Greg and Kim Warner are worried when their one-year-old son Sam isn't walking yet. Kim's brother-in-law Jimmy and her sister Christine talk them into allowing the wives to have a day without the children, then Sam takes his first steps in an unexpected place.
Greg and Kim disagree on when and how to wean their son Sam from nursing after seeing a woman nursing her walking, talking child at the park. Jimmy suggests an unorthodox method of weaning when Sam won't take to bottles.
When Jimmy tells Greg that parents don't get to pick their friends, their kids pick them, Greg tries to manage who Sammy plays with at the park. But things don't go as planned when Greg & Kim spend time with a young, attractive couple they meet there, and they become jealous of Jimmy & Christine's relationship with an older, boring-looking couple.
Kim is worried that her and Greg's physical intimacy has cooled off since they had a baby. When Greg is more passionate with Kim after Jimmy takes him to a gentlemen's club, Kim is ecstatic until she finds out the reason Greg was so in the mood.
Kim's and Christine's father, Don, comes for a surprise visit and Greg is jealous because his father-in-law likes Jimmy better even though Greg is the successful son-in-law. Desperately trying to win Don's respect, Greg decides to build a backyard playground for the kids on his own--with no help from anyone.
Greg lets Jimmy talk him into partying like a frat boy for his birthday instead of going to Disneyland with his family. Greg wonders if he made the right choice--even when his group ends up partying with Bret Michaels from the rock band Poison.
Kim and Christine stop speaking to each other after a big argument about who is the better parent. Their childish fight has repercussions for Greg and Jimmy when their wives won't let them talk to each other either.
Greg feels insecure when Jimmy gets a job at his studio as a security guard and becomes popular with the employees.
Greg hurts Kim's feelings by being less-than-supportive when she decides to sell her sleeve guards, called "arm-prins," at a craft fair. Jimmy is upset when he's benched in a security guards' softball game.
After Greg and Kim drive a set of friends away with their dull parenting stories, Kim fears they've become a boring couple. So they take a wine tasting class with Jimmy and Christine at the community college.
Jimmy receives an inheritance from his late uncle, but instead of paying Greg and Kim back some money like he promised to do, he spends it on Christmas presents for his kids.
Greg and Kim's ongoing feud with a crazy neighbor, Walt, escalates and may force Jimmy & Christine to move out of the guest house unless the Warner's can make nice with Walt. Guest starring Dan Castellaneta (aka the voice of Homer Simpson).
Jimmy's best friend, Billy, comes to Los Angeles in hopes of becoming a Hollywood star and starts living in Greg & Kim's yard.
Kim is surprised when Greg isn't upset after finding out that she kissed Jimmy while he was still dating Christine, then she doesn't believe Greg when he claims to kissed more than his share of girls when he was younger. Christine isn't happy to learn her sister dared to kiss her boyfriend so she decides to even the score.
After a pregnancy scare, Christine wants Jimmy to get a vasectomy. Both have second thoughts, but for very different reasons.
Christine refuses to make her oldest son, Dominic, see the school counselor after he gets in trouble for mooning his kindergarten class and decides to home-school him instead.
Greg & Kim are unhappy to find out their pediatrician sold his practice to a doctor that's younger than they are. They instead try and get Sam as a patient with the most famous pediatrician in L.A.
Greg's attempt to weasel out of a trip to visit Christine and Kim's parents doesn't work out like he planned.
A "Daddies Group" that Greg and Jimmy reluctantly attend at a local church turns out to be a lot more fun than they imagined.
Greg tries to help an overwhelmed Kim by inviting Jimmy's mother to come and watch Jimmy and Christine's kids while Christine is on jury duty.
Kim asks Jimmy for lessons on how to loosen up around other people after Greg tells her she's not fun like Christine.
Greg & Kim hire Jimmy's friend Billy to remodel their bathroom. But when Billy takes a liking to one of Kim's friends, the work doesn't progress as quickly as promised and the Warner's are forced to share the guesthouse bathroom with the Hughes'.
