The BEST episodes written by Ilana Wernick
#1 - Consummate Professional
The King of Queens - Season 8 - Episode 3
Carrie finds out that while dating, Doug lied about getting a job to get her to sleep with him.
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#2 - Second Marriage Guy
'Til Death - Season 2 - Episode 14
When Eddie's friend Karl introduces him to his second wife, Eddie becomes jealous of Karl's relaxed marriage and convinces Joy that they should try out a "second marriage." Joy has her own ideas of how a "second marriage" should be causing Eddie to re-think his suggestion
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#4 - Awful Bigamy
The King of Queens - Season 6 - Episode 24
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.
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#5 - Furious Gorge
The King of Queens - Season 7 - Episode 3
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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#6 - Family Portrait
Modern Family - Season 1 - Episode 24
Claire makes an effort to take a new family portrait, but everybody is too busy to cooperate: Gloria and Manny go with Phil and Alex to a Lakers game and share an awkward moment on the jumbotron, Cameron gets a job as a wedding singer while Mitchell takes care of Lilly and a stray pigeon, and Luke interviews Jay for a school project.
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#7 - Holy Mackerel
The King of Queens - Season 5 - Episode 3
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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#8 - Slow Down Your Neighbors
Modern Family - Season 2 - Episode 11
Claire becomes a vigilante to catch a car that speeds though their streets. Phil tries to land an important listing with a difficult client, Jay teaches Manny (and Gloria) how to ride a bike. Mitchell and Cameron meet a mysterious neighbor who is quite the charmer.
#9 - Guess Who's Coming to Frozen Dinner
The Middle - Season 9 - Episode 14
Mike's wayward brother, Rusty, comes to town and presents Sue with an extravagant gift, which Mike assumes is stolen goods; Mike tries to figure out a way to reconnect with Sue; Axl blows his first paycheck on a big-screen TV.
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#10 - Mother's Day
Modern Family - Season 2 - Episode 21
Claire and Gloria's Mother's Day excursion with the kids turns into the mother of all disasters. Meanwhile, Phil and Jay share an awkward moment when they stay home to prepare dinner for everyone. Cameron worries about gender roles in his relationship with Mitchell.
#11 - The Christmas Miracle
The Middle - Season 9 - Episode 10
Frankie and Sue are devastated when Axl informs them that he's not going to church; Mike goes to war with the Glossner kids after they keep defacing his giant inflatable snowman; Brick attempts to wrap his first present.
#12 - Swimming with the Starks
'Til Death - Season 2 - Episode 15
When Joy calls off their usual anniversary celebration and surprises Eddie with a gift, he decides to one-up her with a special snorkeling trip to Hawaii requiring him to take swimming lessons from Kenny.
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#13 - Risky Business
The Middle - Season 7 - Episode 4
Mike surprises Frankie when he wants to be involved in his brother's crazy business scheme; Axl goes to extreme measures to prove he can handle Mike's new motorcycle; and Sue begins living in her car to avoid her horrible roommate.
#14 - A Quarry Story
The Middle - Season 6 - Episode 11
Frankie must work at Ehlert Motors for one day in order to collect her pay on an old, uncashed paycheck, Mike offers Sue a part-time job at the quarry, and Mike’s dad attempts to persuade a lazy Axl to help replace the damaged kitchen sink.
#15 - Please Don't Feed the Hecks
The Middle - Season 9 - Episode 2
Frankie gives away unused items from the house in the hope of getting food in return; Sue and Lexie find their apartment is being inhabited; Axl's new job as a school bus driver gives him the opportunity to look after Brick.
#16 - Performance Anxiety
'Til Death - Season 2 - Episode 1
When Eddie thinks Joy made a fool of herself at Steph's birthday party he decides it is time to tell her about her irritating habits. She lets him know about his own irritating habits. Steph isn't happy when Jeff gives her a gift she has wanted for a long time.
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#17 - The Par-tay
The Middle - Season 8 - Episode 18
Mike's friendship with Bill Norwood is in jeopardy after Bill gets angry when Mike poaches his plumber at a reduced rate; Frankie is disappointed when Sue refuses to tell her who she has a crush on; Brick wants Axl to party with him at college.
