Everybody Hates Chris: Season 2

When Keisha moves away, a girl in the neighborhood catches Chris eye, which prompts Chris to ask her on a date. The new next door neighbor, Louise Clarkson (Whoopi Goldberg) moves in next door and pressures Rochelle to organize a neighborhood watch patrol. After volunteering to be a crossing guard, Drew has girls all over him. This episode marks the first appearance of Tasha Clarkson (Paige Hurd).

Chris runs for 8th-grade class president against Caruso. Julius learns he has high blood pressure and tries to reduce the amount of stress in his life. Tonya wants Drew to teach her how to Moonwalk like Billy Ocean.

In order to win votes for class president, Chris tries to write a campaign speech. Rochelle rents out the upstairs apartment to a funeral director (Ernest Thomas) with a long list of lady friends. Drew finds money that his mother lost and spends it.

Jerome assumes that Chris and Tasha are a thing and tells the entire neighborhood after he sees Tasha give Chris a kiss. Chris does not encourage nor stop the rumor because of the better treatment he gets at school. Julius wants to get something fun with his collection of trading stamps but Rochelle wants a new refrigerator. Drew starts to get upset when Rochelle is suddenly too busy with housework, feeling rejected in comparison to Chris and Tonya. Louise is furious with Rochelle for letting Ch

Chris gets robbed by Malvo (Ricky Harris), a local thug after Doc lets him work the cash register at the corner store and he fears the thief will kill him if he snitches. After buying a Betamax, Julius gets mad when Tonya tapes her cartoons over his The Young and the Restless and he refuses to apologize to Tonya for scaring her.

The new school principal, Mr. Edwards (Jason Alexander) teams Chris with Caruso on a field trip in hope that the two will bond. Tonya accidentally loses one of Rochelle's hoop earrings after being told she cannot wear them. Drew earns a 100% on his spelling test, so he asks Julius to buy him a Wayne Gretzky jersey and Julius gets Drew a Jersey saying Gritzky number 98.

Students want to impeach Chris as class president after he fails to deliver on his campaign promises. Rochelle's never-do-well brother, Michael, visits after their mother kicks him out of her house, and asks if he can stay. Rochelle agrees but Julius is not happy about it. Tonya asks Drew to teach her how to double-dutch.

Chris is given a holiday assignment for Thanksgiving and is told that he must write about what he's thankful for. Julius wants to create a fantastic Thanksgiving meal in order to impress his younger brother, Louis (Wayne Brady).

Things start going Chris's way at home and at school after he wears his dad's lucky socks. Drew and Tonya play Julius and Rochelle against each other. Drew asks Rochelle for a new suit for his talent show performance even though Julius already told him no, and Tonya asks Julius for pink carpet in her bedroom even though Rochelle already told her no.

Chris falls ill while working with Julius at a department store as Santa Claus and one of Santa's elves. While in the hospital, he meets a mysterious man named Kris (Richard Lewis), who helps him see how blessed he really is. Drew and Tonya start acting extremely nice toward their parents and doing additional work around the house, in the hopes to get the toys they want for Christmas.

Chris must care for an egg like it is a baby for a week as part of a social-studies project on parenting, but when Rochelle finds out that Chris was going to keep it in the refrigerator for the week, Chris finds out being a parent isn't as easy as it sounds. Drew finds out that Tonya is afraid of werewolves. So he tells her that werewolves appear at nighttime, which causes her to not want to sleep. Julius tries to find ways to lower the electricity use in the home when he notices the light bill

Chris becomes a hall monitor at school to get some respect, but no one takes him seriously. Julius grows weary of Rochelle coming home complaining about her new job. Tonya gets frustrated because her girlfriends spend more time with Drew than with her.

Chris is the only one that shows up when Corleone is closed for a snow day and has to stay with Principal Edwards until they can get in touch with his parents. While going to get Chris from school, Julius has an extremely tough journey getting there. Rochelle and a few other citizens get held up by a robber while on a train ride.

After Ms. Morello goes to Africa, Chris is excited to get a black substitute teacher (Orlando Jones), but his enthusiasm quickly turns to dread when the substitute pressures him to get an A. Julius gets frustrated with Mr. Omar because he keeps borrowing his phone. Tonya keeps getting Drew in trouble by telling Rochelle that he hit her.

When Ms. Morello is away for the day, Chris and Greg cut school so they can see Ghostbusters and end up getting busted. Rochelle helps out Tonya and Drew at their school's book fair, but ends up being a pain in the butt to other parents and the kids. Julius spends a frustrating day trying to get his driver's license renewed at the DMV.

Malvo demands Chris steal a gold chain for him after Chris foils his plans of stealing one. Tonya tries to win tickets to a Billy Ocean concert from a radio station, but she repeatedly fails. Rochelle starts to give Julius the cold shoulder when she finds out that Julius has had another credit card account for the past 15 years.

Chris becomes a DJ after the neighborhood DJ, Hilly Hill (DJ Quik), is arrested. He borrows Rochelle's James Brown album but accidentally scratches it and has to get the album replaced. Drew asks Julius to take him to a magic show, but Julius secretly does not want to go because he is afraid of rabbits.

Chris must decide whether he wants to go to a Mets game with Julius and Drew or to go see Back to the Future with Tasha. Rochelle's slacker brother asks her hairdresser, Vanessa (Jackée Harry), out on a date, and Rochelle tries to talk her out of going. Tonya has been waiting a month to get a picture from the Billy Ocean fan club, but Rochelle realizes she never mailed Tonya's letter. Note: This is one of only two episodes featuring a voice-over done by someone other than Chris, the second being

Chris earns extra money when he starts giving Doc tips on picking winners in pro basketball games. Chris earns the nickname "Chrissy the Black" but is soon threatened by the neighborhood bookie, Paulie (Vincent Pastore). Even though he knows that Rochelle hates gambling, Julius goes behind her back to bet on an upcoming basketball game—not realizing it is his son, "Chrissy the Black," giving the tips. Tonya gets tips from Julius on how to beat Drew in checkers.

Chris starts telling dirty jokes at school after he secretly listens to his parents' Redd Foxx album. Realizing that her mom, Maxine (Loretta Devine) is becoming lonely, Rochelle tries to set up a blind date for her. Drew is pestered by a girl who keeps telling her friends that he kissed her.

Chris has trouble learning algebra, so Rochelle tries to teach him. But when he has problems with her, he goes to his grandmother, a former algebra teacher herself, for help. Julius gets Risky a job helping him deliver newspapers. Drew ends up breaks one of Julius' chair, but Tonya takes the blame and then makes Drew wait on her hand and foot.

It is the last day of school, and Chris wants revenge on Caruso for making his life miserable. He puts cat food in the heating ducts and everywhere around the school, and blackmails Caruso for it. Julius tries to fix Mr. Omar's clogged drain, but only makes things worse and gets reported to the housing authority. Drew teases Tonya that he is graduating before her. This angers Tonya and she throws ice cream on Drew's gown (which Rochelle explicitly told him not to wear around the house anyway).