Kim agrees to let Jimmy keep his childhood dog at the house, against Greg's wishes. So Greg buys a go-kart, against Kim's wishes.
Jimmy buys a broken-down boat with some extra money instead of investing it in the stock market, as Greg suggested.
Greg and Kim are worried when their new-age methods of potty training Sammy don't seem to be effective, while Jimmy's "caveman" method of leaving his child naked in the yard until he figures it out himself does.
Christine is dissatisfied with a series of demeaning temp jobs, so she considers what she wants for her future, while Jimmy struggles to take care of the kids. Greg gets a gym membership because he's too out of shape to play with Sammy the way another father does.
Greg attempts to be "just one of the guys" with Jimmy and his security guard friends, but regrets it when they begin to overstep office boundaries.
Greg & Kim worry when Sammy is too aggressive with other kids at the playground. When Jimmy suggests letting Sammy get a taste of his own medicine from a kid who is physically bigger, Greg secretly agrees to set up a fight between two-year olds.
Greg is upset when he receives a photo traffic ticket in the mail--one that Jimmy got while borrowing Greg's car without asking.
Greg and Jimmy have more aggressive ideas than Kim for how to get back at a lady and her son for deliberately scaring little Sammy while he was out trick-or-treating on Halloween night.
Greg begins to regret his attempts to be like another father who is completely involved in his kids' lives when he finds out how exhausting it is. Christine meets a guy in her night school class who reminds her of her and Jimmy at that age, and decides to help course-correct him.
Christine is upset when Jimmy takes Dominic to get a haircut and lets him get a mullet. Greg tries to cover up the fact he deliberately didn't mail a wedding invitation to one of Kim's friends because he didn't like her.
Greg & Kim leave town for Thanksgiving so Jimmy invites his parents, Big Jimmy & Kitty, to come stay. But they bring guests of their own--an aunt, grandmother and cousin who has been in prison.
Things don't go as planned when Jimmy & Christine surprise Greg & Kim with a weekend trip to the Grand Canyon in a rented RV.
When Greg's and Kim's parents both come to spend Christmas with the Warners, Greg gets worried that his folks won't be Sammy's preferred grandparents because they're so dull. Guest starring Tim Conway, Dan Hedaya, Vicki Lawrence & Alley Mills.
Greg and Kim disagree on how to handle talking to Sammy about the death of his pet fish.
Christine tries to encourage Jimmy to chase his dream of being an umpire the way he helped her chase her dream of college. Kim gets jealous of the attention Greg is giving to a helpful older neighbor.
When their preschool teacher treats Sammy better than Logan, Greg & Kim think it's because Sammy's more special but Jimmy & Christine think it's because Kim has been buttering up the teacher with gifts.
Greg is ashamed when Sammy runs to Jimmy instead of him for comfort during during a thunderstorm, so Jimmy suggests Greg do more manly things in front of Sammy to convince his son that he is also a big, strong protector.
Greg is irritated when Kim makes a new friend and then unilaterally decides that her friend's husband will be Greg's new friend, whether he wants to or not.
When Dominic has trouble sleeping in his parent's small home Kim invites him to sleep in her & Greg's guest bedroom--then reconsiders when odd things begin happening at night.
Kim is uncomfortable when Greg's former high school girlfriend and her husband visit and then ask for Greg's help with their infertility.
Jimmy is happy to let Greg take Dominic to his Indian Scouts meeting, but then becomes jealous when the two bond and Dominic wants to spend more time with Greg.
Greg is worried that his new promotion might have been due to some help from Jimmy, and not just because of his own hard work.
Greg's attempt to impress Kim over how much he spent for her wedding ring goes horribly wrong when Kim finds out he originally bought it for another woman.
Jimmy is insulted that Greg wouldn't trust him with his finances if Greg were to die, so he tries to prove himself by starting his own business--retrieving golf balls from a lake.
