The New Adventures of Old Christine
CBS (ended 2010)
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Season 5
- Ep 21Get Smarter5/12/10
Christine has Matthew and Barb throw her a "surprise" engagement party so she can meet Max's friends, but she feels intellectually inferior to one guest in particular, and it leads her to make a surprising decision. - Ep 20Scream5/5/10
Christine mistakes a good looking cop for a stripper, who alerts her that there is a prowler in the neighborhood. In order to feel more secure, Christine asks Matthew to stay over. Meanwhile, New Christine goes into labor, with the sole goal of avoiding having the baby arrive on Old Christine's birthday.moreless - Ep 19I Love What You Do For Me4/21/10
When Christine is told that her five-year car lease is up, she realizes that her life hasn't evolved during that time the way she'd hoped and decides to make some major life changes, with a little help from her boyfriend, Max. Meanwhile, Matthew seeks a roommate to replace Richard. - Ep 18Revenge Makeover4/14/10
Richard is secretly planning an impromptu wedding for him and New Christine, so to help him out, Christine drags a very cranky and pregnant New Christine to a salon while he puts the plan together. Meanwhile, Barb tries to take her citizenship test. - Ep 17Up in the Airport4/7/10
Christine realizes that Ritchie has never been on a real family vacation, so she plans a trip to Florida, with disastrous results. - Ep 16Subway, Somehow3/10/10
In an attempt to teach Ritchie's class some street smarts, Christine encourages Principal Nunley to have them take the subway on a field trip, but she ends up being stranded at the station and has her own street smarts put to the test. Meanwhile, Barb sends a racy text message, meant for someone else, to Richard.moreless - Ep 15Sweet Charity3/3/10
When the gym suddenly begins to become profitable, Christine and Barb find themselves with a small windfall, but vastly different ideas on how to spend their shares. Meanwhile, Matthew suspects Richard may be having an affair. - Ep 14A Family Unfair2/10/10
Christine asks Richard to have a baby with her after becoming envious of Richard and New Christine's happiness in planning for theirs. - Ep 13Truth or Dare1/20/10
When Mr. Harris re-establishes contact with Christine, Max urges her to go out with him, but quickly regrets his decision—especially when he sees what Mr. Harris looks like. - Ep 12A Whale of a Tale1/13/10
Christine tells Max that she's in love with him, but his reaction is not quite what she is expecting. Richard prods Matthew to pursue a cute girl's advances. - Ep 11Episode 11 (It's Beginning to Stink a Lot Like Christma11/17/10
- Ep 11It's Beginning to Stink a Lot Like Christmas12/16/09
Christine and Matthew reluctantly attend the Christmas block party, where she learns the neighborhood is full of secrets and he questions why he ever broke up with Lucy. New Christine subjects Richard and Ritchie to her family's made-up Kinderclausen celebration. - Ep 10Old Christine Meets Young Frankenstein12/9/09
Discovering Ritchie has become a bully at Westridge, Christine decides to lead by example and apologize to a woman she called "Frankenstein" during junior high. Meanwhile, Facebook leads to a reconnection between Matthew and Lucy. - Ep 9I Love Woo, I Hate Who11/25/09
Barb fears that Dave is going to propose to her and asks Christine to join them on their next date. Meanwhile, Richard realizes that he will have to woo New Christine if he wants to get her back. - Ep 9I Love Woo, I Hate You11/25/09
- Ep 8Love Means Never Having To Say You're Crazy11/18/09
After Richard sets her up with Tom once again, Christine ponders having an actual adult relationship with him. Meanwhile, she sets up Richard with a beautiful and passionate woman that works out at her gym. - Ep 7Nuts11/11/09
Max tells Christine that she quits things at the tiniest obstacle and tries to get her to stick to what she's started. Matthew sets boundaries in his and Richard's apartment. - Ep 6The Curious Case of Britney B.11/4/09
When Ritchie is asked to a dance by the most popular girl in school, Christine revels in the newfound popularity she thinks this bestows on her. Meanwhile, Matthew and Richard find an apartment that they want to rent together, but have to find a way to oust an elderly rent scofflaw before they can move in.moreless - Ep 5Dr. Little Man10/21/09
Christine starts seeing a therapist who's Matthew's mentor, but they are both confused on whether they want to have a professional or romantic relationship. Richard and New Christine have trouble adapting to living under the same roof. - Ep 4For Love or Money10/14/09
When Barb—planning to marry Richard to stay in the country—says she's hiring a lawyer to handle her and Christine's divorce, Christine is taken aback and hires an aggressive divorce lawyer who demands that Christine gets alimony. Matthew deals with Marly's and Lindsay's insecurities. - Ep 3The Mole10/7/09
Richard discovers a suspicious mole on Christine's chest, and she panics when she can't immediately see a doctor. Meanwhile, Richard decides that it would be best if he moved back in with New Christine, but he has to engage her in a battle of wills if he's to make it happen.moreless - Ep 2Burning Love9/30/09
A trip with Barb to retrieve some of Richard's things sees Matthew worry that New Christine isn't letting out her feelings over the wedding fiasco. Meanwhile, Christine and Richard meet up with some of their friends from college and are shocked to see how badly they've aged. - Ep 1Bahamian Rhapsody9/23/09
Christine and Matthew fly to the Bahamas to get Barb an illegal visa after she was arrested by immigration during Richard and New Christine's wedding ceremony. Meanwhile, Richard tries to win back New Christine after she left him at the altar.
