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Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The King of Queens Season 8 Episode 22 - Fight Schlub
    8.6/10(504 votes)

    #1 - Fight Schlub

    S8:E22

    Doug befriends a driver from one of IPS' competitors, but eventually discovers it's just a ruse to make him the butt of a joke. Meanwhile, Carrie becomes a mentor for a troubled teen, but isn't the best of influences.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The King of Queens Season 8 Episode 17 - Present Tense
    8.5/10(557 votes)

    #2 - Present Tense

    S8:E17

    The Heffernans hate an anniversary gift from the Palmers so much, they stage a robbery to rid themselves of it.

    Director:Henry Chan
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The King of Queens Season 5 Episode 18 - Steve Moscow
    8.4/10(587 votes)

    #3 - Steve Moscow

    S5:E18

    Doug and Carrie try to get the Russian workers to repair their house, by going to extreme lengths of giving them vodka.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The King of Queens Season 5 Episode 16 - Golden Moldy
    8.3/10(556 votes)

    #4 - Golden Moldy

    S5:E16

    Doug and Carrie are having fun on their vacation with their neighbors in St. Croix, but once Arthur calls with a quote on the current mold problem in the house, all is not so fun.

    Director:James Widdoes
    Writer:Tony Sheehan

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  5. The King of Queens Season 6 Episode 14 - Switch Sitters
    8.3/10(581 votes)

    #5 - Switch Sitters

    S6:E14

    After countless times of babysitting Deacon and Kelly's children, Doug and Carrie feel that Deacon and Kelly should return the favor and babysit Arthur every once in a while.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Sheehan

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  6. The King of Queens Season 6 Episode 18 - Trash Talker
    8.3/10(524 votes)

    #6 - Trash Talker

    S6:E18

    Doug and Deacon's relationship hits a speed bump when Deacon unknowingly befriends Doug's grade school archenemy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The King of Queens Season 8 Episode 7 - Inn Escapable
    8.3/10(578 votes)

    #7 - Inn Escapable

    S8:E7

    A trip to a bed & breakfast becomes more than Doug and Carrie can handle. Meanwhile, Arthur has a romantic dilemma of his own.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The King of Queens Season 8 Episode 15 - Buggie Nights
    8.3/10(512 votes)

    #8 - Buggie Nights

    S8:E15

    Bed bugs brought home by Arthur from a vacation force Doug and Carrie out of the house while a creepy exterminator does his job. Meanwhile, Spence and Danny argue over where to go for vacation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The King of Queens Season 8 Episode 19 - Emotional Rollercoaster
    8.3/10(492 votes)

    #9 - Emotional Rollercoaster

    S8:E19

    Doug's lie to get Carrie to let him ride a rollercoaster at an amusement park blows up in his face. Meanwhile, Arthur lets Deacon shuttle him around in a wheelchair so they can jump to the front of the park's lines and Danny and Spence search for girls to pick up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The King of Queens Season 6 Episode 9 - Thanks Man
    8.2/10(573 votes)

    #10 - Thanks Man

    S6:E9

    It's Thanksgiving in the Heffernan household and while Carrie cooks dinner for ten people, Doug lets a stranger into the house to use the phone. He is convinced the stranger is a nice guy but Carrie is not so trusting.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael J. Weithorn

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  11. The King of Queens Season 8 Episode 18 - Sold-Y Locks
    8.2/10(509 votes)

    #11 - Sold-Y Locks

    S8:E18

    In order to afford a cruise, Doug convinces Carrie to cut her hair to sell to a wig maker, but regrets his idea after the deed is done.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The King of Queens Season 8 Episode 20 - Four Play
    8.2/10(485 votes)

    #12 - Four Play

    S8:E20

    One night at the movie theatre, Doug and Carrie can't decide on which film they want to see. They run into Deacon and Kelly and it turns out Kelly wants to see what Doug wants to see and Deacon likes the movie that Carrie likes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The King of Queens Season 8 Episode 23 - Acting Out
    8.2/10(485 votes)

