their sex life. Doug decides to get Carrie into it. However she stinks at it. And Arthur upon learning this thinks it's degrading and tries to convince her to stop.
Episode 2
Vocal Discord
Mon, Sep 26, 200521 mins
When Doug and Carrie Heffernan (played by Kevin James and Leah Remini respectively) accidentally get a transcription of one of their arguments, they decide marriage counseling might not be a bad idea for them to attend. Meanwhile, Arthur Spooner, played by Jerry Stiller, is putting on a play at the senior center.
Episode 3
Consummate Professional
Mon, Oct 3, 200521 mins
Doug tells Carrie that it is his tenth anniversary at IPS, but Carrie recalls that it should have been three months earlier. Concerned because of benefits, RSPs, etc. she threatens to call IPS to have the date corrected. Doug can only stop her by now owning up to why she is wrong about the date in question. The episode then flashes back to when Doug and Carrie were dating and Doug has to lie to Carrie about a job in order to further their relationship.
Episode 4
Like Hell
Mon, Oct 10, 200521 mins
When Doug doesn't get invited to his new co-worker Jared's barbecue party, he tries to understand why Jared doesn't like him. Then later, Doug arranges that he and Jared go and deliver packages together on a long route. Carrie than begins to notice that none of her co-workers like her so to get the buzz going, she gives one of her co-workers an awesome make over.
Episode 5
Sandwiched Out
Mon, Oct 17, 200519 mins
Holly announces that she is moving to Manhattan with a boyfriend and won't be able to walk Arthur any longer. But Carrie begins to make Holly question on the big move. Deacon gets a sandwich named after himself at his and Doug's hangout because he made a combo of food that later became popular. Doug notices that he was actually the one that created the sandwich.
Episode 6
Shear Torture
Mon, Oct 24, 200521 mins
Carrie gets mad at Doug when she realizes that he is constantly getting haircuts from a hairstylist just because he thinks she is hot.Spence asks Lou to go to a Sci-fi convention with him and Lou reluctantly agrees. Soon Lou is excited about it. Spence has to get Lou not to go after he meets Adam West in the subway and he agrees to go.
Episode 7
Inn Escapable
Mon, Nov 7, 200521 mins
When Doug surprises Carrie to a relaxing get away to a bed and breakfast, it doesn't turn out the way he planned. For starters, it seems to be filled with a whole bunch of cats and owned by an old couple who don't know their own boundaries (and has a long-lost son who resembles Doug). Carrie then hears there is a spa hotel near by and decides she wants to escape. While Doug and Carrie are gone, Arthur invites a woman from the retirement home that he has had his eye on to seduce her.
Episode 8
Move Doubt
Mon, Nov 14, 200522 mins
One of their neighbors move and Doug and Carrie knew that Deacon and Kelly are looking for a place, so they ask if they want them to be their neighbors. But Deacon and Kelly don't want to live next door to Doug and Carrie. When looking at the house themselves Danny and Spence meet a beautiful Albanian woman who they then begin to fight over.
Episode 9
G'Night Stalker
Mon, Nov 21, 200521 mins
Carrie drags Doug to a karaoke bar and when he gets up on stage he is very nervous, but he starts feeling confident and sings great. When they get home Doug gets an e-mail from a woman that was at the karaoke bar. Doug is at first very flattered, but then the woman begins to send e-mails that makes Doug think that she is stalking him.
Episode 10
Raygin' Bulls
Mon, Nov 28, 200520 mins
Arthur is planning to visit Carrie's mother's grave and Carrie decides to go along--good thing, because she makes a shocking discover there. Doug gets a visit from his friend Ray Barone and they get in an argument on who is the more attractive between the two. They then find out that the ladies don't even notice them.
Episode 11
Baker's Doesn't
Mon, Dec 19, 200521 mins
During the Christmas season, Doug and Carrie run into their Reverend, who ropes Doug into doing guard duty for the Christmas decorations at the church and also gets Carrie to bake a cake for the church. When Doug sees a fellow guarder's wife bring him hot soup to help warm him from the outside cold, Doug starts to feel that Carrie doesn't do enough "wife stuff". Meanwhile, Arthur and Spence decide to try to write a Christmas song.
Episode 12
Fresh Brood
Fri, Jan 6, 200621 mins
Danny is babysitting the baby of his ex-girlfriend and doesn't want Doug to hold her. Doug tells Carrie he wants a baby to show off to Danny and Carrie tells him she doesn't want a child with him because he's irresponsible. Doug borrows Danny's baby to prove he can be responsible. Meanwhile Arthur's trying to become Customer of the Month of the coffee shop he frequents every day.
Episode 13
Gambling N' Diction
Mon, Jan 23, 200621 mins
Carrie wants a promotion at her work, but her boss says the committee won't hire her because of the way she talks. An upset Carrie decides to get diction lessons from Spence, to learn how to speak more lady like. Doug's mother comes up to visit and sits in on a guys gambling game. Doug begins to notice that she can really play so he invites her in on more games to cash in on more money.