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Season 4
- Ep 22Love: A Cautionary Tale5/20/09
Christine finds out a secret about Jeff after they rekindle feelings for each other at Richard and New Christine's wedding. Matthew continues to date Amy, and Barb meets a possible love interest. - Ep 21The Old Maid of Honor5/13/09
Hoping to show she's fine with Richard and New Christine's wedding, Christine feigns being in love with Todd Watski—a ruse that proves difficult to pull off when he acts boorishly at the rehearsal dinner. Meanwhile, Matthew has an encounter with New Christine's gorgeous half-sister, Amy. - Ep 20He Ain't Heavy5/6/09
Christine tries to help Matthew lose weight, but is unsuccessful and soon finds out that she can't shed her extra pounds, either. Richard regrets asking Ritchie to tell him if he's bothered by anything. - Ep 19Hair4/8/09
After Christine's accused of being responsible for an outbreak of lice at Westbridge, she decides to pull out Ritchie and send him to a public school, which turns out to be harder than she thought it would be. - Ep 18A Change of Heart/Pants3/18/09
When Christine and Richard help Marly and Lindsay through their labors, it brings up memories of Ritchie's birth—and a rekindling of romantic feelings. - Ep 17Too Close for Christine3/11/09
When scatterbrain mother Francie, a parent at Ritchie's school, comes to Christine for guidance, she begins to consider Christine as her 'rock', much to Christine's flattery. But Christine soon tires of the responsibility. Meanwhile, Matthew quickly regrets taking New Christine up on her offer to use the guestroom when he discovers Richard lives under her hyper-anal thumb.moreless - Ep 16Honey, I Ran Over the Kid2/18/09
After Ritchie hurts himself at a skateboarding party, Christine accuses Richard of bad parenting, and they begin competing to prove each other wrong. Matthew gets involved in a rebound relationship. - Ep 15Reckless Abandonment2/11/09
Christine tries to prove to everyone and herself that she is capable of being independent after Matthew and Barb both decide to move out of the house and Ritchie leaves for a sleep-away science camp. - Ep 14What Happens In Vegas Is Disgusting In Vega5/19/11
- Ep 14What Happens In Vegas Is Disgusting In Vegas1/21/09
When Christine and Barb throw New Christine a spur-of-the-moment bachelorette party in Vegas, they discover a wild side of her that is the polar opposite of her usual up-tight personality. Meanwhile, Richard catches grief from his brother over naming Matthew his best man. - Ep 13Notes on a 7th Grade Scandal1/14/09
While trying to make a good impression at Ritchie's Junior High Parents Orientation, Christine realizes that one of the fathers there wronged her in junior high. Barb shows New Christine how to be more assertive. - Ep 12Happy Endings (2)12/17/08
After choosing to give up their gym rather than support discrimination of gays, Christine and Barb decide to turn their building into a day spa. - Ep 11Unidentified Funk (1)12/10/08
The parent company of Christine and Barb's gym franchise comes for an inspection and discovers that they have broken a contractual clause, risking the entire business. New Christine wants Richard to get a vasectomy. - Ep 10Guess Who's Not Coming To Dinner11/26/08
Over a Thanksgiving visit, the discovery of a shared secret gives Christine a way to negate one of her mother's criticisms. - Ep 9Rage Against the Christine11/19/08
Christine thinks she has the perfect boyfriend, until he has a 'bizarre' reaction to her competitiveness after losing to her at tennis. - Ep 8Self-Esteem Tempura11/12/08
When a talent scout recruits Ritchie to audition for a commercial after seeing his standout performance in the school play, Christine is thrilled, but Richard refuses to allow it. - Ep 7So You Think You Can Date11/5/08
Richard joins Christine and her new boyfriend, Patrick, on a dinner date. Matthew is disturbed by a story recounted by Barb on his therapist couch. - Ep 6Tie Me Up, Don't Tie Me Down10/29/08
Christine and Barb go on a casual, non-relationship-seeking double date with two guys they meet at a video store. Matthew helps Richard find chairs for his wedding reception. - Ep 5Everyone Says I Love You Except Richie10/22/08
Christine is devastated that Ritchie no longer tells her he loves her, so she asks Richard to have a baby with her so she can have a new child to love her like Ritchie used to. Matthew tries to overcome a troubling obsession with saying, "I love you." - Ep 5Everyone Says I Love You Except Ritchie10/22/08
- Ep 4Snakes on a Date10/15/08
After forgetting to turn in Ritchie's application for a reptile club, Christine guiltily agrees to go on a date with the man who runs the club, hoping to get Ritchie enrolled. Meanwhile, Matthew tries to deal with his feelings towards his ex-patient. - Ep 3White Like Me10/8/08
Barb is profiled in a black business journal, generating a lot of new customers for the gym. Richard and Matthew struggle to remember Christine's instructions about Ritchie's schedule. - Ep 2How I Hate Your Mother10/1/08
Richard begs Christine to return her wedding ring, which had belonged to his mother, because he wants to use it to propose to New Christine. Meanwhile, Matthew is attracted to his first therapy patient. - Ep 1A Decent Proposal9/24/08
Christine offers to marry Barb to help her stave off deportation. Meanwhile, Richard looks to pop the question to New Christine.
