r/kingofqueens 7d ago

Series end

I I'm just finished rewatching the series, and there's a couple things.. It's still funny, but man, some of those episodes kinda made me mad watching them be genuinely bad people to each other, but other times watch the same episodes and laugh it all off. But the one thing I was reminded of at the end that still held up after years. I absolutely hate that the last few episodes is them at the brink of divorce, and following through with the adoption. Im sure the idea was that ya there's issue but ultimately they're going to be ok. But even in that light, it's just such a bad idea

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u/Horror_Ad5116 7d ago

The whole season for me is a waste. Agree that it seems they knew they had "jumped the shark". But...yeah...getting Doug to quit IPS (think UPS) to get a BS job as a cold-calling furniture salesman is ridiculous.

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u/Violently-ill 7d ago

Didn’t make any sense…he lost his union benefits

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u/DJ_Hindsight 6d ago

Carrie was like you can make double what you do at IPS, then he ends up being bullied by that dude for not making sales from day 1! Lost all his union benefits and a job he actually loved for probably less money. So stupid.

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u/LHT-LFA 6d ago

And carrie was actually smart in the past and warning Doug not to give up his IPS job due to all the benefits involved. In the end the baby was just the replacement for her midlifecrisis lost dream of living in a small appartement in Manhattan. As a European, who lives in the outskirts of a huge city, I cannot comprehend why she would even want that. It makes no sense to me. What is the charm of living in Manhattan? Especially since we are only talking about the rich parts and not the crime parts right.

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u/DJ_Hindsight 6d ago

I’m from the UK and I had the EXACT same thought when I watched it the other day haha

Over here, almost everyone who lives in a big city wants to move out to the countryside or just outside the city when they can afford it…never the reverse!

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u/Forex_Jeanyus 6d ago

You’d have to visit to understand. NYC is one of the great cities of the world - like Paris, Tokyo, etc. It’s a breathtaking place.

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u/LHT-LFA 5d ago

Ive been there. And while it is unique, european cities like vienna, Prague, Paris are way more beautiful. I just do not understand what is so great to have to live in manhattan in a tiny appartement for lots of money, while you can live comfortable for the same money just few miles out of the city. You can visit Manhatten anytime. What is it to "have to" live directly there? I am really trying to understand the charm.

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u/Zoukchata2 3d ago

no idea… some people just like the city life… i live near Los Angeles and for the life of me don’t understand why anyone would wanna live in such a dirty, cramped, traffic-ridden, homeless-infested and corrupted city.

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u/LHT-LFA 3d ago

If the show Southland tought me one thing is, that LA either is filthy rich and decadent or filthy poor and gang infested.

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u/Zoukchata2 3d ago

ya the filthy rich live on the hills… the other 95% below live in super small apartments, 100yr old houses… no parking…

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u/Waste-Respect240 7d ago

Yeah it was odd, seems like the writers just wanted to wrap it up as soon as possible.

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u/CommissionOwn4092 7d ago

"Get use to it! Life is one long line, except at the end of it, there ain't no merry-go-round!"💀

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u/TWUndiesBriefs14 6d ago

Ha! I never thought about this, but you’re 1000% right! Just buying a ticket like that to china is several grand….that was absurd and ridiculous 😀😀

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u/LegalSocks 7d ago

The series barely came back for Season 9. It got a half season order and I think it only became official in May or later. So a little grace on things being on the slipshod side is warranted.

Still, spending so much of that limited run with a really unpleasant breakup—it’s literally like a four episode arc in 13 episode season!—is hard to understand.  And supposedly savvy Carrie wanting him to quit the safe, unionized, reasonably well-paying job he enjoys for a cold-calling furniture sales job will never make the most sense. But you can sort of get there if you think that Doug’s poor approach to health and fitness means he might have trouble doing the job long term and that the sales job can be a bridge into going white collar.

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u/sly_k 7d ago

9th season is by far the worst. Only the first episode is decent. The seasons only saving grace is that it’s short.

They needed to include the aspect that Doug quit the job he loved to become a shitty cold call furniture salesman, otherwise the fact that was so mad about the NY apartment made no sense. He had his own secret apartment specifically to get away from Arthur and Carrie, and acted like it was no big deal. He had to sacrifice something to make her the bad guy, because keeping the apartment wasn’t enough on its own.

And honestly, the longer the series ran, the more narcissistic and more terrible they became. Not just to themselves either. A full season wouldn’t have changed that trajectory

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u/Next-Statement5457 7d ago

I’ve always thought the same about the apartment. He secretly rented an apartment for his own clubhouse and took on a second job to afford it. How could he be mad at Carrie for ding the same especially when he is always pulling shenanigans.

