When Carrie insists that Doug figure out how to invest their tax return check, Doug decides to buy an ice cream truck from a stranger.

Things get out of hand as Doug frantically tries to stop a woman who claims to have spent a romantic weekend with him from calling the house.

Carrie gets upset because one of her fellow secretaries steals her moxie and gets a promotion, and everything at IPS falls apart after Doug temporarily takes over the office.

The Palmers' vacation plans are ruined when Doug frightens Major so much that he refuses to be babysat by the Heffernans. In the meantime, Arthur begins hiring out himself and friends from the senior center to ride with solo drivers so they can use car-pool lanes. Written by maya2376

Doug adopts a dog at a block party to look like a better person, without telling Carrie. After Doug turns the dog into him (lazy) the couple tries to find a way to get rid of it.

An unflattering picture by Major prompts Arthur to ask Doug and Carrie for braces. Meanwhile, Kelly hires an out-of-work Spence to help out around the house.

When Deacon and Kelly buy a vacation home, Carrie is upset because they could have easily afforded it, but they were too cheap.

After almost running over a chicken on the highway, Doug becomes more animal-sensitive and decides to become a vegetarian.

Doug is having his high school reunion, where he meets Jeff The Beast Sussmann, who was a dysfunctional student now on the straight and narrow, and has become vice principal of their old high school. With some prompting from Doug, they plan revenge on principal Nagel that gets out of hand. Meanwhile Carrie and Arthur try to watch a movie together at home with tragic consequences. Written by Simon Vidiot

When Carrie discovers the apartment she wanted when they first got married is now affordable, Carrie wants to move into Manhattan and buy it. The only problem is Arthur. Arthur later meets a woman that he wishes to live with and marry. Now Doug is being forced to move out of Queens. Written by Anonymous

Carrie moves to Manhattan, but Doug refuses to leave the house in Queens. But ultimately, they find the one thing that will keep them together--or so it seems.

Carrie discovers that their Chinese baby is ready for adoption, but Doug wants to end the marriage because she didn't give up her apartment in Manhattan. Meanwhile, Arthur is forced to find a replacement bride for his wedding.

Taking place in Rego Park, Queens, New York, a blue-collar married couple, Doug, a deliveryman, and Carrie, a secretary at a law firm, who both live with Carrie's oddball father, Arthur, try to make the best of what they got while trying to make their marriage somewhat normal and getting through tiny problems that they have together, even the occasional run-in with Carrie's father. Written by rocknrollunderdawg