Episode

According to Jim: The Imaginary Friend

Name: According to Jim: The Imaginary Friend
Released: 2003-11-11
Duration: 22 min
Cast: Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Larry Joe Campbell, Taylor Atelian, Billi Bruno

According to JimSeason 32003-11-11

Overview

Jim creates an imaginary friend to avoid going to a couple's baby shower with Cheryl.

Details

Series: According to Jim
Season: Season 3
Episode: Episode 9
Air date: 2003-11-11
Runtime: 22 min

Episode context

The Imaginary Friend is Episode 9 in Season 3 of According to Jim. It aired on 2003-11-11. The runtime is 22 min.

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Episode 8: Scary Movie 2003-11-04 | 23 min Gracie and Ruby have nightmares after Jim secretly takes them to see a scary movie. (ABC)

Episode 10: Paintball 2003-11-18 | 23 min Cheryl cajoles Jim into attending a couples cooking class, which turns into a disaster, so she lets Jim pick out the next couples activity – paintball.

More episodes from this season

Episode 7: Dana Dates Jim 2003-10-28 | 23 min It's Halloween and Cheryl is trying to host "the" party so she can own Halloween in the neighborhood. Dana brings in her newest date, Hank, who carries an awful lot of similarities to Jim. While refusing to admit she's dating Jim, Dana realizes the truth when she accidentally pinches Jim's butt thinking it was Hank. The next day she and Cheryl have a fight over the whole situation, which leaves it up to Jim and Andy to fix the friendship between the two sisters.

Episode 11: The Empty Gesture 2003-11-25 | 23 min Cheryl starts to feel taken for granted as she prepares Thanksgiving dinner. She suffers the ultimate insult when she gets stuck on the roof after retrieving her tablecloth that Jim had fashioned into a ghost for Halloween, and no one notices her absence until she unhooks the satellite. To apologize, Jim tells her that he, Dana and Andy will prepare the dinner. Jim never thinks that Cheryl, being the control freak that she is, would allow that to happen, so he doesn't make dinner. Unfortunately, neither does Cheryl.

Episode 6: ABC's and 123's 2003-10-21 | 23 min Trying to lighten Ruby's homework load – and therefore look like he's helping her – Jim tells Ruby's teacher that Cheryl can't read.

Episode 12: Rules of Engagement 2003-12-02 | 23 min Cheryl caters to Jim's every whim to make amends for a big fight they had the night before-except Jim doesn't remember the fight at all.

Episode 5: The Lemonade Stand 2003-10-21 | 23 min 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 13: Secret Santa 2003-12-09 | 23 min Dana admits to Cheryl that she can't afford to buy Jim a Christmas present, so Cheryl lets Dana put her name on one of the presents she bought for him. Dana innocently picks out Cheryl's big present to Jim, but when Jim is thrilled with the gift, Dana is ready to take all the credit for it.

Episode 4: Getting to Know You 2003-10-14 | 23 min Cheryl says a friend of hers got jewelry for his wife for no reason and Jim says he's probably cheating on her. After Cheryl takes it offensively that Jim won't buy her jewelry because he doesn't think he has to – after all, they are married and he isn't cheating – he goes out to shop for earrings, only to find out he knows nothing about Cheryl. After spending three days dedicating himself entirely to paying attention to Cheryl – with a bit of Andy's help – Jim finds out that Cheryl's friend was indeed cheating and they finally make up.

Episode 14: House for Sale 2004-01-06 | 23 min The Devlins place a bid on the house across the street from Jim and Cheryl, to their dismay.

Episode 3: We Have a Bingo 2003-10-07 | 21 min Jim wrestles with his conscience after he cheats at a church fundraiser bingo game.

Episode 15: Dana Dates the Reverend 2004-01-27 | 22 min Dana and Jim both covet their reverend - she for romance, he for the pastor's prowess at bowling.