
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 feels guilty after cheating at a church's fund-raising bingo game.

When Cheryl's friend gets expensive jewelry from her husband as gifts for no reason, Cheryl expects Jim to do the same; Jim finds these to be unreasonable requests and doubts the husband's intentions.

Jim encourages Gracie and Ruby to open a lemonade stand but does not anticipate fierce competition from a neighbor kid's stand.

Jim tells Ruby's teacher that his wife is illiterate in order to lighten his daughter's homework load.