Everybody Hates Chris: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Everybody Hates Chris Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Everybody Hates the Guidance Counselor
Oct 1, 2007
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 det
Everybody Hates Caruso
Oct 8, 2007
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.
Everybody Hates Driving
Oct 15, 2007
When Chris offers to move his father's car, things get worse when he drives to school to show off for Tasha.
Everybody Hates Blackie
Oct 22, 2007
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 televisi
Everybody Hates the Bachelor Pad
Oct 29, 2007
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 widow
Everybody Hates Bed-Stuy
Nov 5, 2007
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 pa
Everybody Hates Houseguests
Nov 12, 2007
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 cus
Everybody Hates Minimum Wage
Nov 19, 2007
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.
Everybody Hates The New Kid
Nov 26, 2007
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 Roch
Everybody Hates Kwanzaa
Dec 10, 2007
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 fami
Everybody Hates the Port Authority
Mar 2, 2008
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 t
Everybody Hates Bad Boys
Mar 9, 2008
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
Everybody Hates the First Kiss
Mar 16, 2008
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
Everybody Hates Easter
Mar 23, 2008
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
Everybody Hates Gretzky
Mar 30, 2008
When Drew decides to cut school to find Wayne Gretzky, Chris reluctantly agrees to go with him.
Everybody Hates the BFD
Apr 6, 2008
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 chan
Everybody Hates Ex-Cons
Apr 13, 2008
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 Roch
Everybody Hates Earth Day
Apr 20, 2008
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 scho
Everybody Hates Being Cool
Apr 27, 2008
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
Everybody Hates the Ninth-Grade Dance
May 3, 2008
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 wh
Everybody Hates Mother's Day
May 11, 2008
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 t
Everybody Hates Graduation
May 18, 2008
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 sc