Evening Shade

Troublesome Cousin (Billy Bob Thornton) comes to town and manages to get himself and Wood thrown into jail, and for some reason Burt Reynolds ties his shirt in a front knot and pretends to be his lover. You can't make this up!

Fontana goes into labour, but Evan can't be reached.

Taylor's girlfriend elopes with the school hunk.

Ava invites sixties civil rights leader Aurelia Danforth to a Martin Luther King commemoration, then discovers that the guest has a past involving Ponder. (First of two parts)

Rebuffed by Reba McEntire, Ava still persists in planning the baby shower all by herself.

Ava hosts Fontana's baby shower, and wants Herman, who has joined Reba McEntire's security team, to get her to entertain.

The Oakwood Academy, an exclusive private school Molly wants to attend, scrutinizes Wood and Ava, who discover they must pass an exam before Molly can be admitted. Meanwhile, Nab goes on a date with Amanda.

Freida falls for a man at the ice cream parlour, only to discover that he is the new preacher.

...but Wood and Herman may not be, as they are stranded when their car breaks down on the way home from being Will an elusive gift available only out of town.

A frustrated Wood resigns as team coach, and is replaced by Herman.

Herman moves in with Freida when his building goes condominium.

Wood forgets his anniversary when he gets a chance to be on ""The NFL Today.""

Ava is voted ""Arkansas Prosecuting Attorney of the Year.""

Harlan fibs about his weight loss to Richard Simmons, then persuades Herman to impersonate him.

Events get out of hand when a hole in a bedroom wall resembles Abraham Lincoln.

Wood cajoles Will into a father/son camping trip.

Dumped by his girlfriend, Taylor quits the football team.

Ava sends Wood to investigate when Harlan rents property to a massage parlor.

Wood is having trouble dealing with Molly's growing womanhood— even before he discovers her erotic diary. And he totally overreacts to her first ""date"" (slides at the church followed by ice cream). Meanwhile, Harlan's visiting inlaws are putting a damper on his sex life.

Taylor returns, transformed by his three months in Amsterdam; Wood's late father's store is slated to be demolished.

Herman sells Taylor his old car.

Not everyone thinks imitation is the greatest form of flattery, when Taylor writes a play about the people of Evening Shade.

Herman discovers he has a secret admirer.

Fontana decides to proceed with the wedding; Merleen meets her daughter. (Part 3 of 3)

Fontana calls off the wedding. (Part 2 of 3)

Wood must express the family's concern over Evan's wedding. (Part 1 of 3)

Ava feels displaced by the Newstons' talented au pair girl.

Wood and Ava leave Herman alone with the kids.

Wood and Ava go away for a romantic break.

Wood gets stuck in the bathroom window.

Ava threatens to shut down Fonana's strip show.

Wood's black-sheep, ex-con cousin Alvin comes for Thanksgiving.

Taylor and Aimee decide to marry.

At Marlene's insistence, Harlon retires.

Wood faces a dilemma when his football team finally wins a game but he later finds out that his star player is ineligible to play.

Wood, Ava, Taylor, his girlfriend Amy, Harlon, Marlene, Hermon and Fida take a road trip in an RV.

Whilst Evan is babysitting baby Emily, he accidentally loses her.

Wood accompanies Will to the hospital when the boy needs a tonsillectomy—and decides that while he's there he might as well have a vasectomy.

Molly caves in under pressure from her boyfriend and agrees to take part in a beauty contest.

The women begin to feel guilty about having abandoned the men naked in the woods. (Part 2 of 2)

War breaks out between the women and the men on a segregated camping expedition after Wood scares the girls with his bear costume and gets whacked with a shovel—and culminates with the women abandoning the men during their ritual skinny-dipping. (Part 1 of 2)

An in-over-his-head Herman substitute teaches a class in sex education, and calls in ""expert"" Wood.

Wood tries to keep secret the presence of his guest: old acquaintance country-music singer Kenny Rogers.

A convict who'd threatened prosecutor Ava when she had him put away escapes and heads toward town.

On Wood's annual deer-hunting trip, a local legend deer drops dead in front of his cabin—outside official hunting grounds.

Wood must testify against Evan, who's being defended by his daughter Ava.

Herman's big, blustery father comes to visit, but talks football with Wood and chases after Frieda more than he sees his son.

Wood and Ava recall how friends rallied to help her get elected Prosceuting Attorney over her opponent Jim Guy Puckett.

At his 30-year high school reunion, Wood hooks up with two old pals and one old flame.

Wood and Ava are asked to dinner by a married couple—who turn out to be swingers into spouse-swapping.

Tired of his kids' materialism, Wood gives their presents to a needy family.

Wood gets a bit part when a movie company and its temperamental star arrive to shoot a Civil War mini-series.

With Ava's prosecutorial work taking her away from her household duties, a miserable Wood has to take up the slack.

Wood and the rest of town tutor the football players in algebra so they won't fail their classes and be barred from a big game.

Hoping to win Wood's favour, Herman, at a fundraiser, bids for and wins a weekend with Wood and his family.

Ava's high-school flame visits; Will shaves off half of Wood's moustache.

Ava asks Wood to talk with both their son, Taylor, and her father about their choice in dates.

During Sadie Hawkins week, the football team begins a seven-day series of pranks on Coach Newton.

On seeing an old game film, Wood discovers his most celebrated high school touchdown catch was actually out of bounds.

Frieda babysits, and fills in for Evan on poker night when he has a date with Miss Beausoleil.

On his birthday/wedding anniversary, an innocent Wood is photographed with a stripper; and Prosecuting Attorney candidate Ava discovers she's pregnant despite Wood's vasectomy.