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(S02E07) I've said before that while Everybody Hates Chris doesn't stray too far from the sitcom template, it at least gives the genre its own funky twist, making it one of very few sitcoms I'll actually watch.

For example, have you ever noticed that when a person becomes class president on TV, they tend to wield more power than any class president in real life would have? Someone gets elected, and suddenly the whole school is changed. Chris actually believes he has this kind of power, but learns too late he can't keep all the promises he made while running (fall and winter vacations, book reports only for books based on movies, etc). Chris may be the first black president the school has ever had, but he's also the first president to be impeached.

Quite obviously, the whole episode served as a microcosm of American politics: Chris makes outrageous campaign promises, the "press" (read: school paper) attacks him, and he finds himself dug deeper and deeper until there's nothing he can do. The reporter who goes after him even tries to make him look like a thief by framing him at a local bakery, running the story even though they caught the real criminals five minutes later.

Best moments:

• Chris and Greg taking their shoes off when they go to talk to the Asian girl who writes for the school paper.
• At the impeachment hearing, Chris imagines being chastised by important black icons, such as Aunt Jemima, The Cream of Wheat Guy and Uncle Ben.