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mixed-ish: Season 1

23 episodes Premiered Sep 24, 2019 Updated Sep 27, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Season 1: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (20): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Becoming Bow

Sep 24, 2019 · 22 min

Rainbow Johnson’s parents decide to move from a hippie commune to the suburbs to better provide for their family. As her parents struggle with the challenges of their new life, Bow

S1·E2 Core

The Warrior

Oct 1, 2019 · 22 min

For Rainbow and Alicia, fitting in at school and standing out at work are hard enough; but with the added pressure from stay-at-home-dad Paul to make the world a little better ever

S1·E3 Core

Let Your Hair Down

Oct 8, 2019 · 22 min

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. Meanwhile, Johan and

S1·E4 Core

Love Is a Battlefield

Oct 15, 2019 · 22 min

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 he

S1·E5 Core

All She Wants to Do Is Dance

Oct 22, 2019 · 22 min

It’s time for the Johnson kids’ first school dance, but before Bow can dance the night away, she’ll have to consider the social impact of her date choice. Johan finds an outfit for

S1·E6 Core

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Oct 29, 2019 · 22 min

The popular girls at school ask Rainbow to join their group Halloween costume as Tootie from “The Facts of Life.” She thinks this is finally her opportunity to fit in, but Denise v

S1·E7 Core

Puttin' On the Ritz

Nov 12, 2019 · 22 min

The kids are excited to learn more about their grandad after Harrison invites the crew to family day at his country club. Although Paul thinks it’s a bad idea, he is eventually ove

S1·E8 Core

Weird Science

Nov 19, 2019 · 22 min

Rainbow’s passion for science deflates when her peers convince her that science isn’t cool. During Career Day, Rainbow code-switches and pursues journalism in order to fit in, only

S1·E9 Core

Papa Don't Preach

Nov 26, 2019 · 22 min

Paul struggles when Rainbow and Santamonica want to participate in a beauty pageant. Meanwhile, Johan gets teased for crying after a martial arts tournament, and Alicia and Harriso

S1·E10 Core

Do They Know It's Christmas?

Dec 10, 2019 · 22 min

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. Meanwhile, Alicia

S1·E11 Core

When Doves Cry

Jan 7, 2020 · 22 min

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’

S1·E12 Core

It's Tricky

Jan 14, 2020 · 22 min

Rainbow wants to battle stereotypes at school after she joins the track team and feels like her friends only see her skin color. Meanwhile, Alicia and Paul battle stereotypes of th

S1·E13 Core

Pride (In the Name of Love)

Jan 21, 2020 · 22 min

It’s the first-ever nationally recognized Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Paul is speaking at the school assembly about his personal experiences with him. Johan and Santamonica

S1·E14 Core

True Colors

Jan 28, 2020 · 22 min

Paul is shocked to hear from his estranged mother who wants to visit for Rainbow’s 13th birthday and soon learns more about why she abandoned him. Meanwhile, Rainbow sees turning 1

S1·E15 Core

This Charming Man

Feb 11, 2020 · 22 min

Rainbow is excited to go on her first real date with Bryce for Valentine’s Day, but when her friends weigh in on the rules and expectations, she becomes very nervous. Alicia is war

S1·E16 Core

She Works Hard for the Money

Feb 18, 2020 · 22 min

Alicia gets a bonus after winning a big case and wants to buy a nice car, but having been raised on the “fifty-cent principal,” Denise wants her to buy two cars in lesser condition

S1·E17 Core

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

Feb 25, 2020 · 22 min

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

S1·E18 Core

Parents Just Don’t Understand

Mar 17, 2020 · 22 min

Rainbow clashes with her parents over her love for rap music. Plus, Harrison steps in to take Denise to a charity benefit and helps her realize she deserves better men in her love

S1·E19 Core

Doctor! Doctor!

Mar 24, 2020 · 22 min

Rainbow’s friend Rebecca gets mono (“the kissing disease”), and after helping her out, she becomes interested in the medical field. Alicia fibs to Paul about getting a flu shot, an

S1·E20 Core

Bad Boys

Apr 7, 2020 · 22 min

Alicia and Paul try to deflect Johan’s interest in going to cop camp and one day becoming a police officer. Meanwhile, Rainbow gets her first role as a school safety patrol and qui

S1·E21 Core

Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now

Apr 14, 2020 · 22 min

After learning that scientists predict the ozone layer will be depleted in 20 years, Rainbow panics and tries to implement Earth Day at school to influence some change. To her surp

S1·E22 Mytharc

Every Little Step

Apr 28, 2020 · 22 min

The kids meet a homeless man in their neighborhood, and Paul and Alicia try to have an honest conversation with them about the homelessness crisis. Paul and Rainbow try to help by

S1·E23 Mytharc

You Got It All

May 4, 2020 · 22 min

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 r

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