Hiring homecoming at Hillman College, Freddie and Kim disobey their parents and go to a concert they were told not to go to when Kim's father pays an unexpected visit.
It is Christmas time at Hillman and Whitley is acting as bitter as the Grinch. One night Whitley is visited by the ghost of Christmas past, present, and future and told to change her ways, or else.
The Dean invites Freddie and Whitley over for her freshman tea and they both fight over the Dean's approval. While Dwayne and Ron get a house guest that does all their chores for them when Walter tells them he could be a thief from a story he once heard.
Dwayne's old friend comes to visit and convince Dwayne to come to his college because he believes one becomes the best by being with the best and starts to judge Dwayne's best friend Ron, While Colonel Taylor and Mr. Gaines get people together for those who were once in the U.S. Army.
While shopping for her father's birthday present, a jewelry store clerk discriminates against Whitley. Civilians Dwayne and Walter go on a ROTC weekend trip with Col. Taylor and Cadet Sgt. Ron.
