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Everybody Hates Chris

  • 88
  • 2005-2009
  • 4 seasons
  • CBS Paramount Domestic Television
  • Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
  • TV-PG

Inspired by his childhood experiences, comedian Chris Rock narrates the hilarious, touching story of a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980's.

Season 4 Episode Guide

23 Episodes 2009

Episode 1

Everybody Hates Tattaglia

Fri, Oct 3, 2008 21 mins

Chris is relieved to find out that he is not the only black person at his new high school. However, he does run into problems because he is the only non-white student in his homeroom class, and the teacher can't stand him.

Episode 2

Everybody Hates Cake

Fri, Oct 10, 2008 21 mins

An androgynous boy in Chris' home ec class helps him meet a cute classmate. Rochelle learns that Tasha's mom is an ex-con. Drew and Tonya get a job babysitting Mr. Omar's fish.

Episode 3

Everybody Hates Homecoming

Fri, Oct 17, 2008 20 mins

Chris gets a cute girl to go to the homecoming dance with him, and discovers that her parents are the Huxtables. But he may be forced to ditch her when he finds out that Greg is down and needs his attention.

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Episode 4

Everybody Hates the English Teacher

Fri, Oct 24, 2008 21 mins

In English class, Ms. Rivera assigns the class to do a book report on the novel "Invisible Man." Bored by the book, Chris decides to write his report based on the movie "The Invisible Man" instead. Only after turning in his report does he learn that the movie he watched had no connection to the book he was supposed to read. Nevertheless, Ms. Rivera gives Chris an "incomplete" instead of failing him because she liked his writing. Chris asks the teacher if she could show movies based on books in class, rather than having the class read books. Since so many of the students are bored in class anyway, Ms. Rivera decides to put Chris's idea into effect. However, when Ms. Rivera is caught showing a movie in class, she is threatened with being fired for departing from the curriculum. The superintendent later decides that showing movies in class is a good idea and Chris and Ms. Rivera's pictures appear in the newspaper - which blows Ms. Rivera's cover as a fugitive from the law, prompting her to leave town and resulting in her being replaced by a succession of even more boring teachers. Meanwhile, Julius decides to raise Mr. Omar's rent against Rochelle's advice. Mr. Omar immediately brings in a building inspector who finds code violations in the apartment. Mr. Omar has to stay with the family until Julius arranges for the apartment to be brought into compliance.

Episode 5

Everybody Hates My Man

Fri, Oct 31, 2008 21 mins

Chris gets in over his head when he helps a star football player with his studies. Julius suddenly has a new outlook on life when he takes a job helping Mr. Omar at the funeral home.

Episode 6

Everybody Hates Doc's

Fri, Nov 7, 2008 21 mins

Chris can't stand working for Doc's new young girlfriend at the store, so he deliberately breaks them up. Meanwhile, Tanya starts wearing a stuffed bra to school.

Episode 7

Everybody Hates Snitches

Fri, Nov 14, 2008 21 mins

Chris' plan to snitch on a shooter and collect the reward money backfires when Jerome is put in jail. Meanwhile, Julius sets up the perfect anniversary for Rochelle, only to see it accidentally fall apart.

Episode 8

Everybody Hates Big Bird

Fri, Nov 21, 2008 21 mins

Chris starts dating one of the nerdiest girls in the school, but doesn't want anyone to know about it. Meanwhile, the entire neighborhood bets on whether the Giants or the Jets will lose first.

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Episode 9

Everybody Hates James

Fri, Nov 28, 2008 21 mins

Ms. Morello forces Chris to become a "big brother," the family gets an answering machine, and Julius tries to get marital advice from a new talk show called "Oprah."

Episode 10

Everybody Hates New Year's Eve

Fri, Dec 12, 2008 21 mins

Chris has made one New Year's resolution -- to go to Times Square and see the ball drop at midnight on New Year's Eve. Rochelle, who is preoccupied with complying with New Year's traditions for good luck, tells him he can go only if he is accompanied by a responsible adult. Chris is unable to find anyone who is willing and able to take him until Tasha invites him to come with her mother (Peaches) and Malvo. Rochelle tells Chris that he can't go with Peaches and Malvo, both of whom are ex-convicts. However, Rochelle relents after Peaches gives her a long speech about how she has been rehabilitated. Meanwhile, Julius is stuck in a traffic jam when a man threatens to jump from a bridge. Julius successfully persuades the man to come down by telling him about many other people who had problems but didn't jump off a bridge, ranging from Nelson Mandela to Jermaine Jackson. As a result, Julius is interviewed for the news on all the local television stations, but then he has to hurry to make it home before midnight. Also, Drew and Tonya make a bet on whether they can stay up until midnight.

