Carrie finally finds a gynecologist she's happy with, but she's afraid she'll lose him when Danny, whom he hired for some garden work on her recommendation, overprices him.
At Thanksgiving, a shabby looking man asks Doug if he can use their telephone to call a friend because his car broke down. Carrie doesn't trust the man.
When Carrie is having trouble getting a new job, she decides to take some time off to find herself. But Doug notices that Carrie begins to become very lazy and does not do one thing that she said she was gonna do.
Carrie gets a temp job at IPS, and Doug feels she's around him all the time. Meanwhile, Arthur wants a family Christmas photo and will have anybody in it with him.
Doug wants to buy a chainsaw, but Carrie tells him she doesn't want him to buy it. When he tells her she can't forbid him, she reminds him she actually can because, ten years ago he gave her permission to make all decisions from then on.
While at an art gallery, Carrie bumps into a woman and they start talking. Carrie's new friend turns out to be an ex-girlfriend of Doug's from 10 years earlier. Complications ensue.
On his new route, Doug has to deliver to a man who always opens the door wearing only a towel around his waist. Unemployed Carrie gives dog walking a try. Arthur has a plot to sell at the graveyard.
