When her ex-husband remarries (also to girl named Christine) divorced single mom Christine finds her own ways to took control over her life. Not the best ways though.
1 | The Passion Of Christine |
| Since New Christine broke up with Richard, he’s been spending a lot of time at Old Christine’s house, leading Ritchie to believe that his parents are back together. When Christine tells Richard that Ritchie told this to his new teacher, Mr. Harris (Blair Underwood), Richard suggests that they give their relationship another try. |
2 | The Answer is Maybe |
| Richard tells Christine that the reason he has good luck with women is that he "says yes to life." When Christine meets a good-looking man (special guest star Scott Bakula) after paying a surprise visit to New Christine, she decides to break out of her mold and says yes when he asks her out to dinner. |
3 | Come to Papa Jeff |
| Christine tries to determine whether it is ethical to date Jeff. Christine is later horrified when she’s convinced to take New Christine’s father as Ritchie’s grandfather to ’Grandparents Day’. |
4 | Oh God, Yes |
| Ritchie goes to church with Richard and new Christine without consulting his mother first, leaving old Christine to explain and explore her aversion to organized religion. Meanwhile, Barb considers being a fireman. |
5 | Separation Anxiety |
| Barb moves in with Christine after deciding to divorce her husband. This forces Matthew into Ritchie’s room, where he discovers his nephew has some odd habits. |
6 | The Champ |
| Christine runs into Stan again and is unable to resist him, despite her best efforts. She asks Matthew to help keep Stan away from her, but her brother is having attraction issues of his own--his latest girlfriend refuses to leave. |
7 | Playdate with Destiny |
| Christine’s attraction to the handsome Mr. Harris causes a scene at a school fund-raiser--especially after she wins a playdate with him. |
8 | Women ’N Tuition |
| Christine has money problems and tries to get help from everyone except the person offering it freely: Barb. Meanwhile, Matthew gets a video message from his past and decides it’s time to make something of himself. |
9 | Mission: Impossible |
| Christine struggles over what to do when Ritchie does a bad job on an important homework assignment that will be put on display at his school. |
10 | What About Barb? |
| Christine has trouble working with Barb at the gym and feels pressure at home to find a nanny for Ritchie when Richard is unavailable to care for him due to a trip with new Christine. |
11 | Crash |
| Christine’s Prius is damaged in an accident with Marly’s Hummer and they argue over who is responsible, but Christine is more upset when the only rental car available is a large, luxury gas-guzzler. |
12 | Ritchie Scores |
| Mr. Harris suggests that Ritchie join the soccer team to improve his social skills and make friends. Christine is against the idea, but Richard is all for it until Ritchie brings home his new friends: three girls. Meanwhile Christine and Richard compete for Mr. Harris’ attention. |
13 | Endless Shrimp, Endless Night |
| Richard tries to make Ritchie take an interest in his work, while Christine attempts to take an interest in her brother’s life. She attends a party with him, where she runs into one of Matthew’s former girlfriends and tries to help get them back together, even though he asked her not to. |
14 | Let Him Eat Cake |
| After helping New Christine to come up with an idea for Richard’s birthday present, Christine takes credit for this idea herself. As payback New Christine bakes her own cake knowing that it was Christine’s tradition to do so. |
15 | Sleepless in Mar Vista |
| After taking some new sleeping pills, Christine wakes up to discover she made several embarrassing phone calls while knocked out. |
16 | Undercover Brother |
| After sleeping with Richard’s wildly attractive brother, Christine learns an astonishing secret. |
17 | Strange Bedfellows |
| Richard is shocked to learn of Matt and Barb’s short fling in the past, and must share an embarrassing secret with them. Christine becomes obsessed with becoming politically active to set a good example for Richie. Sandra Bernhard guest stars. |
18 | The Real Thing |
| Christine almost gets Mr. Harris fired after unintentionally sending all the parents at Ritchie’s school an email revealing that their parent/teacher relationship may be something more. While Christine and Mr. Harris are being reprimanded by the head of the school ethics committee, Christine gets some surprising news from Mr. Harris. |
19 | Faith Off |
| When Christine learns that Richard has been hired to remodel "meanie mom" Lindsay’s bathroom, she can’t help but intervene and make sure he doesn’t screw up the job and risk their reputation at Ritchie’s school. Additionally, she and Richard are at odds over which of them gets to be the one to give Ritchie the sex talk. |
20 | My Big Fat Sober Wedding |
| The stresses of going to a wedding with Richard and Barb are multiplied by Christine’s agreeing to be designated driver, depriving her of some much-needed alcohol. |
21 | Friends |
| On their way to Ritchie’s desert camping trip, Christine, Richard, Matthew, and Barb stay at a seedy motel and get on each others’ nerves. Jane Lynch guest stars. |
22 | Frasier |
| Christine realizes that one reckless evening may have jeopardized her chance to begin dating Mr. Harris. |