It's Kyle and Andy's birthday, and Andy is feeling a little left out of his own special day. They decide to take him to a restaurant that serves a 4,5 lbs steak, and Jim offers to pay for the check because Cheryl isn't feeling equal to Dana, who's spending a lot of money on their kids. On the table, Dana says she doesn't mind paying the check because she makes more money than Jim, which enfuriates him. He buys a donkey for the girls so they can know he's the one they should go to if they want stuff (in this case, they wanted a poney, but "they'll never know the difference"), and it isn't until the donkey ruins a painting Dana bought for Kyle's room that they talk it out and settle their issues.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 18 of According to Jim resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

According to Jim Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Pilot
• s01e02 - No Nookie
• s01e03 - The Cat Came Back
• s01e04 - Anniversary
• s01e05 - Unruly Spirits
• s01e06 - The Crush
• s01e07 - Cheryl's Old Flame
• s01e08 - The Turkey Bowl
• s01e09 - Andy's Girlfriend
• s01e10 - An According to Jiminy Christmas
• s01e11 - The Bad Word
• s01e12 - Model Behavior
• s01e13 - The Money
• s01e14 - Blow-Up
• s01e15 - Racquetball
• s01e16 - Under Pressure
• s01e17 - Date Night
• s01e18 - Birthday Boys
• s01e19 - The Receipt
• s01e20 - Old Friends
• s01e21 - Cheryl's Day Off
• s01e22 - No Surprises

According to Jim Show Summary

Jim, the macho everyman, with a soft spot for his beautiful wife, Cheryl, and their three precocious kids - Ruby, Gracie and Kyle. A success at his construction business and the family breadwinner, at home Jim seems to keep Cheryl in constant turmoil with his boyish bravado and ever-willful antics. But their underlying love for each other guarantees they are in this marriage for keeps.

Cheryl, for her part, instinctively aims for the straight and narrow, but secretly enjoys it when Jim coaxes out her playful side. It's an odd-couple tug-of-war of happily-married opposites yet equals. This is a love story couched in a family comedy.

At the conclusion of last season, Cheryl's high-strung sister, Dana, a career woman who seemed destined to remain forever single, finally met and married a doctor and the man of her dreams.

Jim's brother-in-law and partner in the Ground Up design/building firm, Andy, is Jim's foil but also his truest friend. Andy doggedly covers for his pal whenever Cheryl gets close to uncovering Jim's incessant schemes.