In "Yes Dude Yes", she first meets Mordecai at a restaurant as part of the meet-ups set by Couple Corral. There, she quickly figures out that he really wasn't interested in dating. However, she still wants to hang out with him, and find ways to cheer him up. Eventually, she gains a romantic interest in Mordecai and misinterprets his invite to the movies as him returning those feelings, though Mordecai only considered them as good friends. This hurt CJ, when she catches him trying to give the movie tickets he promised her to Margaret which leads to chaos, with her turning into a massive ray of storms attacking Mordecai. While Mordecai is able to calm her down with words, she is still hurt and doesn't think she can be friends with Mordecai at the current moment, leaving the Coffee Shop.