
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.
Jim tries to convince Cheryl that it was her idea to turn the basement into a media room instead of a room for Gracie and Ruby, blaming her forgetfulness on pregnancy.
Jim uses Andy's gift certificate just before Andy remembers he has it and invites Jim to help him use it.
Jim institutes a tribunal system to stop the children from bickering, and it works well for solving the children's problems but backfires when he and Andy have an argument.
After years of dating, Andy meets the perfect girl and worries that she will break up with him; Jim offers to take Andy's girlfriend's daughter to a concert with Ruby and Gracie.