According to Jim: Season 2

2002 · 28 episodes · ★ 7.3

What Season 2 of According to Jim

Jim Belushi plays a carefree dad living in the Chicago suburbs. He loves the blues and the city's sports teams, and shares a home with Cheryl, who tries to bring some common sense into the house, and with their kids Ruby, Gracie, and Kyle. His laziness pushes him to look for shortcuts that save him effort, and he almost always ends up in trouble he has to get out of as best he can. This season, he clashes with Cheryl over a broken promise, reconnects with an old girlfriend, and faces off with neighbors, friends, and Dana. Cheap, selfish, and arrogant, Jim is never a model father, and his mistakes affect the whole family.

28episodes

Oct 1, 2002aired

May 20, 2003latest episode

10.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 The Importance of Being Jim
Oct 1, 2002 · 23 min
Cheryl and Jim clash when he breaks a promise to save a digital photo she values.
Directing: Philip Charles MacKenzie · Writing: Bob Nickman
2x02 Cars and Chicks
Oct 8, 2002 · 23 min
Jim claims women aren't capable of getting a good deal on a car, and prophetically, when Cheryl helps Dana buy a new car, it turns out to be a lemon. Dana begs Jim to use his macho influence at the dealership to help her, but instead he allows sexy sales manager Gretchen to talk him into trading the family van in for a sports car — without consulting Cheryl.
Directed by: Mark Cendrowski · Starring: Mike Ditka, Cindy Crawford, John Cervenka
2x03 The Baby Monitor
Oct 15, 2002 · 23 min
Jim and Cheryl meet the new neighbors and find out that they can hear their conversation through the baby monitor. When the neighbors find out, Jim tries to come up with a story to smooth things over.
Directed by: Philip Charles MacKenzie · Starring: Stacey Travis, Pat Finn
2x04 The Pizza Boy
Oct 22, 2002 · 23 min
Jim's pizza delivery boy moves in with him and Cheryl after the boy's father kicks him out of the house because of his dream of doing standup comedy.
Directed by: Philip Charles MacKenzie · Written by: Eddie Gorodetsky · Starring: Reni Santoni, Robert Belushi, Mark Adair-Rios
2x05 The Closet
Oct 29, 2002 · 23 min
Jim is upset when Cheryl's stuff takes over the entire house, leaving him with no private place of his own.
Directing: Mark Cendrowski · Starring: Tony Braunagel
2x06 Punch & Ruby
Nov 5, 2002 · 21 min
Cheryl is concerned that Jim is being a bad influence on the kids when he takes them to a Bears game and they witness him punching a spectator, but Cheryl's disparaging remarks about her body image put her equally at fault as an example.
Starring: Todd Sandler, Berglind Icey
2x07 The Bachelor
Nov 12, 2002 · 23 min
When Dana is picked to be a bachelorette on the reality series The Bachelor, Jim gives her a little advice on how not to be herself.
Directed by: Philip Charles MacKenzie · Starring: Trista Sutter, Doug Savant
2x08 Father Disfigure
Nov 19, 2002 · 23 min
The charismatic new preacher at Cheryl and Jim's church holds a grudge against Jim for a childhood dodge-ball incident.
Starring: Chris Elliott, Adam Cagley, Zack Shada
2x09 Thanksgiving Confidential
Nov 26, 2002 · 23 min
When Jim and Cheryl are caught fooling around after hours on the set of their kid's Thanksgiving play, Jim tries to find a way to reinstate Cheryl in the good graces with the PTA.
Directed by: Philip Charles MacKenzie · Starring: Donald Sage Mackay, Julia Sweeney
2x10 The Christmas Party
Dec 10, 2002 · 23 min
Cheryl and the kids are invited to a neighbor's annual Christmas party, but Jim, who is feuding with the neighbor, isn't invited.
Directing: Brian K. Roberts · Writing: Bob Nickman · Starring: Stephen Root, Robin Krieger, Paul Schackman
2x11 The Brother-in-Law
Dec 17, 2002 · 23 min
Country singer Brad Paisley guest stars as Dana's new boyfriend, an amazing musician who can get Jim the gig of his dreams — once Andy is out of the way.
Directed by: Mark Cendrowski · Written by: Jonathan Stark · Starring: Brad Paisley, Christopher Moynihan, Tony Braunagel, John Rubano
2x12 Moral Dilemma
Jan 7, 2003 · 23 min
Jim treats Cheryl to a romantic weekend with money he knows was mistakenly credited to his card.
Directed by: Philip Charles MacKenzie · Written by: Mark Driscoll · Starring: Mark Capri, Oleg Stefan, Suzanne Kent, Jeff Lewis
