Starved for even a pat on the head, for the chance to even get a pat on the head, Dre tries to horn in on assisting in the Harriet Tubman presentation for the class, citing that his blackness are credentials enough. Dre insists to a reluctant Rainbow that her week off isn’t over and he dutifully turns in the health forms to the school- but doesn’t get a cookie. Rainbow is feeling pretty mature and accepts his apology but the two fall right back into a battle of parenting over completion of health forms. Rainbow smarts in never, ever having gotten a thank you and Dre rubs it in by leading a dance to a catchy little tune of ‘Cupcake Man’ throughout the house with Jack and Diane.ĭay two of as Pops termed it ‘Freaky Friday’, Dre is making the kids breakfast and attempting to assuage his hurt wife’s feelings. That night, Dre is still feeling the highs of being the cupcake man, Jack and Diane pumping up balloon a bit more with a thank you note signed by the whole class for such awesome cupcakes. It’s a control freak’s nightmare and unfortunately for one of Rainbow’s patients, her reorganizing her refrigerator is more important than meeting them for a consult. There’s lettuce on the top shelf and not the crisper, milk on the door and not in the iced interior. Meanwhile Rainbow is having a tough time relaxing when she discovers that Dre has (gasp!) done the shopping and restocked the refrigerator completely incorrectly. When a female colleague hurriedly arrives citing her apologies for her tardiness due to her sick kid? She gets a tsk tsk and frown from her colleagues. He gets a hearty, ‘Way to go!” from all his male colleagues. When he shows up at work slightly late for a meeting he gives his apologies and mentions that he was being a dad and had to take his kids some cupcakes. Praised by not only the kids but the other parents and the kids’ teachers, Dre feels like the best most appreciated dad ever. Dre hacks this problem like a pro: he brings store bought cupcakes from a liquor store for the kiddies to feast on. Which they dumped on their parents the night before with instructions to make sure they don’t look sloppy like her last batch. Pops tosses a few words of warning to his son from digging himself into a deeper hole in this argument but Dre pays him no heed, ultimately telling Rainbow that he will take over her duties of tending to the kids for a whole week to give her time off.įirst thing on the agenda? Bake cupcakes for Jack and Diane’s class. In predictable manner Dre of course believes he does his share and in fact may have to ease back due to the demands of his promotion Rainbow scoffs at Dre’s perceived importance and explains that her day already consists of two fulltime jobs. Andre decides to throw his son a "Hip Hop Bro-Mitzvah" as a compomise for his birthday party.Black-ish cruises a bit in the fourth episode of the season with a Dre and Rainbow centric story where the duo are at odds over his contributions (or lack thereof) to the maintenance of the Johnson family household. He later presents a new one as he learns to embrace his new position. Andre presents a video that he deems 'urban" and is nearly fired for it, which upsets Rainbow. Andre instead says he'll throw him an African Heritage party and tries to make him connect with their roots. Andre Jr asks to convert to Judaism so he can have a Bar Mitzvah. He also discovers his other kids don't really care. At dinner with his family, Andre is upset that his youngest son doesn't know that Obama is the first black president because he's the only president he's ever known. Andre is upset to find out that his son, Andre Jr, is going by Andy at school and wants to join the field hockey team. He gets the job, but its the SVP of a new "Urban" Division. We learn that Andre is up for a promotion to be the first black Senior Vice President at his advertising agency. We are introduced to Andre "Dre" Johnson, his wife Rainbow, and his four children at their home in Los Angeles.
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