GCB
2012
When her husband loses all their money and accidentally drives off a cliff while in the throes of passion with his mistress, former high school mean girl, Amanda Vaughn, has no choice but to pack up her two kids and head back to her hometown of Dallas, Texas to live with her overbearing mother and face the bitter victims of her schoolgirl bullying. Based on the novel, Good Christian Bitches, by Kim Gatlin.
- Stars: Leslie Bibb, Annie Potts, Kristin Chenowith, Miriam Shor, Jennifer Aspen, Marisol Nichols, David James Elliot, Mark Deklin, Brad Beyer, Tyler Jacob Moore
- Created by: Robert Harling
- Tags: adaptation, family
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Episode Tropes
- Limp Willy: Episode 3, "Love is Patient" (2012). Amanda's husband, Bill, conned Ripp Cockburn out of a large amount of money before he died, and the being "very, very rich, just not very, very, very rich" is stressing Ripp out so much that can't make his "steeple stand up," as Cricket put it.
- Job Swap: Episode 4, "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" (2012). On the advice of Paster Tudor, Sharon and Zack temporarily switch household roles to help repair their strained marriage. Sharon gets a job at the church, and Zack cooks and takes care of the house and kids.
- Will You Marry Me Again?: Episode 6, "Turn the Other Cheek" (2012). Ripp and Carlene are holding their annual vow renewal for their anniversary, and Carlene's brother, Luke, refuses to attend unless Amanda can go as his date, so Carlene surprises everyone by making Amanda her matron of honor.
- Oops, We're Not Married: Episode 6, "Turn the Other Cheek" (2012). Amanda accidentally lets it slip that Luke lost Carlene and Ripp's marriage license on their wedding day and never filed it, which means they're not legally married, but Amanda discovers the license in the box where the top of their wedding cake was supposed to be and is forced to take extreme measures to get it filed retroactively in time for their anniversary vow renewal.
- We'll Put on a Musical: Episode 8, "Pride Comes Before a Fall" (2012). To help Pastor Tudor one-up an old seminary classmate, Amanda directs the congregation in a Bible-themed musical Heather wrote in eighth grade.