7.7/10564 votes#1 - Do Rico
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2000
Carrie is turned on by an imitation of Rico done by Doug; Arthur tries to chronicle his own life story.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10530 votes#2 - Roast Chicken
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2000
Carrie has Doug sign a congratulatory card for his boss' twenty years at the company and the whole thing blows up in Doug's face. Now, Fisker, the boss, wants Doug to participate in the banquet roast and Doug blames Carrie for this fiasco. He does rise to the occasion, however, and even manages to get some good laughs out of the audience. That is, until he starts to tell some jokes that hit a little too close to home.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tony Sheehan
8.1/10583 votes#3 - Fatty McButterpants
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2000
Doug vows to lose 30 pounds.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10525 votes#4 - Class Struggle
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2000
Carrie decides to return to college, with very little time to get things done.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
7.8/10536 votes#5 - Strike One
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2000
Doug feels the urge for a new car and against Carrie's advice buys it for himself only to find out moments later that the workers at the IPS company are going on strike. He unsuccessfully tries to return the car, forcing Carrie to work major overtime to compensate for his mistake.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10549 votes#6 - Strike Too
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2000
With no end to the IPS workers strike in sight, Doug tries substitute teaching at his sister Stephanie's school.
Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
Writer: N/A
8.7/10758 votes#7 - Strike Out
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2000
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
7.6/10520 votes#8 - Dark Meet
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2000
After a great Thanksgiving, Doug and Carrie tries to recall their first Thanksgiving together who said, "I Love You" first. They consult Arthur who quickly recalls some other Thanksgivings and finally recalls 1993 when he was having a fight with his new wife Lily. When Doug arrives to the house to meet Carrie's family, Carrie, ashamed of her family, runs off and leaves Doug to have a dinner with each parent one at a time. Even though he physically engraves and rebuffs the bowling balls, Arthur criticizes Doug's job at IPS to be replaced by a robot in the near future. When Carrie comes back, they both express their love for each other as Arthur proclaims that her relationship with Doug will not last.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10485 votes#9 - Twisted Sitters
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2000
Doug and Carrie watch Deacon and Kelly's kids while they are out of town. When one of the kids sees them making love, they must keep him from telling his parents...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10487 votes#10 - Work Related
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2000
Arthur begins to work at Carrie's company; Doug and Deacon compete for the best practical joke.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10541 votes#11 - Better Camera
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2000
A battle of who got the cheaper gift begins; Lou Ferrigno moves next door.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10506 votes#12 - Wedding Presence
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/2001
Doug and Carrie rush to a friend's wedding before the bride and groom realize they're not there; Meanwhile, Arthur plans a scheme involving Spence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10506 votes#13 - Hi Def-Jam
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2001
Doug sets up his sister with Carrie's boss so that he can watch the Super Bowl on a high-definition TV.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10617 votes#14 - Paint Misbehavin'
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2001
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
7.7/10505 votes#15 - Deacon Blues
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/12/2001
Doug is surprised to find his married best friend, Deacon, out with another woman. Meanwhile, Carrie questions her relationship with Doug because of their different views on cheating.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tony Sheehan
7.5/10488 votes#16 - Horizontal Hold
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/2001
After Deacon and Kelly's separation, Carrie begins to wonder about her own marriage. She and Doug agree to put their sex lives on hold for a few weeks because Carrie feels that they should resolve arguments verbally, not always physically. Meanwhile, Arthur dates a woman who claims she was once Frank Sinatra's girlfriend.
Director: James Widdoes
Writer: N/A
7.4/10571 votes#17 - Inner Tube
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/2001
Doug lies to Carrie about having to work late so he can play mud football and get out of going to her seminar. Now sick from his night of football in the rain, Doug starts watching TV and begins to drift off to sleep... Doug, finally full of guilt, goes to tell Carrie the truth of what happened and she doesn't react exactly the way he thought she would.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kevin James
8.0/10520 votes#18 - Papa Pill
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/2001
Doug feels sorry for Arthur and agrees to let him go to a cocktail lounge instead of to the weekly dance at a senior center. When Carrie finds out, she goes ballistic and turns her father's care over to Doug-a job he soon regrets taking on.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kevin James
7.6/10490 votes#19 - Package Deal
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/9/2001
Doug, feeling underappreciated at work, hears that drivers at FedEx are making twice what he makes. When he runs into a former co-worker now working for the big overnight service, he takes his friend's casual banter to mean that FedEx wants to hire him. Doug uses this information to play hardball with his supervisor and instead of getting a raise and a better delivery route, he gets fired. Meanwhile, after Lou Ferrigno asks Carrie to smear his body with tanning cream while his wife is on vacation, she gets addicted to the stuff and overuses the it on her face, dramatically darkening her skin.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10485 votes#20 - Separation Anxiety
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/16/2001
During the Palmer's separation, Doug and Carrie go to the movies with Kelly while Deacon takes the kids. While there, Carrie runs into a co-worker who seems interested in Kelly. The two end up going on a date, and when Deacon finds out he is ready to patch things up with her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10506 votes#21 - Departure Time
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 4/30/2001
Doug, Carrie and Arthur head out to the airport to visit with Doug's parents while they have a short layover at Kennedy Airport on their way to Montreal. While there, his parents ask him to sign their living will, making him the one responsible for pulling the plug. When his sister Stephanie gets wind of this, she is offended that she wasn't the one asked to be responsible.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10546 votes#22 - Swim Neighbors
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/2001
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
7.5/10495 votes#23 - S'no Job
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/14/2001
Doug's Uncle Stu asks him to get his son, Danny, a job at IPS. Doug doesn't want him working there but he doesn't want to look bad to the family so he instructs his boss to interview him but not hire him. Eventually, Doug feels guilty and goes back to O'Boyle to ask him to reconsider Danny for the job. Meanwhile, Arthur fills out audience comment cards on a new movie.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tony Sheehan
7.8/10478 votes#24 - Pregnant Pause (1)
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 5/21/2001
Carrie discovers that she is pregnant and she is panicked that the timing is all-wrong. Meanwhile, Deacon and Kelly begin to reconcile and Spence is left out in the cold and Arthur insists that Doug build him his own bathroom in the basement.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael J. Weithorn
8.1/10523 votes#25 - Pregnant Pause (2)
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 5/28/2001
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
The Best Episodes of The King of Queens Season 3
Every episode of The King of Queens Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The King of Queens Season 3!
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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Do Rico" is the best rated episode of "The King of Queens" season 3. It scored 7.7/10 based on 564 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/2/2000. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Roast Chicken".