GCB (Good Christian Bitches)
Left to Right: Gigi, Amanda, Carleyne, Sharon, Heather, Cricket
Overview
The series follows Amanda Vaughn (Leslie Bibb), former high-school "Queen Bitch," a recently widowed mother of two, who returns to her hometown of Highland Park, Texas, an enclave of Dallas. Formerly rich, Amanda lost everything when her husband was exposed as stealing billions of dollars from investors and died in a car crash with his mistress. She meets the former schoolmates she used to mock: Carlene Cockburn (Kristin Chenoweth), the new "Queen Bitch"; Sharon Peacham (Jennifer Aspen), who was beautiful in high school and is now heavy and insecure and does the bulk of Carlene's bidding; glamorous gossip queen Cricket Caruth-Reilly (Miriam Shor), whose husband, Blake (Mark Deklin), is gay; and Heather Cruz (Marisol Nichols), a powerful Dallas real-estate agent.
Amanda and her teenage children move in with her 50-something mother Gigi Stopper (Annie Potts), who tries to influence Amanda's parenting and style choices, and gives her advice about strategic maneuvering among these women. While Amanda has grown considerably since high school and wants to move on with her life, Carlene and the others still resent Amanda. They don't believe she's changed and are out to drive her away.
Main Characters
Leslie Bibb as Amanda Vaughn, the protagonist of the series. A newly single mother and widow from Santa Barbara, California who moves back to Dallas with her two teenage children after her businessman husband, Bill (Greg Vaughan), dies in a car accident with his mistress after stealing billions of dollars from investors. Amanda stole Bill from Cricket but Cricket ended up thanking her for stealing Bill saying she would've lost everything had Amanda not stolen Bill from her.
Kristin Chenoweth as Carlene Cockburn, the main antagonist of the series. She is a former "javelina" who was a frequent target of Amanda's bullying and teasing in high school due to her short height and ugly appearance, but after several plastic surgery procedures, she is now extremely good looking and the new leader of the GCBs. While she claims to be a good Christian, she is judgmental of Amanda, refusing to accept her apology of past mistreatment and abuse or that Amanda is a better person now, and works behind the scenes to ruin Amanda's life in order to try to drive Amanda out of town, or possibly worse. She is also a plastic surgery addict and, as Amanda reveals in church, the owner of Boobylicious, a local Hooters-like bar. In the original novel, her name was Darlene Cockburn. Discovering how Ripp lost money to Amanda's husband, she's convinced Amanda believes Bill to be alive and wants to find out the truth. Talking with Amanda convinces Carlene that Bill is really dead and thinks going after Amanda might have her face retribution from God. Carlene also blackmailed Amanda, using public disgrace against Gigi, after she went on a date with Carlene's younger brother, Luke. After Gigi sorted out the blackmail, Amanda got back together with Luke to the disgust of Carlene.
Jennifer Aspen as Sharon Peacham, former beauty queen, now centered on cooking meals for her husband and children. She has gained weight and reluctantly allows herself to be pushed around by Carlene. She assumes Amanda is going after Zack and tries to win her husband back. When she confronts him about kissing Amanda, he talks of how Amanda was a reminder of his glory days but insists he still loves Sharon. However, she responds that she had "glory days" too and thinks she can get even more.
Marisol Nichols as Heather Cruz, single but successful realtor and a friend of Carlene. She is the only one of the GCBs who accepts Amanda's apologies and befriends her, eventually defying Carlene openly.
Miriam Shor as Cricket Caruth-Reilly, a strong-willed business woman and another one of Carlene's friends/minions. She does her best to try and prevent Amanda from getting a job. She knows the truth about Blake's homosexuality, but stays with him because he is the only man in her life who loved her for who she is and not for her money. Cricket is well-known as a fitness fanatic, which is a cover for her sexual affairs. When Blake hires Amanda to design a line of jeans for her company, Cricket publicly praises Amanda's skill as a designer, but secretly sabotages the product (and her own company) because she is jealous of Blake and Amanda's friendship.
David James Elliott as Ripp Cockburn, Carlene's husband, the only one of the local men who seems indifferent to Amanda. He indicates that he and Amanda's late husband have a past. He appears to have lost money to the man's Ponzi scheme and is convinced Amanda knows where it is hidden so he can locate it. Reading notes Amanda wrote to get her feelings about Bill out, he and Carlene believe that Bill is still alive and hiding with their money.
