Episode
The New Adventures of Old Christine: Tie Me Up, Don't Tie Me Down
Overview
Christine and Barb prepare for a casual, non-relationship-seeking double date with two guys they meet at a video store, but jealousy arises when only one of them gets asked out for a second date.
Details
- Series
- The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2008-10-29
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Tie Me Up, Don't Tie Me Down is Episode 6 in Season 4 of The New Adventures of Old Christine. It aired on 2008-10-29. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 5: Everyone Says I Love You Except Ritchie
Christine is distraught when Ritchie stops saying "I love you" to her. When she reveals her distress to Matthew, she also admits that she's been sleeping in Ritchie's room every night. Matthew tells her that if she's not careful, Ritchie will end up like him -- he can't go to sleep without talking to their mother. They spend the night helping each other break these habits.
Episode 7: So You Think You Can Date
Christine and Richard have a dinner date with her new boyfriend, Patrick, (Tim DeKay a.k.a. Bizarro Jerry on "Seinfeld") returns as her date.
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Episode 4: Snakes on a Date
Christine has been burning the candle at both ends -- working hard and trying to be a good mom. Ritchie decides he wants to join the reptile club at school and tells Christine all she needs to do is get the permission slip in on time. When Christine realizes that she's forgotten yet again, she asks the Reptile Guy (Jeffrey Tambor) to make an exception. He says the only way he'll consider is if Christine will go on a date with him. As creepy as he is, Christine is determined not to let Ritchie down, and so she complies.
Episode 8: Self Esteem Tempura
A talent scout caught Ritchie's great school performance and he liked what he saw and offered him a audition to do a TV commercial, much to a thrilled Christine, but Richard won't approve of it and refuses to like him go.
Episode 3: White Like Me
Barb's profile in a business journal brings in new clientele.
Episode 9: Rage Against the Christine
Christine thinks she has the perfect boyfriend, until he has a 'bizarre' reaction to her competitiveness after losing to her at tennis.
Episode 2: How I Hate Your Mother
Richard begs Christine for the return of her old wedding ring which was an heirloom from his mother, in hopes of giving it to new Christine when he proposes.
Episode 10: Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?
Over a Thanksgiving visit, the discovery of a shared secret gives Christine a way to negate one of her mother's criticisms.
Episode 1: A Decent Proposal
Christine offers to marry Barb to help her stave off deportation. Meanwhile, Richard looks to pop the question to New Christine.
Episode 11: Unidentified Funk (1)
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.
Episode 12: Happy Endings (2)
The girls change their building into a spa after learning that they can't get a loan to keep their gym afloat.
Episode 13: Notes on a 7th Grade Scandal
Christine tries to make a good impression at the Parents Orientation. However, her behavior is anything but good when she recognizes one of the fathers as the boy she knew in junior high.