Doug è un corriere del Queens. Mentre lui desidererebbe soltanto un televisore a 70 pollici, la sua casa è invasa da parenti. Carrie, la moglie, un giorno decide di sorprenderlo e gli sistema un impianto a grande schermo così che Doug possa seguire con gli amici le partite in tv. Le cose cambiano quando Arthur, suo suocero, rimasto vedovo da poco, si insedia a casa Hefferman trasformando la sala tv di Doug nella sua stanza da letto…Ma non basta, anche Sara, sorella di Carrie e aspirante attrice, si trasferisce nella casa…
As Doug and Carrie's plane makes an unexpectedly rough landing, Doug takes the only available oxygen mask for himself and doesn't think twice about Carrie. She is hurt that he would think of himself first, while he doesn't think that he's done anything wrong. It's not until Carrie says that she will forever see him differently that Doug feels guilty for what he did and tries to prove to her that if her life were in danger, he would save her. Meanwhile, Spence needs to find a new place to live and ends up moving in with Danny Heffernan after things with the hot Brazilian exchange student don't go as he'd hoped.