Mark Deklin as Blake Reilly, Cricket's husband who is secretly gay (but his wife knows) and in love with his ranch foreman, Booth Becker. He, like most of the men in Dallas, is friendly with Amanda, though in his case it is actual friendship and not attraction. Blake is the second-in-command of Caruth (Cricket's company) and personally designs most of their clothing lines. Blake and Booth break up over Blake needing to see his daughter at a pep rally because Booth wanted to come to the rally but Blake refused to let him.
Brad Beyer as Zach Peacham, Sharon's lecherous, car-dealership husband who secretly loves Amanda. He kisses her against her wishes, Carlene spying it and believing Amanda encouraged it. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys but injured his knee and tells Sharon he wanted to reclaim his "glory years" with Amanda but insists he always saw her as the one woman in his life.
Annie Potts as Elizabeth Stopper, Amanda's prudish, self-righteous, Christian mother and Dallas socialite. She made "Gigi" her nickname because of her dislike of being called "Grandma." Despite Amanda's claims of wanting to live a normal life, Gigi pushes her to be part of Dallas high society. Gigi and Amanda still have issues over Amanda's belief that Gigi can't accept her wanting her own life and how Gigi is embarrassed by her. Gigi always thought Bill was no good for Amanda. When Carlene's Uncle Burl and his wife Bitsy (Gigi's high school rival) come to town, Gigi is happy as she and Burl get along well. Burl reveals he has a heart condition and Bitsy, believing Gigi wants her husband, intends to take him on a worldwide cruise, preferring he die with her than be with Gigi. However, Bitsy ends up dying in Gigi's home when she chokes on a rib. Immediately after the funeral Bill tries to get together with Gigi, but Gigi claims it would be wrong so soon after his wife had died. Later Gigi and Bill secretely try and get together but due to Carlene thinking it was Amanda with her brother Luke, Neighbourhood watch catch them. At the fundraiser the next day, Gigi tells everyone by kissing Bill in front of everyone.
Recurring characters
Tyler Jacob Moore (Donny Boaz in the pilot) as Pastor John Tudor
Tom Everett Scott as Andrew Remington a former high school nerdy classmate turned software billionaire from Seattle; Heather's love interest.
Eric Winter as Luke Lourd, Carlene Cockburn's younger brother whose car is rear-ended by Amanda while he's not wearing pants. He becomes Amanda's love interest which upsets Carlene.
Kevin Alejandro as Danny, a local butcher who offers to supply meat for Booby-licious (a Hooters-like restaurant) on the condition that Marisol Nichols’ character Heather goes on a date with him.
Grant Bowler as Mason Massey, a "frozen foods magnate and thoroughbred horse breeder." Sparks fly when Bowler meets with Cricket (Miriam Shor) to negotiate stud fee for his prize horse.
Lauran Irion as Laura Vaughn, Amanda's daughter. Amanda had feared Laura would be made fun by the same system she had set up but instead Laura was embraced as a "fox." Amanda warned her daughter not to be part of this clique but Laura snapped that no matter what, she would never be like Amanda.
Colton Shires as Will Vaughn, Amanda's son who Carlene said upon first glance was the spitting image of Bill, Amanda's late husband.
Alix Elizabeth Gitter as Alexandra Caruth-Reilly. She is the leader of the local "foxes" and on her mother's suggestion, takes Amanda's daughter Laura into the group as a way to keep an eye on her. She had a breast augmentation with her mother's encouragement but it leads to public humiliation when her top breaks open during a pep rally.
Mackinlee Waddell as McKinney Peacham, Sharon's daughter.
Hartley Sawyer (Ryan Akir in the pilot) as Bozeman Peacham, Sharon's son.
Bruce Boxleitner as Burl Lourd, Carlene's uncle and Gigi's love interest.
Donna Mills as Bitsy Lourd, Burl's jealous wife & Gigi's nemesis; dies by choking on barbecue at Gigi's party.
Jack DePew (Nick Krause in the pilot) as Landry Cockburn, Carlene's son.
Denton Blane Everett as Booth Becker, Blake's ex-ranch foreman.
Episodes
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