Dave volunteers to help coach his older son's soccer team.

Beth buys a security system after Shel's van is stolen.

Everyone has the flu.

On their 14th anniversary, Beth and Dave finally decide to have a romantic celebration alone.

The dog eats Tommy's homework -- which happens to be a frog; and Kenny tries to get Dave to buy more...

Willie loses a tooth before the tooth fairy can collect it; Kenny persuades Dave to lie to an insura...

A weekend trip to Walt Disney World turns ugly.

In the middle of a heat wave, Beth tries to help Dave set up his fax machine and ends up blowing out...

Tommy is crushed when Dave tries to overcome writer's block by writing a column about Tommy's crush...

An attempt to set Kenny up with Beth's friend Rita backfires.

Beth's mother visits, bearing an unusual Christmas gift.

The eccentric owner of a hardware store throws a monkey wrench into Dave's plans to fix a broken doo...

Pandemonium reigns at the Barry house before Christmas as Beth contemplates returning to work; Dave...

Through a series of mishaps, the Barrys are reminded of the true meaning of Christmas. (Part 2 of 2)

Dave gets into a heap of trouble after he writes a derogatory column about used-car salesmen.

Dave does not approve when Shel suddenly decides to sell his house, buy a boat and sail the Caribeea...

Valentine's Day finds Tommy happy about getting a card from a girl he likes; and Shel on his first d...

Dave and Kenny take Shel to a singles bar.

Dave and Beth try to spend a romantic weekend away from the boys.

After Beth goes back to work at her teaching job, Dave learns a lesson about housework.

Dave is offended when Willie's kindergarten teacher suggests that Willie be held back a year.

If ever Beth would leave Dave when he's sick, it would be to see the musical ""Camelot"" -- or to at...

Shel must spend the weekend with his ex-wife and her boyfriend.

A night at the movies finds Dave and Beth trying not to interfere with Tommy's first date - and Kenn...

Mia quits her job; Shel is auctioned at a hospital fund raiser.

Tommy's treehouse allows a view of the neighbours' bedroom.

After Shel's car is broken into -- again -- Dave and Beth join the neighbourhood-watch program.

Dave certainly gets no satisfaction from his search for Rolling Stones tickets. Meanwhile, Mia runs...

On Willie's sixth birthday, Hurricane Ashley strikes Miami, forcing the Barrys and their friends to...

The Barrys copes with the aftermath of the hurricane: no water, no power, a tree in their bedroom, a...

Tommy is hit by a car while trick-or-treating.

Dave and Beth join a health club to help Tommy overcome his dread of gym class, while Shel lies abou...

Dave learns about the downside of bachelor life when a quarantine forces him to spend a few days wit...

When Shel's irresponsible younger brother Bobby comes to visit, Shel assumes it's to ask him for mon...

Beth and Julie are shocked to learn their mom is still sexually active and has been spending some ro...

After revealing his greatest regret on national TV, Dave is confronted by the man whose life he feel...

The Barrys' dinner party is even worse than Dave and Beth anticipated, as Shel tries to break up wit...

A feud with a snooty neighbour may sink the Barrys' efforts to build a pool, while Kenny tries to tr...

Dave and Beth will stop at nothing to get Willie's lost toy bear Barnaby back for him -- even if it...

After Beth has a pregnancy scare, Dave considers getting a vasectomy -- much to the horror of Kenny...

The Barrys are enchanted with their new French exchange student -- even after a little misunderstand...

Dave, Shel, and Kenny travel to Paris to fulfill a deceased college buddy's final request -- to have...

Dave and Beth's risky land investment goes to pot, so to speak, when they discover marijuana growing...

Kenny dumps Julie, but Dave and Beth must break the news to her, which leaves Julie wanting to be ""...

On Mother's Day, Dave's family and friends recall past celebrations -- including the time Kenny's mo...

Dave discovers Tommy has a gift for playing the piano and encourages him to join the school orchestr...

Tommy runs away to live with Kenny when his parents won't let him see a gory film.

Beth's plan to surprise Dave in the shower backfires.

Construction of the new neighbour's house disturbs the peace; a commitment-shy Eric turns to Dave an...

The Barrys and friends take a ride down memory lane as Dave debates whether to sell his 1965 Mustang...

A convention-bound Shel reluctantly entrusts his beloved luxury car to Dave -- who is then held resp...

