Jim asks Cheryl not to intrude his space in the bathroom sink and in their closet, claiming she takes up too much space, and worse, HIS space. Cheryl tries to do something about by getting rid of some of her stuff, but Dana tells her it's time for women everywhere to show men they also have a need for space. Therefore, instead of doing what Jim asked her to, Cheryl buys even more clothes to jam up the closet. As a revenge, Jim decides to decorate their room in his own way. That starts a feud between them, until Jim falls down from the attic on their bed, breaking through the ceiling. He tells Cheryl that he needs his own space, and not because her stuff annoys him, but because he has the need to feel safe from the world sometimes. They settle their feud and agree on respecting each other's spaces.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 2 Episode 5 of According to Jim resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

According to Jim Season 2 Episodes...

• s02e01 - The Importance of Being Jim
• s02e02 - Cars and Chicks
• s02e03 - The Baby Monitor
• s02e04 - The Pizza Boy
• s02e05 - The Closet
• s02e06 - Punch & Ruby
• s02e07 - The Bachelor
• s02e08 - Father Disfigure
• s02e09 - Thanksgiving Confidential
• s02e10 - The Christmas Party
• s02e11 - The Brother-in-Law
• s02e12 - Moral Dilemma
• s02e13 - You Gotta Love Somebody (1)
• s02e14 - You Gotta Love Somebody (2)
• s02e15 - The Smell of Success
• s02e16 - Slumber Party
• s02e17 - The Ring
• s02e18 - Wonder Woman
• s02e19 - The Pass
• s02e20 - Dana Gets Fired
• s02e21 - Bo Diddley
• s02e22 - Deal with the Devlins
• s02e23 - The Helmet
• s02e24 - No Harm No Fowl
• s02e25 - About a Girl
• s02e26 - Mom's Boyfriend
• s02e27 - Vegas, Baby (1)
• s02e28 - Vegas, Baby (2)

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.