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Everybody Hates Easter

‘Everybody Hates Easter’

Season 3, Episode 14 -  Aired March 23, 2008

Rochelle wants the whole family in church on Easter as she hopes to win the hat competition for the fourth year in the row. Chris has other plans as a newly-single Tasha invites him to her church pageant.

Quote from Rochelle

Rochelle: Girl, I have been working on this hat all day. You want to see it?
Vanessa: Yes! Open, open, open! Oh... [Rochelle laughs] That's what I'm talking about. That's a hat.
Rochelle: I just have to do one last thing.
Vanessa: Ooh! Ooh!
Rochelle: What's wrong?
Vanessa: Ooh, that's a bad hat, girl! Hattie's gonna wish she never even messed with you!
Adult Chris: [v.o.] And peacocks wished they'd stayed out of your way, too.

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Quote from Adult Chris

Adult Chris: [v.o.] By the time Easter came, my family was working on more schemes than a pop star in rehab.

Quote from Julius

Julius: One of the guys got sick. They're offering quadruple double overtime.
Drew: Quadruple double overtime? I never heard of that. You heard of that?
Tonya: Never heard of that. You heard of that?
Chris: No, I ain't heard of that.
Julius: I can't pass it up.
Rochelle: Well, it does sound like a lot of money.
Julius: It is.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] No, it's not.

Quote from Chris

Rochelle: Well, who's gonna escort me in the Easter Hat Show?
Chris: Drew can.
Drew: Why I gotta go? How come you can't go?
Chris: I gotta help Tonya hunt eggs.
Drew: I can help Tonya hunt eggs.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Not if I can help it.
Chris: Nah, I don't want you to mess your suit up.
Rochelle: You know what? Chris is right. Drew can escort me. But, Chris, I want you and Tonya in your seats clapping for me at 4:00.
Chris: 4:00?
Rochelle: Yeah, that's what time the fashion show starts.
Tonya: Why, you got something better to do?
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Yeah.
Chris: Nah.
Rochelle: Okay.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I didn't know how I was gonna be in two places at once, but I wasn't gonna risk blowing it with Tasha.

Quote from Rochelle

Rochelle: Girl, I have not seen you in a month of Sundays. How you been?
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Sinning.

Quote from Rochelle

Hattie Mitchell: Sister Rochelle.
Rochelle: Sister Hattie.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Imagine what they would have called each other if they weren't in church.

Quote from Chris

Tonya: Where you going?
Chris: I'm gonna meet Tasha in Queens.
Tonya: I'm gonna tell on you.
Chris: What about all those eggs you snuck in? You don't tell on me, I won't tell on you.
Tonya: Fine.

Quote from Rochelle

Adult Chris: [v.o.] When a good plan falls apart, you usually have no idea it did... until it's too late.
Hattie Mitchell: Oh! What happened?
Drew: I was doing Prince splits and I hurt my ankle.
Rochelle: Oh, no. What are we gonna do?
Vanessa: We should take him to the hospital.
Rochelle: No, I'm talking about the hat show. Who's gonna escort me?
Hattie Mitchell: Well, if you want to quit, quit, but don't bring the children in it.
Rochelle: What?!
Hattie Mitchell: Don't act shocked. I've seen it all before.
Rochelle: I am not pulling out of this competition. So, I suggest that you work on your second-place smile, 'cause I'm taking this grand prize home. [Hattie chuckles]
Vanessa: Where's Julius?
Rochelle: He left for work. Ooh, you know what? Go get Chris.

Quote from Chris

Adult Chris: [v.o.] By the time I got to Tasha, not only did I look good, I was making Robert look really bad.
Tasha: You know, my grandmother said you were just another no-account Negro who never kept his promises or took care of his responsibilities, and would eventually end up leaving me in the cold with a runny-nosed baby.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Then we'd be on Jerry Springer.
Chris: Nah. I wouldn't do that. She's probably thinking about Robert.
Tasha: Yeah, but I don't want to talk about him.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Good.

Quote from Vanessa

Vanessa: Tonya? Ooh, where did you get all those eggs? Did you hijack a chicken?
Tonya: I've just been looking really hard.
Vanessa: Well, where's Chris?
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Think fast, woman.
Tonya: Uh, he's looking for eggs.
Vanessa: Well, we need to find him. Drew sprained his ankle, so he needs to escort your mother to the hat show. Come on, girl. [Tonya doesn't move] Come on, girl!

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