Kevin Can Wait - They killed off his wife, but his King of Queens wife is back

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I always liked King of Queens, it wasn’t anything that special but it was a nice show with a few laughs. Kevin James and Leah Remini were a good TV couple, she mostly kept him in line while being a bit off herself at times.

So now Kevin James has a new series, Kevin Can Wait. I happened to catch part of a few episodes from the first season. Apparently Kevin is a retired cop who works security, and is married with at least one daughter. His wife was nice enough but sort of in the background, the show was mostly about Kevin.

Leah Remini was introduced sometime during the first season as a former partner of his, I think she is still a cop. Ok, kinda neat that she’s back, whatever.

Now last night I caught the first episode of the second season, Kevin’s wife is nowhere to be seen. He receives a letter with her name on it and sadly remarks that it has been a year since she died. But he wants to save the letter because there is a coupon on it, and that was the only mention of the wife.

Meanwhile, Leah Remini is back helping Kevin’s daugher’s boyfriend not get deported and stepping in to help his daughter get ready for a wedding.

I think we all see where this is going, but I can’t imagine what the actress that played Kevin’s wife must think of all this.

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They should have kept both actresses. Lots of potential for complications.

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I’m pretty sure that Erinn Hayes was dropped for having no chemistry with Kevin James.

Now that said, I think the show is terrible dreck and doubt Leah can save it.

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Yeah last season when Leah showed up I sort of suspected things could get tricky. But nope, they just killed the wife off. Not even sure if they will explain what happened.

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Kill the wife off? They need to kill the show off.
mmm

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While not big news (since the show doesn’t have much heat) it was certainly news when the story broke at the end of last season. The actress that played his wife announced it on twitter and wasn’t too happy about it. I’ve only caught an episode or two and I immediately recognized she was miscast. I don’t know if that means only Leah Remini can play opposite of him but they certainly did work as a believable couple on King.

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We made it to the first commercial break of the first episode, then deleted it and deleted the recording info because it was so bad. And then set our tv on fire, because it was contaminated then.

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Thanks for the spoiler right there in the title. Jeesh…

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Rosebud is a sled

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Damn you! I was going to watch that tonight!
mmm

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I can’t say that I’ve seen the movies, but isn’t this Mall Cop the series?

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Oh so true!

I tried to enjoy it in the first season but after a few episodes, I could not go on!

yeah, dump it!
Bring back the show that was after it last season! Now that was a pretty good show

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Why can’t you be more like Kevin?

:wink:

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Next season they are killing off Leah Remini and replacing her with a Segway.

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I’m glad they’re rebooting Kevin Can Wait.

I’ll watch for awhile and see if the show is better.

Kevin and Leah have good on screen chemistry. This may turn out to be a good show.

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From what I’ve heard about Kevin James, maybe Leah Remini is the only one who can work with him, after everything she’s been through.

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The supporting cast on King of Queens was also good, especially Jerry Stiller but also Patton Oswalt and whoever played Deacon. Maybe all of them will be back!

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At least this time Kevin James won’t have to pretend he’s gay.

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And now this thread is funnier than the show.

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What have you heard about Kevin James?