1Becoming Bow
A young Rainbow and her family try to acclimate in the suburbs after life in a commune.
2The Warrior
Rainbow and Alicia struggle to fit in at school and stand out at work.
3Let Your Hair Down
After a teacher tells Rainbow to make sure her hair is "neat" for picture day, she becomes self-conscious and begins a complicated relationship with her hair; Johan and Santamonica struggle with their own hair identity.
4Love Is a Battlefield
When Rainbow is tasked with a school assignment that requires her to trace her roots, she learns that history is more complicated for her mom's side of the family than it is for her dad's.
5All She Wants to Do Is Dance
Bow has to consider the social impact of her date choice for her first school dance; Johan discovers his love of fashion; Santamonica spends some time with Harrison.
6Girls Just Want to Have Fun
The popular girls at school ask Rainbow to join their Halloween costume as Tootie from "The Facts of Life"; Rainbow sees an opportunity to fit in, but Denise thinks differently; Alicia doesn't want the kids to go trick-or-treating.
7Puttin' on the Ritz
The kids are excited to learn more about their granddad after Harrison invites the crew to family day at his country club; Alicia attempts to fit in at the country club, but ends up fighting with Denise.
8Weird Science
Rainbow's passion for science deflates when her peers convince her that science isn't cool; Harrison works to mold a testimony from Denise; Santamonica tries to steal the spotlight back after Johan suffers an injury.
9Papa Don't Preach
Paul struggles when Rainbow and Santamonica want to participate in a beauty pageant; Johan gets teased for crying after a martial arts tournament; Alicia and Harrison struggle with the best way for Johan to fight back.
10Do They Know It's Christmas?
Alicia and Paul strive to maintain their winter solstice traditions from the commune, but their parents want to have a more traditional Christmas with the kids; Alicia's dad competes with Harrison to be the kids' favorite grandad.
11When Doves Cry
In the wake of the Challenger tragedy, Rainbow and her family handle their grief in different ways; Denise realizes that life is too short, so she vows to right all the wrongs she's done in her life.
12It's Tricky
Rainbow wants to battle stereotypes at school after she joins the track team and feels like her friends only see her skin color; Santamonica tries to be cool enough to hang out with Rainbow's friends.
13Pride (In the Name of Love)
Paul speaks at the school assembly on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but the kids think he'll embarrass them, so they decide not to attend.
14True Colors
Paul is shocked to hear from his estranged mother who wants to visit for Rainbow's 13th birthday; Rainbow sees turning 13 as a huge turning point in her life and wants a big birthday party.
15This Charming Man
Rainbow is excited to go on her first date with Bryce for Valentine's Day; Alicia is wary to let Rainbow start dating and invites Bryce's parents over for dinner to cross-examine them; Paul gets into a fight with Bryce's dad over politics.
16She Works Hard for the Money
Alicia gets a bonus after winning a big case and wants to buy a nice car, but Denise wants her to buy two cars so she can have one; Paul tries to teach Rainbow, Johan and Santamonica about the value of money.
17Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
The Johnsons welcome an African American family that has just moved into their mostly white neighborhood; Santamonica doesn't get along with the new neighbor's daughter, until she gives Santamonica attitude.
18Parents Just Don't Understand
Rainbow clashes with her parents over her love for rap music; Harrison steps in to take Denise to a charity benefit and helps her realize she deserves better men in her love life.
19Doctor! Doctor!
After helping a friend with mono, Rainbow becomes interested in the medical field; Alicia fibs to Paul about getting a flu shot; Johan and Santamonica go to live with Harrison.
20Bad Boys
Alicia and Paul try to deflect Johan's interest in going to cop camp and one day becoming a police officer; Rainbow gets her first role as a school safety patrol and quickly realizes that with great power comes great responsibility.
21Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
After learning that scientists predict the ozone layer will be depleted in 20 years, Rainbow panics and tries to implement Earth Day at school; Rainbow is forced to takes matters into her own hands to fight for the cause.
22Every Little Step
The kids meet a homeless man in their neighborhood; Paul and Rainbow try to help their local homeless community by starting a soup kitchen at Rainbow's school; Denise has a new boyfriend and Alicia doesn't think they're a match.
23You Got It All
Alicia and Paul are both offered jobs to work on Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign, but Alicia's law firm makes her an enticing offer to stay; Rainbow struggles to define her racial identity on a form.
1Sweet Child O' Mine
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.
2Brand New Funk
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.
3On My Own
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.
4Livin' on a Prayer
Bow takes an interest in going to church with her friends, much to her parents' dismay; Santi and Johan try to prepare for hell.
5My Prerogative
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.
6Just the Two of Us
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.
7You Give Love a Bad Name
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.
8She's a Bad Mama Jama
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.
9Material Girl
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.
10You Dropped a Bomb On Me
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
11Tainted Love
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.
12Walk This Way
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.
13Forever Young
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.