Mattie's best friend, Etta Mae, is there to help when Mattie gets fired.

It's opening day at LaScala Restaurant and the owners have more than their fair share of problems.

When Margaret auditions for a prestigious music conservatory, she gets a lesson in prejudice.

The love bug attempts to bite everyone, including Mattie.

Matthew is repeatedly harassed by Lester, the local bully, until a Thomas family fishing trip reveals the real source of Lester's anger.

Sophie and Jessie's new tenant, is poor and without an identity, but she rambles on mysteriously about a time when she lived among royalty.