The Best Episodes of Everybody Hates Chris
Every episode of Everybody Hates Chris ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Everybody Hates Chris!
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.
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The best episode of "Everybody Hates Chris" is "Everybody Hates James", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was directed by Jerry Levine and written by N/A. "Everybody Hates James" aired on 11/28/2008 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Everybody Hates New Years Eve".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - Everybody Hates James
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 2008-11-28
Julius begins to take marriage advice from "The Oprah Winfrey Show" leading Rochelle to suspect an affair. Meanwhile, Chris volunteers for the "Big Brothers" program and is shocked when he learns the identity of is his "little brother".
Director: Jerry Levine
Writer: N/A
10.0/10 1 votes#2 - Everybody Hates New Years Eve
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 2008-12-12
New Year's Eve in Times Square is something Chris really wants this year but needs an adult to accompany him. And that is where problems arise... Meanwhile, Tonya and Drew make a bet to see who stays up the longest and Julius becomes a local hero.
Director: Ted Wass
Writer: N/A
10.0/10 1 votes#3 - Everybody Hates Mr. Levine
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2009-01-09
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. Meanwhile, Greg feels like he has no identity after realizing that everyone at school knows him only as "Chris and Greg."
Director: Oz Scott
Writer: N/A
10.0/10 1 votes#4 - Everybody Hates the Car
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2009-03-27
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.0/10 2 votes#5 - Everybody Hates Food Stamps
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2005-11-17
Julius finds $200 in food stamps but Rochelle is too embarassed to let Sheila see them, so she dips into the family savings while at the store. This leads to trouble at home when Julius has all kinds of ideas on how they can spend the cash they saved by using the stamps. Elsewhere, Chris and Greg fall out over a school science project.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.0/10 2 votes#6 - Everybody Hates Cake
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2008-10-10
Chris agrees to help a classmate, Angel improve his grades if Angel will help him get the attention of Chris' latest crush, Maria.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.0/10 1 votes#7 - Everybody Hates Snitches
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2008-11-13
Chris has a dilemma when a reward is offered for anyone who witnessed a shoot-out outside a movie theater. Chris was there but he was supposed to be babysitting Tonya and Drew - what will he do? Meanwhile, Julius and Rochelle have a very eventful anniversary at a Broadway musical.
Director: Anton Cropper
Writer: N/A
9.0/10 1 votes#8 - Everybody Hates Tasha
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2009-04-24
Chris is shocked when Tasha agrees to be his girlfriend. But he is even more shocked when he discovers how much of his free time would disappear by having a girlfriend. Meanwhile, Rochelle discovers that Julius has been married before, and had never gotten a legal divorce.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.7/10 3 votes#9 - Everybody Hates Fat Mike
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2005-10-20
Chris lets a neighbourhood kid ride his bike, despite Julius's warnings, and he takes off with it. When Julius's co-workers go on strike he takes up some of the housework, much to Rochelle's annoyance.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Don Reo
8.5/10 2 votes#11 - Everybody Hates Christmas
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2005-12-15
It's Christmas and Julius and Rochelle find it difficult in breaking the news that they can't afford presents because of broken water heater. Chris is suprised to discover who the canned food drive is really for...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/10 2 votes#12 - Everybody Hates Tattaglia
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2008-10-03
As a first-time high school student, Chris (Tyler James Williams) 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 (guest star Jacqueline Mazarella), has placed him in the only all-white homeroom.
Director: Jerry Levine
Writer: N/A
8.5/10 2 votes#13 - Everybody Hates Homecoming
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2008-10-17
Chris is thrilled when Jenise Huckstable asks him to the homecoming dance. His nerves begin to get the better of him when Jenise tells him that her father Dr. Clint Huckstable wants to meet him before the dance. Drew tries to get Doc to feng shui the store when he takes over Chris' hours.
Director: Jerry Levine
Writer: Frank Sebastiano
8.5/10 2 votes#14 - Everybody Hates the English Teacher
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2008-10-24
After Julius and Rochelle raise the rent, Mr. Omar demands reparations and moves in with the family while his apartment is being repaired. While there, he begins to play blackjack with Drew and Tonya using real money. Meanwhile, Chris is assigned to do a book report and decides to watch the movie instead of reading the book as an easy way out. However, as he later learns from Greg, the movie he saw did not match the book assigned.
Director: Jerry Levine
Writer: N/A
8.3/10 4 votes#15 - Everybody Hates Keisha
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2005-09-29
When Chris's mother, Rochelle, hires the girl next door, Keisha, to tutor Drew at Math, Chris sees this as an ideal chance to impress her. But someone else may have the same intentions. Meanwhile, Julius finds himself in an awkward position when he becomes attracted to another woman, Sheila.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Don Reo
8.2/10 4 votes#16 - Everybody Hates Rejection
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2006-10-01
After Julius' truck is stolen Rochelle decides to get involved with a neighborhood watch group, but instead ends up in a competition with new neighbor Louise (Whoopi Goldberg). Chris asks out a new girl in the neighborhood hoping not to get rejected again. Drew has the girls all over him when he volunteers to be a crossing guard.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Andrew Orenstein
8.1/10 225 votes#17 - Everybody Hates Graduation
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2008-05-18
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.
Director: Jason Alexander
Writer: Chuck Sklar
8.0/10 2 votes#18 - Everybody Hates the Babysitter
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2005-11-03
When Julius and Rochelle have a special 'date night' they hire a baby-sitter. But Chris is called upon to take charge when she leaves to take care of something personal.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 2 votes#19 - Everybody Hates Greg
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2005-11-24
Chris and Greg fall out when they break the rule of 'no computer games' after school at Greg's house. Back at the Rock home, Tonya is missing Chris as she can't blame everything on him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 2 votes#20 - Everybody Hates Elections
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2006-10-16
Chris knows the only way to win the election is by giving the best speech ever but when his speech is stolen by Caruso, he knows he has to do something drastic. Rochelle rents the upstairs apartment to Mr. Omar, the local funeral director. Drew finds and spends the ten dollars that Rochelle lost.
Director: Ali LeRoi
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 2 votes#21 - Everybody Hates Math
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2007-05-07
Rochelle decides to help tutor Chris for a math competition in algebra, when Chris doesn't think she's helping he turns to his grandmother Maxine for help. Tonya blackmails Drew when she takes the blame for breaking Julius' favorite chair for Drew.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 2 votes#22 - Everybody Hates the Last Day
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2007-05-15
Chris plays a prank on Caruso on the last day of school.
Director: Kelsey Grammer
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 238 votes#23 - Everybody Hates Driving
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2007-10-15
When Chris offers to move his father's car, things get worse when he drives to school to show off for Tasha.
Director: Debbie Allen
Writer: Chuck Sklar
8.0/10 235 votes#24 - Everybody Hates Bad Boys
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 2008-03-09
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.
Director: Debbie Allen
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 1 votes#25 - Everybody Hates My Man
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2008-10-31
Although warned by Greg that it's a bad idea, Chris starts to help the football team with their homework as a means to socialize with the cool kids. As a result, Chris ends up failing his own exams. Meanwhile, Julius begins a new job collecting dead bodies for Mr. Omar's funeral home and soon finds himself appreciating life more. He begins to buy numerous gifts for his friends and relatives, but then ends up with financial troubles.
Director: Jerry Levine
Writer: N/A
