ALEXA & KATIE: Episode 1.1: Bad Hair Day
A funny, family-friendly celebration of sacrificial love.
Should You Watch It?
“Bad Hair Day” is an unusually warm way to begin a sitcom. It treats friendship, family, compassion, forgiveness, and sacrifice as meaningful virtues. Katie supports Alexa even after Alexa lies to her, and the episode portrays both families and their parents positively.
The story also makes room for consequences. Alexa and Katie are punished after covering their principal’s house in toilet paper, so the episode does not treat misbehavior as harmless simply because the girls are sympathetic.
If you want a funny, heartwarming episode with strong values for older children and adults, watch “Bad Hair Day.”
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESAlexa has been cleared by her cancer doctor to start high school, and she and her best friend, Katie, are eager to begin the year together. But Alexa’s hair begins falling out because of chemotherapy, and she worries about how other students will treat her.
Alexa tries to avoid facing high school by tricking Katie into helping with a prank. The deception strains their friendship, forcing both girls to decide what love and support look like when life becomes difficult.
Is It Any Good?
Four stars means this episode is a standout for its intended audience. “Bad Hair Day” is funny, sweet, and heartwarming, with a story that gives emotional weight to friendship and sacrifice.
The characters display compassion for people they love, even when that compassion is difficult. The episode also presents positive family relationships and parenting, while appropriately holding the girls accountable for their wrongdoing. It is a lighthearted, poignant opening for the series.
The Worldview
The episode exalts patience, friendship, family, honesty, forgiveness, compassion, and sacrificial love. Katie’s willingness to support Alexa after being lied to gives the story its strongest moral center. Alexa’s parents and Katie’s single mother are also presented as positive role models.
The episode’s moral vision is broadly consistent with biblical values, especially in its emphasis on caring for someone who is suffering and choosing forgiveness over resentment. It also recognizes that love does not erase responsibility: the girls are punished for covering the principal’s house in toilet paper. A joke about climate change appears, but the source review does not identify a larger worldview concern connected to it.
The episode’s central longing is to be loved and supported without being defined by illness or treated differently. Scripture gives a fitting picture of sacrificial friendship: “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
Very strong moral worldview with solid redemptive elements extols patience, friendship, family, sacrifice, honesty, and sacrificial love, plus a joke about climate change is made
Foul Language
No foul language
Violence
Two girls throw toilet paper on their principal’s house
Sex
No sex
Nudity
No nudity
Alcohol Use
Adults pour wine in one scene
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
No smoking or drugs;
Miscellaneous Immorality
Lying, trickery and one girl seems to have a crush on her friend’s brother.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Alexa is worried about being treated differently because of her illness. How can your family show compassion to someone who feels isolated or afraid?
Romans 12:15 · Galatians 6:2Katie forgives Alexa after learning why she lied. What makes forgiveness difficult, and what does biblical forgiveness look like?
Ephesians 4:32 · Colossians 3:13The girls are punished for covering the principal’s house in toilet paper. Why should love and friendship still include honesty and accountability?
Proverbs 12:22 · Hebrews 12:11Katie makes a sacrifice to support Alexa. What are some small sacrifices that can communicate love to a friend or family member?
John 15:13 · Philippians 2:3–4The Final Word
“Bad Hair Day” is a funny and tender episode about friendship, family, forgiveness, and sacrificial love. It also teaches that caring people can still face consequences for doing wrong. For older children and adults, this is WORTH WATCHING.