Mia enrolls in the writing class Dave teaches at community college.

A neighbor's boasting about how much school candy his son has sold leaves a bitter taste in Beth's m...

Is truth stranger than fiction? Dave's about to find out when Tommy takes issue with his father's fi...

Eric flounders when his father returns from a fishing trip with a different sort of catch -- a new g...

Kenny's ""cardiac event"" inspires Beth to change the Barrys' eating habits -- and to drag Dave to a...

An enigmatic answering machine message from a lovelorn sailor sends Beth scurrying to find the man a...

A fire forces Mia and Eric to temporarily move in with the Barrys, but the blaze that wrecked their...

When Kenny becomes a victim of ""corporate downsizing,"" Dave tries to get his friend's job back by...

The IRS informs Dave and Beth that their marriage isn't legally valid, an occasion that calls for a...

Stressed-out Dave sees an alligator in the backyard.

Teacher Beth regrets lecturing to her loved ones when her advice sends Duke weightlifting, Shel and...

Dave enjoys, then soon tires of, his 15 minutes of fame after a new publicity campaign for his colum...

Dave abandons the long-standing Barry tradition of not celebrating Valentine's Day when he decides t...

Eric and Mia's domestic squabbles spark a fight in the Barry house when Dave reluctantly -- and fool...

Shel frets when his girlfriend bonds with Beth.

Dave finds he's alienated both his friends after he wins an award that Shel coveted, then decides to...

Mia's new obsession with astrology has Eric wishing she'd be more down-to-earth; Kenny turns snoop t...

To earn the favor of a socialite and secure a sizable donation to the hospital, Shel serves up famou...

Dave gives Eric a three-day deadline to build a sun deck.

Pediatrician Celia's skill in the ER -- performing emergency surgery on a little girl injured in a b...

Dave plugs his new book in Hollywood, along with a starstruck Shel, whose Tinseltown experience dims...

Teacher Beth regrets lecturing to her loved ones when her advice sends Dave weightlifting, Shel and...

When Dave's column about Shel's childhood is picked by the head of Paragon Pictures to be a feature...

With Beth and the boys away for the weekend, Dave savors the time alone to do as he pleases -- if on...

""Is it me, or did people used to be nicer to each other?"" Dave wonders, after Beth's insulted on t...

Dave grounds Tommy for a prank the child insists he didn't commit. Then Eric's father, Eric Jr., inv...

When Dave, Shel and Kenny are sentenced to do community service at the beach as a result of the figh...

When Dave's home town of Pewauketucket, Ohio, honors him with the key to the city, Dave and Beth beg...

The Barrys and their friends get caught up in the past as they try to relive their best childhood Ha...

When Dave meets an attractive female fan who invites him back to her apartment to ""talk about writi...

Beth's decision to use the repair job on the kitchen and master bedroom as a reason to completely re...

Dave sees a way to meet his favorite '60s British rock star, Peter Noone, when Eric begins repairs o...

When Willie leaves Earnest, the family bloodhound, at the park by accident, all the Barrys and their...

Dave writes a scathing column criticizing Tommy's teacher for staging a drastically rewritten politi...

After Shel displays the new edition of Playboy in which the centerfold confesses that one of her lif...

Kenny encourages Shel to be more spontaneous -and Shel foolishly takes his advice. Meanwhile, Dave a...

Dave finds out that his agent, Irving Bloom, has died and that Bloom's widow, Mel, is taking over th...

Mel, Dave's aggressive new agent, has the Barry household spinning both physically and mentally when...

A publishing party at the Barrys' home, coordinated by Dave's new agent, Mel, links Dave to a dead m...

A call from an old college classmate whom Dave despised reveals a long-hidden truth about Dave and B...

After Dave volunteers to take care of the family by himself so Beth can study without interruptions,...

Kenny auditions for a job as a weatherman. Meanwhile, Shel's investments bring him a substantial win...

Shel has a hard time 'fessing up to his visiting high-maintenance daughter Carly that most of his mo...

After Eric accidentally sells Beth's wedding dress during their garage sale, Dave thinks Beth is ups...

Dave and Beth investigate the reason the FBI wants to speak with them, but it turns out they're look...

When a giant sinkhole threatens to destroy the Barry house, the entire family evacuates to Shel's. F...