I found this episode really funny, as there was a new scene. Carrie needs the house to work, so Doug and the guys go out to a Chinese restaurant and find a flat on top to play their games. They share the payments.....and then it gets funny. I found this the funniest episode in the whole series because it actually made me 'laugh'. The others were all good, but not really funny. Its quite different from 'friends' where almost every line is hilarious. Though, i think this episode is right at the top with friends...... The inclusion of a Chinese restaurant was good, and i allover give it an 8 out of 10. Also in this episode, Carrie met Kirstie Allie which was i think a surprise to the whole sitcom.
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My Favorite King of Queens Episode!
philip-472307 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The guys, especially Doug want their own space. They rent out apartment above restaurant. All fun and games. Card playing and drinking and chips and salsa. The group has had enough and lets go of apartment. Doug is not ready to give up his sanctuary. He gets part time job at Asian restaurant downstairs.
When Deacon visits Doug place - and see Doug place coaster under his water bottle, he asks, "do you still like women?" I laughed so hard.
Meanwhile Carrie is working with Cheers lady - who is eccentric and demanding. When they order take-out - Doug sees Carrie through the doorway glass and bolts. Carrie see the dropped package logo and heads to the restaurant. She sees Doug for a second at the Sushi bar and follows him up the stairwell. Carrie sees Doug's apartment. I don't even know you. They phone rings and Doug speaks in Cantonese type language. They reconcile and agree - we have to go back home and see Dad. No comment about the turtle.
When Deacon visits Doug place - and see Doug place coaster under his water bottle, he asks, "do you still like women?" I laughed so hard.
Meanwhile Carrie is working with Cheers lady - who is eccentric and demanding. When they order take-out - Doug sees Carrie through the doorway glass and bolts. Carrie see the dropped package logo and heads to the restaurant. She sees Doug for a second at the Sushi bar and follows him up the stairwell. Carrie sees Doug's apartment. I don't even know you. They phone rings and Doug speaks in Cantonese type language. They reconcile and agree - we have to go back home and see Dad. No comment about the turtle.
Only half good
ericapolitica8 June 2020
I really like the plot about the guys getting their own apartment, which Doug decides to keep. On the other hand, I really dislike the plot about Carrie eating food for Kirstie Alley. It was so unfunny and stupid that I couldn't help but wonder if it was so poorly thought out and written because of a last minute effort to get Leah's former BFF on the show. I actually skip all of Kirstie's scenes because it is just too uncomfortable to watch. Since I only like half of this episode, I give it 5/10.
Just not believable
FlushingCaps15 January 2014
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This episode had me dropping my jaw--unable to believe this absurd plot.
First, Doug and his buddies want to play some poker in the dining area of his house. For some reason, Carrie has decided her office upstairs is no good and has papers spread out for work on the table.
The guys come in while she is upstairs and just take all her stuff and move it. Really? They could see she had several stacks of papers spread out like she was in the middle of something. Now I could believe these guys being that rude, but in real life, this behavior is not what most people would do.
So Carrie comes down, kicks them out (no mention of why she isn't just using the room dedicated to her doing work) so they decide to just go out to a Chinese restaurant together. They did explain why none of the other guys could host a poker game, but they did not say anything about why they didn't just move their game to the garage where Doug has his "man cave" all set up.
At the restaurant, they see a sign for an apartment and agree that it was worthwhile to spend $200 apiece for this $800 a month apartment--just to play their occasional poker game. (Just wait, the realism bubble gets stretched much farther.) Now I think if they were wealthy businessmen they would have had enough sense to know they were wasting their money. There are all types of more affordable options, even in Queens. But as fairly lowly-paid men, the affordability makes this part of the story just unbelievable. In Doug's case, we know Carrie pays the bills, so how is he going to get around letting her know about this $200 per month that is disappearing? They "move in" and meet often for poker and build a wall of containers from the restaurant, happy to have food delivered regularly. (As though this is a difficult thing to do in the city? I think there are lots of places that deliver anywhere around there.) Then they get bored and give up the apartment. Except Doug decides to keep it for himself. He brings in more things and starts hanging out there all by himself. It is explained only near the ending that he worked out a deal with the landlord, the owner of the Chinese restaurant, to work for him to pay for the apartment. This is so we see him spending time delivering things for the restaurant, and, somehow, working in the kitchen.
