Rene sends some of M.E.'s stories to a publisher friend in New York. When the publisher visits M.E. on a trip to a Southern women's writing conference, M.E.'s writing career gets a jump start. To fight off her writer's block and help her finish the first chapter of her novel, M.E. returns to Port Dixie to revisit her childhood. Meanwhile, Rene and Detective Moody find themselves falling in love, and Rene is forced to deal with Bill's ex-wife and two children. Past: Rene and M.E. learn how difficult it is to be apart when M.E. visits her relatives in Texas. While there, M.E. must confront the horse that threw her during her last visit.
Annie Potts
Mary Elizabeth Sims
Lorraine Toussaint
Rene Jackson
Shari Dyon Perry
Young Rene Jackson
Mae Middleton
Young M.E. O'Brien
Olivia Hack
Young M.E. O'Brien
Maya Goodwin
Young Rene Jackson
Chris Mulkey
Colliar Sims
Olivia Friedman
Kelly Sims Williams
Donzaleigh Abernathy
Sara Jackson
Derrex Brady
Ajoni Williams
Dan Byrd
Young Collier Sims
Nancy McLoughlin
Catherine O'Brien