Everybody Hates Chris: Season 1

Chris (Tyler James Williams) commutes to and is bullied at a predominantly white school to fulfill his mother, Rochelle's (Tichina Arnold) wish for a better education, and also move out of the projects into a house. His schedule for this one school day is to go to school, buy lunch with money, come home from school on time to pick up his siblings Drew (Tequan Richmond) and Tonya (Imani Hakim) and ensure that his father (Terry Crews) maintains a stable rest & meal. Unfortunately, the day does not

Chris tries to impress the girl of his dreams (Aree Davis) after she is hired to tutor Drew. Chris is soon heartbroken when he finds Keisha and Drew kissing. Julius becomes uncomfortable around Rochelle's new friend (and Keisha's mother) Sheila, due to her being around the house all the time.

Because he's black, Chris is recruited by the basketball team despite the fact he can't play. His instant popularity amongst the teachers and other students hurts his friendship with Greg (Vincent Martella). The family decides to rent their upstairs room, but Rochelle becomes increasingly suspicious of Mr. Tate, their extremely mysterious and off-putting new tenant.

Julius buys a crate of cheap sausage for the family to eat for a week but the family soon begins to dislike it and Tonya tests Rochelle's patience by outright refusing to eat it. Chris has to deal with bullying by Caruso after false rumors spread that he beat up Caruso, and has to deal with an unfair school administration and sentence three days in detention. Note: This episode does not end with "Everybody Hates Chris".

Chris finds himself in hot water when he is disregarding his father's warning, allows a neighborhood kid to ride his bike who then takes off with it. Julius's coworkers go on strike, so he fills his free time with doing housework, much to Rochelle's dismay. Note: Greg (Vincent Martella) does not appear in this episode.

Chris is excited to go to a Halloween party that an older girl invites him to, before he can go to the party, he must take Drew and Tonya trick-or-treating. Meanwhile, Julius buys cheap candy to hand out to the neighborhood kids (M&N's, Two Musketeers, ButterThumbs, and Gravy Ways), to Rochelle's -- who despises being perceived as poor -- disapproval.

Julius and Rochelle go out to a restaurant for a night, leaving a babysitter (Erica Hubbard) to watch the kids, but disasters occur both at home and at the restaurant. Note: Greg (Vincent Martella) does not appear in this episode.

While Julius and Rochelle go shopping for a new TV, Chris has to take his warring siblings to the laundromat. Then things take a turn for the worse when Tonya storms out.

Julius finds $200 in food stamps, but Rochelle is too embarrassed to use them, so she dips into the family's spending money and has to keep it a secret from a suspicious Julius. Chris and Greg have a falling-out over a science project they are working on together. Note: This is one of a few episodes where the main plot does not revolve around Chris.

Chris decides to go to Greg's house to play some video games, but neither boy's family is entirely okay with it at first. (Greg's father, Art: Gary Basaraba). Note: Tyler James Williams' real life brothers, Tyrel Jackson Williams and Tylen Jacob Williams portray younger versions of Chris and Drew respectively.

Chris wants a portable cassette player for Christmas but his parents cannot afford to buy one, despite them obliging his siblings and themselves. At school, Chris brings in canned goods for the needy, but his teacher insistently believes that he is one of the needy. When Tonya hears from Drew that there is no such thing as Santa Claus, she instantly loses her Christmas spirit.

Chris learns the value of a dollar when he begins to work with his father to save up the money needed to get a leather jacket, which he believes will make him look cool. After their school is closed for maintenance, Drew and Tonya engage in a game of "dares" which ends up in a hospital visit.

As school picture day approaches, Chris wants to find the perfect outfit with his mother's help. He finds the perfect outfit, but during gym class, someone steals his clothes out of his locker. Rochelle begins a job as a cosmetics saleswoman to earn extra money. Drew and Tonya engage in a war of attrition over tattling.

Chris breaks up a fight between his "bus crush" (Raven Goodwin) and her boyfriend, while Greg gets his first girlfriend. Rochelle and Julius attempt to manage the many valentines both Tonya and Drew are receiving.

Chris gets involved in a rivalry as he tries to hold on to his fame as the best Asteroids player in the neighborhood. Julius tries to win the lottery for extra money. As family expenses pile up, Rochelle becomes really mad when she is forced to stop eating chocolate turtles.

While Julius has the gout, he discovers his passion for The Young and the Restless, a passion he shares with several of Rochelle's female friends. Chris forges an A on his report card so as to avoid revealing an F to his mother.

Chris' beloved maternal grandfather (Jimmie Walker) dies from an unexpected heart attack while paying a visit. This causes Chris to become the mother of the household when Rochelle is too upset to do anything. Rochelle begins to act nice in a strange way as her extended family comes to town to pay their respects, and she becomes fed up with her impolite mother (Loretta Devine).

Chris tries to get himself expelled as he grows intolerant of his constant physical & verbal bullying at Corleone when his parents won't let him leave. Julius finds a job at a fish market that pays more than his previous two jobs combined and gives him more free time, but his family eventually finds the cost of the bad smell too much to handle. Note: This episode doesn't end with "Everybody Hates Chris".

Feeling inferior to his younger brother Drew, Chris takes karate classes and uses a move taught by his karate teacher to break Drew's hand in a fight. Rochelle has to teach Tonya the limits of gossiping when they go to the beauty shop.

Chris steals his father's Playboy magazine from his toolbox. He brings it to school where it soon gets confiscated by the vice principal. When Julius discovers that his Playboy magazine is missing, he desperately tries to get it back. Tonya discovers Drew's arachnophobia, and uses it to scare him, but Drew may have gotten more than he asks for when he uses her fear of clowns to retaliate.

Chris is selling cookies to raise money for a field trip to Washington, D.C. Chris sales start to skyrocket where he starts to saying that the cookies "Fell off the truck this morning" which is slang for "stolen". Julius' plan to see Dreamgirls with Rochelle on their wedding anniversary is thwarted when Tonya and Drew catch chickenpox.

Chris goes out looking for the perfect Father's Day gift for his father. However, all Julius wants is to spend the day alone, which the rest of the family doesn't quite approve of.