The BEST episodes of The King of Queens season 1
Every episode of The King of Queens season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The King of Queens season 1!
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.
#1 - Where's Poppa?
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/3/1999
Doug and Carrie send Arthur off to work at cousin Danny's pizza restaurant.
#2 - Art House
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/10/1999
Arthur almost gets Doug fired. Doug then releases all his feelings about Arthur, which results in him moving out of the house.
#3 - Supermarket Story
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1998
Carrie has Thanksgiving Day planned but is guilted into making a homemade meal which leaves her with less than a day to make a meal for ten people.
#4 - Time Share
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/26/1999
Carrie isn't happy that Doug's invited the Sackskys over-until she learns they're separating and offering them their Hamptons time-share. Meanwhile, Arthur seeks answers from an ointment company after developing a nasty rash.
#5 - Hungry Man
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/5/1999
Carrie's boss is having a cocktail party to impress a client and the only way Doug made it there was by not eating anything all day. He embarrasses Carrie by searching for food after he finds out there's no food at the party; Meanwhile, Arthur and Spence have trouble while planning a new business.
#6 - Best Man
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/11/1999
Doug and Carrie attend a wedding of an old flame of Carrie's, creating an uncomfortable situation for Doug.
#7 - Educating Doug
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1998
Carrie signs her and Doug up for a class at the community college when she begins to think that they're becoming dumb and boring. Doug has a hard time with it, but luckily Spence in also in the class...
#8 - Crappy Birthday
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/1/1999
Carrie is upset about getting older when her 30th birthday rolls around.
#9 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1998
Doug receives his new big screen TV and turns the basement into a private recreation room. However, after the death of the wife of Carrie's father and the subsequent burning down of his house, Arthur and Carrie's sister Sara move in. So Doug's recreation room becomes Arthur's new room, and the big TV moves to the bedroom.
#10 - Maybe Baby
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/17/1999
Doug and Carrie consider having a baby, which results in a flashback from Arthur about the day that Carrie was born.
#11 - Court Date
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/1999
Carrie gets a speeding ticket and Doug, out of fear of the car insurance doubling, convinces her to go on a date with the cop that gave her the ticket.
#12 - Richie's Song
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1998
Doug can't figure out why Carrie refuses to go on a double date with Richie and his wife, Marie.
#13 - Road Rayge
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1998
Doug regrets helping Ray Barone cheat on his driving test. Meanwhile, Arthur's neediness hinder's Carrie's studying.
#14 - Train Wreck
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/15/1999
Doug is upset when his new trainee doesn't make Carrie jealous; Meanwhile, Arthur must deal with his purchase of his tombstone in advance and changing the first two numbers of his death year from 19 to 20.
#15 - Noel Cowards
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1998
Doug and Carrie realize they must buy a new car after theirs breaks down. One problem: they can't afford it.
#16 - Dog Days
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/1999
The Heffernans' new neighbors have a dog that keeps them up at night, but Doug wants to avoid confrontation. Arthur thinks Charles Schultz is using him as a template for Peanuts characters.
#17 - Fat City
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1998
Stunned by an old photograph of Carrie's mother, Doug convinces Carrie to go on a diet and must pretend he is going on one too.
#18 - The Rock
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1998
Doug and Carrie remember when he proposed to her after a jeweler offers more money for the ring than Doug had originally paid.
#19 - Paternal Affairs
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1998
Doug and Carrie throw a wedding anniversary party for themselves. Doug invites his aunt, and finds out that his aunt and uncle are having problems. When Arthur meets Doug's aunt, he falls for her. Carrie eventually lets him date her, but ends up regretting it, leaving Arthur with plans to propose to her.
#20 - Head First
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1998
After feeling bad that Arthur has no friends, Doug starts taking Arthur everywhere with him.
#21 - Rayny Day
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/1/1999
When Ray Barone calls and asks Doug if he wants to play golf at his private club, Doug cancels on his friend Richie – who he was going to spend the day with in order to comfort him after his divorce. But when a huge thunderstorm lets loose, Doug's day of golf turns into a fiasco, and he high-tails it back to his garage to Richie. Meanwhile, Ray's mother, Marie, arrives at the Heffernan's early to pick Ray up and gives Carrie a lesson in cleaning – which Carrie milks for all it's worth.
#22 - S'Ain't Valentine's
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/8/1999
Doug's romantic plans with Carrie are hijacked by Veronica, who has planned a last-minute surprise party for Spence. Arthur meets a woman at a Senior Center dance.
#23 - Cello, Goodbye
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1998
Carrie's on the fast track at her new job in a Manhattan law firm. But the trappings of success – late nights at the office, free concert tickets and being surrounded by bright, dynamic people – make Doug wonder why she ever ended up with a guy like him. While painfully succumbing to boredom at a cello concert, he discovers that, despite his lowbrow tendencies, Carrie never has and never will feel she "settled" by marrying him.
#24 - Fixer Upper
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/1998
Carrie fixes Spence up on a blind date with one of her co-workers.
#25 - White Collar
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/22/1999
Doug begins to miss being behind the wheel of his truck when he is promoted after the death of his shift supervisor.