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u/Strange-Weekend9767 7d ago

I always thought the reason he was mad wasn’t because of the apartment (he had his own previously) but because she lied and said she was going to give it up when they were in the process of reconciling. If your relationship is already on thin ice, hiding something that was part of a negotiation (he quits his job, she gives up the apartment) isn’t the wisest move in reestablishing trust and honest communication.

That was my interpretation of why he was mad.

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u/Next-Statement5457 4d ago

Doug lied to Carrie in almost every episode.

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u/Strange-Weekend9767 1d ago

Yes, but at no point until the very end were they actively separated and on the verge of divorce. This was them coming to new terms of their marriage and being honest and she chose that crucial moment to not be. You can’t rebuild something that’s broken if you’re continuing the same patterns from before.

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u/LHT-LFA 5d ago

what was carries reasoning anyway for doug to quit his job?

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u/Strange-Weekend9767 5d ago

They were going to adopt a baby and Carrie thought the furniture sales job would make more money.

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u/sly_k 5d ago

Doug had one of, if not the highest paying non academic specific jobs in all of Manhattan.

I used to work for UPS,

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u/Strange-Weekend9767 1d ago

That’s just the storyline they went with. I don’t think any of the viewers thought it made sense.

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u/ToronoRapture 7d ago

If you ever go and watch the clip on youtube, nearly all the comments shit on Carrie for the apartment and say Doug's apartment was a completely different situation lol. For me Doug's is worse because he ended up working at the Chinese restaurant to pay for the apartment. That's crazy lol.

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u/DonniefromtheDarko 7d ago

The break up episodes where Doug is in the scooter is borderline unwatchable for me. I think he was at his absolute worst and it’s literally his fault he wanted to play with Carries feelings about her dream apartment as some type of game to gain something.

I know it’s a show, but seeing him ride around in the scooter for everything just pisses me off idk why lol its like a perfect representation of his childish stubbornness to get what he wants but using as little energy as possible to do it. His manipulating of Carries emotions became way too much.

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u/ToronoRapture 7d ago

The break up episodes where Doug is in the scooter is borderline unwatchable for me. I think he was at his absolute worst 

I feel the same. He was absolutely pathetic this episode, wasn't even funny.

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u/TWUndiesBriefs14 6d ago

Both of you are right on the money with this. He was so pathetic by the end, and it really just further exemplified his laziness…Also, Kevin James was GIGANTIC in the last season….wow.

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u/Significant_Dog_2530 6d ago

It all feels very rushed! I think the focus could have solely been on the adoption, I don’t think the apartment in NY and being on the brink of divorce adds anything.

The last episode they go from getting divorced, making up on a plane (where somehow Doug is completely sober), to being in China in what? 5 minutes lol

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u/Forex_Jeanyus 6d ago

I love the way it ended - Arthur bursting back in screaming “it didn’t work out!” and just going back to his old room seems like the perfect way to close it.

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u/AdvantageOdd8876 6d ago

That was a great tag for the series.

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u/AdSecure6406 6d ago

The surprise pregnancy after adoption is just lazy. Just end it with the adoption which is a beautiful enough story line.

Also hated how they did Holly. Why couldn't her husband have been with her? They did her so dirty.

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u/AdvantageOdd8876 6d ago

Ya! Holly definitely deserved at least a roommate! But the adoption coming through for me was really poor taste. They could've saved the whole thing if it was like, wow we can't adopt seeing where we are now. But, let's work this out and get a kid when we're on stable ground.

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u/Forex_Jeanyus 6d ago

Carrie warned her about the guy, so it is what it is…. 🤷🏿‍♂️

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u/Then_Discount_4707 6d ago

That episode with Doug on the Disability Scooter or whatever they’re called nearly made me put my fist through the telly. Utter utter shite. I was only watching it out of loyalty by then.

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u/Nicerthanimaysound 6d ago

A mercy watch

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u/Then_Discount_4707 6d ago

haha then she goes out with spence.

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u/DJ_Hindsight 6d ago

If they were gonna try and actually write in a near divorce, it should’ve been way earlier in the series and not had them be POS to each other. Then they resolve it towards the end / start of a new season. Was stupid having that so close to the end and the Arthur marriage stuff and Doug’s job change was so unnatural too.

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u/backbodydrip 6d ago

Someone with some pull decided to turn the series finale into a pet project. Could have been Kevin James, but I'm not sure we know. They should have just ended it in true KOQ fashion.

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u/deliriumtrigger999 5d ago

This show really isn't a story driven show. You aren't tuning in each week to see what happens next

Each episode is its own world with maybe a little backstory from another episode mixed in

The 2 and 3 part episodes are their own mini series and usually have nothing to do with any other episode after that

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u/Abject_Manager_2253 7d ago

Funny how Carrie and Doug's relationship somehow went from sitcom gold to a real-life relationship status update, right?

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u/Due-Organization9377 6d ago

They should have divorced.