EPISODE

19. Hair

When there is an outbreak of lice at Richie's school, everyone thinks that Richie and Christine are responsible.

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Ritchie is excited when he's sent home from school because he has lice, however, Christine is furious. Christine decides to pull Ritchie from the school and send him to the local public school. Unfortunately, because it's a charter school, he has to be admitted. When the family shows up, they look like the Addams family in front of the principal (guest star Paula Newsome ) because of their hair treatment for lice. They don't get into the school and Christine has to return to the private school and eat crow to the Principal (guest star Stephen Tobolowsky ) in order to get Ritchie readmitted.

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