After attending a birthday party for Steph, Eddie decides its time to confront Joy about some of her more irritating habits. When Joy is not exactly receptive to hearing about her social blunders, Eddie learns his wife is not alone in being oblivious to her own public behavior. Meanwhile, over at the Woodcocks, Jeff finds it more difficult than he imagined giving his wife a gift that she has wanted for a long time.

When Eddie and Joy are the only neighbors not included in an elderly neighbors funeral, they feel left out. Then, when Joy lands an invitation to sing at the funeral, Eddie goes to the extreme to have a role of his own. Meanwhile, Steph and Jeff argue over Stephs eulogy.

When Jeff runs into a rival vice principal (guest star John Cho) from a snooty private school, he lets his competitive side get the best of him and signs up for a school faculty basketball league. The teams secret weapon is Eddie, whos a former state basketball champion. However, Eddie has a shocking secret he has kept for over 20 years a secret so astonishing not even Joy knows about it.

Steph decides that she wants to watch an adult video with Jeff, who has never seen one, so he asks his colleagues at school for advice. That's how Eddie gets into trouble with Joy, who is in no mood for nonsense following a disastrous visit to the gym.

When Steph introduces Eddie to yoga and Jeff turns Joy on to tennis, the couples spend more and more time with their friends and less time with each other. The swap seems successful until Jeff's competitive streak emerges and Joy tries to bow out of tennis lessons.

It's Jeff's birthday and Joy gets him lingerie for Steph to wear, but Jeff to enjoy. Eddie refuses to have his name on the gift, so Jeff thinks he's getting him a seperate gift. However, he's got nothing, so Joy pushes Eddie into buying Jeff a gift. He grabs a bottle of wine out of his wife's cabinet, and humor ensues as both couples realize the bottle is worth a thousand dollars.

When Joy purchases two new bedroom lamps, one lamp works and the other one is broken, prompting Eddie and Joy to fight over the working lamp. Meanwhile, Jeff fights for the right to go to bed whenever he wants.

When Jeff becomes acting principal at the school, he thinks his ship has finally come in and this is his chance to shine. However, when he has to make an important decision, he chokes and winds up suspending Eddie.

Joy is annoyed by Steph, who has developed an attitude from her husbands elevated status at the school. In Eddies absence, Jeff searches for a substitute teacher and ends up hiring someone a little too close to home.

To avoid doing housework with Joy, Eddie signs up to be a volunteer for a "Big Brother" program but things go awry when he's accidentally given an adult instead of a kid to mentor.

When Kenny is subjected to a perceived racist slight at a local movie theater, he reacts strongly causing Eddie to rush to his defense. In the aftermath, Eddie decides that Kenny over-reacted and resolves to prove it to him.

When Joy and Eddie have a pregnancy scare, Joy convinces Eddie to get a vasectomy. Nervous about the procedure, Eddie takes advice from Kenny and pretends that he wants more children in order to avoid the trip to Dr. Park.

When Joy accuses Eddie of not being able to express his emotions, they enroll in a couple's seminar to strengthen their relationship and help Eddie get in touch with his feelings. During the retreat their teacher, Dr. Friedman pushes her new age therapy leaving a bad taste in their mouths. Meanwhile, Kenny tries to help Eddie get in touch with his sensitive side and Jeff admits his sensitivity to Steph.

When Eddie's friend Karl introduces him to his second wife, Eddie becomes jealous of Karl's relaxed marriage and convinces Joy that they should try out a "second marriage." Joy has her own ideas of how a "second marriage" should be causing Eddie to re-think his suggestion

When Joy calls off their usual anniversary celebration and surprises Eddie with a gift, he decides to one-up her with a special snorkeling trip to Hawaii requiring him to take swimming lessons from Kenny.