I totally forgot that Season 3 of The New Adventures of Old Christine started up again two weeks ago. Fortunately, a friend of mine also watches the show, so she recorded them for me.
I was able to watch eps 3×01 (called “The Big Bang”) and 3×02 (called “Beauty is Only Spanx Deep”) earlier today, and have to say that I was disappointed with how uneven the writing was. The season premier was totally boring and barely elicited a chuckle, while the second ep was only a little bit better. If things continue like this, I can’t imagine the show being picked up for a fourth season.
Here are some random thoughts from the eps.
3×01 - The Big Bang:
– I like Christine and Daniel as a couple, but really can’t imagine these two working as a real-life pair. Christine is sooo neurotic and wishy-washy, while Daniel is completely grounded and normal. Total opposites, for sure.
– Matthew continues to be one of the most useless characters I have ever seen on a television show of any kind. He’s not funny, he doesn’t do anything, and he just bugs me whenever he’s on the screen. Why is he still around?
– I’m still trying to figure out what goes on at Christine’s health club. I know that it’s a 30-minute workout place where people move from station to station after a set time, but I don’t see how that would help get anyone into shape. I saw an exercise bike, a couple of weight machines, and a few dumbbells, but she didn’t have a treadmill, Stairmaster, or elliptical trainer anywhere in the room.
– I so did not need to hear about Christine and Barb experimenting in college!
– I kind of like the fact that little Ritchie is portrayed as a normal kid rather than a total brainiac. I can’t stand the way most television shows go out of their way to make the kids as precocious as possible.
3×02 - “Beauty is Only Spanx Deep”:
– I had to look up the word Spanx because I’d never heard it before. Now I know it’s a line of body shapers and other “slimming” undergarments.
– I had a hard time believing that Christine would consider plastic surgery because there’s no way in hell she’s a 5. Seriously, if JLD is a 5, then I don’t even wanna know what that makes me!
– That picture of what Christine would look like after surgery was grotesque. She didn’t really think it was beautiful, did she?
– I’m so glad to see new Christine back. After all, that’s one of the main points of the show, isn’t it? (Old vs. new Christine).
– Christine Kimball-Campbell made me laugh out loud.
– I was surprised to see the Sad Dad character return. I thought that storyline from Season 1 was actually pretty funny, so I wouldn’t mind seeing him pop up every now and again.
Well, there’s another new ep scheduled to air again tomorrow night, but I’m not sure if I want to put up another Christine post that soon. Maybe I’ll just post about this show after every two or three eps. We’ll see!
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