Shaky Ground

- Season 1

(1992)

Family man Bob Moody quits his job when he loses a promotion to a younger manager and must now break the news to his wife.

Bob wants to see a huge fight on pay per view cable but the fight is on the same night his wife is forcing him and their kids to go to the ballet with her parents, so Bob gets his teenage son to fake a fever so that the two of them could stay home. This surprisingly works until the cable cuts out so Bob goes down to the cable company to get it turned back on, he gets back to find a huge luau/Hawaiian style party happening in his house--apparently his co-worker got wind of Bob watching the fight and decided to invite the few dozens of people he was gonna invite to his ...

Bob is told to wait for a guy to come over to clean out his chimney/fireplace...his wife had a coupon but when the cleaner gets there, Bob ends up getting into an argument with the guy when it turns out the job will end up costing more than the coupon had said so Bob tells him that he doesn't need the guy, Bob will do it himself. In trying to clean out the chimney himself along with his two sons, he ends up getting the younger son stuck in the fireplace (the kid went in there because he was the only one small enough or skinny enough to unclog something) Will Bob get ...

Bob is looking forward to his poker night out with the guys and his daughter is looking forward to it too because she's gonna use that night to throw a boy/girl party with her mom chaperoning....but when her mom runs a fever (and takes way too much cough syrup and gets a little wonky) Bob must chaperoned the party himself, while also taking care of his sick wife. Because his daughter would like him to be seen as little as possible, Bob decides that that's probably a good excuse to move the poker game to his house (specifically his kitchen, while his daughter's party ...

Bob's in-laws leave their dog behind when they vacation in Hawaii and when it suddenly dies, Bob could find himself in the doghouse.

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Before their broken heater can be replaced, the Moodys must contend with the cold reality of costly asbestos removal.

Bob restores a car with Russell and Carter's help, then Carter take it out for a spin.

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When Helen goes back to school to finish her degree Bob takes on the responsibility of running the household doing her chores.

Bob's hopes at impressing a man from the office are dashed by the intrusion of his trashy neighbors.

An attractive new co-worker mistakes Bob's helpfulness as a come-on which tests his marital fidelity.

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Bob enrolls in a martial arts class so he can retaliate against a co-worker that threatened him in front of his family.