The King of Queens: Season 2
Like its characters,The King of Queensis a unpretentious but  utterly dependable sitcom. Kevin James and Leah Remini, as blue-collar  couple Doug and Carrie Heffernan, have the kind of chemistry that every  sitcom craves (but far too few have). Layered on top of this solid  foundation are the bizarre flights of Jerry Stiller as Arthur, Carrie's  loud, paranoid, and combustible father.The second season has no  overarching plotlines or recurring themes; it's just a compilation of  excellent material, including Doug's ego inflating when a waitress flirts  with him; Doug and Carrie squirming when their best friends ask them to be  godparents; Doug discovering that Carrie compulsively cheats at games; and  a flashback to when they first met. It's the attention to emotional detail  that makes the show fly; James and Remini take the most mundane  material--say, an argument over where to go for a vacation or how their  marriage lacks romance--and turn the many ways in which couples cope into  a pugnacious duet. Their sparring not only is funny, but consistently  rings true as irrational but oh-so-common human behavior. The show pulls  you in all the more because the Heffernans make up just as often as they  fight, demonstrating one of the most functional marriages on television.  It's meat-and-potatoes comedy, but sometimes nothing else will hit the  spot.--Bret Fetzer