Joshua Langmead, a college football player dies of heat stroke. Ruth attends a session of a self-help group called "The Plan" with her coworker Robbie. Nate battles with keeping his arteriovenous malformation (AVM) secret but eventually tells David. Brenda stresses about having dinner with an ex-boyfriend and his new family, but they turn out to be far from perfect. The Fishers invest $20,000 on a casket wall to raise profits, much to the chagrin of Rico who had asked for a loan to buy a new home. Vanessa goes against Rico's wishes and accepts money from her sister. David and Keith get closer while spending time with Keith's drug addicted sister Karla and her neglected daughter Taylor. Claire rages at Gabriel for stealing embalming fluid from her family (from Wikipedia).

Rebecca Milford, a young cocaine-addicted actress, overdoses and dies at the premiere party for her new horror movie. Her boyfriend knows Federico's sister-in-law. Nate and Brenda, who is still traumatized from the car accident, face some difficulties in their sex life. Claire has difficulties with Gabriel. David finds out he has gonorrhea; later he returns to Keith's church to find Keith happy with his current boyfriend. Ruth researches gay culture and holds a dinner to introduce her children and their partners to Nikolai. Nate accidentally gets high from the ecstasy in the aspirin bottle (from season 1, episode 9, "Life's Too Short") and embarrasses himself. Later, he finds out that he finally passed the licensing exam.

Kari and Faith answer viewer questions from Season 1!