Cheryl drags Jim down to the church for the new reverend's mess, which is supposed to be "the next best thing". Jim sees some familiarity on him, and remembers he was the kid he played dodge-ball with back when they were kids. Jim also remembers that he threw the ball so hard at the guy he got a fat lip (and a funny nickname) for weeks (the nickname lasted for years). When Cheryl invites the reverend over for dinner, Jim freaks out, hoping he won't remember a thing. But Jim's hopes go down the drain when the reverend confronts him and later quits the church, giving his inability to forgive Jim as a reason. Feeling guilty, Jim apologizes and even takes on Gracie and Ruby's advice on offering Reverend Pierson a chance to throw a dodge-ball back at him.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 2 Episode 8 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.