Greg & Jimmy take Greg's father on a surprise trip to Las Vegas--even though their wives told them not to.
Greg is surprised to find out Kim wants to have another baby. Jimmy & Christine take advantage of an offer of help from some religious missionaries.
Kim objects to Jimmy & Christine's decision to spank their son Dominic when no other method curbs his lying.
Jimmy & Christine don't tell Greg & Kim when Dominic comes back from a sleepover party with head lice. But then the lice quickly starts spreading to everyone in the house...and to Greg's work.
Greg agrees with Jimmy & Christine's claims that Kim is smothering Sammy with her over-protectiveness and not letting him learn skills for himself.
Jimmy is torn when his parents want him to move his family back across the country and live with them in his grandmother's old house. Greg shops for a new car.
Kim sticks up for a sweet, elderly nanny (Betty White) who she thinks is being mistreated by the woman she works for. Jimmy buys a robotic dog to teach Dominic responsibility.
Greg is frustrated when he wants to take Kim to an expensive, classy restaurant while on a vacation, but feels held back from doing so by Jimmy & Christine's lack of funds.
Christine offers Jimmy as a babysitter when Kim is put on pregnancy bedrest for the week. But when Christine & Greg have a great time with each other while running errands for their at-home spouses, Kim and Jimmy get jealous and try to get back at them.
Jimmy & Christine realize they have lots of pictures and videos of their oldest son, but practically none of their second son so they decide to create some fake videos of Logan's baby years. Kim makes Greg put Sammy's old nursery set in storage just in case Sam might want to pass it on to his children.
Jimmy stops a stalker from breaking into supermodel Heidi Klum's trailer, but the incident makes Christine want him to change from security to a less dangerous job at the studio. Greg develops an addiction to nasal spray.
Kim and Greg run into major problems with their parents when they decide to allow TLC's "A Baby Story" document the birth of their child.
Greg struggles when Kim has him to take the full two-week paternity leave allowed by his company--in part because there's little for him to help with at home and in part because he worries the studio will fall apart without him.
Jimmy isn't happy about Dominic getting participation trophies at his school's annual Olympics, thinking it only rewards losers. Kim lets Greg redecorate the living room.
When Kim insists Greg clear all of his old belongings from the garage and donate them to charity, he instead rents a storage unit and sets up his own private utopia with all the things he was supposed to get rid of.
Greg's parents come to visit after his father wins a guest appearance on the TV show "JAG" in a charity auction. While Kim dreads spending alone time with her mother-in-law, Greg is surprised at his father's plan to "get noticed" on the show.
Disaster strikes when Jimmy waits until the last minute to buy Christine a card for Valentine's Day.
Jimmy accuses his father, Big Jimmy, of lying to Dominic by claiming that he coached several baseball Hall of Famers when they were still in the minors. Greg is upset that his mother threw out his valuable baseball card collection.
When nobody believes Greg that his hot, new female co-worker has been flirting with him, he sets up a hidden cam to catch her in the act. Meanwhile, Billy dreams of being a masseur, but has trouble convincing his co-workers to let him practice on them.
Kim throws a surprise party at Savitsky's beach house for Greg's birthday, but Greg can't have a good time, fearful that the weekend won't go well.
Greg gets a free trip to the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans as a gift from the studio he works for, but unfortunately it's the same weekend Kim and Christine are hosting their grandmother's 80th birthday party.
Greg and Jimmy struggle to rid the backyard of a pesky squirrel.
When Jimmy is unable to help Dominic with his science project, he decides to get smarter by going back to school...elementary school. Greg get ambitious after buying a sit-down lawn mower at a yard sale.
Christine's desire to fit in better at school leads her to join a sorority, which in turns leads Jimmy to beg her to come home so he doesn't have to take care of the kids.
Greg tries to get Kim to schmooze Mr. Savitsky's much-younger new wife in hopes that will impress the boss and further his career.
