The BEST episodes of Everybody Hates Chris

Every episode of Everybody Hates Chris ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Everybody Hates Chris!

A black teen in Brooklyn during the early 1980s attends a mostly white school. At home, Chris helps care for his younger brother and sister, while at school he's often the target of a racist bully.

Last Updated: 11/2/2026Network: The CWStatus: Ended
Everybody Hates the Babysitter
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8.17
235 votes

#1 - Everybody Hates the Babysitter

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2005

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.

Directors: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Alyson Fouse
Everybody Hates the Car
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8.10
147 votes

#2 - Everybody Hates the Car

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/27/2009

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.

Everybody Hates Back Talk
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8.02
117 votes

#3 - Everybody Hates Back Talk

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/3/2009

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.

Directors: Lev L. Spiro
Everybody Hates Food Stamps
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7.85
262 votes

#4 - Everybody Hates Food Stamps

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/2005

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.

Directors: Jerry Levine
Writer: Ali LeRoi
Everybody Hates Sausage
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7.82
291 votes

#5 - Everybody Hates Sausage

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2005

When Julius buys a big crate of sausage, he makes everyone eat it with every meal. But Tonya refuses to, causing friction between the pair. While at school, Chris is sentenced to 3 days of detention after a rumour goes round about him beating up the schoo

Directors: Lev L. Spiro
Everybody Hates Tasha
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7.81
175 votes

#6 - Everybody Hates Tasha

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/24/2009

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.

Directors: Debbie Allen
Everybody Hates Greg
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7.81
290 votes

#7 - Everybody Hates Greg

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/2005

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.

Directors: Jerry Levine
Everybody Hates New Year's Eve
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7.81
320 votes

#8 - Everybody Hates New Year's Eve

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2008

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.

Directors: Ted Wass
Everybody Hates Boxing
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7.71
262 votes

#9 - Everybody Hates Boxing

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/2009

Coach Thurman spots Caruso bullying Chris and suggests he take up boxing to defend himself. Meanwhile, Julius has a new set of problems when he suspects Rochelle of adultery and catches the eye of a female neighbor...

Directors: Ken Whittingham
Everybody Hates the Laundromat
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7.71
290 votes

#10 - Everybody Hates the Laundromat

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/2005

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.

Everybody Hates the Pilot
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7.71
320 votes

#11 - Everybody Hates the Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2005

Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bussed 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 dealing with the school bully, Joey.

Directors: Reginald Hudlin
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Everybody Hates Bomb Threats
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7.51
233 votes

#12 - Everybody Hates Bomb Threats

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/2009

When Chris is given the task of memorizing the longest presidential inaugural address and reciting it in front of the class as a punishment, he cooks up a surprising way of postponing his presentation. Meanwhile, Rochelle has problems of her own when a customer puts a hex on her.

Directors: Keith Truesdell
Everybody Hates Fat Mike
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7.51
319 votes

#13 - Everybody Hates Fat Mike

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2005

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.

Directors: Eric Laneuville
Everybody Hates Halloween
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7.51
319 votes

#14 - Everybody Hates Halloween

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2005

It's Halloween and Chris is excited when another girl invites him to a costume party. But Caruso has plans for him... Back at home, Julius buys cheap candy for the local kids.

Directors: Eric Laneuville
Everybody Hates Christmas
star
7.45
320 votes

#15 - Everybody Hates Christmas

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2005

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...

Directors: Dennie Gordon
Everybody Hates Chain Snatching
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7.41
233 votes

#16 - Everybody Hates Chain Snatching

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2007

When Chris ruins Malvo's plans to steal Vanessa's gold chain, he must figure out a way to replace it or pay the price to Malvo. Rochelle finds out that Julius has kept a credit card secret from her for over 15 years. Tonya tries to win Billy Ocean concert tickets from a radio station.

Directors: Lev L. Spiro
Everybody Hates Fake IDs
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7.41
233 votes

#17 - Everybody Hates Fake IDs

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2009

In order to attend an age-restricted concert, Chris and Greg try to get themselves a fake ID. Elsewhere, Rochelle plans Julius' surprise party, and Drew tries returning a pair of faulty X-ray vision glasses he bought in the mail.

Directors: Debbie Allen
Everybody Hates Lasagna
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7.41
233 votes

#18 - Everybody Hates Lasagna

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/2009

Chris reluctantly agrees to hide away some marijuana for a fleeing crook, and now must find someplace to store it before he gets in trouble. Meanwhile, Peaches helps Rochelle learn a new computer system at the beauty salon.

Directors: Debbie Allen
Everybody Hates a Liar
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7.36
234 votes

#19 - Everybody Hates a Liar

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2006

Chris gets the everyone in the neighborhood to believe that he is dating Tasha. That doesn't set well with Tasha's grandmother Louise and she makes sure that Rochelle knows about it. Julius must redeem all of the trading stamps he's been saving. Drew thinks that Rochelle is paying more attention to Chris and Tonya than to him.

Directors: Jerry Levine
Everybody Hates Basketball
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7.34
349 votes

#20 - Everybody Hates Basketball

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2005

Chris joins the school Bastketball team even though he can't play, but a failed pop quiz threatens to get him dropped.Back at home Julius gets a lodger after he offers 6 months rent up front, despite the fact he makes Rochelle nervous.

Directors: Lev L. Spiro
Everybody Hates Baseball
star
7.31
204 votes

#21 - Everybody Hates Baseball

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/26/2007

Chris must decide between going to a baseball game with his Dad and brother, or going to the movies with Tasha. Rochelle forgets to mail Tonya's letter to the Billy Ocean fan club. Rochelle's brother asks her hairdresser out on a date.

Directors: Ali LeRoi
Writer: Chuck Sklar
Everybody Hates Doc's
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7.31
204 votes

#22 - Everybody Hates Doc's

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2008

Doc has a new girlfriend who is making life hard for Chris so he decides it's time to get her to move on. Rochelle is not happy when she finds a bra in Julius' sock draw, but what she doesn't know is that Tonya is the one that hid it there.

Directors: James Lee Burker
Everybody Hates Spring Break
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7.31
233 votes

#23 - Everybody Hates Spring Break

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/20/2009

While test driving a car, Chris accidentally hits Greg. Greg ends up in a hospital for a broken leg. Since Greg's parents are out of town, Rochelle drops her vacation plans to take care of him, which leaves Julius to entertain the kids at the shore where it usually rains each day.

Directors: Jerry Levine
Everybody Hates Mr. Levine
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7.31
233 votes

#24 - Everybody Hates Mr. Levine

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2009

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."

Directors: Oz Scott
Everybody Hates Elections
star
7.31
233 votes

#25 - Everybody Hates Elections

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2006

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.

Directors: Ali LeRoi
Writer: Ali LeRoi