Alternate Ending to Sitcom TV series: Everybody Hates Chris

 American Sitcom Series- Everybody Hates Chris

The series named ‘Everybody Hates Chris’ ends very abruptly and is something which shocked a lot of the fans. The end is made very similar to a scene from ‘The Sopranos’. Chris, the main lead is a student who is purposely made late by his class teacher, due to which he faces the brunt of not graduating from high school. He then gives a diploma (G.E.D.) exam which as per Chris, stands up to the same level of education as graduating high school. When the results come in, his mother sees the result and Chris asks his mother what it says and the scene is cut right there with no proper explanation as to what happen.

This series was made based upon the life of Chris Rock, the comedian and as per the timeline, Chris Rock’s father passes away the next year after him passing his G.E.D. in real life. It could’ve been difficult for Chris Rock to show the reality and maybe hence the abrupt cut.

How I wished the ending could’ve been:

I wish Chris’ class teacher and principal would’ve been more understanding towards him because they’re already aware of his everyday struggles. Like, come on! He just came through a shootout, saved a baby in a shootout, was interviewed by an officer, and questioned even more because he’s African-American (which made him less trustworthy as per the officer) and still made it to school. Teachers are very interested in pushing a student forward academically rather than keeping students behind and failing them on purpose and this is what Chris’ class teacher did and I wished he hadn’t done that. I wish he got to live in a boy’s dorm room near his school so that he doesn’t be late every day to school otherwise he’d be changing three buses and getting up extra early just for good education and better discipline. It would’ve been so much nicer if he or any other African-American wouldn’t face racism or discrimination in the series towards the end because endings are supposed to be beautiful and leave the audience with a happy mood and a good mindset. It could’ve ended beautifully with the entire family being at the restaurant enjoying a happy dinner celebrating the children’s achievements.

Alternately,

Chris had one chance to graduate through high school. When Chris’ mother was called for a meeting with the principal due to his low attendance, the principal was indirectly racist and tried asking his mother whether she wants Chris to be pampered like some rich white girl or go through hardships. Sometimes, besides taking a drop, I know how hard it is for parents to finance a child for an extra year and with Chris’ family’s financial situation, I wished his mother would’ve said “Yes” rather than saying no because Chris did work very hard towards his academics, faced hardships but went completely down due to his mother saying “No” to the principal’s trick question since the principal did have intentions of not allowing African-American people win.

By Kevin D'souza.