    #13 - Acting Out

    S8:E23

    After he sets a fire in the basement, Carrie decides it's time for Arthur to enter a retirement home, but Doug makes a discovery that makes him want to change Carrie's mind. Danny and Spence have a face-off over an agreement to swap bedrooms.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The King of Queens Season 9 Episode 4 - Major Disturbance
    8.2/10(495 votes)

    #14 - Major Disturbance

    S9:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The King of Queens Season 1 Episode 21 - Hungry Man
    8.1/10(678 votes)

    #15 - Hungry Man

    S1:E21

    Carrie asks Doug to join her at a dinner party for a Japanese client. But when he arrives ravenous after not eating all day, he discovers there's no dinner and tries to eat whatever he can find.

    Director:Rob Schiller
    Writer:Tony Sheehan

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  16. The King of Queens Season 2 Episode 3 - Assaulted Nuts
    8.1/10(736 votes)

    #16 - Assaulted Nuts

    S2:E3

    Doug, while goofing off at work, accidentally ends up with a staple wound to the scrotum.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The King of Queens Season 3 Episode 7 - Strike Out
    8.1/10(834 votes)

    #17 - Strike Out

    S3:E7

    Doug and Deacon, who are out of work because of a strike, resort to playing sophomoric pranks, along with Arthur, to keep from going stir crazy. But they're driving Carrie and Kelly nuts. Eventually, Doug and Deacon return to work leaving Arthur alone.

    Directors:Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The King of Queens Season 4 Episode 2 - Sight Gag
    8.1/10(588 votes)

    #18 - Sight Gag

    S4:E2

    Doug thinks he has come up with the perfect birthday gift for Carrie: laser eye surgery. That is until Carrie ends up nearly blind from the operation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The King of Queens Season 6 Episode 17 - Multiple Plots
    8.1/10(534 votes)

    #19 - Multiple Plots

    S6:E17

    When Arthur tries to sell Spence his adjoining burial plot, he winds up selling it to Spence's mother, Veronica. Doug is assigned a new delivery route and is freaked out by a man at one of his daily stops who always answers the door wearing nothing but a towel around his waist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The King of Queens Season 8 Episode 9 - G'Night, Stalker
    8.1/10(625 votes)

    #20 - G'Night, Stalker

    S8:E9

    Doug's karaoke performance gets him an e-mail stalker.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The King of Queens Season 1 Episode 10 - Supermarket Story
    8.0/10(873 votes)

    #21 - Supermarket Story

    S1:E10

    Carrie, Doug and Arthur languish at a crowded market on the day before Thanksgiving, while Arthur shames Carrie into planning a huge feast.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The King of Queens Season 1 Episode 23 - Where's Poppa?
    8.0/10(659 votes)

    #22 - Where's Poppa?

    S1:E23

    Doug and Carrie try desperately to ship Arthur off to friends for the weekend so they can enjoy some intimate time together, but no one's eager to take him.

    Director:Rob Schiller
    Writers:Rock Reuben, Kevin James, Gary Valentine

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  23. The King of Queens Season 4 Episode 1 - Walk, Man
    8.0/10(581 votes)

    #23 - Walk, Man

    S4:E1

    Doug hires a dog walker to get Arthur out of the house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael J. Weithorn

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  24. The King of Queens Season 4 Episode 8 - Life Sentence
    8.0/10(627 votes)

    #24 - Life Sentence

    S4:E8

    Doug and Carrie set up a "Nanny-Cam" to keep an eye on Arthur.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The King of Queens Season 5 Episode 17 - S'Poor House
    8.0/10(520 votes)

    #25 - S'Poor House

    S5:E17

    The mold problem in the Heffernan household grows and Doug and Carrie find out to fix the problem will cost them $12,000! Doug, with his tail between his legs, goes to his father to ask for the money, but hits a wall when he wants to know why he and Carrie don't have it in the bank.

    Director:James Widdoes
    Writer:Michael J. Weithorn

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Best Episodes Summary

"Fight Schlub" is the best rated episode of "The King of Queens". It scored 8.6/10 based on 504 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/8/2006. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Present Tense".