After finding out Johan has been pretending to be a different race, Rainbow gets mad and Alicia and Paul try to encourage Johan to be proud of being Black.
Alicia and Denise bicker over who is the stronger Black woman; Paul and Harrison come up with a new way of showing affection; Rainbow is put in charge of Johan and Santamonica.
When Paul surprises the family by inviting one of his students to live with them, he and Alicia compete to be their new houseguest's mentor and Rainbow develops a crush on him.
Paul wants to crash Denise and Alicia's neighborhood spades match, so they teach him about the cultural and racial significance of the game; Santi, Johan, and Bow learn about divorce after watching a movie.
Alicia and Denise realize they've been boxed into Black women stereotypes at the law firm, and Harrison's attempts to help ends up causing more harm; Paul worries his new job is taking time away from spending time with the kids.
Paul and Alicia encourage sex-positive conversations with Bow until she invites her crush over to their house; Johan and Alvin look at advertisements, magazines and even the constellations to see if they can see breasts.
Alicia's mom, Grandma Shireen, stays with the Johnsons after her surgery, but taking care of her becomes a full-time job; Denise tests each of the kids to see who is best fit to take care of her when gets old.
Alicia treats herself to an expensive purse, but Paul finds out and demands that she return it; Bow bribes Alicia to buy her a fancy backpack so she can impress her friends at school.
Rainbow's best friend asks her to plan her birthday party, so she goes out of her way to make sure it's the coolest party ever; Harrison takes Santi and Johan on a trip to Mexico
After the Johnson family discovers Harrison on a date, Paul decides to give Harrison some dating advice; Alicia feels a little insecure after finding out all of her children go to Aunt Denise for advice.
Paul wants to become better friends with Denise so he uses his white privilege to help her out with her errands; Rainbow, Jonah and Santi sell chocolate bars for their school fundraiser.
In 2021, adult Rainbow, Johan and Santamonica recall very different accounts of what happened the summer they all got their new bicycles; in the '80s, an overprotective Alicia's worst fear comes true when one of the kids get lost.