When Greg tells Jimmy he never does anything for him, Jimmy tells him the story of how, back in the 1980s, he played a critical role in Greg and Kim's relationship.
Greg plays tough uncle when Jimmy and Christine aren't as strict with Dominic and Logan as he would like.
Greg and Natalie are humiliated to hear that hooked on comics worked for Tom -- and that he wants to go to Comicon as his hero, Superman.
Jimmy has designs on scriptwriting, and begs Greg to ask Savitsky to listen to his movie pitch.
Greg competes with Jimmy to see who can score more interested women via speed dating.
When Jimmy gets accepted as a contestant on Big Brother, the thought of him and Christine having enough money to get their own place makes Greg takes drastic measures to see to it that Jimmy wins.
Jimmy's unorthodox punishment for Dominic, who was bullying a nerd at school, backfires on the elder Hughes.
Greg plans to one-up Jimmy in the fun dad department by taking the kids to Legoland.
Greg is less than thrilled with Kim's latest thoughtful birthday gift to him. Meanwhile, Jimmy plans to go to extremes to get even with an old flame who dumped him.
Chuck Norris is shooting a movie at the studio (where he plays a security guard), but looks are deceiving for Jimmy, who idolizes the guy.
Jimmy injuring his back making out with Christine throws a wrench into Don's plans to take him on a father-son ice-fishing tournament.
Greg makes an unhappy Kim be Mr. Savitsky's "escort" to an art gallery, but then becomes unhappy himself when Kim gains her own personal reasons for continuing the charade. Meanwhile, when Logan learns that all of his clothes once belonged to Dominic, he decides to protest hand-me-downs by wearing only underwear.
When the upstairs toilet overflows and soaks the living room ceiling, Greg plays detective, hoping to uncover the mystery of who broke his radio and flushed a piece of it down the crapper.
Kim, Jimmy and Christine all take it upon themselves to help Greg find a friend when he needs someone to go to a jazz festival with him.
Jimmy is upset when Greg, Kim and Christine all tell him that they don't think Big Jimmy is responsible enough to watch the kids.
Jimmy sees a chance to get even with his tough female supervisor when he learns Christine is a menace in the boxing ring.
Greg wants to bail on a marriage encounter group Kim dragged him to, and a phone call regarding a dying aunt could be his ticket out.
Mr. Savitsky assigns Greg to look after a convicted criminal as part of a work release program he unknowingly agreed to.
Greg's open invitation to his parents and Kim to attend an L.A. Lakers game in the owner's suite doesn't pan out the way he wanted.
When Greg disobeys Mr. Savitsky's orders to go see the premiere of Kevin Smith's new film, Jimmy takes his and Kim's studio badges, and he and Christine go in their place -- which has repercussions for Greg when Jimmy, who doesn't know what Kevin looks like, tells the director to his face that his movie is terrible.
When Greg refuses to lend a helping hand in redecorating, Kim hires an interior decorator to design a fireplace for their living room, desperate to prove to Greg that she doesn't need his help.
After a near-death experience, Jimmy finds a list he made of everything he ever wanted to do in life but didn't -- and plans to do everything on it while he still can.
When Kim invites hers and Christine's mutual friends (a marriage counselor and his wife) over for a dinner party, and tries to get rid of Christine, Christine schemes to trash the event -- and forces Jimmy to join her.
Greg surprises Jimmy and Christine with a wedding video for their anniversary, but the trip down memory lane is not a happy one... for anyone.
Jimmy's kind gesture of chauffeuring Mr. Savitsky, whose driver's license was revoked, is repaid in full when Mr. Savitsky invites him, Christine and the kids to come live in his guest house. But they all soon find out how much living with Mr. Savitsky is like living with Mr. Warner.
Competitiveness gets the better of Greg and Kim and Jimmy and Christine after Sam's new girlfriend ""dumps"" him for Logan.