2x13 You Gotta Love Somebody (1)
Jan 21, 2003 · 23 min
Cheryl and Jim try to play matchmaker to a cop and his female partner, and Jim and Cheryl's memory of how they met doesn't mesh with the recollections Andy and Dana have, on a special one-hour episode.
Directing: Philip Charles MacKenzie · Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman, Christopher Moynihan, Tony Braunagel
2x14 You Gotta Love Somebody (2)
Jan 21, 2003 · 23 min
Cheryl and Jim try to play matchmaker to a cop and his female partner , and Jim and Cheryl's memory of how they met doesn't mesh with the recollections Andy and Dana have, on a special one-hour episode.
Directing: Philip Charles MacKenzie · Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman, Christopher Moynihan, Tony Braunagel
2x15 The Smell of Success
Jan 28, 2003 · 22 min
Cheryl isn't very supportive of Jim's latest invention, a flatulent doll named "Gassy Gus."
Directed by: Shelley Jensen · Starring: Philip Bolden, Andre Ware, Ben Falcone
2x16 Slumber Party
Feb 4, 2003 · 23 min
When Cheryl gets sick on the day of Ruby's birthday party, Jim is stuck trying to entertain a house full of little girls.
Directing: Philip Charles MacKenzie · Starring: Kyle Chavarria, Lulu Antariksa, Grace Go
2x17 The Ring
Feb 11, 2003 · 22 min
When Jim and Cheryl run into his old girlfriend, Jim worries that Cheryl may find out the truth about his past when she invites the woman to dinner.
Directed by: Brian K. Roberts, Micheline Lanctôt · Starring: Crystal Bernard, Rob Adams
2x18 Wonder Woman
Feb 18, 2003 · 22 min
When Cheryl is mugged while shopping, Jim goes into protective overdrive.
Starring: Jeff Lewis
2x19 The Pass
Feb 25, 2003 · 23 min
A childhood buddy of Jim's who "has it all" hires Jim to design his expensive new home. A resentful Jim doesn't want to take the job at first, until he learns the guy wants something that "belongs" to Jim — Cheryl.
Directing: Mark Cendrowski · Starring: Kevin Sorbo
2x20 Dana Gets Fired
Mar 11, 2003 · 23 min
Jim stands up to Dana's caustic boss — and gets her fired — and Andy has trouble delegating the arrangements for his birthday party.
Directed by: Philip Charles MacKenzie · Starring: Patrick Cassidy
2x21 Bo Diddley
Apr 1, 2003 · 23 min
Jim is torn between holding a nervous Cheryl's hand through her two-hour dental surgery or meeting his hero — blues legend Bo Diddley.
Directed by: Shelley Jensen · Written by: Bob Nickman · Starring: Bo Diddley, Steve Susskind, Robin Krieger
2x22 Deal with the Devlins
Apr 1, 2003 · 23 min
Jim and Cheryl are conflicted when their new friends turn out to be obnoxious — but are also able to get free Bears season tickets and discounts on hot tubs.
Starring: Cynthia Stevenson, Tim Bagley
2x23 The Helmet
Apr 8, 2003 · 22 min
Jim refuses to spend money for a new dryer for Cheryl, but he secretly spends money for pricey sports memorabilia online, which Cheryl discovers when she simultaneously bids against Jim for a Chicago Bears helmet for his birthday.
Directing: Philip Charles MacKenzie
2x24 No Harm, No Fowl
Apr 29, 2003 · 21 min
When Gracie adopts an abandoned bird, the household cries fowl about the annoying addition to the family.
Directed by: Philip Charles MacKenzie · Starring: Ryan McPartlin, Jack Coleman, Ted Michaels, Angee Hughes
2x25 About a Girl
May 6, 2003 · 22 min
Dana pretends to be Ruby's mother to gain the interest of a single dad she met in the park.
Directing: Philip Charles MacKenzie · Starring: Matt Roth, Megan Taylor Harvey
2x26 Mom's Boyfriend
May 13, 2003 · 22 min
When Cheryl's recently widowed mother, Maggie, introduces her fiancÈ to the family, Cheryl and her siblings are wary of their whirlwind romance.
Starring: Kathleen Noone, John Getz, Anastasia Sakelaris
2x27 Vegas, Baby (1)
May 20, 2003 · 22 min
On a family trip to Vegas, Cheryl secretly plans a reunion with Jim and his estranged sister, Roxanne, on the special, one-hour season finale.
Directed by: Mark Cendrowski · Written by: Bob Nickman · Starring: Jennifer Coolidge, Wayne Newton
2x28 Vegas, Baby (2) Season Finale
May 20, 2003 · 23 min
On a family trip to Vegas, Cheryl secretly plans a reunion with Jim and his estranged sister, Roxanne, on the special, one-hour season finale.
Directing: Mark Cendrowski · Starring: Jennifer Coolidge, Wayne Newton