Carrie has been put in charge of overseeing a group of people who will be organizing and distributing legal documents for one of her firm's big cases. The catch is that her team will have to work the night shift, and they're "not the sharpest tools in the shed." Doug is disappointed by her new appointment because this means that they won't be spending any time together, but then decides to use her time away as an opportunity to do whatever he wants – eat in bed, not brush his teeth before he goes to sleep, etc. Unfortunately, he starts to get a little lonely but soon discovers that Arthur makes a suitable companion to keep him company.

Mike and Debi, a bright young couple, move in next door to Doug and Carrie. The Heffernans don't make the greatest first impression as an argument they're having can be heard throughout the neighborhood. Carrie feels that her job, as a legal secretary, and Doug's, as a truck driver, are insignificant next to her neighbors, who both hold professional jobs. She tries desperately to make a good impression on her new neighbors by inviting them over for dinner, but Doug thwarts her plan. Meanwhile, Arthur takes advantage of Spence's job at the subway by insisting on free rides.

Doug și Carrie nu sunt încântați să meargă la biserică. După ce rugile lui Carrie sunt ascultate, ea și Doug încep să-l folosească pe Dumnezeu ca pe un duh personal.

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.

Amicii lui Doug se amuză pe seama fetei de la bowling (interpretată de Rachel Dratch). Doug flirtează cu ea, ca să o facă să se simtă mai bine.

Doug e gelos pe prietenul homosexual de la muncă al lui Carrie și intră în panică din cauza longevității căsniciei lor.

Doug and Carrie run into Doug's high school girlfriend, Margie, at his favorite sports bar. Carrie gets jealous when she discovers that Doug's mother would rather spend time with his ex-girlfriend than her. Margie and Doug fight over the song that Doug was meant to write for her back in high school. Doug, intent on redeeming himself attempts to write the song with help from Danny.

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.

Carrie wins 4 company seats to Knicks games, but insists on taking a couple over Doug's friends. But when they realize Carrie's favored couple doesn't work for Doug, and Doug's favored couple doesn't work for Carrie, they decide on playing cupid. Meanwhile, Arthur digs himself a hole by pretending he can "fix" parking tickets.

Deacon e stresat fiindcă vrea o Zi a Recunoștinței perfectă pentru copiii lui. Doug o convinge pe Carrie să îl ajute.

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.

Carrie îl vede pe Doug hotărât să se țină de regim, după ce a fost la terapeut. Carrie vrea să-l conving pe dr. Wagner (interpretat de Dave Foley) să-l scape pe Doug și de alte obiceiuri proaste.

Doug e atât de prins de pregătirile pentru petrecerea de Super Bowl, încât uită să o întrebe pe Carrie cum a fost evaluarea ei de la muncă.

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.

Planurile lui Doug pentru Ziua Îndrăgostiților sunt distruse. Doug trebuie să anuleze seara romantică alături de Carrie și să livreze pinguini la grădina zoologică din Albany.

Doug decide să amâne rezolvarea problemei cu mucegaiul și să folosească banii pentru o călătorie la St. Croix.

Când casa lor e invadată de mucegai, Doug și Carrie nu au altă opțiune decât să-i ceară ajutor financiar tatălui lui Doug.

Constructorul le distruge pereții, apoi dispare după o ciorovăială cu Doug.

După ce Doug îi dă vărului său Danny, fără tragere de inimă, o scrisoare de recomandare, ca să fie promovat ca șofer, o veche rivalitate iese la iveală.[S]

Carrie își dă seama că are o mare problemă când cumpără haine scumpe, le poartă, apoi le returnează și vrea banii înapoi.

Doug descoperă că Arthur și fratele lui vitreg au moștenit casa mătușii lor acum câțiva ani. Se entuziamează la ideea de a-l muta pe Arthur.

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.

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.

Doug și Carrie descoperă o anumită independență în viața lor când trebuie să doarmă în paturi separate.