Hoping it might help the residents of BlueBell accept her, Zoe Hart agrees to join Mayor Lavon Hayes on his float during the Founder's Day parade, but accidentally crashing the float doesn't help Zoe win over Lemon and the other residents.
Zoe is determined to win BlueBell's gumbo contest and prove to everyone that she is a part of the community...and hopefully land some patients. Lavon develops a crush on Brick and Zoe's new receptionist, Didi, but things get a little messy after Lemon catches wind of the news. Zoe and Brick find themselves having to work together to perform a life-saving surgery.
Despite Zoe's apprehensions, she decides to bid on Wade's basket at the charity picnic auction, but is surprised she is not the only one. Lemon mistakenly wins Lavon's basket.
Max, the guy Rose has a crush on, becomes infatuated with Zoe; Lemon asks AnnaBeth to start a catering business with her; Lavon tries to win over Ruby's grandfather.
In the second season premiere, after George confesses his feelings to Zoe, she finds herself having to make a tough decision between George and Wade, leaving the two guys at odds on how to handle the situation.