Carrie becomes furious with Doug after he is hospitalized to remove his appendix and begins talking about other women while medicated. To ease the situation, she writes a list of acceptable fantasies---and women---for Doug to dream about. Also: Arthur runs the senior center for a week to help out a friend.

Doug is furious with Carrie when she accepts a job offer from a guy he claims slandered him in junior high school by spreading a rumor that Doug licked a trash can; Arthur asserts that Larry King got him kicked out of school when they were younger and now Arthur wants revenge.