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Season 3
- Ep 10One and a Half Men3/31/08
Christine tries to control her hormones when her gynecologist says she may be entering perimenopause. Meanwhile, she and Richard clash over allowing Ritchie do cotillion at Westbridge. - Ep 9The Happy Couple (2)3/24/08
Christine tries to forbid Barb and Matthew from letting a night of passion bloom into a full-blown relationship. - Ep 8Burning Down the House3/17/10
- Ep 8Burning Down the House (1)3/17/08
Christine hopes acting a bit more wild will stop Barb thinking she's uncool. - Ep 7House3/10/08
Christine finds herself forced to feign happiness when she covets the house Richard and New Christine have purchased. - Ep 6New Adventures of Old Christine3/10/08
Christine hesitantly allows New Christine to arrange a blind date for her and finds her intuition against the idea was spot on. - Ep 6The New Adventures of Old Christine3/10/08
- Ep 5Between a Rock and a Hard Place3/3/08
Christine tries to get over breaking up with Daniel. Matthew learns the source of his intimacy issues is not his mother, but Christine. - Ep 4Traffic2/25/08
Ritchie's soccer match leaves Christine running late for an event she's supposed to be attending with Mr. Harris. - Ep 3Popular2/18/08
Roles reverse when Christine's dubbed a "meanie mom" by a father at Ritchie's school who finds Marly and Lindsay to be to his liking. - Ep 2Beauty Is Only Spanx Deep2/11/08
Insecurity over a waitress flirting with Daniel sends Christine to a plastic surgeon's office. Meanwhile, Richard accidentally proposes to New Christine over the phone, and Matthew considers a career as a therapist. - Ep 1The Big Bang2/4/08
Christine and Mr. Harris try to establish a relationship before having sex, but Barb gives her pause. Matthew is horrified when he sees his med school cadaver was a neighbor.
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Season 2
- Ep 22Frasier5/7/07
Christine realizes that one reckless evening may have jeopardized her chance to begin dating Mr. Harris. - Ep 21Friends4/30/07
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. - Ep 20My Big Fat Sober Wedding4/23/07
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. - Ep 19Faith Off4/16/07
Christine can't resist meddling when Lindsay hires Richard to remodel her bathroom, while Matthew enjoys his first trip to Home Depot. Meanwhile, Christine and Richard debate on who should give Ritchie the 'birds and the bees' talk. - Ep 18The Real Thing4/9/07
Trying to send an e-mail to Barb about Mr. Harris, Christine ends up sending it to all the parents from school, nearly costing him his job. - Ep 17Strange Bedfellows3/19/07
Christine vows to become more aware of politics when Richard scolds her about her indifference towards an upcoming election setting a bad example for Ritchie. - Ep 16Undercover Brother3/12/07
Christine finds out Richard's brother is gay, but not until after sleeping with him. - Ep 15Sleepless in Mar Vista3/12/07
Christine finds out her new sleep medication caused her to embarrass herself over the phone. - Ep 14Let Him Eat Cake1/22/07
Jealous that New Christine benefits from all the positive qualities she instilled in Richard during their marriage, Christine spites her by revealing to Richard that she gave New Christine the idea for the birthday gift she gave him. - Ep 13Endless Shrimp, Endless Night1/15/07
Christine can't help but meddle in Matthew's love life when she meets his ex-girlfriend at a party. Meanwhile, Richard hopes to get Ritchie enthused about his contracting job. - Ep 12Ritchie Scores1/8/07
Richard wants Ritchie to learn the value of competition and male bonding, and signs him up for soccer. Christine disagrees, but then has her own competitive urges when fighting with Richard for attention from Mr. Harris. - Ep 11Crash12/11/06
Christine's Prius and Marly's SUV back into each other. While she's upset at Marly's continued superior attitude over the situation, she's more upset at there only being an SUV available at the rental agency. - Ep 10What About Barb?11/27/06
Christine has difficulty adjusting to Barb now being her business partner. With his schooling soon to interfere, Matthew helps find a new nanny for Ritchie. - Ep 9Mission: Impossible11/20/06
After Ritchie begins showing more interest in spending time with Richard and then does a bad job on his school homework project, Christine contemplates bailing Ritchie out in an attempt to win him over again. - Ep 8Women 'N Tuition11/13/06
