Mookie Barker

Carrie’s ecstatic when an affordable apartment opens in Manhattan, but Doug’s reluctant to leave Queens. Arthur meets singer Ava St. Clair.

Carrie is convinced that Deacon and Kelly were only able to afford a vacation home by being cheap. Meanwhile, Arthur tries to help Spence get a new job.

Feeling hurt over not being invited to a block party, Doug adopts a dog just to prove to the neighbors that he’s an okay guy-a decision he soon regrets. Meanwhile,…

The Palmers’ vacation plans are ruined when Doug frightens Major so much that he refuses to be babysat by the Heffernans. In the meantime, Arthur begins hiring out himself and…

Bed bugs brought home by Arthur from a vacation force Doug and Carrie out of the house while a creepy exterminator does his job. Meanwhile, Spence and Danny argue over…

When Doug and Carrie’s neighbor passes away, their grief is quickly replaced by hope when they realize his empty residence could prove to be a profitable investment. In their dash…

Doug decides to pursue a long-abandoned dream to become a bartender, much to Carrie’s angst. Although she starts to warm up the the idea, Doug soon realizes that dreams are…

After ten years of marriage, Doug finds a new love – in the form of designer cologne that Carrie can’t stand, but his scent-ual affair forces Carrie to demonstrate bad…

A bedridden Carrie gets Doug to team with Arthur for a shuffleboard tournament, but his skills aren’t to Arthur’s liking. Meanwhile, Carrie pretends to continue being sick so that Holly…

Carrie can’t stop buying expensive clothes, and then returning them within a few days. Spence’s new girlfriend is afraid of his dog and tells him to decide who he wants,…

Doug cannot spend time with Carrie on Valentines Day, because he has to deliver penguins, with Deacon, from one zoo to another. Yet, along the way, they run into some…

Against Carrie’s commands, Doug takes $100 from the ”emergency fund jar” to bet on a boxing match. When he and Deacon win $5,000, Doug realizes he can’t let Carrie know…

Doug decides to buy a pumpkin to get into the Halloween spirit, but as soon as Arthur sees it, he smashes it and banishes the celebration of Halloween. Doug, frustrated…

During the Palmer’s separation, Doug and Carrie go to the movies with Kelly while Deacon takes the kids. While there, Carrie runs into a co-worker who seems interested in Kelly….

Doug shows his romantic side as Carrie thinks he has lost it; Arthur serves on a jury.

Carrie forbids Doug to eat at his favorite Italian restaurant.

Doug has his old football teammates over; Meanwhile, Spence tries to get his revenge on the football players for what they did to him in high school.

Carrie convinces Doug to be the best man at his cousin’s wedding.

Doug and Carrie send Arthur off to work at cousin Danny’s pizza restaurant.