
Jim is a couch-potato dad and husband trying to achieve picket-fence ideals while keeping a firm hold on his manliness. His beautiful wife tolerates his childish antics because of his tireless loyalty to her and their three kids. Jim's penchant for taking the easy route in everything frequently backfires, landing him in comical situations.

Cheryl claims to like men who aren't afraid to cry, but when Jim bursts into tears after a movie, she is surprised to find herself turned off by his sensitivity.

Raging Jim accidentally backs into a police car while chasing a guy and chooses anger-management classes instead of paying the fine.

Jim takes over housekeeping duties to give Cheryl time to grieve when her favorite uncle dies, but begins to suspect Cheryl is faking her grief to get him to do more housework.

When Cheryl cooks for Dana and her boyfriend, she lets him believe that Dana actually did the cooking.