Issac Ryan Brown

John and Jessica's relationship gets a lot more complicated after she delivers some surprising news; Officer Bradford and Officer West are assigned a community policing project helping out the Watts Rams as volunteer coaches.

Dre worries that Christmas is too commercialized, and Pops and Ruby think the kids have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas.

Janine gives Diane a white Girlstory doll for her birthday, and when Bow tries to return it for a black doll, she is shocked by the limited options offered. Dre blames the lack of representation of African Americans in the media, but when confronting this systematic problem, he realizes that he has prejudices of his own. Meanwhile, Ruby enlists the help of Junior to be her Spades partner.

Before the family Christmas card shoot, Dre takes Junior and Jack to get a haircut from his lifelong barber, T., but Junior chooses another barber.

Bow thinks Dre's visiting childhood friend is taking advantage of his generosity; the ex-wife of Stevens & Lido's founding partner gains control of half the company and puts Dre in a difficult position.

When the flu breaks out in the Johnson household, Dre desperately tries to avoid catching it, while taking care of the whole family.