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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- Seasons
- 9
- Episodes aired
- 207
- Latest aired
- S09E12
- Total runtime
- 3d 1h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1998 – May 1999 25 episodes
- Season 2 September 1999 – May 2000 25 episodes
- Season 3 October 2000 – May 2001 25 episodes
- Season 4 September 2001 – May 2002 25 episodes
- Season 5 September 2002 – May 2003 25 episodes
- Season 6 October 2003 – May 2004 24 episodes
- Season 7 October 2004 – May 2005 22 episodes
- Season 8 September 2005 – May 2006 23 episodes
- Season 9 December 2006 – May 2007 13 episodes
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S05E01 Arthur, Spooner
September 23 · 22min find the promo
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Holly asks Doug if she can get a raise for walking Arthur, while Carrie gets a promotion.
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S05E02 Window Pain
September 30 · 22min find the promo
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Feeling inferior to, and looked down upon by, the new neighbors, Carrie tries to make a good impression, but Doug couldn't care less. Meanwhile, Arthur tries to use Spence for free subway rides.
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S05E03 Holy Mackerel
October 7 · 21min find the promo
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Doug and Carrie start going to church after an uncomfortable encounter with their priest and when Carrie's prayer for a raise is answered, she gets a little carried away and starts praying for such trivial matters as a shoe sale.
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S05E04 Kirbed Enthusiasm
October 14 · 22min find the promo
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Deacon asks Doug to help him coach his 8-year-old son's football team and the boy challenges Doug to try out for a semi-pro team, but Carrie isn't thrilled with the idea until she sees an interesting photo of him.
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S05E05 Mammary Lane
October 21 · 22min find the promo
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Doug's bowling team prepares for a tournament, while Carrie agrees to babysit Mr. Kaplan's son, in hopes of furthering her career. But when Doug throws out a mercy flirt and Carrie runs into an awkward set of hands, all goes downhill.
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S05E06 Business Affairs
October 28 · 22min find the promo
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Doug stops by Carrie's office and is introduced to her work-husband Curt. Although Carrie assures him that he has nothing to worry about since Curt is gay, Doug is threatened by just how close the two are.
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S05E07 Flame Resistant
November 4 · 22min find the promo
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Carrie meets Doug's ex-girlfriend Margy and is surprised to learn that Margy is still very close with Doug's mother.
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S05E08 Flash Photography
November 11 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E09 Connect Four
November 18 · 21min find the promo
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Carrie wins four company seats to Knicks games, but insists on taking a couple over Doug's friends. Meanwhile, Arthur digs himself a hole by pretending he can "fix" parking tickets.
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S05E10 Loaner Car
November 25 · 22min find the promo
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Doug loans Carrie to Deacon to help prepare Thanksgiving dinner. When Deacon ditches her for Holly's services, his web of lies soon gets out of control. Trying to cover it up, Doug continues to dig a hole for himself.
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S05E11 Mentalo Case
December 16 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E12 Jung Frankenstein
January 6 · 22min find the promo
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Carrie thinks Doug needs professional help to control his excessive eating habits, so she persuades him to see a therapist. When Carrie sees Doug's great inprovements, she asks the therapist to work on Doug's other issues. Meanwhile, Arthur believes he's addicted to nasal spray and fights to stay off of it.
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S05E13 Attention Deficit
January 20 · 22min find the promo
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Doug becomes obsessed with his own Super Bowl party after learning that many of his friends will be attending a party thrown by a new co-worker. While Doug is focused on winning back as many guests as possible, Carrie complains that Doug doesn't think about her enough during the day. Problems arise when Doug tries to throw the ultimate Super Bowl party and prove to Carrie he's an attentive husband.
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S05E14 Prints Charming
February 3 · 22min find the promo
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Doug and Carrie photos get mixed up with another couples. When Doug and Carrie look at the other couples photos, they find out that their lives aren't as good as the others, so they try to do what are seen in the photos. Arthur's new cellphone is in no use when no one calls him.
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S05E15 Animal Attraction
February 10 · 22min find the promo
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Doug cannot spend time with Carrie on Valentine's Day, because he has to deliver penguins, with Deacon, from one zoo to another. Meanwhile, Carrie and Holly go out, with Carrie giving Holly tips to land a man.
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S05E16 Golden Moldy
February 17 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E17 S'Poor House
February 24 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S05E18 Steve Moscow
March 10 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E19 Cowardly Lyin'
March 31 · 22min find the promo
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Carrie gets tickets to an opera but Doug doesn't want to go so he has Deacon help him lie to get out of it. Carrie catches him in the lie which prompts Doug to confess to a series of lies he's been hiding.
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S05E20 Driving Reign
April 14 · 22min find the promo
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Danny asks Doug for a letter of recommendation at IPS so he can move up to being a driver like Doug. Since this idea does not appeal to Doug, Carrie decides she will write the letter and have Doug sign it.
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S05E21 Clothes Encounter
April 21 · 21min find the promo
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Carrie can't stop buying expensive clothes, and then returning them within a few days. Spence's new girlfriend is afraid of his dog and tells him to decide who he wants, the dog or her.
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S05E22 Queens'bro Bridge
April 28 · 21min find the promo
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Arthur and his half-brother Skitch are reunited when Doug sets it up for them to meet again at the tollbooth Skitch works at on the freeway. When Doug realizes they own a house together, he sees the possibility of getting his basement back and he and Carrie having some personal time.
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S05E23 Dog Shelter
May 5 · 22min find the promo
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Carrie learns from Janet that Doug had a dog when he was 11, that they still have today, and Doug is 38! Janet admits to Carrie that the dog died, and they replaced it without Doug knowing.
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S05E24 Taste Buds
May 12 · 20min find the promo
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Since Doug never gets what he wants from Carrie, he uses Arthur to ask Carrie for them, so he gets what he wants. Meanwhile, Spence is first on line to see a new movie.
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S05E25 Bed Spread
May 19 · 22min find the promo
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After Doug breaks their bed, Doug and Carrie find temporarily having separate beds is improving their marriage. Arthur discovers that their sweet neighbor, Lou Ferrigno, is actually quite a gossip.