Everybody Hates Chris

As a first-time high school student, Chris is really looking forward to attending a school with some diversity. Unfortunately, when he arrives at school, he discovers that the school's new principal, Ms. Morello, has placed him in the only all-white homeroom. Meanwhile, Rochelle helps Tonya land a job at Vanessa's beauty salon, but the customers don't take kindly to Tonya's brutally honest comments about their looks.

Chris agrees to help a classmate, Angel improve his grades if Angel will help him get the attention of Chris' latest crush, Maria. Rochelle reluctantly befriends an ex-con, Peaches who has moved back into the neighborhood, but her good deed backfires when Peaches won't leave her alone.

Chris is on cloud nine when a cute girl, Jenise Huckstable, invites him to the Tattaglia Homecoming Dance. However, his nerves take a turn for the worse when Jenise tells him that her father, Dr. Clint Huxtable, wants Chris to come over to the house (a look-alike Cosby living room set) to meet him before the dance.

When Julius and Rochelle decide to raise Mr. Omar's rent, Mr. Omar demands they bring the apartment up to code and moves in with Chris' family until the repairs are done. While staying with the family, Mr. Omar starts playing blackjack with Drew and Tonya and decides to make it more interesting by playing with real money.

Chris realizes that by helping the school's star running back and his friends with homework he is allowed to hang out with the cool kids. Greg tries to make him see that it's a bad idea, but Chris is too happy with his new friends to realize the downside until he fails his own quarterly exam.

When Doc's obnoxious new girlfriend, Stacy, makes Chris' life a living hell, Chris decides it's about time he split up the happy couple. Meanwhile, Tonya starts wearing a bra to get the attention of the boys in her class, but Rochelle loses her mind when Tonya naively hides her bra in Julius' sock drawer and Rochelle finds it there.

Although he is supposed to be home watching Drew and Tonya, Chris sneaks out to go to the movies with his friends and witnesses a shoot-out outside the theater. When a reward is offered to anyone who may have seen the crime, Chris can't decide the best way to go about collecting the money.

Chris is just starting to fit in at his new high school when he gets asked on a date by the dorkiest girl in school, Kelly, whom everyone calls "Big Bird." Chris only agrees to go out with her because he doesn't want to hurt her feelings, but after spending some time together he realizes that he genuinely likes her.

Julius realizes that the key to keeping Rochelle happy in their marriage is getting advice from "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Unfortunately, the plan backfires when Rochelle equates Julius' new attitude with an extramarital affair.

Chris is determined to spend New Year's Eve in Times Square, but Rochelle says Chris can only go if he finds a responsible adult to accompany him. The only problem is that the only people Chris can find to be his chaperone are two ex-convicts, Peaches and Malvo.

When Rochelle orders a copy of her birth certificate, she realizes that she is actually one year younger than she thought she was and decides to start living her life with a new, younger attitude. After a complete stranger helps Chris to safety during a city-wide blackout, Chris decides to repay the older man by getting him out to meet new friends.

Chris and Greg decide to join the wrestling team to land a varsity jacket to impress the ladies. Rochelle attempts to lose weight by drinking a popular weight-loss drink, and Julius decides the whole family should go on the diet when he realizes it's cheaper than buying groceries.

Chris and Greg realize they'd better find fake IDs or they won't be able to go to the "18 and over" Fat Boys concert. Rochelle plans a surprise party for Julius.

Knowing that he needs to score well to help him get into college, Chris decides to cram for his PSAT test. When Rochelle makes the family attend a social event, Chris is left with no time to study and resorts to buying the PSAT answer key.

Coach Thurman witnesses Chris being bullied by Caruso and suggests Chris learn to box to defend himself. Julius catches the eye of a beautiful woman in the neighborhood who begins doing peep shows for him from her bedroom window, unaware that it is Drew and his friends who are watching.

Chris reluctantly agrees to hold onto a stash of marijuana for a criminal on the run, but he finds it difficult to find an appropriate hiding place that won't get him in trouble. Meanwhile, Vanessa insists that Rochelle learn the beauty salon's new computer system, enlisting the help of Peaches which does not sit well with Rochelle.

Chris accidentally hits Greg while test driving the janitor's car, landing Greg in the hospital with a broken leg. Meanwhile, with both of Greg's parents out of town, Rochelle decides to skip the family vacation so she can take care of Greg.

After Chris gets his driver's license, Rochelle and Julius give him permission to buy a car, but when the car is stolen and vandalized Chris realizes owning a car is a huge responsibility. While looking for her secret stash of cigarettes, Rochelle comes across Julius' hidden racing form.

Chris decides to take a stand against his mother, Rochelle, and refuses to do his household chores, causing Rochelle to complain to Julius that her son is disrespecting her. Meanwhile, Mr. Omar thinks he's dying and decides to start saying whatever is on his mind.

Chris works up the courage to ask Tasha to be his girlfriend and is surprised when she accepts. Unfortunately, Chris had no clue that being a boyfriend entailed giving up all his free time and only doing things that Tasha wants to do.

As punishment for Chris' disruption of history class, Chris and his classmates are given the assignment of memorizing a famous speech from World War II and reciting it in front of the class. A customer puts a voodoo hex on Rochelle after Rochelle refuses to give the customer a refund on her services.

During the last week of school, Chris is informed that if he gets one more tardy he will have to repeat the 10th grade. Chris does his best to make it to school on time, but one day he misses the bus and arrives at school late, forcing him to deliver the bad news to his parents.