According to Jim

Same show, different season. In the fifth-season premiere, Jim discovers his son Kyle's first day of kindergarten is the same as the big Cubs game. Exec producer Warren Bell deadpans, ''Guess which one he picks?'' Expect Jim to make other inspired choices, like asking Cheryl not to speak, then missing the sound of her voice. How these people got together, we don't know — but we're about to learn. The second, one-hour episode ''includes flashbacks of Jim and Cheryl dating, and we find out there was a turning point in the relationship about three dates in [when] everything could have gone south but was saved — and only because of a gigantic misunderstanding.'' That explains so much.