King Of Queens (Series, The) (DVD)

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11) "Depo Man"—Carrie taps Doug to be an expert witness on a case where her law firm needs an IPS driver, but that turns out to be a really bad idea.

12) "Ovary Action"—It's ovulation time, but the only population that's exploding at the Heffernan house are the amount of relatives who are filling the house.

13) "Food Fight"—Carrie gets jealous when Spence's girlfriend, a chef, fawns all over Doug and seeks out his "professional opinion" of her cooking.

14) "Double Downer"—This time it's Doug's boss that gets in the way, as the Heffernans try to celebrate their dating anniversary in Atlantic City.

15) "Dougie Nights"—Deacon gets divorced and Doug gets flash(dance)backs from his own single days.

16) "No Orleans"—Doug and Carrie discover a check for $1500 inside an old wedding gift, but because the check has expired they have to cozy up to a third cousin of Doug's that neither one can stand.

17) "Missing Links"—At the law firm's golf outing, Carrie gets teed off with Deacon's date and wants to trade players.

18) "Hero Worship"—Doug takes money from Uncle Stu to start a sandwich restaurant, but Carry and Danny spar over the way things should go.

19) "Screwed Driver"—The punning titles continue with an episode where Doug goofs off with Carrie out of town and his parents visiting, which leads to his flunking a test at work.

20) "Lush Life"—Carrie takes up after-work cocktails and gets so relaxed that it creates a few problems for Doug and Arthur.

21) "Bun Dummy"—Doug wants Carrie to change her new "mousy receptionist" hairstyle before they go to his high school reunion.

22) "Patrons Ain't"—Things get crazy after Doug and Carrie make a donation that gets misrecorded and they wind up having a children's library named after them.

23) "Eddie Money"—When Doug sneaks $100 from their fund to bet on boxing, winning isn't everything. Now he has to explain a $5000 windfall.

24) "Shrink Wrap"—When Doug and Carrie take Arthur to a psychotherapist, the verdict is that he's not the only one who needs therapy.

25) "Two-Thirty"—In this episode, Doug thinks Carrie's dentist is sabotaging her treatment in order to see more of her.

Video:
As with Season Three, the picture is as sharp and the colors as bright as you'd expect with a recent show, with the aspect ratio at 1.33:1. Mastered in High Definition, it's better than most would have seen on television the first time around.

Audio:
The English soundtrack appears to be Dolby 2.0 Surround, with English subtitles for the hearing impaired. At times it feels as if the rear speakers have their own feed, while at other times the information seems matrixed into the rears. After jumping up to put my ear to the speakers I finally gave up trying to figure out the apparent discrepancy and pronounced it 2.0. There are no press materials to confirm that uneducated guess.

Extras:
The only extras are more previews for Sony titles, and an insert that lists the episodes and a brief annotation to jog your memory. As with the previous season, if you want to read the episode credits for this three-disc set, you're going to have to break out the magnifying glass. All 25 episodes are listed with credit info on the equivalent of half of an 8 1/2 x 10 sheet, in what looks to be just 7- to 4-point type.

Bottom Line:
This season of "The King of Queens" has some very funny episodes and continues to showcase one of TV's most believable and fun-to-watch couples in Kevin James and Leah Remini. It's blue-collar comedy that avoids the ups-and-downs formula of "warm fuzzy" moments and goofy comedy in favor of real day-to-day situational laughs and brief moments of character introspection—things that most viewers will be able to identify with, regardless of their occupations or marital situation.

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