
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 wants his own space because Cheryl's stuff is taking over the house.

Jim's behavior at a Bears game is a bad influence on the children, but Cheryl sets a bad example too.

Jim, a superstitious sports fan, comes to believe that his former neighbors, the Devlins, bring good luck to the Bulls.

Jim suspects that the father (Joseph Bologna) of one of Ruby and Gracie's classmates is his own real father, who abandoned him as a child.