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Everybody Hates Driving

‘Everybody Hates Driving’

Season 3, Episode 3 -  Aired October 15, 2007

Julius finally allows Chris to get behind the wheel and move the car to the other side of the street. Meanwhile, Rochelle takes Drew and Tonya with her to court as she challenges a speeding ticket.

Quote from Chris

Adult Chris: [v.o.] The janitor was the one person at Corleone that everybody knew. But nobody knew anything about.
Greg: I heard he did a kid a favor once... for five bucks.
Chris: What type of favor?
[flashback:]
Janitor: [takes money] Next time, kid, study for your test.

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Quote from Chris

Chris: Hey.
Janitor: Hey. I know you. You're that Black kid.
Chris: Chris.
Janitor: Yeah.
Chris: So, can you do me a favor?
Janitor: Well, that depends. Got five bucks?

Quote from Adult Chris

Adult Chris: [v.o.] With Drew running loose in a building full of courtrooms, my mother was imagining the worst.
[fantasy:]
Judge: I find the Defendant guilty of being a Black teenager in a court of law. [bangs gavel]
Drew: I didn't do it, Mom.

Quote from Chris

Janitor: Try now, Chris.
Chris: [engine revving] All right, you fixed it.
Janitor: No problem. That'll be five bucks.
Chris: I already gave you five.
Janitor: That was for the favor. This is to keep my mouth shut. [Chris hands over another five bucks] Nice doing business with you.

Quote from Rochelle

Rochelle: Excuse me. Did you see my little girl?
Bailiff: Yeah, she stepped out.
Rochelle: Stepped out? What do you mean stepped out? She's just a little girl.
Bailiff: Whoa, whoa. You're the one that left her here.
Rochelle: Did you just "whoa" me?

Quote from Rochelle

Police Officer: Yes, Your Honor. Uh, on the date in question, I clocked the defendant here, doing 32 miles an hour in a 25 mile an hour zone.
Judge: Mmm.
Police Officer: And when I approached the vehicle, she unleashed a torrent of obscenities and I, honestly, I was personally offended.
Rochelle: What?!
Judge: Ma'am.
Rochelle: Oh. Your highness...
Judge: Your Honor, ma'am.
Rochelle: Oh, I'm sorry, Your Honor. Now, I know the officer may have clocked me doing 32, but I know I wasn't.
Judge: Yes, so let me get this straight. You want me to take your word versus the word of a sworn officer of the law.
Rochelle: Yes.
Judge: Okay, do you have any other witnesses?
Rochelle: Nope. Nope.
Judge: Guilty.

Quote from Rochelle

Julius: How'd it go in court?
Rochelle: I won. Just like I told you I would, Julius.
Julius: You did?
Rochelle: Mm-hmm. I told you I wasn't speeding. I proved my case.
Tonya: Then she got fined $80 for contempt of court for doing a victory dance.
Rochelle: Did anybody ask you that?

Quote from Chris

Adult Chris: [v.o.] Since I got the car home and nobody got hurt, I figured the best thing to do was to keep it to myself and never do anything like that again.
All: Amen.
Julius: Well... Well, next Friday, Chris, I'll let you move it again.
Chris: Cool.
Julius: Where'd you park it?
Chris: Across the street.
[meanwhile, the car is towed after being parked in front of a hydrant]

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