
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 and Jim's evening alone turns into an all-out food fight; Andy plots revenge on Jim for coaxing his children to play pranks on him.
Jim struggles to care for the kids and household while Cheryl is away, but several sympathetic neighborhood moms lend him a hand.
Jim asks Dana for help while Cheryl is away; Jim and Dana follow Ruby on her date with an older boy.
Jim reads Ruby and Gracie's diaries to find out why they can't seem to stop fighting, and realizes that his daughters need some delicate motherly advice.