Episode 11

Everybody Hates Mr. Levine

Fri, Jan 9, 2009 21 mins

Chris becomes friends with Mr. Levine, Rochelle finds out she's a year younger, and Greg tries to stop being called Chris and Greg.

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Episode 12

Everybody Hates Varsity Jackets

Fri, Jan 16, 2009 21 mins

Chris joins the wrestling team to get a varsity letter, Rochelle puts the entire family on a diet, and Drew tries to put together a girl group.

Episode 13

Everybody Hates Fake IDs

Fri, Jan 23, 2009 21 mins

Chris and Greg try to get fake IDs so that they can go to a Fat Boys concert, Drew buys a pair of X-ray glasses, and Rochelle gets upset when Julius won't let her give him a surprise birthday party.

Episode 14

Everybody Hates PSATs

Fri, Jan 30, 2009 21 mins

Rochelle wants Chris to do well on the PSATs so that she can show him off to an elite African American club she wants the family to join. As a result, he cheats and gets a perfect score.

Episode 15

Everybody Hates Boxing

Fri, Feb 6, 2009 21 mins

Mr. Thurman convinces Chris to take up boxing, a new neighbor has the hots for Julius, and Rochelle gets lonely for Julius while he takes on extra shifts

Episode 16

Everybody Hates Lasagna

Fri, Mar 13, 2009 21 mins

T.J., a man trying to escape from the police, hands Chris a bag of marijuana to hide and warns Chris that he had better return the drugs when T.J. comes back. Since T.J. knows who Chris is and where he works, Chris enlists Greg's help to find a place to hide the weed. When the police turn up in Chris's home ec class with a drug-sniffing dog, Chris desperately dumps the marijuana into a lasagna he is making. He then learns that the lasagna is to be eaten by the faculty on Friday and has to find a way to avoid getting the teachers high. Meanwhile, Rochelle is uncomfortable because her ex-con coworker Peaches knows much more about using computers than she does, and Tonya sneaks out, against Julius's orders, to go to a listening party for Lisa Lisa's new album.

Episode 17

Everybody Hates Spring Break

Fri, Mar 20, 2009 21 mins

Greg breaks his leg after he is hit by a car, but Chris doesn't want anyone to know that he was driving the car. Meanwhile, Julius tries to take Tanya and Drew to Amityville for a beach vacation during Spring Break.

Episode 18

Everybody Hates the Car

Fri, Mar 27, 2009 21 mins

Chris buys his first car, which only leads to a series of unforeseen problems. Meanwhile, everybody else in the house accidentally stumbles into everyone else's private business.

Episode 19

Everybody Hates Back Talk

Fri, Apr 3, 2009 30 mins

Chris comes to blows with Rochelle when he refuses to clean the dishes, and Mr. Omar gives his notice to vacate because he believes he is dying.

Episode 20

Everybody Hates Tasha

Fri, Apr 24, 2009 21 mins

Chris runs into unexpected problems when Tasha becomes his girlfriend, Rochelle finds out that Julius is still technically married to another woman, and Drew and Tonya have a contest to see who can be quiet the longest.

Episode 21

Everybody Hates Bomb Threats

Fri, May 1, 2009 21 mins

Chris calls in a bomb threat to get out of doing a punishwork assignment, and Rochelle tries to get rid of a "mojo" placed on her by one of her customers at the salon.

Episode 22

Everybody Hates the G.E.D.

Fri, May 8, 2009 21 mins

Chris opts to take the G.E.D. over repeating the 10th grade, Drew tries to go on Amateur Night at the Apollo, Julius tries to get $25 back from somebody who owes him, and Tanya graduates from sixth grade.

Episode 23

Everybody hates rochelle

10 mins

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