Chris Rock fails his GED and has to return to his all-white school, where he tries to improve his social standing by impersonating a gang member. Chris' mom gets a job at a mattress store, only to discover her husband Julius is her new supervisor.

Chris' neighborhood hosts its annual block party, where Chris tries to spend time with girl-next-door Tasha, and Rochelle gets embroiled in a nasty mac n cheese competition with her arch nemesis Peaches.

Chris feels overshadowed by Drew at school and leans into his identity as "Drew's Brother." Tonya gets a house key but loses it and has to break in. Rochelle forces Julius to make a work friend.