The Best Episodes of The King of Queens
Every episode of The King of Queens ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The King of Queens!
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 screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.
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The best episode of "The King of Queens" is "Awful Bigamy", rated 8.8/10 from 638 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Awful Bigamy" aired on 5/19/2004 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Strike Out".
8.8/10 638 votes#1 - Awful Bigamy
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 2004-05-19
After Holly gets kicked out of her apartment, Arthur insists that she stay with him in the basement until she finds a new place, making Doug realize the benefits of having two women in his life.
Director: N/A
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8.7/10 736 votes#2 - Strike Out
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2000-11-13
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.
Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
Writer: N/A
8.5/10 542 votes#3 - G'Night, Stalker
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 2005-11-21
Doug's karaoke performance gets him an e-mail stalker.
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8.4/10 755 votes#4 - Supermarket Story
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1998-12-07
Carrie, Doug and Arthur languish at a crowded market on the day before Thanksgiving, while Arthur shames Carrie into planning a huge feast.
Director: N/A
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8.4/10 568 votes#5 - Lush Life
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2002-04-08
When Carrie's new afterwork routine of apple martinis-along with an accompanying much more relaxed attitude-come to an abrupt end, Doug and Arthur join forces to keep her drunk, a course of action Lou doesn't approve of.
Director: James Widdoes
Writer: Tony Sheehan
8.3/10 645 votes#6 - Assaulted Nuts
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1999-10-04
Doug, while goofing off at work, accidentally ends up with a staple wound to the scrotum.
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8.3/10 543 votes#7 - Life Sentence
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2001-11-12
Now that Arthur is back from the hospital, Carrie thinks that it is a good idea that she and Doug get life insurance. She wants to be sure that Arthur is well taken care of should something happen to either one of them. But this comes as a huge shock to Doug because he's never thought about having to take care of Arthur if Carrie weren't around. Once Doug finds out that Carrie has started smoking again, he's convinced that she's trying to die first so that he gets stuck with Arthur. They both lose sight of why they're signing the insurance forms and Arthur has to snap them back into reality. Meanwhile, Doug and Carrie have installed an Arthur cam so they can monitor him while he's down in the basement. Deacon, Spence, and Danny get a real kick out of watching Arthur's mundane daily activity and find themselves addicted to "Arthur TV".
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8.3/10 634 votes#8 - Shrink Wrap
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 2002-05-20
The fourth season concludes with Arthur visiting a psychiatrist and recalling via flashback a disturbing encounter with his dad that may explain Arthur's abrasive personality.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael J. Weithorn
8.3/10 496 votes#9 - Switch Sitters
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2004-02-11
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. Deacon and Kelly decide to take Arthur out to dinner so Doug and Carrie can be alone, but they ignore a warning about Arthur's reaction to spicy food.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tony Sheehan
8.3/10 499 votes#10 - Apartment Complex
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2006-02-06
Doug and his pals rent an apartment to use as a secret hang-out. Meanwhile, Carrie goes to great lengths to please her newest client, Kirstie Alley.
Director: Michael J. Weithorn
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 540 votes#11 - Food Fight
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2002-01-07
Carrie gets jealous when Doug's attention is focused on Spence's new girlfriend, Becky, a professional chef. It's not her looks. It's not her personality, it's her food! Doug can't get enough and Becky comes to rely on Doug to sample all of her new recipes. Carrie, feeling left out, finally reaches the end of her rope and demands that Doug stop his "food affair" with Becky.
Director: N/A
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8.2/10 600 votes#12 - Arthur, Spooner
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2002-09-23
Carrie has been put in charge of overseeing a group of people who will be organizing and distributing legal documents for one of her firm's big cases. The catch is that her team will have to work the night shift, and they're "not the sharpest tools in the shed." Doug is disappointed by her new appointment because this means that they won't be spending any time together, but then decides to use her time away as an opportunity to do whatever he wants – eat in bed, not brush his teeth before he goes to sleep, etc. Unfortunately, he starts to get a little lonely but soon discovers that Arthur makes a suitable companion to keep him company.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tony Sheehan
8.2/10 529 votes#13 - Flash Photography
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 2002-11-11
At a wedding, Doug takes a naughty picture with a disposable camera supplied by the bride and groom. After letting Danny take the blame, and after confessing to a priest, he has the dreaded task of coming forward with the truth.
