Christine thinks she may have another chance with Burton after meeting up with him again, but he has a new girlfriend---named Christine, of course. The shock sends her into Richard's open, and apparently willing, arms.
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Christine thinks she's found a kindred spirit at Ritchie's school in a parent who shares her outlook and tastes, but the woman turns out to be Marly's maid, who uses Christine to cover for her affair with the man of the house. Belinda: Ana Ortiz.
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Richard takes Ritchie to a rock concert despite Christine's objections, so she attempts to sneak into the theater to check up on them.
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I liked that this episode, even though it was a repeat, showed us what Richard and Christine were like when they got married. It was nice watching flashbacks from their wedding video and seeing them crack up at the vows. I would be cracking up too if I had to say, “Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup.” Then Richard said, “This is silly, dude.” It was a perfect moment. But I found it funnier that Matthew wore a T-shirt tuxedo with a cape and couldn’t find himself in any of the family pictures. Matthew cracks me up every time he says something. I don’t know what it is. Hamish Linklater is just charming, and he’s always funny. Like when they were watching the wedding video and he was trying to find himself in it and Christine said that he couldn’t be missed because there wasn’t another guest wearing a T-shirt tuxedo and a cape and he said, “How did I not get laid that year?” It was beautiful comedy. I didn’t ...
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Richard insists that Ritchie meet his girlfriend, but he takes things too far when new Christine comes along to parents' night and makes a better impression than old Christine.
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Christine can't afford a fancy birthday bash for Ritchie, so she hosts a homemade party to show that money isn't a factor in fun, but Ritchie ends up with a new nickname at school: poor kid.
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Christine tries to hold it together after her breakup with Burton, but her behavior causes concern that she might do something rash---which is just what Stan (Andy Richter) hopes.
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Upset that Ritchie's school is not racially diverse, Christine sponsors a black family for admission---only to discover they have prejudices of their own. Barb: Wanda Sykes.
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Even though Christine has been dating Burton for two months, she isn't ready to let him into her home to meet Ritchie. He insists, so she finally lets him in, but then he won't set up a date to introduce his son to her. Burton: Matt Letscher.
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Richard learns that Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) has a serious boyfriend and invites the two of them to dinner to apologize for being rude when he met the man. The evening brings up old memories that force them to reconsider their post-divorce relationship and set up boundaries.
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Christine allows a friend (Wanda Sykes) to set her up on a blind date, but she finds another man at the restaurant more interesting. Elsewhere, Matt takes Ritchie to a swimming class, but he first needs to learn how to swim himself.
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In tonight’s repeat of a first-season episode, we return to the arrival of Andy Richter’s Stan, nicknamed Sad Dad by the Mean Mommies. Stan was a nice enough guy, but the air of desperation he put off made me cringe. He was really very sad and just a little bit too eager. But he was also sweet, making her a mixed tape of her favorite band and complimenting her hair. So he wasn’t the hottest man that Christine could’ve picked for her first sexual partner in three years. But he was attentive and willing, and that was all she needed. I thought it was hilarious that Ali directed her to the Whole Foods to pick up guys. And I might add, some of those guys in the Whole Foods were really good-looking. Poor Christine, she couldn’t exactly pick up the handsome ones. The first guy she scared off by talking too much, then backing into a grocer putting away vegetables. The second guy she scared off by not saying anything, grinning like a madwoman and doing her body shake...
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Pilot
Season 1, Episode 1
Divorced mom Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) decides to move on after discovering her ex, Richard, has met someone new: another woman also named Christine. But first she concentrates on settling her son into an exclusive private school, where she runs into a couple of snooty mothers on the first day.
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