For what age: 7+
How many episodes in 8 season: 17 episodes
When the girls lose a blanket belonging to one of the twins during care of them, Jim gives them extra chores and housework to punish them for it.
Dana is moving away, and Cheryl turns Jim into her new best friend, and he scrambles to find a replacement for Dana to keep from becoming one.
Jim convinces Andy to propose to Emily before it's too late, but when he stumbles upon Emily having dinner with some man, he quickly rethinks his advice.
When Cheryl learns of Jim's plan to use their twins in a movie starring Steve Guttenberg to get some money for Christmas gifts, she refuses to let him do it, but Andy and Jim decide to go through with the plan anyway, only to have it backfire when the producers cut the kids hair to make them look alike.
Jim looks forward to a "guys only" weekend with Andy, but when Andy ends up dumped by Emily over a text message and when the guys stumble upon Emily's depressed ex husband, Jim decides to do his best to cheer up the guys and save what's left of their weekend.
Jim is convinced that an old flame wants to get back with him until he realizes that she wants to hook up with Andy, leaving Jim with a bruised ego.
Jim becomes intrigued by Cheryl's raving about a yoga teacher so he decides to try out the class, only to end up impressed by the teacher. Both Jim and Cheryl end up taking separate private classes to relax from their busy family life.
Jim prepares his son to get out on a date with Ruby's piano teacher while Andy is already dating the woman without letting anyone know.
Andy asks Jim for advice regarding a perfect gift for Mandy and he goes through a process of rethinking, leaving Mandy worried that he might be cheating on her.
Cheryl and her friends make up a group for fathers to spend more times with their sons so they could have some time for themselves, but Jim manages to turn even that situation into a fun time for himself.
Andy ends up injured after playing snow football with Jim, so Jim helps Andy make it seem like he had a freak accident because Andy was previously warned by his girlfriend not to play the game.
Jim attempts to look cool in the eyes of Ruby and her friends, until he realizes that he may be undermining Cheryl's authority due to his behavior.
Jim's bad back has him on prescription pain pills which has him in an altered state and opens up an opportunity for the family to share information which usually would upset him.
Jim is frustrated when Kyle seems to like sci-fi stuff rather than spend time doing sports with his father, so he's forced to attend a convention with Kyle so he could win his son back.
Cheryl pressures Jim into doing charity, but when Jim gets a reward for his work back, she wants him to return the money. Jim decides to spend the money instead and just to make things more complicated, he buys her a gift with it.
It's Cheryl's birthday and Jim decides to buy her a diamond necklace. But in an attempt to save money, he buys the necklace from Andy's unreliable source and soon learns that it was taken off of a dead woman whose ghost now begins to haunt him.
When Jim chokes on a shrimp puff, he dies and arrives at Heaven's gate. With Jim on trial to prove his selfless acts on earth, best friend Andy is summoned to heaven to defend him. As Jim attempts to prove his good works to God, his sister-in-law, Dana, represents the Devil, arguing that Jim's selfishness should mean a certain trip to hell.
