Colson is offered a transfer; guardians send Lambreaux home; Batiste takes his sons to a gig; Hidalgo returns to Texas; McAlary revisits his pothole.
Toni finds Judge Gatling at Galatoire's; Janette seeks counsel from Emeril Lagasse; Sonny falls on the wagon; Annie sits in with the Neville Brothers.
The city celebrates the election of Barack Obama; Desautel opens her own restaurant; LaDonna rebuilds Gigi's bar; as the school band director, Batiste becomes invested in his students' lives.
McAlary and Desautel spend New Year's Eve together; Batiste gets a movie job; LaDonna comforts Lambreaux; Colson offers to testify.
Antoine does a good deed; a homeowner is suspicious of Nelson; Delmond convinces his father to sign up for assistance.