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 meets a good-looking man 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.
When Christine's parents can't make it to Grandparents Day at Ritchie's school, New Christine suggests that Jeff, the new man in her life should go as Ritchie's special friend.
Ritchie returns from a church festival with Richard and New Christine with an interest in religion. Christine, who once had a bad experience at church, re-examines her beliefs and with Ritchie and Matthew in tow, decides to give God another go.
Christine tries to be supportive of Barb, whom she expects to be wallowing in misery as she did after her own divorce. Meanwhile, when Barb moves in, Matthew relocates to Ritchie's room where he discovers his nephew's strange sleep habits.
Ritchie's raffle prize of a playdate with his teacher (Blair Underwood) thrills Christine, until Richard's prescheduled father-son plans threaten to spoil the fun.
Ray's press pass is refused when he and Robert visit the Baseball Hall of Fame; with former New York Mets Bud Harrelson, Ron Swoboda, Cleon Jones, Tug McGraw, Tommie Agee, Jerry Grote, Ed Kranepool and Art Shamsky.
After a PTA meeting Debra makes a comment about a mother who had a breast enhancement and gets upset after seeing Ray's reaction; when Ray returns home from a trip, Debra has a "big" surprise for him.
The family is forced to take sides when Ray and Debra have a fight over a new can opener and each relates the story of what happened with radically different viewpoints.
After an accidental tip-off from Ray which allows him to win a bet, Frank makes everyone suspicious when he begins to show an unusual interest in Ray's work.