Season 4 • Episode 22
LatestIt's the last week of school and while Drew decides he wants to try out for Amateur Night at the Apollo even without a talent at his disposal, Chris is informed that if he gets one more tardy he will have to repeat the 10th grade. But one day he misses the bus and arrives at school late, forcing him to deliver the bad news to his parents.
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.
Writing
Chris Rock narration weaponizes hindsight into comedy gold.
Acting
Terry Crews and Tichina Arnold's chemistry is sitcom royalty.
Production
Period detail so precise you'll smell the 1982 subway.
Creators
Chris Rock, Ali LeRoi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show was originally pitched with Chris Rock narrating his own teenage role; producers aged him down to 13 after testing.
The 'bused to white schools' premise mirrored Rock's real experience—and was quietly subversive for 2005 UPN, airing alongside segregated sitcom formulas.
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