According to Jim
Friday, April 14th, 2000SEASON 1 – ABC
Created by Tracy Newman and Jonathan Stark
Opening theme written by Glen Clark & Jim Belushi. Performed by Jim Belushi and the Sacred Hearts.
- 001. Pilot-10/3/2001
- Jim (Jim Belushi) is a Chicago contractor who works at Ground Up Construction with his best friend and brother-in-law architect Andy (Larry Joe Campbell) who lives across the street from him. Jim’s is married to Andy’s sister Cheryl (Courtney Thorne-Smith). They have three children: Ruby (Taylor Atelian), Gracie (Billi Bruno), and the baby Kyle. Ruby is starting kindergarten and cries every time she is dropped off, causing Cheryl to stay in the parking lot for most of her day. Jim thinks he can be more resolute in walking away, but when he attempts it, he has to be escorted out of the school when the teacher Mrs. Carter (Mary Kathleen Gordon). Unaware of this, Cheryl brags to Andy and their sister Dana (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) that he has been able to accomplish this, and Andy accidentally lets it slip that Jim hasn’t been showing up to work until after 3pm. Cheryl realizes that Jim is now waiting in the parking lot all day as well. Meanwhile Andy’s girlfriend Carrie (Katie O’Rourke) has left him over a fight about whether he broke her hairdryer of if it died of wear-and-tear. Jim and Cheryl have them over for dinner and try to reconcile them. It initially works when Andy brings her a new hairdryer, but they eventually fight again on whether he broke it or not. Jim tells them that the key to a good relationship is good communication, so Cheryl lets loose on him since he hasn’t told her that he is waiting in the parking lot. Ruby then lets it slip that Jim has put her in a new school. This makes her legitimately furious. Jim then has to tell Ruby he won’t be staying at school because she is getting to the age where she needs to do things she doesn’t want to. Then he has to apologize to Cheryl, who ultimately forgives him. However they do continue to argue on whether Jim once slammed a car door in her face or not, and age-old argument they’ve been having. 4/18/20
