ALEXA & KATIE: Episode 1.2: Wigs
A funny friendship story with no objectionable content.
Should You Watch It?
“Wigs” is a funny, heartfelt episode about supporting a friend through adversity. Alexa and Katie face the emotional challenge of returning to school after Alexa’s hair falls out from chemotherapy, and their friendship helps them face that challenge together.
The episode also gives family relationships room to grow. Alexa’s compassion comforts Katie when she is upset, while a heart-to-heart conversation between Alexa and her father brings them closer together. There is no objectionable content to weigh against those strengths.
If you want a positive episode about friendship, compassion, and family, watch “Wigs” with your older children or watch it for yourself.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESAfter shaving their heads together, Alexa and Katie decide to buy wigs to wear at school. Their mothers send them shopping, but Katie has a strict spending limit and finds that the wigs she wants cost more than she can afford. As the girls deal with embarrassment and uncertainty, their friendship is tested—and strengthened.
Is It Any Good?
Four stars means this episode is both entertaining and meaningful. “Wigs” is funny without losing sight of Alexa and Katie’s difficult situation.
The episode’s strongest moments involve compassion and connection: Alexa supports Katie when she is upset, and Alexa’s heartfelt conversation with her father brings them closer together. The episode successfully combines humor with an encouraging example of friendship.
The Worldview
The episode’s worldview has redemptive elements and extols friendship and family. It presents compassion as a meaningful response to suffering, especially when Alexa supports Katie during a difficult moment. It also values honest family connection through the heart-to-heart conversation between Alexa and her father.
The episode aligns with a biblical view in its affirmation of friendship, compassion, and family closeness. Its central encouragement is simple: friends can help one another face adversity, and families can grow closer through honest conversation.
Scripture says, “A friend loves at all times” (Proverbs 17:17). That truth captures the episode’s emphasis on steadfast friendship.
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
worldview with redemptive elements extols exhibiting friendship and family, including a father and daughter have a heart-to-heart conversation that brings them closer together
Foul Language
No foul language
Violence
No Violence
Sex
No sex
Nudity
No nudity
Alcohol Use
No alcohol
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
No smoking or drugs;
Miscellaneous Immorality
Nothing else objectionable.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Alexa supports Katie when Katie is upset. What does compassion look like when a friend is facing embarrassment or hardship?
Galatians 6:2 · Colossians 3:12Alexa and Katie face a difficult change together. Who has helped you endure something hard, and how can you support someone else?
Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 · Proverbs 17:17Alexa’s heart-to-heart conversation with her father brings them closer. What helps make a family conversation honest and helpful?
James 1:19 · Ephesians 4:15The girls’ friendship grows through adversity. Why can difficult experiences sometimes reveal the strength of a relationship?
Romans 12:10 · 1 Thessalonians 5:11The Final Word
“Wigs” is a funny and encouraging episode about compassion, friendship, and family connection. With no objectionable content, it offers older children and adults a positive story about supporting one another. WORTH WATCHING.