Christine makes sacrifices so she can pay for Ritchie's school tuition and enters into an arrangement with Barb that will help. Matthew decides he needs to make more of himself. - Ep 7Playdate with Destiny11/6/06
When Richie wins a playdate with Christine's latest crush—his teacher, Mr. Harris—a pre-planned trip with Richard forces Christine to confront her crush head-on. - Ep 6The Champ10/23/06
When she's again faced with 'Sad Dad' Stan, Christine once again finds it impossible to resist him and finally reveals why to Richard. Meanwhile, Matthew is stuck with a date who just won't leave. - Ep 5Separation Anxiety10/16/06
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. - Ep 4Oh God, Yes10/9/06
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. - Ep 3Come to Papa Jeff (2)10/2/06
Christine is stunned to find out the man she's seeing, New Christine's father, is also a grandfather. - Ep 2The Answer is Maybe (1)9/25/06
Following her learning that Richard's willingness to embrace life is responsible for his success with women, Christine goes against form and accepts a date from a handsome stranger. - Ep 1The Passion of the Christine (2)9/18/06
When Richard's frequent presence at Christine's house confuses Ritchie into to thinking they've reconciled, Richard wonders if they should.
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Season 1
- Ep 13A Fair to Remember (1)5/22/06
When Christine hears Marly and Lindsay gossiping about the new cute father at Westbridge, she discovers it's a man from her past who, like Richard, has taken up with another woman named Christine. - Ep 13A Fair to Remember5/22/06
- Ep 12A Fair to Remember6/3/10
- Ep 12Some of my Best Friends Are Portuguese5/22/06
Christine thinks she's finally met another mother just like her at Ritchie's school. When she finds out what she actually does for a living, it leads to yet another humiliation for Christine in front of the 'meanie moms.' - Ep 11Exile on Lame Street5/15/06
Fearful of what adult activity he may see there, Christine is hesitant to allow Richard and 'new' Christine to take Ritchie to a Rolling Stones concert. - Ep 10No Fault Divorce5/8/06
When Christine and Richard's old marriage counselor comes to the gym, Christine starts to wonder exactly why they divorced. When Matthew uncovers their wedding video, Christine realizes their marriage had a lot of good times to go with the bad. - Ep 9Ritchie Has Two Mommies5/1/06
Christine is panicked at Richard's plan to introduce Ritchie to 'new' Christine, and gets a shock when she tags along to Westbridge's Parents' Night as well. - Ep 8Teach Your Children Well4/24/06
Taken aback at the thousands of dollars a typical Westbridge parent spends on their child's birthday parties, Christine throws an art-and-crafts party for Ritchie that has negative consequences for him when he goes back to school. - Ep 7A Long Day's Journey into Stan5/31/11
- Ep 7Long Day's Journey Into Stan4/17/06
Though Christine declares she's excited to have some alone time after breaking up with Burton, an awkward solo dining experience makes her realize she misses him. - Ep 6The Other F Word4/10/06
Wanting to expose Ritchie to diversity, Christine champions the admission of a black child to Westbridge, only to discover blacks can be prejudiced, too. - Ep 5I'll Show You Mine4/3/06
Though they've been out ten times, Christine still worries it's too early to introduce Ritchie to Burton. When Burton tries to move their relationship further, she panics. - Ep 4One Toe Over the Line, Sweet Jesus3/27/06
When Richard discovers Christine's on a fifth date with Burton, he tackily tries to ruin their goodnights. When, out of guilt, he invites them out to dinner with he and 'new' Christine, things don't get any better. - Ep 3Open Water3/20/06
Christine demands Barb and Pete set up a blind date for her when she discovers they set up Richard with 'new' Christine. Meanwhile, Ritchie is hesitant to take swimming lessons. - Ep 2Supertramp3/13/06
Jealous that Richard and new Christine are having sex, Christine vows to get some for herself. When she finally meets someone, she doesn't realize his child goes to Ritchie's school and that the other mothers mock him. - Ep 1Pilot3/13/06
Christine encounters two 'meanie moms' at Ritchie's new private school who feel they're better than her because she has to work for a living. Meanwhile, she discovers her ex-husband, Richard, is dating a younger woman who shares her name, and is agitated that 'New Christine' is so nice she can't bring herself to hate her.moreless