Director: Henry Chan
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 523 votes#14 - Mentalo Case
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 2002-12-16
A toy from their childhood leads to a rift between Deacon and Doug. Meanwhile, Carrie tries to give her father a great Christmas gift, but this proves hard to do when everyone thinks of the wrong gifts they are receiving, altering their original gift choices.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 477 votes#15 - Affidavit Justice
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 2003-10-29
When the partners of Carrie's law firm notice Doug's softball skills, they ask him to pretend that he's a lawyer in order to play on their company team. Carrie worries that Doug won't be able to pull off being a lawyer, but he is so convincing, an opposing firm offers him a job. Meanwhile, after tracing his ancestry, Arthur believes his great-grandfather was a slave owner and makes it his own personal mission to correct things with Deacon on his ancestor's behalf.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kevin James
8.2/10 1,018 votes#16 - China Syndrome (1)
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 2007-05-14
Doug and Carrie's marital tension continues, as they ponder whether they have a future together. Arthur and Ava's wedding day turns problematic.
Director: Rob Schiller
Writer: Michael J. Weithorn
8.1/10 587 votes#17 - Dire Strayts
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1999-11-08
Doug and Carrie invite Ray and Debra Barone over for dinner.
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8.1/10 564 votes#18 - Fatty McButterpants
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2000-10-16
Doug vows to lose 30 pounds.
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8.1/10 598 votes#19 - Paint Misbehavin'
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2001-02-05
Doug becomes jealous when Carrie makes the mistake of telling him she finds Deacon attractive; The gang go paintballing to celebrate Deacon's birthday, which turns into a war of jealousy.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tony Sheehan
8.1/10 522 votes#20 - Swim Neighbors
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2001-05-07
Doug and Carrie meet the neighbors after a hurricane destroys both of their backyards. Carrie breaks their hearts by telling the truth and rejects the idea of a combined backyard. So the neighbors retaliate by disrupting their privacy by making an aboveground pool in a small space. But as Carrie tries to mount a lawsuit, Doug can't deny the temptation and joins the other side. But before the pool goes down, Carrie takes a quick swim and later, Doug tries to enjoy the lawn sprinkler.
Director: Henry Chan
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 498 votes#21 - Pregnant Pause (2)
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 2001-05-28
Doug tells Carrie not to panic about having the baby, that he will take care of all her "burden," so he takes on a second job so that they can store a little extra money before the due date. Meanwhile, Arthur is annoyed that Doug still hasn't finished his bathroom and Deacon and Kelly reconcile.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael J. Weithorn
8.1/10 541 votes#22 - Eddie Money
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 2002-05-13
Against Carrie's commands, Doug takes $100 from the "emergency fund jar" to bet on a boxing match. When he and Deacon win $5,000, Doug realizes he can't let Carrie know he won big or she'll realize he stole the money. Deacon and Doug set out to burn it all off in a day of luxury spending. Meanwhile, Carrie is offered a job from the owner of the firm and when she finally works up the nerve to give notice, the offer ends up not being as firm as she thought.
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8.1/10 508 votes#23 - Steve Moscow
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2003-03-10
Doug and Carrie try to get the Russian workers to repair their house, by going to extreme lengths of giving them vodka.
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8.1/10 497 votes#24 - Bed Spread
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 2003-05-19
Doug breaks the bed, and when Carrie and Doug find a new one that they like, it has to be ordered, thus leaving them with nothing, until they borrow two twin beds for the time being. Quickly the two realize that having their own space at night is making major improvements in their marriage. Arthur discovers that their sweet neighbor, Lou Ferrigno, is actually quite a gossip, when he overhears him through a peep hole in the basement that looks right into his yard. Arthur makes it his mission not to get tangled up in that mess by protecting what information Lou gets.
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8.1/10 496 votes#25 - Furious Gorge
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 2004-11-10
On the way to a overeating support group, Doug notices an abusive relationship group, and decides to join them instead. Although, Carrie becomes suspicious when he not only gains weight, but begins to cower in her presence.
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