Juliette bravely faces her new reality and the CMA award nominations are announced, pitting Rayna against Luke.
A group outing to the Deep South Speedway turns into a disaster as tempers flare. Romance heats up in a Biloxi casino and on Bourbon Street during two private dates.
Romantic dates include an evening under the full moon on a country road and also an afternoon on a speedboat on Alabama's Magnolia River.
In the midst of a driving tropical storm, the remaining 20 women visit an alligator farm for the first group date. Tribble chooses one city girl and one country girl for the first of the private dates.
Tribble and the remaining women go from working the ranch on a scorching hot day to cooling off by the river. Romance heats up by the campfire as well as on dates in a honky-tonk bar and a bi-plane ride.