Episode 14
Apartment Complex
Mon, Feb 6, 200621 mins
Doug and his friends get an apartment above a Chinese restaurant in order to be away from the women in their lives. Carrie takes on Kirstie Alley as a client but soon discovers that she must be a "designated eater" for the star. After a botched delivery by Doug, who takes on a job at the restaurant to pay the rent, Carrie finds out about the apartment.
Episode 15
Buggie Nights
Mon, Feb 27, 200630 mins
When Arthur comes home from his vacation, he brings Doug and Carrie a set of sheets as a souvenir and he brings some bed bugs along too. Carrie and Doug then have to have an exterminator take care of them and he said it will take all night. So now they have to spend the night out in the city where a lot happens. Spence and Danny argue on where they want to take a vacation. Danny wants to go to Vegas, while Spence wants to go to the Aztec Ruins. So to settle their argument they wrestle for it.
Episode 16
Knee Jerk
Mon, Mar 6, 200621 mins
When Arthur discovers that Doug is fully recovered, he blackmails him to get things that Carrie won't let him have. Meanwhile, when the slam-ball court becomes available at Doug's gym, he tells Carrie he's at his physical therapist's office to buy him playing time. But when Carrie comes home and discovers that someone has doped Arthur with sleeping pills, she becomes frantic and goes looking for Doug.
Episode 17
Present Tense
Mon, Mar 13, 200620 mins
Doug and Carrie are having a party for their eleventh anniversary and get a portrait of the two of them from Deacon and Kelly. They hate the portrait and don't want to show it and put it up. Spence convinces Danny to give Doug and Carrie something as well and when they ask them what they want Doug and Carrie suggest that they steal the portrait. All Deacon and Kelly wanted was to open up a conversation about stupid gifts because Doug and Carrie once gave them a very stupid and racist black jazz band sculpture.
Episode 18
Sold-Y Locks
Mon, Mar 20, 200630 mins
Doug and Carrie are having dinner at a restaurant and a man keeps looking at her. Doug goes over to him and he tells Doug Carrie's hair is worth 3,000 dollar on the wig market. Doug and Carrie decide to get her hair cut so they can go on a cruise with Deacon and Kelly. However, Carrie's new haircut isn't what Doug had hoped for. Meanwhile Arthur thinks he might not be Carrie's father and decides to investigate this.
Episode 19
Emotional Rollercoaster
Mon, Apr 10, 200621 mins
It's Doug's 40th birthday and when Carrie's co-worker begins to question Carrie on whether Doug is freaking out or not about getting older and not accomplishing a whole lot, Carrie then begins to try to make Doug realize that he should start wanting to do more with his life. So Doug decides he wants to ride a roller coaster that he was to afraid to ride when he was younger.
Episode 20
Four Play
Mon, May 1, 200619 mins
Everything is going smoothly between the newly formed friendships until Kelly grows tired of Doug's forgetfulness. With Kelly no longer available, Deacon and Carrie invite Doug to hang out with them, but Doug is so distraught over losing Kelly that he ruins their evening. Meanwhile, Arthur feels betrayed by the coffee shop girl, Gloria, who is having great success by taking Arthur's relationship advice and doing the exact opposite.
Episode 21
Hartford Wailer
Mon, May 8, 200621 mins
Carrie convinces her female co-workers to blow off work and take advantage of the hotel's spa. However, her plans are put in jeopardy when Doug surprises her and wants to spend the weekend watching the original "Planet of the Apes" series. Carrie tries to convince Doug to go home since she's going to be working all weekend, but gets caught in the lie when he discovers she already has an appointment for a massage. Meanwhile, Danny and Spence sneak into the Huey Lewis concert by wearing Doug's "Event Staff" jacket, but their excitement quickly disappears when they are forced to fulfill several absurd requests for the band.
Episode 22
Fight Schlub
Mon, May 15, 200621 mins
Carrie's work has her mentor a troubled teen, but when actually hanging out with the teen, Carrie begins to become more pressured into her old misbehaving self. Another packaging company named Priority Plus takes the IPS table at Doug's hangout and the IPS drivers let them know how much they hate them. But Doug later befriends one of them and he tries to keep the relationship secret.
Episode 23
Acting Out
Mon, May 22, 200621 mins
Arthur accidentally starts a fire in Doug and Carrie's basement, so Carrie then begins to think that her and Doug should find him a retirement home to go live in. When Doug starts to clean out the basement by removing Arthur's things, Doug sees that Arthur used to be an actor and he finds out that he gave up the career for Carrie. This gives Doug second thoughts on giving Arthur the boot. It's Danny and Spence's two year anniversary and Spence reminds Danny on the bet they had on Spence getting the bigger room, but Danny is willing to fight him over it.
