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• Sadie Calvano
• Nate Corddry
• Matt Jones
• French Stewart
• Spencer Daniels
• Blake Garrett Rosenthal

Main

• Anna Faris as Christy Plunkett
• Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett
• Sadie Calvano as Violet Plunkett
• Nate Corddry as Gabriel
• Matt Jones as Baxter
• French Stewart as Chef Rudy
• Spencer Daniels as Luke
• Blake Garrett Rosenthal as Roscoe

Recurring

• Reggie De Leon as Paul
• Mimi Kennedy as Marjorie Armstrong
• Kevin Pollak as Alvin Lester Biletnikoff
• Octavia Spencer as Regina Tompkins
• Ryan Cartwright as Jeff Taylor
• Melissa Tang as Suzanne Taylor
• Courtney Henggeler as Claudia
• Don McManus as Steve Casper
• Mary Pat Gleason as Mary

Special guest stars

• Jon Cryer as himself
• Lisa Joyner as herself
• Justin Long as Adam Henchy

Guest stars

• David de Lautour as Greg
• George Paez as Ramone
• Matt Cook as Geoff
• Jim Holmes as Wayne
• Nick Searcy as Nathan
• Lauren Bowles as Mary
• Matt Roth as Jerry
• Jordan Dunn as Jackie Biletnikoff
• Nicholas Stockdale as Douglas Biletnikoff
• Nick Zano as David
• Tiffany Dupont as Alicia
• Rizwan Manji as Dr. Bellin
• Alex Desert as Wes
• Wayne Wilderson as Dr. Butler

After making a series of bad choices, Christy attempts to get her life together but finds it a challenge when her estranged mother, Bonnie, comes back into her life.

Christy and Bonnie put their differences aside and work together to deal with a family crisis.

Christy goes on her first date since she quit drinking, while Bonnie teaches Roscoe how to gamble.

Everyone tests Christy's patience while Bonnie encounters an old rival.

First appearance of: Mimi Kennedy as Marjorie
Absent: Matt Jones as Baxter

Christy befriends a woman named Regina (Octavia Spencer) who has a lot of problems while Bonnie tries to put someone else's needs before her own.

Absent: Nate Corddry as Gabriel, French Stewart as Chef Rudy and Spencer Daniels as Luke

Christy tries to take things slow in her relationship with Adam (Justin Long), while Bonnie and Marjorie disagree on the meaning of "taking it slow".

Absent: Matt Jones as Baxter

Christy faces off against Luke's conservative parents who do not approve of Violet's pregnancy, while Bonnie deals with menopause.

Absent: Matt Jones as Baxter
Note: Allison Janney won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for this episode.

Christy is nervous about a forthcoming romantic weekend getaway with Adam, while Claudia suspects Gabriel of cheating on her.

Christy and her fellow AA members try to help when Bonnie loses her job and apartment and hits rock bottom.

Absent: Matt Jones as Baxter

Christy has trouble accepting how much easier life is with Bonnie in the house. Baxter parks his van in the driveway and entertains new women.

Absent: Nate Corddry as Gabriel and French Stewart as Chef Rudy

Christy and Bonnie go above and beyond to help Marjorie who has cancer. Meanwhile, Violet is frustrated by the realities of pregnancy.

Absent: Matt Jones as Baxter

Christy gets stuck in the middle when Bonnie and Chef Rudy start dating.
Absent: Matt Jones as Baxter

Christy has an accident and injures her ankle, yet she refuses any help from Bonnie. Meanwhile, Luke bonds with Baxter about being a father.

After Christy discovers Bonnie has been hiding $4000, Bonnie admits that she knows Christy's father.

First appearance of: Kevin Pollak as Alvin

Absent: Nate Corddry as Gabriel, Matt Jones as Baxter and French Stewart as Chef Rudy

Christy attempts to bond with her newly discovered father, Alvin (Kevin Pollak), with a little help from a highly irritated Bonnie.

Absent: French Stewart as Chef Rudy

An attractive fireman named David (Nick Zano) sweeps Christy off her feet, but his illicit behavior threatens her sobriety.

Absent: Matt Jones as Baxter and Spencer Daniels as Luke

Bonnie has to fill in for her daughter when Christy puts her new boyfriend David first.

Absent: Matt Jones as Baxter, Spencer Daniels as Luke and Blake Garrett Rosenthal as Roscoe

Christy plans a baby shower for Violet, who's nervous about becoming a mom. Bonnie scores a new life-coaching client.

Absent: Nate Corddry as Gabriel

Regina is sentenced to four years in a women's jail. Bonnie, Christy, as well as Marjorie take her to prison, but Regina says she didn't get to say goodbye to her ten-year-old son and Christy decides to drive Regina to say her goodbyes to him before she sees him as a teenager. Regina confronts her ex-husband about him keeping her son away from her and that she has friends on the outside. While at home, Alvin tries to act like a grandpa and talks to Roscoe and Violet about the bad decisions he's made. Alvin accidentally tells Roscoe that Violet is giving the baby up for adoption and Roscoe is upset because he "won't be an uncle". It is revealed that Alvin's wife kicked him out of the house.

Absent: Matt Jones as Baxter and Spencer Daniels as Luke

At an AA meeting, Christy and Bonnie meet a lawyer to help with the adoption. Violet decides on the adoptive parents of her child, while Luke still doesn't want to give up the baby. After Christy talks to Luke, he admits to wanting to keep the baby so that Violet doesn't leave him. Luke then decides that giving the baby up for adoption is what's best for them. The adoptive parents, the Taylors, tell them that Violet and Luke can still be in the baby's life if they want to and offer a Luke a job to learn how to design video games, such as Clumsy Monkey. Violet tells Luke that she's never stopped loving him. Christy decides to go school because it was her childhood dream of being a lawyer and Bonnie is happy for her and says that she was always embarrassed that Christy was a waitress.

Absent: Matt Jones as Baxter, French Stewart as Chef Rudy and Blake Garrett Rosenthal as Roscoe

Violet needs to be talked into going to prom in her full-term pregnancy state. She and Luke go to the prom, where Violet has a case of false labor. Alvin has a heart attack and someone needs to take care of him. Christy pushes Bonnie to do it and when she refuses, Christy realizes it is because she still loves him. The episode ended with a To Be Continued screen.

Absent: Nate Corddry as Gabriel, Matt Jones as Baxter and French Stewart as Chef Rudy

Bonnie denies she's still in love with Alvin, but the two later share a passionate kiss while he lies in his hospital bed. In the same hospital, Violet has her baby. While holding her newborn daughter, she says a tearful good-bye as the Taylors await the news of their adoptive daughter's birth.

Absent: Nate Corddry as Gabriel and French Stewart as Chef Rudy

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