A middle class couple and their small children deal with life in suburbia.
Cheryl and Jim make a pact of celebacy for 3 weeks before they go on a romantic trip to the Bahamas but Cheryl doesn't tell Jim when she is forced to cancel because she was enjoying his attentiveness.
Jim promises to bury Cheryl's 15-year old cat but puts it off so he can go to a ball game and must make it up to her after she finds the cat in the freezer.
Gracie is grounded on Halloween but Jim takes pity and sneaks her out of the house to trick-or-treat.
The truth comes out when Jim and Cheryl both reveal they have been hiding secrets from each other - Jim has been riding his old motorcycle and Cheryl is still smoking.
When Jim sets Dana up with a guy who seems perfect, she develops a crush on the guy.
Jim goes bowling on Thanksgiving scoring a perfect game until the power goes out with one strike to go, nearly ruining Thanksgiving dinner.
Jim and Cheryl try to be nice to Andy's new girlfreind but she doesn't take to Cheryl well.
When Jim and Cheryl ask her mother to stay at a hotel at Christmas, they end up seeming to offend her.
When one of Gracie's friends picks up a bad word from Jim house Cheryl blames it on him, putting him on the defensive.
Jim tries to push a modelling career on his daughter Ruby, when she lands a one-time gig for a cookie ad.
Unbeknownst to Jim, Cheryl lends Andy money to buy a home.
Jim gets a sexy photo of his wife for a Valentine's day gift and he shows it to all his friends.
When Jim claims he let Cheryl win a raquetball game years ago, she challenges him to a rematch.
When Jim's blood pressure gets too high, Cheryl tries to reduce it by lowering the stress in his life.
When Jim gives Cheryl an expensive yet sentimental gift for their tenth anniversary, she discovers that her sister had been buying the anniversary gifts all along.
On a night out with Cheryl, jim gets obsessivly angry after losing a parking spotand nearly ruins their date.
Jim is upset when he discovers Dana makes more money than him so he starts buying his kids gifts to save face.
Jim bumps into an old freind with whom he raised hell when they were younger, and their attempt to recapture their youth comes with repercussions.
Jim tells Cheryl he will take the kids for a day but leaves them with another mom so he can catch a movie and forgets who he left them with.
Cheryl feels bad when Jim cancels a surprise party for her when Dana blows the surprise so she decides to thrown him one but he fails to show up.