After sliminng down, Doug takes Carrie to a romantic getaway but the trip turns bitter when Carrie finds out that Doug has been to resort before with an old girlfriend.
When Doug loses a game of pingpong to Carrie he asks for Arthur's help so that he can improve.
Carrie and Doug make plans to renew their wedding vows only to make later plans to cancel the ceremony.
Doug finds out that Kelly wants to get back together with Deacon, but holds off on telling him so Deacon tells Doug he has a date with a hot flight attendant.
Carrie's law firm asks Doug to pretend he is a lawyer and play on their company softball team.
Carrie's relationship with her new gynecologist is put in jeopardy when Doug's cousin does some landscaping work for the doctor and charges too much.
Carrie worries that she might get laid off; Doug loses Deacon's lucky Koosh ball.
Carrie forces a stranded motorist to stay out in the cold on Thanksgiving.
Doug gets annoyed with Carrie when she loses her job and refuses to look for a new one.
Arthur tries to get everyone together for a Christmas portrait; Carrie takes a part-time job at IPS over the holidays.
When Doug considers buying a chainsaw from an infomercial, Carrie reminds him of a past incident.
When Arthur wins $2500 playing bingo, Doug and Carrie end up arguing with him about how the money should be spent.
Deacon and Kelly offer to take Arthur out to dinner so Doug and Carrie can spend time alone, but they ignore a warning about Arthur's reaction to spicy food.
Carrie runs into one of Doug's ex-girlfriends and ends up having lunch with her.
Carrie gets upset when Doug starts fantasizing about other women while he is under sedation in the hospital.
Still unemployed, Carrie helps Holly walk her dogs; Arthur sells his burial plot to Spence's mother.
Doug runs into an old friend from school and old conflicts arise.
Arthur embarrasses Carrie at a job interview.
Doug deliberately offends two of Carrie's new co-workers by showing them his chest hair.
Doug and the guys take an impulsive trip to Memphis to stop the wedding of Spence's ex-girlfriend.
Arthur must find a new partner for the senior center's shuffleboard tournament when Carrie comes down with a cold.
When Holly is kicked out of her apartment, Arthur insists that she should stay with him.