Doug wants to go to Vegas with the guys. However, Carrie has to agree. Doug figures she can't refuse him anything if he takes her to a spa for a weekend. The spa is a living hell to Doug, but the thought of a trip to Vegas keeps him going. Arthur is told by Spence they're planning to go to Vegas and Arthur teaches Spence to count cards so he can win lots of money in Vegas. Written by Marco van Hoof k_luifje7@hotmail.com

While Doug has a barbecue evening planned with her, Carrie has too much work to do to be able to barbecue. Carrie starts working late more and more and Doug suspects her of actually liking her job. When confronted with this, she admits she likes her job, especially since she's starting to make a career now. Doug feels challenged and says he'll out-career her. Written by Marco van Hoof k_luifje7@hotmail.com

While on his way to an overeating support group Doug notices an abusive relationship group and joins them instead.

While Carrie is very pleased when she gets her own assistant, Doug isn't happy with a new and funny colleague.

Carrie brings Doug to one of her work parties, but Doug forgets one of Carrie's co-workers names so he fakes cardiac arrest.

Doug's parents come to visit, when Doug's dad goes to enter a model train competition, Arthur keeps Doug's mom busy.

While Doug and Carrie are shopping Christmas gifts in the mall, Doug loses his wallet. When he tells Carrie he thinks the midget who hit on Carrie earlier on probably has stolen the wallet, Carrie is so disappointed in Doug she puts him on an allowance. Helped by Arthur, Doug wants to prove that the midget stole the wallet. Written by Marco van Hoof k_luifje7@hotmail.com

Because Deacon and Kelly have found another couple to spend their Saturday evenings with, Doug and Carrie try to find a new go-to couple. This, however, turns out to be easier said than done and after embarrassing themselves in a DIY shop by asking random couples out, they resort to the Bergers, an extremely boring couple they know. On their night out with them, the Bergers meet a couple they once met via a book club. Doug and Carrie instantly love this couple but when they get back home they realize they don't even know their names, let alone their phone number. They see no other option than to go out with the Bergers again to ferret out the names and phone number of their dream go-to couple. Written by Marco van Hoof k_luifje7@hotmail.com

Doug buys a new cologne which seems to impress everyone who smells it except Carrie. Arthur shows Spence and Holly how to sneak into movie theaters.

Carrie hires a maid, Doug does too!

Doug pursues his dream of becoming a bartender. Meanwhile Arthur wants to become chairman of the senior center.

Doug discovers Carrie doesn't fit in her pants anymore and wants to find the best, preferably non-reducible to him, way to make her lose weight. At a yard sale Lou offers Doug and Carrie his exercise equipment with free training lessons for the both of them and Doug talks Carrie into them taking the offer. The exercises are hellish to him and the knowledge Lou likes to play video games gives Doug an idea. Meanwhile, Arthur remembers that he never got his reward for a television quiz he was in over thirty years ago. Written by Marco van Hoof k_luifje7@hotmail.com

Carrie discovers a romantic line Doug once said when they were dating comes from a film where the main character said it to a monkey. Meanwhile, Danny falls for Holly and thinks she feels the same way about him.

When Doug delivers a package to his old high school, Doug reminisces about the time when he went there and played football, which makes him act very childish.

Carrie turns 35 which is problematic for everybody. Arthur hasn't got any money to buy her a gift. When Holly suggests to make a collage of photos, it turns out there aren't any photos of Arthur and Carrie together. Carrie meanwhile feels old and Doug has to deal with her crankiness. When she tells him the construction workers in the street don't even call her after Doug gets an idea to make her feel young again. Written by Marco van Hoof k_luifje7@hotmail.com

Deacon finds a new friend and Spence convinces Doug that the reason his has been spending time with him is that he is black. The woman who does Carrie's pedicure won't do it anymore.

It's Arthurs birthday and to avoid spending time with Arthur, Doug calls himself on his own cell phone and acts like he has to report to work. But when Carrie finds out that Arthur's birthday wish is to spend more time with Doug, she tries to force Doug on having more bonding time by him taking Arthur to St. Louis for the College Baskeball Final Four. While Doug and Arthur are gone, Doug's dad stops by unexpectedly and Carrie is forced to spend some bonding time with him. Written by Anonymous

When Carrie has to take a trip to Lowes because she is re-doing her office, she asks Holly to come along because Holly has more room in her van. Carrie tells her the reason she wanted her to go is because she thinks that Holly has good taste, but she and Holly have opposite tastes. Doug tries out a new diner, but the waitress ignores him which causes problems and the waitress then wants to fight Doug. Arthur wants to go on a senior cruise so to get the money he starts to do a little gambling with other senior citizens.

There's a blizzard in Queens so Carrie hurries to buy herself an I-pod, but when the clerk doesn't ring the iPod correctly, Carrie complains and gets the clerk fired and gets a free iPod. When her car gets stuck in front of a church, she begins to feel guilty. Doug is out in the storm delivering, but he stays at a nice couple's house until the storm passes. Arthur stays at Holly's while she has a date come over. Written by Anonymous

Carrie has a work event at a ball park, and she's trying very hard to impress a client, but Doug makes it very difficult.

When Doug finds out that he can earn a free Plasma screen TV at a timeshare ski resort, he tricks Carrie into going. But they both find out it will be difficult in getting that TV when the sales people enter the picture.

When a man across the street dies, Carrie and Doug buy the house so they can sell it and make a lot of money.