Matthew Kimble



Matthew Kimble, Is Christine's brother who lives with her for most of the show's run. He is often shown making fun of Christine or showing signs of an unhealthy attachment to his mother.

History
Matthew had apparantly moved in with Christine after her divorce to help her get through it and to babysit Ritchie for her. Matthew lived in Christine's old shed which he turned into a guest house. Matthew frequently has trouble in the dating world, possibly over his unhealthy relationships with his mother and sister that borderline on sexual. Examples of this include still kissing his mother on the mouth and Christine once accidentaly reffering to Matthew as her lover in an arguement with his therapist. He once had a relationship with Barb but only for the purpose of upsetting Christine. In season two Matthew finds an old video he made as a kid describing all his childhood dreams for a career and not doing any of them. He decides to go to medical school, but then decides to quit that and become a therapist. In Season Four Matthew begins dating one of his patients named Lucy. They have problems including the fact that she looks just like Christine, the fact that Matthew he looks like her father, and that patients aren't supposed to date their therapists. Despite this they date in the fourth and fifth seasons. In Season Five and moves into an apartment with Richard, Christine's ex-husband.