The BEST episodes of The King of Queens season 5

Every episode of The King of Queens season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The King of Queens season 5!

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.

Last Updated: 12/29/2025Network: CBSStatus: Ended
Holy Mackerel
star
7.83
779 votes

#1 - Holy Mackerel

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2002

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
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Bed Spread
star
7.79
668 votes

#2 - Bed Spread

Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/19/2003

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Window Pain
star
7.75
916 votes

#3 - Window Pain

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2002

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Flame Resistant
star
7.75
784 votes

#4 - Flame Resistant

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2002

Carrie meets Doug's ex-girlfriend Margy and is surprised to learn that Margy is still very close with Doug's mother.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Writer: Rock Reuben
Kirbed Enthusiasm
star
7.72
895 votes

#5 - Kirbed Enthusiasm

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2002

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Taste Buds
star
7.71
720 votes

#6 - Taste Buds

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/12/2003

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Writer: Tony Sheehan
Flash Photography
star
7.71
816 votes

#7 - Flash Photography

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2002

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.

Directors: Henry Chan
Writer: David Bickel
Connect Four
star
7.70
752 votes

#8 - Connect Four

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2002

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Steve Moscow
star
7.70
628 votes

#9 - Steve Moscow

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/10/2003

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

Directors: Rob Schiller
Writer: Chris Downey
Mammary Lane
star
7.69
781 votes

#10 - Mammary Lane

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2002

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Cowardly Lyin'
star
7.68
643 votes

#11 - Cowardly Lyin'

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/31/2003

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Loaner Car
star
7.67
810 votes

#12 - Loaner Car

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/2002

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Mentalo Case
star
7.66
810 votes

#13 - Mentalo Case

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2002

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.

Directors: John Fortenberry
Writer: David Bickel
Dog Shelter
star
7.65
723 votes

#14 - Dog Shelter

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/5/2003

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Jung Frankenstein
star
7.64
828 votes

#15 - Jung Frankenstein

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2003

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Attention Deficit
star
7.63
620 votes

#16 - Attention Deficit

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/2003

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Writer: Chris Downey
Animal Attraction
star
7.57
766 votes

#17 - Animal Attraction

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/2003

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Writer: Rock Reuben
Business Affairs
star
7.56
871 votes

#18 - Business Affairs

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2002

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Prints Charming
star
7.55
733 votes

#19 - Prints Charming

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/2003

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.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Arthur, Spooner
star
7.55
842 votes

#20 - Arthur, Spooner

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2002

Holly asks Doug if she can get a raise for walking Arthur, while Carrie gets a promotion.

Directors: Rob Schiller
Writer: Tony Sheehan
Driving Reign
star
7.47
711 votes

#21 - Driving Reign

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/14/2003

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.

Directors: James Widdoes
Clothes Encounter
star
7.47
661 votes

#22 - Clothes Encounter

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/21/2003

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.

Directors: James Widdoes
Writer: Chris Downey
S'Poor House
star
7.46
611 votes

#23 - S'Poor House

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/24/2003

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.

Directors: James Widdoes
Golden Moldy
star
7.37
758 votes

#24 - Golden Moldy

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/17/2003

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.

Directors: James Widdoes
Writer: Tony Sheehan
Queens'bro Bridge
star
7.31
683 votes

#25 - Queens'bro Bridge

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/28/2003

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.

Directors: James Widdoes
Writer: David Bickel