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.
Zoe is in the center of a town scandal when she discovers something shocking about the local minister and his wife. Lemon must convince Lavon to choose her funding proposal.
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.
Rose asks Zoe to help plan the first BlueBellapalooza, which winds up complicating Zoe's efforts to avoid Wade; George takes Wade's advice and decides to play the field; Lemon vows to keep her job as a waitress.