Carrie registers herself and Doug for a class at the community college when she begins to think that they're becoming dumb and boring. Doug has a hard time with it, but luckily Spence is also in the class.
Doug (Kevin James) and Carrie (Leah Remini) are talking to a salesman when he uses a word they do not know. Carrie is bothered by this and decides it is time for them to try to become smarter. They then decide to sign up for a reading class together which ends up being more than Doug can handle.
Carrie decides that she and Doug are getting dumber everyday, so she signs them up for a classic literature class. Doug is not very happy about the decision, and tends to goof off in the class. They are given an assignment to read the novel "Jane Eyre", and then answer questions on what they read. Doug never reads the the book, and is desperate for the answers.—laffalott1