#18 - Window Pain
The King of Queens - Season 5 - Episode 2
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.
#19 - Class Struggle
The King of Queens - Season 3 - Episode 4
Carrie decides to return to college, with very little time to get things done.
#20 - Patrons Ain't
The King of Queens - Season 4 - Episode 22
When Doug and Carrie's accountant make them feel guilty about their lack of charitable donations, they decide to give a large amount of money to an elementary school library.
#21 - Apartment Complex
The King of Queens - Season 8 - Episode 14
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.
#22 - Bat Out Of Heck
The Middle - Season 9 - Episode 19
Frankie is surprised but relieved when Dr. Goodwin agrees to buy all of the peanut brittle that Brick needs to sell for school. But the good doctor displays a bit of Mr. Hyde behavior when Frankie doesn’t deliver the product in an expeditious manner. Meanwhile, Axl is getting sick and tired of having Mike tell him how to run his life; and things go off the rails when Axl attempts to trade in the Winnebago and buy a car. Sue is more determined than ever to win a very prestigious and competitive hotel scholarship; and Frankie swears that she’s seeing something mysterious flying through the house.
#23 - Tube Stakes
The King of Queens - Season 2 - Episode 5
Carrie leaves the garage door open and Doug's big screen TV is stolen.
#24 - Major Disturbance
The King of Queens - Season 9 - Episode 4
The Palmers' vacation plans are ruined when Doug frightens Major so much that he refuses to be babysat by the Heffernans. In the meantime, Arthur begins hiring out himself and friends from the senior center to ride with solo drivers so they can use car-pool lanes.
#25 - Silent Mite
The King of Queens - Season 7 - Episode 7
While Christmas shopping at the mall, Doug loses his wallet and begins a quest to find the wallet and the culprit who may have stolen it. But with no help from Carrie or the cops, he requests the help of Arthur.
#26 - No Complaints
'Til Death - Season 4 - Episode 4
When Eddie and Joy try to live without complaining, Eddie finds that repressing his true feelings makes him sick. Meanwhile, Kenny creates problems for parents when he works as a mall Santa.
#27 - Hecks at a Movie
The Middle - Season 7 - Episode 15
After discovering that Brick has never seen a movie in a theater, Frankie and Mike take him to see a film with a small scene that was partially shot in Orson. But when Brick sees a trailer for an upcoming "Planet Nowhere" film that he completely disapproves of, he makes it his mission to ensure that it won't ever play in that theater - or anywhere else. Meanwhile, Frankie and Mike get into a major disagreement over how events really unfolded when Mike shushes Frankie after he perceives that she was constantly interrupting Bill while he was telling a story; Sue runs into Logan - the hunky Abercrombie guy - and thinks she has a real chance of becoming his girlfriend; and Axl and Sean discover that they have unexpected ties to an event that happened when they were young.
#28 - Connect Four
The King of Queens - Season 5 - Episode 9
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.
#29 - Swim Neighbors
The King of Queens - Season 3 - Episode 22
Doug and Carrie meet the neighbors after a hurricane destroys both of their backyards.
#30 - Four Neighbors and a Funeral
'Til Death - Season 2 - Episode 2
Eddie and Joy feel left out when they are the only neighbors not included in an elderly neighbor's funeral. After Joy is asked to sing Eddie feeling jealous, tries to find something for him to do also. Steph and Jeff disagree about the eulogy Steph is planning to give.
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#31 - Endorphins and a Toasty Tushy
Mom - Season 8 - Episode 14
Bonnie struggles with her own self-worth after Tammy finds success. Also, Jill’s new hobby leads to an unexpected revelation.
#32 - Cowardly Lyin'
The King of Queens - Season 5 - Episode 19
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.
#33 - Thanksgiving VIII
The Middle - Season 8 - Episode 6
Frankie decides that April is not good enough to be with Axl and does anything she can to keep her out of the annual family Christmas photo. Frankie must fight for Axl's attention when he announces that he will be spending Thanksgiving with April.
#34 - Survey Says…
The Middle - Season 7 - Episode 20
Frankie is thrilled when Sue invites her for lunch at the college. But lunch becomes awkward when Sue brings her new boyfriend along - Jeremy, the school activist - and the two of them begin bombarding Frankie with everything she and the world, in general, are doing wrong. Meanwhile, Axl informs a very disappointed Mike that he wants to quit football, and Brick overly obsesses over filling out a satisfaction survey after ordering some graph paper online.
