Feeling peer pressure from her rival principal, Crystal (Tatyana Ali), Abbott’s leader, Ava (Janelle James), lays down a new “law of the land”: No homework. The students are thrilled, but the teachers struggle, worrying their classes will fall behind. Even custodian Mr. Johnson (William Stanford Davis) has existential cause for concern: “If we take away homework, what would the dog eat?” The new policy leads to a showdown between traditionalist Barbara (Sheryl Lee Ralph) and Ava, while Janine (Quinta Brunson) begins to question her boyfriend Gregory’s (Tyler James Williams) own approach to grading homework….