The Drew Carey Show

- Season 8

(2002)

Drew lets obese ex-wife Nicki live in his house and moves into the basement so that Kellie can stay, too, and have his bedroom. At The Neverending Store, which replaced Winfred-Lauder, Drew lets Mimi have the Office Manager job.

When Kate announces she's getting married in a few days, upset Drew locks her in the basement while he, Lewis, and Oswald try to find dirt on her fiancé. When they find some, Kate escapes and says it doesn't matter.

Plagued by nightmares of Kate's wedding, Drew does all that he can to keep from sleeping.

To get over losing Kate, Drew sets a goal to be married by May 19. Meanwhile, Kellie struggles to replace Kate as one of the four. During a night out, Lewis goads her to steal a cutout of Jim Thome from a liquor store, and she does so and runs from the cops.

Drew is messing up dates so Kellie agrees to go along to help. When Oswald can't be her date as planned, Drew brings a very young guy from work who is taken with Kellie, but trouble ensues when he sweet-talks her.

Drew's mom likes his planned marriage date and sets him up. Things progress well and "the fur begins to fly." Oswald seems to be psychic, dreaming of a volcano eruption in next day's news. Lewis and Mimi put money down on his race pick.

Drew's shot at dating a second co-worker goes foul after he's forced to take Steve's boozy mistress to a staff party.

Still missing Kate, Drew loses another romantic interest. Former co-worker Larry, now a high-end matchmaker, matches Drew with one of his clients, but he feels no spark until he meets Dawn.

Drew is seeing Dawn but discovers she's still seeing four of her exes as "just friends" with one living above the garage and each one handling an aspect of work around the house. Then she meets a guy with a sailboat sailing to Bermuda.

Drew must do an analysis/evaluation of the store's website and inventory system; clueless, he hires a high-school girl to help, then Drew and Kellie help her when her boyfriend asks another girl to prom. Steve moves in with Lewis and Oswald.

Drew takes salsa dancing lessons to prepare for his planned wedding day. Roselyn Sanchez plays his sexy dancing instructor. When Drew practices with Kellie, he has feelings for her. Kellie visits the class and sees him dancing with Roselyn.

Kellie's ex-husband Daryl comes to the Warsaw in a wheelchair with two broken legs, having fallen off her mom's roof doing free repairs. He returns her engagement ring as Drew starts having feelings for her. Drew tries to obstruct him.

Oswald fails the Nurse exam again and needs a job. One has opened up at Drew's work but Drew doesn't think Oswald can do the job. When Oswald is offended Drew gets him the job and Oswald trains well. Mimi vs Traylor fighting escalates.

Drew's bosses ask him to do a live commercial for the website during the Super Bowl broadcast, which results in a disgusting mishap that is aired worldwide.

Matchmaker Larry holds a "no fatties allowed" mixer so Drew can't go, so he starts a drastic fast to lose enough weight and starts having weird hallucinations.

After the gang buys a trip to Florida, Drew decides he needs to attend a computer-programming class to earn better money. He changes his mind and tells his bosses his grandma died so he can go, but then he's sick the whole time.

At karaoke night at the Warsaw, Kellie tries to sing but needs Drew's help. They are told of a karaoke contest with $1,000 and an Olympic gold medal for winning. Drew and Kellie prepare to compete but for some reason Drew pushes too hard.

Drew bumps into his former pastor and his daughter Elaine at the Warsaw. Drew asks her out and she accepts. Drew finds out she's gay and she reveals she wants him to play along to quiet her parents. Then they start vying for the same woman.

Kellie says her "birthday is next week and I have nothing to be happy about." Lewis and Oswald have termites and give Drew an invitation to a mountain condo so they can stay at his house. At the condo when staff hits on Kellie, trouble.

Evan gives Drew an old rundown Rolls Royce, but Drew can't afford to restore it so he gives it to Lewis. But Lewis goes power-mad and thinks himself above the "mortals," so Drew must somehow take back the Rolls.

Drew gives away his dog to a dying, elderly woman that has less than a month to live as a nice gesture to impress the woman's granddaughter, then regrets it.

When Drew throws out some mugs given to him by Lewis and Oswald, it sets off a prank war that includes moved furniture, painted bar stools and ends in an unneeded colonoscopy, which costs Drew a shot with his new doctor.

Oswald and Lewis put Drew's picture and number on Buzz beer bottles to get a wife. A bottle ends up in New Orleans with a woman with whom Drew has an immediate connection. Road trip.

When Lily moves in with Drew, he learns her sleep habits have repercussions.

Drew and Lily discuss marriage.

Everyone comes for Drew and Lily's wedding. Lily realises that she doesn't really know Drew.