Bad Hair Day

Bad Hair Day is the first episode of Season 1 of the Netflix Original Series, Alexa & Katie. It is the first episode produced for the series.

Plot
Katie enters with a box of donuts, she tells Alexa she got her favorites. Alexa quickly asks if they were rainbow and Katie answers that she did get rainbow sprinkles but ate them because she claims it was a long walk from the donut place in the lobby. Katie also informs Megan about the donuts and she asks if there were any rainbow sprinkles. Katie answers that they were out. Katie is looking through a magazine of outfits for their first day of high school and Katie quickly asks if Dr. Breitweiser cleared her for school. Alexa says she's going to start school on Monday like everyone else, and Katie starts worrying about when Alexa gets cleared for school and rambles on, which Alexa and Katie calls going "Katie". Alexa tells Katie to sit down because she's nervous about Katie around her IV. Katie claims she's very careful but then trips and falls, she sits with Alexa. Alexa then informs Katie that Dr. Breitweiser will call her mom at 3. Alexa tells Katie that she knew she would go all "Katie" if she told her earlier, which Katie does anyways. Nurse Lynda enters the room with blue hands, asking who put dye in the soap dispenser. Alexa had happened to put blue dye as a prank.

At Wired, Alexa, Katie, Reagan and Hannah are comparing their school schedules and about to share their lunch group. They all end up in the same group. Hannah spots something around Katie's wrist and says she's babysitting her brother. She then pulls Jack over with the leash that's attached to her and Jack. Everyone then lists what their most excited about for High School when Katie spots Jack eating the free samples cookies, Jack then asks "What free samples?". Gwenny enters Wired and meets Alexa. Gwenny goes in Alexa's head by confusing her and saying sorry that she didn't make the basketball team. Alexa continues the argument by saying she's in Gwenny head and it's empty. Gwenny retaliates and says everything left when she walked in and Alexa "redecorates" Gwenny's head. Gwenny and her friends then leave Wired. Alexa and Katie then leaves Wired because it's almost 3. Reagan asks what's at tree and the girls answered that they're teaching dogs the piano at the dog rescue.

Alexa and Katie rushes to the couch and acts as if they'd been there for hours. Lori comes in and Alexa lies saying she came straight home from her chemotherapy and took a nap. Lori sees Alexa's mocha on the table and Alexa claims it's from yesterday but Lori touches it and it's still warm. She calls Katie and she quickly answers with the truth claiming there was so much tension in the air. Lori gets disappointed because Alexa isn't suppose to tire herself out, she says she'll continue the conversation when Katie isn't around to hear her yell and Katie says they can hear her perfectly from next door. Lucas comes in and teases Alexa, she then tries to mess up Lucas' hair which makes him move back. Lucas greets Katie and she answers awkwardly. Alexa notices that Katie has a crush on her brother. Lucas is in the kitchen and throws the milk carton in the bin saying they're out of milk. Katie quickly replies milk is important but after a weird look from Alexa, she then says water is good too. Lucas starts checking his hair out when Alexa claims it's poofy in the back and Lucas grabs a triangular spatula to fix his hair but realizes it's good. Lori comes into the room with a note from the Principal that is aware of Alexa's situation and Lori calls it "cool". Lucas reveals that he got detention for a week from Principal Trugly for skipping homeroom and says everyone calls her "Ugly Trugly" which the girls laugh at. Lori then reveals she and Jennifer used to call her the same thing but Dave never. Lori then goes to Lucas and tries to talk to him about skipping class when a cellphone rings and Lucas uses that as an excuse to leave. Alexa thinks it's Dr. Breitweiser but then realizes it's just dad (Dave). He calls again from another phone and Alexa hangs up. A third ringtone is heard and this time it's really Dr. Breitweiser. Lori walks around while on the phone and answers with a lot of "Yes" and "No" which makes Alexa and Katie confused whether it's good news or bad news when Alexa calls her and Lori says she's cleared for school. Alexa and Katie celebrates with a dance. Dave enters through the kitchen with lots of groceries and said he's been calling from the driveway. Lucas comes running down to help him but then takes the milk of carton instead.

In Alexa's room, she starts throwing clothes around and even hitting Katie while trying to find what to wear. Lori comes into the room with notes from the doctor and Alexa asks what notes until she finally grabs it and finds out she can't do extra-curricular activities or physical activities, which means no basketball. Lori says that Alexa can be team manager and Katie chimes in saying she could glitter her clipboard. Alexa says the only thing she has to do is go to class, the worst part of school. Lori tries to comfort her and says she'll start lying to her about skipping homework instead of naps. Katie says they should celebrate Alexa being cleared and Alexa says they should do something their moms would hate which makes Katie nervous, Alexa then gives the idea of them dying strips of their hair. Katie ties her hair up to hide it from her mom, Alexa then talks about taking Gwenny down who she has been feuding with for a while now. They plan to call Hannah and Reagan but when Alexa pulls part of her hair out, she realizes she's losing hair and tells Katie they should wait instead and surprise them. Katie gets a text from her mom and returns home.

