Cheryl's 15 year-old cat Mr. Feeney dies and she wants Jim to bury it on the backyard, but Jim desperately wants to go to the Bears game. He sticks the cat in the garage freezer, planning on burying it after the game, but Cheryl finds out before he comes home. She is hurt that Jim doesn't listen to her nor care about a cat that has been longer with her than anything in her current life. Jim, feeling guilty, provides a proper funeral for Mr. Feeney and gets her a brand new dog, which she doesn't like very much at first, but starts to accept it later.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 3 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.