Of course, Carrie finds out and this is what we were building for--him trying to hide from her and then they get into a fight about the stupidity of the whole thing. They were right--it was stupid.
I just couldn't accept that this guy who works 40+ hours per week, has a home and a wife he wants to spend time with, has so much time leftover that he wants to have a separate apartment so he can do all the same things he does at home, only without his wife and father-in-law around. I get that Arthur mostly annoys him, but then again, Arthur is mostly in his basement room or at the senior center. Carrie lets him do what he wants at home.
How does he have time to work for the restaurant enough to pay for an $800 apartment? That's got to be at least 20 hours a week at a second job? It seems he would have no time to be at home and no time for the guys--no time for fun.
The one scene I found amusing was when he tried to hide from Carrie when she spotted him in the restaurant. The other scenes of him and the guys in the apartment were just vignettes seeing what they do--there was nothing funny about it.
The whole thing was ridiculous, even for this series of far-fetched characters.
I thought it one of the least funny episodes of the series.
First, Doug and his buddies want to play some poker in the dining area of his house. For some reason, Carrie has decided her office upstairs is no good and has papers spread out for work on the table.
The guys come in while she is upstairs and just take all her stuff and move it. Really? They could see she had several stacks of papers spread out like she was in the middle of something. Now I could believe these guys being that rude, but in real life, this behavior is not what most people would do.
So Carrie comes down, kicks them out (no mention of why she isn't just using the room dedicated to her doing work) so they decide to just go out to a Chinese restaurant together. They did explain why none of the other guys could host a poker game, but they did not say anything about why they didn't just move their game to the garage where Doug has his "man cave" all set up.
At the restaurant, they see a sign for an apartment and agree that it was worthwhile to spend $200 apiece for this $800 a month apartment--just to play their occasional poker game. (Just wait, the realism bubble gets stretched much farther.) Now I think if they were wealthy businessmen they would have had enough sense to know they were wasting their money. There are all types of more affordable options, even in Queens. But as fairly lowly-paid men, the affordability makes this part of the story just unbelievable. In Doug's case, we know Carrie pays the bills, so how is he going to get around letting her know about this $200 per month that is disappearing? They "move in" and meet often for poker and build a wall of containers from the restaurant, happy to have food delivered regularly. (As though this is a difficult thing to do in the city? I think there are lots of places that deliver anywhere around there.) Then they get bored and give up the apartment. Except Doug decides to keep it for himself. He brings in more things and starts hanging out there all by himself. It is explained only near the ending that he worked out a deal with the landlord, the owner of the Chinese restaurant, to work for him to pay for the apartment. This is so we see him spending time delivering things for the restaurant, and, somehow, working in the kitchen.
Of course, Carrie finds out and this is what we were building for--him trying to hide from her and then they get into a fight about the stupidity of the whole thing. They were right--it was stupid.
I just couldn't accept that this guy who works 40+ hours per week, has a home and a wife he wants to spend time with, has so much time leftover that he wants to have a separate apartment so he can do all the same things he does at home, only without his wife and father-in-law around. I get that Arthur mostly annoys him, but then again, Arthur is mostly in his basement room or at the senior center. Carrie lets him do what he wants at home.
How does he have time to work for the restaurant enough to pay for an $800 apartment? That's got to be at least 20 hours a week at a second job? It seems he would have no time to be at home and no time for the guys--no time for fun.
The one scene I found amusing was when he tried to hide from Carrie when she spotted him in the restaurant. The other scenes of him and the guys in the apartment were just vignettes seeing what they do--there was nothing funny about it.
The whole thing was ridiculous, even for this series of far-fetched characters.
I thought it one of the least funny episodes of the series.
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