Kevin Berntson

Claire is excited to give Haley and Alex a great experience for “Bring Your Daughter to Work Day” but the staff is not making it easy, and Phil takes Luke and Manny’s class out for community service day, which becomes a teachable moment in more ways than one. Elsewhere, Gloria is thrilled to be on jury duty leaving Jay to help out at Joe’s pre-school and he is not happy about it at all. Cam and Mitch disagree over which of their friends to invite to their party, so could Gloria help mediate?

Zoe finds herself anxious that her ever-critical mother will soon be visiting BlueBell for the holidays. In order to avoid spending quality time with her mother, she busies herself with a patient, but potentially ruins Christmas Eve for the whole town.

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.

Andy Sullivan Dean and Ben are faced with a tough choice while trying to save a couple trapped in a car; Carina's immigration status is called into question.

When Nascar’s Brian Vickers (appearing as himself) has to drop out of hosting BlueBell Junior League’s annual turtle race, Lemon is reluctantly convinced that the mayor is the perfect replacement as her co-host. Meanwhile, Zoe is asked out on a date by a handsome local veterinarian, Dr. Judson Lyons, and Wade has an unexpected visitor who stirs up all kinds of trouble for him.