AJ's salon is buzzing with business which means plenty of money, but also tons of hard work! To break up the monotony, he takes his stylists out of the city and to a zoo in the countryside for a fun, animal-inspired photo shoot. However, it may not be the locked up cats that bring out the claws as Austin begins to feel suffocated by Katrell's constant micromanagement. Meanwhile, Q begs for her job back after she realizes that leaving AJ's of Chicago was a bad idea, and MaCray gives his long-distance boyfriend an ultimatum.