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 wary to let Rainbow start dating and invites Bryce's parents over for dinner to cross-examine them; and Paul gets into a fight with Bryce's dad over politics.

mixed-ish Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Becoming Bow
• s01e02 - The Warrior
• s01e03 - Let Your Hair Down
• s01e04 - Love is a Battlefield
• s01e05 - All She Wants to Do is Dance
• s01e06 - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
• s01e07 - Puttin' On the Ritz
• s01e08 - Weird Science
• s01e09 - Papa Don't Preach
• s01e10 - Do They Know It's Christmas
• s01e11 - When Doves Cry
• s01e12 - It's Tricky
• s01e13 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
• s01e14 - True Colors
• s01e15 - This Charming Man
• s01e16 - She Works Hard for the Money
• s01e17 - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
• s01e18 - Parents Just Don't Understand
• s01e19 - Doctor! Doctor!
• s01e20 - Bad Boys
• s01e21 - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
• s01e22 - Every Little Step
• s01e23 - You Got It All

mixed-ish Show Summary

Rainbow Johnson recounts her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the '80s and the constant dilemmas they had to face over whether to assimilate or stay true to themselves. Bow's parents Paul and Alicia 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 and her siblings navigate a mainstream school in which they're perceived as neither black nor white. This family's experiences illuminate the challenges of finding one's own identity when the rest of the world can't decide where you belong.