Seasons & episodes
S3 · E10Paintball 2003-11-18 · 23 min
Cheryl cajoles Jim into attending a couples cooking class, which turns into a disaster, so she lets Jim pick out the next couples activity – paintball.
S3 · E11The Empty Gesture 2003-11-25 · 23 min
Cheryl starts to feel taken for granted as she prepares Thanksgiving dinner. She suffers the ultimate insult when she gets stuck on the roof after retrieving her tablecloth that Jim had fashioned into a ghost for Halloween, and no one notices her absence until she unhooks the satellite. To apologize, Jim tells her that he, Dana and Andy will prepare the dinner. Jim never thinks that Cheryl, being the control freak that she is, would allow that to happen, so he doesn't make dinner. Unfortunately, neither does Cheryl.
S3 · E12Rules of Engagement 2003-12-02 · 23 min
Cheryl caters to Jim's every whim to make amends for a big fight they had the night before-except Jim doesn't remember the fight at all.
S3 · E13Secret Santa 2003-12-09 · 23 min
Dana admits to Cheryl that she can't afford to buy Jim a Christmas present, so Cheryl lets Dana put her name on one of the presents she bought for him. Dana innocently picks out Cheryl's big present to Jim, but when Jim is thrilled with the gift, Dana is ready to take all the credit for it.
S3 · E14House for Sale 2004-01-06 · 23 min
The Devlins place a bid on the house across the street from Jim and Cheryl, to their dismay.
S3 · E15Dana Dates the Reverend 2004-01-27 · 22 min
Dana and Jim both covet their reverend - she for romance, he for the pastor's prowess at bowling.
S3 · E16The Best Man 2004-02-10 · 23 min
Cheryl forbids Jim from throwing his cop friend Danny a bachelor party with beer and strippers. She fears that Danny will show up at his own wedding with a hangover – as Jim did at their wedding. Jim and his buddies decide to take Danny for a swim in bitter-cold Lake Michigan – forcing a hospital visit for Danny. The wedding morning, Danny stays in bed, moaning and groaning, and Cheryl frets, but the doctor assures everyone there's nothing wrong with him. Jim realizes Danny just has cold feet, so he tries to convince him to go through with his wedding to Laraine, a fellow cop.
S3 · E17Cheryl Sings 2004-02-17 · 22 min
Cheryl tries to impress her boastful cousin Mindy by posing as the lead singer of Jim's band – even though she has a terrible voice. Jim agrees to perform at Mindy's engagement party with Cheryl playing the part in order to teach his wife a lesson about embellishment by making a fool of herself. However, when Mindy tells Jim that her fiancé, Eric, is a record producer, he must decide between telling Cheryl the truth and making a bad impression on Eric.
S3 · E18When You Wish to Be a Star (1) 2004-02-24 · 23 min
Dana's first task at the ad agency is to cast the perfect TV family for a Disney cruise commercial. Cheryl and the kids get the job, but Dana's boss replaces Jim with a handsome actor in the role of "dad."
S3 · E19When You Wish to Be a Star (2) 2004-03-02 · 22 min
Jim takes umbrage at being replaced as the father in a promotional shoot for a cruise line.
S3 · E20No Crime, But Punishment 2004-03-09 · 23 min
Gracie's recent misbehavior makes Jim think she is lying about a friend giving her a new video game.
S3 · E21The Baby 2004-03-16 · 22 min
Jim's sister, Roxanne, shows up on his doorstep, pregnant, and lets Andy believe he's the father.
S3 · E22Who's The Boss? 2004-03-30 · 23 min
Andy resents a wealthy client, but then decides to date her.
S3 · E23The Truck 2004-04-06 · 23 min
Cheryl ask Jim to use his truck to transport a giant paper-mâché grizzly bear the girls made for "spirit week" to their school – except Jim just lost his truck in an arm wrestling match and, in a gesture of macho pride, refuses to ask for it back.
S3 · E24The Toilet 2004-04-27 · 23 min
Cheryl promises to take Jim's opinions seriously when she decides to remodel the bathroom, until Jim insists it include a hideous high-tech stainless steel toilet – that talks.
S3 · E25Trashed 2004-05-04 · 23 min
Pack rat Cheryl asks Jim to rent a storage unit to house seven years' worth of the kids' art projects, but Jim refuses to pay the fee, so he tosses everything out, thinking Cheryl won't notice – until she needs some of the projects for a special retirement party for Ruby's art teacher.
S3 · E26The Marriage Bank 2004-05-11 · 23 min
Thinking it might get Cheryl to let him go on a fishing trip with Andy, Jim makes a "deposit" in the "marriage bank" by agreeing to go to a couples seminar with her. Jim's plans are foiled, however, when Dr. Ted, the marriage guru, declares the whole marriage bank mentality unhealthy and Cheryl learns Jim's real motives – so that Dr. Ted must intervene.
S3 · E27Everyone Gets Dumped 2004-05-18 · 23 min
Jim develops a friendship with Dana's new boyfriend, despite the fact that the guy dumped Cheryl years ago.
S3 · E28The Swimming Pool (1) 2004-05-25 · 22 min
Cheryl protests when a heat wave sends the family sneaking into a vacationing neighbor's pool -- until she starts sneaking over on her own.
S3 · E29The Vast Difference (2) 2004-05-25 · 22 min
Jim chickens out of having a vasectomy, but Cheryl is so effusive in her praise that he's unable to admit he didn't go through with it.
S4 · E1A Hole in One 2004-09-21 · 22 min
Cheryl wants Jim to give up his vices so he can get her pregnant.
S4 · E2The Effort 2004-09-28 · 23 min
Cheryl surprises Jim with a romantic evening, but it cuts into his planned TV boxing match.
S4 · E3The Grill 2004-10-12 · 23 min
Jim offers to give Andy an old barbecue grill, then decides Andy should pay for it.
S4 · E4The Garage Door 2004-10-19 · 23 min
Cheryl and Dana are forced to smash their way out of a locked garage, because they ignored Jim's lesson on how to open the door from the inside.