When Jimmy comes down with a case of the sweats and a decreased interest in sex, he goes to the doctor, who diagnoses him with andropause (male menopause) -- which leaves him feeling insecure about his masculinity.
When Logan learns how to read before Sam, Jimmy and Christine confess to each other that they were both responsible for causing blunt head trauma to Sam when he was an infant -- and are now worried that they are the reason he can't read.
At the gang's high school reunion, Greg plays along after he gets mistaken for one of the cool kids, but Jimmy is jealous when Greg's stolen identity threatens to challenge his bid for "Coolest Guy." Meanwhile, a dirty, old teacher is still interested in Christine and Kim is disappointed her high school stalker isn't interested in her anymore.
Christine goes to work for Greg as his personal assistant, and finds the job entails being Kim's personal assistant, too.
When Christine finds out Jimmy has been tuning her out over the phone, she joins forces with Kim, and they concoct a scheme to get even.
Jimmy and Christine strive to move out of Greg's guesthouse and into the newly-vacated place next door, but when Greg hits it off with an upper-class couple who are also prospective buyers, he hopes they become his new neighbors and not the Hughes.
Greg and Jimmy have a not-so-neighborly war over Jimmy wanting to cut down a lemon tree in his backyard that Greg is attached to.
When Tom comes to town to participate in a senior fencing match and Big Jimmy has also shown up to help the Hughes with their house, Big Jimmy throws his hat into the ring and challenges Tom to a duel.
Christine wants to make new friends after she overhears Kim telling Greg that she and Jimmy have been spending too much time over at the Warner house instead of their own. Meanwhile, Greg and Kim make new friends that they want to get rid of.
Unable to find employment after giving up his job at Radford, Greg is forced to swallow his pride and take a position outside of the movie world. But when he finds out his house is covered in toxic mold and unfit to live in, he's unable to swallow it a second time.
The surprise firing of Mr. Savitsky leads Greg to find him working in a soup kitchen.
Realizing just how much fun being out of work can be, Greg lets Jimmy have a taste of what it's like to have someone sponge off of him for a change.
When Dominic enters the world of dating, Christine and Jimmy offer conflicting advice to their son. Meanwhile, knowledge that Kim still keeps a box of mementos from past loves drives Greg crazy.
Jimmy enters the world of competitive lawn mower racing, but sadly discovers that even that is ruled by the almighty dollar.
Greg overcomes his fear of the "Hood" to obtain some barbeque, and when Jimmy seems fearful for him, Greg plays a practical joke to prove Jimmy is actually the insecure one.
Envious of Jimmy and Christine's newfound neighborhood popularity, Kim throws a barbeque, where she discovers that she and Greg are not popular at all.
When Kim and Christine decide to have another baby, Greg and Jimmy take to pleading for abstinence.
Jimmy begins teaching the neighborhood kids different things that their fathers can't, and makes a little money on the side doing it.
Kim and Christine are unusually attentive to Greg and Jimmy after spending an evening listening to a critical husband constantly belittle his wife. The girls don't want to spend any more time with the couple, but Greg and Jimmy encourage the relationship in hopes that their good fortune with their wives will continue.
Jimmy decides to treat Greg and Kim to a weekend vacation, but his "do anything to save a buck" attitude quickly puts a damper on the excitement.
Now working for Mr. Savitsky at a different movie studio, Jimmy and Greg want Christine, who still works for their old studio, to give up secrets about it.
Christine wants Logan to learn not to be a quitter, but his father's tendency towards quitting send the wrong message.
When both his job and arcade skills seem to no longer impress Dominic, Jimmy hopes getting entry into The Guinness Book of World Records will again make him cool in his son's eyes.
An anniversary gift of taking their wives via a limousine to a Rascal Flatts concert goes horribly wrong, leaving Greg and Jimmy scrambling to find a way to save the night.
Discovering that Kim listens to Christine and Jimmy listens to Greg, Greg and Christine take advantage and ally themselves to help each other get what they want.
