Alex is getting ready to undergo brain surgery, and Amber decides to give him a new haircut, which has disastrous results; while Alex is in the hospital, Trent takes the other Johnston children to see the Harlem Globetrotters.

Jonah's grades are slipping and Anna would rather do hair and makeup than go to college, so Amber and Trent arrange a college tour to motivate Jonah, and encourage Anna to find a job at a salon to learn the issues facing a little person in the workplace.