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The Best Episodes of According to Jim Season 3

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Jim is the typical all-American guy — a macho "everyman" — with a soft spot for his beautiful wife and children. Jim's boyish bravado and humorous antics keep a certain level of turmoil in their

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    According to Jim Season 3 Episode 1 - The Errand
    7.0/10(199 votes)

    #1 - The Errand

    S3:E1

    When Jim finds out that Cheryl has been paying 7 dollars to have the groceries delivered to their house, he insists that he does the shopping himself in order to save that incredible amount of money. Once at the supermarket, he sees how married men are "domesticated" by their wives and decides to rebel against Cheryl by shopping everything but the items on the list. Cheryl decides to turn the table on Jim and he does the same, until they end up going to a formal party on robes and underwear with their bodies all painted with lipstick. Cheryl finally gives in and they settle on paying the delivery boy the seven dollars in order to spare the Spice Channel subscription.

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 2 - The Packer Ball
    9.0/10(199 votes)

    #2 - The Packer Ball

    S3:E2

    Jim is horrified when he sees his son Kyle with a green Packers ball. He tries by all means to change it for a Bears one, but the kid just can't let go of the green ball. Jim has nightmares about it and takes Kyle to his work in another attempt to get rid of the Packers ball. When he realizes there's nothing he can do about it, he does a little alteration on the ball so they can go to the Bears game peacefully.

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 3 - We Have a Bingo
    8.5/10(218 votes)

    #3 - We Have a Bingo

    S3:E3

    Jim wrestles with his conscience after he cheats at a church fundraiser bingo game.

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 4 - Getting to Know You
    6.5/10(191 votes)

    #4 - Getting to Know You

    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 5 - The Lemonade Stand
    8.5/10(211 votes)

    #5 - The Lemonade Stand

    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Mark Cendrowski
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 6 - ABC's and 123's
    10.0/10(197 votes)

    #6 - ABC's and 123's

    S3:E6

    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.

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 7 - Dana Dates Jim
    4.8/10(215 votes)

    #7 - Dana Dates Jim

    S3:E7

    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.

    Directors:Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 8 - Scary Movie
    8.0/10(202 votes)

    #8 - Scary Movie

    S3:E8

    Gracie and Ruby have nightmares after Jim secretly takes them to see a scary movie. (ABC)

    Director:Mark Cendrowski
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 9 - The Imaginary Friend
    8.0/10(202 votes)

    #9 - The Imaginary Friend

    S3:E9

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

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 10 - Paintball
    6.5/10(203 votes)

    #10 - Paintball

    S3:E10

    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.

    Director:Mark Cendrowski
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 11 - The Empty Gesture
    8.5/10(202 votes)

    #11 - The Empty Gesture

    S3:E11

    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.

    Director:Mark Cendrowski
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 12 - Rules of Engagement
    6.5/10(190 votes)

    #12 - Rules of Engagement

    S3:E12

    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.

    Director:Mark Cendrowski
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 13 - Secret Santa
    6.5/10(190 votes)

    #13 - Secret Santa

    S3:E13

    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.

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 14 - House for Sale
    7.5/10(204 votes)

    #14 - House for Sale

    S3:E14

    The Devlins place a bid on the house across the street from Jim and Cheryl, to their dismay.

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 15 - Dana Dates the Reverend
    4.5/10(216 votes)

    #15 - Dana Dates the Reverend

    S3:E15

    Dana and Jim both covet their reverend - she for romance, he for the pastor's prowess at bowling.

    Director:Jim Belushi
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 16 - The Best Man
    8.0/10(202 votes)

    #16 - The Best Man

    S3:E16

    Cheryl forbids Jim from throwing his cop friend Danny a bachelor party with beer and strippers. She fears that Danny will show up at his own wedding with a hangover – as Jim did at their wedding. Jim and his buddies decide to take Danny for a swim in bitter-cold Lake Michigan – forcing a hospital visit for Danny. The wedding morning, Danny stays in bed, moaning and groaning, and Cheryl frets, but the doctor assures everyone there's nothing wrong with him. Jim realizes Danny just has cold feet, so he tries to convince him to go through with his wedding to Laraine, a fellow cop.

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 17 - Cheryl Sings
    7.5/10(203 votes)

    #17 - Cheryl Sings

    S3:E17

    Cheryl tries to impress her boastful cousin Mindy by posing as the lead singer of Jim's band – even though she has a terrible voice. Jim agrees to perform at Mindy's engagement party with Cheryl playing the part in order to teach his wife a lesson about embellishment by making a fool of herself. However, when Mindy tells Jim that her fiancé, Eric, is a record producer, he must decide between telling Cheryl the truth and making a bad impression on Eric.

    Director:Mark Cendrowski
    Writer:Bob Nickman

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  18. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 18 - When You Wish to Be a Star (1)
    8.0/10(194 votes)

    #18 - When You Wish to Be a Star (1)

    S3:E18

    Dana's first task at the ad agency is to cast the perfect TV family for a Disney cruise commercial. Cheryl and the kids get the job, but Dana's boss replaces Jim with a handsome actor in the role of "dad."

    Director:Mark Cendrowski
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 19 - When You Wish to Be a Star (2)
    7.0/10(195 votes)

    #19 - When You Wish to Be a Star (2)

    S3:E19

    Jim takes umbrage at being replaced as the father in a promotional shoot for a cruise line.

    Director:Mark Cendrowski
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 20 - No Crime, But Punishment
    6.5/10(196 votes)

    #20 - No Crime, But Punishment

    S3:E20

    Gracie's recent misbehavior makes Jim think she is lying about a friend giving her a new video game.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 21 - The Baby
    6.5/10(193 votes)

    #21 - The Baby

    S3:E21

    Jim's sister, Roxanne, shows up on his doorstep, pregnant, and lets Andy believe he's the father.

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 22 - Who's The Boss?
    6.5/10(191 votes)

    #22 - Who's The Boss?

    S3:E22

    Andy resents a wealthy client, but then decides to date her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 23 - The Truck
    6.5/10(188 votes)

    #23 - The Truck

    S3:E23

    Cheryl ask Jim to use his truck to transport a giant paper-mâché grizzly bear the girls made for "spirit week" to their school – except Jim just lost his truck in an arm wrestling match and, in a gesture of macho pride, refuses to ask for it back.

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 24 - The Toilet
    8.5/10(203 votes)

    #24 - The Toilet

    S3:E24

    Cheryl promises to take Jim's opinions seriously when she decides to remodel the bathroom, until Jim insists it include a hideous high-tech stainless steel toilet – that talks.

    Director:Jim Belushi
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. According to Jim Season 3 Episode 25 - Trashed
    7.0/10(181 votes)

    #25 - Trashed

    S3:E25

    Pack rat Cheryl asks Jim to rent a storage unit to house seven years' worth of the kids' art projects, but Jim refuses to pay the fee, so he tosses everything out, thinking Cheryl won't notice – until she needs some of the projects for a special retirement party for Ruby's art teacher.

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Errand" is the best rated episode of "According to Jim" season 3. It scored 7/10 based on 199 votes. Directed by Philip Charles MacKenzie and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/23/2003. This episode is rated 2.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Packer Ball".