Jim and Cheryl encourage the girls to make a lemonade stand and raise money for their scooters. What was supposed to be a lesson about the value of the dollar turns into a racy competition among neighbors when Bill and his next door neighbor Driscoll set up little amusement parks in their years. Dana and Andy pitch in, while Cheryl tries to stay out of it until she gets into a catfight with the neighbor's wife. Once the police is called in, Jim realizes he's lost the purpose of the lemonade stand and decides to give the girls the rest of the money for the scooters.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 3 Episode 5 of According to Jim resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

According to Jim Season 3 Episodes...

• s03e01 - The Errand
• s03e02 - The Packer Ball
• s03e03 - We Have a Bingo
• s03e04 - Getting to Know You
• s03e05 - The Lemonade Stand
• s03e06 - ABC's and 123's
• s03e07 - Dana Dates Jim
• s03e08 - Scary Movie
• s03e09 - The Imaginary Friend
• s03e10 - Paintball
• s03e11 - The Empty Gesture
• s03e12 - Rules of Engagement
• s03e13 - Secret Santa
• s03e14 - House for Sale
• s03e15 - Dana Dates the Reverend
• s03e16 - The Best Man
• s03e17 - Cheryl Sings
• s03e18 - When You Wish to Be a Star (1)
• s03e19 - When You Wish to Be a Star (2)
• s03e20 - No Crime, But Punishment
• s03e21 - The Baby
• s03e22 - Who's The Boss?
• s03e23 - The Truck
• s03e24 - The Toilet
• s03e25 - Trashed
• s03e26 - The Marriage Bank
• s03e27 - Everyone Gets Dumped
• s03e28 - The Swimming Pool (1)
• s03e29 - The Vast Difference (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.