At the Cooper's, Jack is looking through the cookies in the cookie jar because they all seem to only have a single chocolate chip, Jennifer jokes saying it's because he has a single parent. Jack goes to Alexa's to bring back Milanos, a cookie with chocolate in the middle. Jennifer says to bring more food back and lunch for himself. Jennifer and Katie gets into a conversation about Alexa starting school when Alexa claims they can read each other minds. A text message comes from Alexa which Katie predicted and Jennifer says she's right, Katie then tries to predict what the message is but Jennifer reveals that it says "Meet me in the tree when you know your mom's asleep." Jennifer hands back Katie's phone where she pretends to type back that she'll be asleep by then. Instead of giving Katie a "teachable moment", Jennifer leaves to take a bath.

Alexa is in the tree when Katie arrives and tells her to wear dark clothes and grab toilet paper rolls. Katie tries to leave and says "Good night" but Alexa pulls her back, she plans on toilet papering Gwenny's house. Katie tries to leave again but Alexa pulls her back and asks her if she really wants to know she never toilet papered a house before in her childhood where Katie eagerly answers she does. Alexa claims this would be a good distraction and Katie agrees to it. Jack is eavesdropping on Katie's bedroom window and says it'd be fun. Katie tells him to keep it to himself and go to sleep but Jack says he'll go with them and keep it to himself. Katie threatens to strangle him and Jack gleefully says she can't strangle him anymore because mom (Jennifer) said so.

At Gwenny's house, Katie asks if they're really doing this and Jack throws a toilet paper over a tree as Alexa says they are doing this, then compliments Jack. Alexa begins to feel tired and takes a moment to rest, she tells Katie to do the bushes. Alexa gets up and Katie notices Alexa is wearing her ski cap. Katie then notices that it isn't Gwenny's house and it's Principal Trugly's. Katie rushes Jack and Alexa to leave when she takes a step back and bumps into Principal Trugly. Katie takes a moment and begins feeling Trugly's face when she jumps out of the way.

Principal Trugly called Alexa and Katie's parents. All three parents and both girls are waiting for Principal Trugly while Dave walks around the room hoping she won't notice him because he was always a model student. Lori then reminds Dave that they're here about Alexa. Lori tells Alexa she doesn't understand why she would do something like this and Jennifer adds in that Jack was with them. Lori apologizes to Jennifer for Alexa dragging Katie into this. Jennifer then says that Katie should be in charge of her own behavior. Lori tells Jennifer that they can handle the girls themselves but they have to present a united front to Trugly so the girls don't start school with a bad reputation. She adds on that Trugly can be intimidating and Jennifer claims that she isn't afraid of her. Trugly comes in and Jennifer quickly points the blame to Lori saying it's all her daughter. Jennifer and Lori goes into the office while Trugly recognizes and calls out Dave's name, asking if one of the girls is hers. Dave uses the excuse that he isn't around much because he's a pilot and says he's really "Captain Dave", Trugly is not amazed by this and brings him inside.

Their parents give them the news that they're suspended for three days which Alexa calls unfair. Dave reveals that it was only one day at first but then Lori came in, kicked over her trashcan and now she's banned from school for a month and the girls are suspended for three days. Lori claims that she slipped and hit the trashcan as an accident, Jennifer comes in and questions Lori slipping twice. Katie is upset by this now that they will never have a first day of High School. Alexa thinks Trugly is crazy and suggests that they should go to Crawford High instead, Katie rejects this idea by saying it's across town and they don't know anyone there, Dave adds in that Crawford is their rivals. Alexa gives another idea that Lori could homeschool Katie and her. Katie gives more reasons why she doesn't want to be homeschooled and Lori adds in she has a job. Alexa asks Dave instead who replies that she loves her but really doesn't want to homeschool them. Jennifer adds in that she doesn't want to homeschool them either, despite not being asked. Lori asks Alexa what is going when Dave interrupts and asks Alexa if she knew it was Trugly house, then adds on that she has her address in her pocket. Katie sees the address and realizes that Alexa lied. She leaves in anger and Alexa runs to her room.

In Katie's room, she hears a knock and thinks it's Alexa who she tells to go away. Jennifer comes in and shows her a cookie with two chocolate chips and her ski cap which Alexa returned. Katie thinks that Alexa is the one who should be going to talk to her when Jennifer finds a third chocolate chip. Katie continued saying she lied. Jennifer gives the ski cap and leaves. Katie finds Alexa's hair in the ski cap and realizes she's losing her hair.

Katie comes to Alexa's bedroom and mentions her ski cap which Alexa tells to let it go since she gave it back. Katie then reveals she saw her hair in it. Alexa asks why she's the one mad when she's the one losing her hair. Katie tells Alexa that she should have known too because she's her best friend. Alexa reveals that she doesn't want her hair to fall out right as school's starting. Katie figures out why Alexa wants them to get in trouble and Alexa reveals she hoped for expulsion. Alexa doesn't want to go to school like this but she also doesn't want to go to school without Katie. Alexa reveals again that it's more about everyone knowing and Katie asks so what? Alexa says she wants everything to be normal and worried that now when school starts, instead of seeing her, they'll see cancer. Katie says she has an idea and comes back into the room with a shaver, Alexa thinks that Katie wants her to shave her head and says if she does, everyone would definitely notice. Katie then says what if she's not the only one who's going to be noticed and she begins to shave a part of her head. Katie tells Alexa that she won't go through this alone and Alexa shaves a part of her head too. The both of them look into the mirror and ends the episode with a scream.