Shaky Ground

Season

1992

USA

6.8

Bob Moody is grumpy because he has a job he doesn't like. His wife Helen, his three kids, and his friends are OK with that.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Honey, I Shrunk the Paycheck

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.

S1 • E2

Fight Night

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 house to Bob's house instead. Bob panics that his wife will walk in on all this happening until he realizes that his co-worker has been charging ten bucks a head for people there, he still panics but thinks he can get everyone out in the time the fight ends and the time his wife gets home. Can he?!?!?!?

S1 • E3

The Amazing Chimney Boy

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 the kid out of the chimney before his wife comes home? Worse yet, what will he do if his wife finds out what really happened? Suspense is had.

S1 • E4

House Party Too

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 take place in the living room) So we see Bob try to juggle his poker game, taking care of his wife, and handle his chaperoned duties (meaning having to buy ice and soft drinks) Meanwhile, the daughter's party is a bit of a bust with everyone being unusually quiet and reserved and so Bob tries to help out by livening things a bit by introducing them to a game called "Twister." At the end the daughter who was initially embarrassed is relieved since Bob actually did end up helping livening things up. Go Bob.