#35 - Vinyl Flooring and a Cartoon Bear
Mom - Season 8 - Episode 15
Bonnie and Tammy’s friendship is tested when they take on a big project together. Also, the women worry about a fracture in their tight-knit group.
#36 - Dog Shelter
The King of Queens - Season 5 - Episode 23
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.
#37 - Mama Cast
The King of Queens - Season 9 - Episode 1
Doug decides to spend the Heffernans' tax refund on an ice cream truck. Meanwhile, Carrie fills in as a pretend mom at model homes, and discovers a reemergence of her maternal desires.
#38 - Single Spaced
The King of Queens - Season 9 - Episode 11
Seeing friends who recently had a child makes Doug and Carrie consider adopting.
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#39 - Doug Less (2)
The King of Queens - Season 6 - Episode 2
Doug surprises Carrie with a romantic weekend away at a resort. Doug and Carrie try to get over an argument they've been having, but only make things worse. Deacon finds Spence and Danny in bed together. Arthur decides he is in an emergency situation.
#40 - Restaurant Row
The King of Queens - Season 2 - Episode 23
Carrie forbids Doug to eat at his favorite Italian restaurant.
#41 - Beef Baloney Dan and the Hot Zone
Mom - Season 7 - Episode 17
Bonnie suspects that Adam’s sponsor has an ulterior motive. Christy is caught in the middle when Tammy plays hard to get with Chef Rudy.
#42 - Dance Dance Revelation
Modern Family - Season 2 - Episode 10
At Luke and Manny's first school dance, Jay and Phil take them to the mall which turns disastrous, Claire's is jealous when Gloria joins the school dance committee. Cameron and Mitchell learn about Lily biting other kids at the playground.
#43 - Ovary And Out
The Middle - Season 8 - Episode 13
Frankie becomes sad when her doctor informs her that her ovaries are shriveled up, which means her days of having kids are over. In an attempt to cheer her up, Mike offers to have him and Frankie babysit the neighbor's baby overnight, which puts some perspective on being an older parent. Meanwhile, Sue and Axl are a bit shocked when romantic sparks fly between Sean Donahue and Sue's roommate Lexie; and Brick tries his best to hone up on his font knowledge when he meets Gibson, a worthy font opponent.
#44 - Birth Meddling Jacket Denial
Life in Pieces - Season 4 - Episode 4
When Colleen and Matt learn they may not be allowed into the delivery room for the birth of the baby they are planning to adopt, they try to convince Morgan to have the baby at home. Heather is thrilled when Samantha has a falling-out with a friend who was a bad influence. Jen thinks Greg bought her a beautiful present only to discover it wasn’t for her. John encourages Tim to see a cardiologist.
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#45 - Dammit Sandra and Viking Ancestors
Mom - Season 7 - Episode 13
Christy is troubled when sparks fly between Tammy and Chef Rudy. Also, Bonnie overreacts when her therapist, Trevor, accuses her of rejecting his help.
#46 - Hi, School
The King of Queens - Season 7 - Episode 14
When delivering a package to his old high school, Doug meets his old football coach, and against Carrie's wishes, begins to return to the school on a regular basis as the football hero. Meanwhile, after losing his eye drops, Arthur manages to lose his sense of hearing, sight, and speech in one day and becomes completely reliant on Holly.
#47 - Buy Curious
The King of Queens - Season 7 - Episode 22
Doug reluctantly agrees to Carrie's idea to "flip" their deceased neighbor's house but doesn't hesitate to blame her when the cost of the much-needed home improvements start to add up.
#48 - Twisted Sitters
The King of Queens - Season 3 - Episode 9
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...
#49 - Fresh Brood
The King of Queens - Season 8 - Episode 12
Doug borrows a baby from Danny to prove to Carrie that they're ready for a family. Meanwhile, Arthur feels he deserves to be a coffee shop's "customer of the month."
#50 - Sex Bucket and the Grammar Police
Mom - Season 8 - Episode 1
When Bonnie invites the ladies to a slumber party, childhood games reveal adult problems.