It's 1990-something, and since Lainey still hasn't achieved rock ‘n' roll greatness, she returns to William Penn Academy as the new music teacher. Lainey has a hard time adjusting to being an authority figure, but she realizes she might not be so bad at it when she discovers a kindred spirit in Principal Glascott's niece, Felicia. Meanwhile, Coach Mellor struggles with Michael Jordan's influence on modern-day basketball.

Lainey and Glascott encounter an overbearing parent and enlist the help of Beverly Goldberg. Mellor realizes he might want to start a family and be a father after CB shows him how to care for confiscated Tamagotchis.