
Everybody Hates Chris — Season 3
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About this season
Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.
Episodes (22)

1. Everybody Hates the Guidance Counselor
7.4Aired 1 October 2007 • 22 min
When Chris does poorly on an exam, Ms. Morello sends him to the school's guidance counselor, Mr. Abbott. The counselor gives Chris a series of mental evaluations and ultimately determines that he must take a remedial course.

2. Everybody Hates Caruso
7.5Aired 8 October 2007 • 22 min
After getting bullied Caruso stops bullying everyone else which upsets the balance at school. Julius tries to keep secret that he's been forced to take his vacation days.

3. Everybody Hates Driving
7.2Aired 15 October 2007 • 22 min
When Chris offers to move his father's car, things get worse when he drives to school to show off for Tasha.

4. Everybody Hates Blackie
7.7Aired 22 October 2007 • 22 min
Chris has to reluctantly train the family's new dog into a security dog after their house is robbed, but he just wants a pet. Meanwhile, Tonya and Drew are bored without a television, so they find other means to keep themselves entertained - including making prank phone calls.

5. Everybody Hates the Bachelor Pad
7.8Aired 29 October 2007 • 22 min
Chris is left alone in Mr. Omar's apartment when his family comes down with the flu and Mr. Omar, who's supposed to look after him until the family recovers, leaves him for a widowed woman. Greg then suggests he invite Tasha over for some 'alone time'. However, things spiral out of control when news spreads of Chris' newfound independence.

6. Everybody Hates Bed-Stuy
7.2Aired 5 November 2007 • 22 min
Chris joins the school newspapers' writing staff but his skills as a writer doesn't go down well so he invents a scandalous story that goes too far when it accidentally causes a panic in the neighborhood.

7. Everybody Hates Houseguests
7.5Aired 12 November 2007 • 22 min
Greg comes to stay at Chris' house while his father is out of town but Chris starts to have regrets. To make extra money, Julius drives taxis in his spare time where one of his customers turns out to be a fugitive.

8. Everybody Hates Minimum Wage
7.5Aired 19 November 2007 • 22 min
Chris goes to work at a Chinese restaurant after Doc refuses to give him a raise. Drew is failing a class so Rochelle and Julius have to go in to meet the teacher.

9. Everybody Hates The New Kid
7.7Aired 26 November 2007 • 22 min
When another African American kid goes to Corleone he and Chris hit it off, unfortunately Albert doesn't get along with most of the other kids including Greg. When Julius and Rochelle get a tax refund Julius thinks it's a mistake and is afraid to spend it.

10. Everybody Hates Kwanzaa
7.5Aired 10 December 2007 • 22 min
Chris has to do a school assignment during the holiday break. He decides to do a good deed and helps Kill Moves find his estranged mother. Meanwhile, Julius decides that the family should celebrate Kwanzaa instead of Christmas because it's less expensive.

11. Everybody Hates the Port Authority
7.5Aired 2 March 2008 • 22 min
The family take a trip down South when a distant relative of Julius dies. While waiting for a bus at Port Authority, Chris and Julius are conned into a gambling scam and lose all their money...Will they tell Rochelle?

12. Everybody Hates Bad Boys
8.0Aired 9 March 2008 • 22 min
Chris goes through a transitional phase when he discovers Tasha, his long-standing crush, likes "bad boys" and ditches his "nice guy" image. Meanwhile, Julius is named employee of the month and wins a free family dinner at a fancy restaurant with surprising restrictions.

13. Everybody Hates the First Kiss
4.8Aired 16 March 2008 • 22 min
Chris makes plans to get invited to a party so he can experience his first kiss with Tasha. Julius makes Tonya spy on her mother when the family spot Rochelle's ex at dinner. Drew shows his dark side when he lends Mr. Omar five dollars.

14. Everybody Hates Easter
7.5Aired 23 March 2008 • 22 min
Chris wants to take Tasha to her Easter pageant after she breaks up with her boyfriend but Chris already has a commitment. Rochelle competes with a new member of the church to win the Easter Pageant Hat-Off competition, which she has won for four years in a row. Julius pretends he has to work so he can stay home and watch a football game.

15. Everybody Hates Gretzky
7.7Aired 30 March 2008 • 22 min
When Drew decides to cut school to find Wayne Gretzky, Chris reluctantly agrees to go with him.

16. Everybody Hates the BFD
7.0Aired 6 April 2008 • 22 min
Chris has to take part in Mr. Omar's Black Funeral Director's scholarship fund when he tries ti raise enough money to go to a Run DMC concert. Meanwhile, Rochelle jumps at the chance to get a break at home when she injures her arm

17. Everybody Hates Ex-Cons
7.5Aired 13 April 2008 • 22 min
Malvo returns and enlists Chris' help to make a fresh start. Drew inadvertently upsets Julius when he declares himself a Mets fan instead of a Dodgers fan like his father; and Rochelle steps in when she witnesses poor parenting skills from one of Tonya's friend's parents.

18. Everybody Hates Earth Day
7.5Aired 20 April 2008 • 22 min
It's Earth Day in Bed Stuy and Chris decides to collect cans because he believes it will be easy and that he can get Julius to help. Meanwhile, Rochelle is called into Tonya's school for inappropriate behavior and realizes just where Tonya's attitude comes from.

19. Everybody Hates Being Cool
7.5Aired 27 April 2008 • 22 min
Chris' attempt to be a "cool" kid lands him in hot water when he is caught with cigarettes and is suspended from school. Kicking him while he's down, Tonya blackmails him when she finds out before their parents do. Meanwhile, Rochelle decides to teach Julius a lesson.

20. Everybody Hates the Ninth-Grade Dance
7.5Aired 3 May 2008 • 22 min
When Chris becomes the only boy in school without a date for the ninth-grade dance, Ms. Morello suggests he ask the only girl without a date, and she accepts. But trouble ensues when word gets out about the inter-racial pairing. Meanwhile, Tonya stresses her parents out about ballet classes.

21. Everybody Hates Mother's Day
7.5Aired 11 May 2008 • 22 min
When Chris attempts to buy Rochelle perfume as a Mother's Day gift, he discovers he cannot afford it and buys it from Risky. However, Rochelle breaks out in hives and takes Chris to the store she believes he bought it from. Meanwhile, Drew and Julius do a spot of spring cleaning and make an expensive find.

22. Everybody Hates Graduation
8.5Aired 18 May 2008 • 22 min
Chris is disappointed when he finds out that Greg will be going to a different high school next year. He tries to get the necessary grant money so he can afford to go to Greg's school. Rochelle volunteers Drew to be Tanya's dance partner in Swan Lake after her ballet partner gets hurt.