Bo Dollis Jr.

Delmond discovers a new sound; Annie celebrates with Harley; Hidalgo combines business and pleasure; Toni and Sofia struggle with their memories of Creighton; Cornel offers Sonny a second chance.

New Orleans celebrates the election of Barack Obama; Desautel opens her own Bywater restaurant; LaDonna rebuilds Gigi's bar; school band director Batiste gets invested in his students' lives.

Sonny rushes, but still misses the boat. Fats Domino tickles Davis' fancy and a few of the ivories. Antoine seeks reading help for Jennifer. Janette endures corporate hell. Toni and L.P. get a witness. Desiree gets a new ally.

It's Carnival time: Toni finds Judge Gatling dispensing judicial orders and potables at Galatoire's. Janette seeks counsel from Emeril Lagasse. Sonny falls on the wagon. As Nelson schmoozes, Annie sits in with the Neville Brothers at the Washington D.C. Mardi Gras Ball.

Colson is offered a transfer; guardians send Lambreaux home; Batiste takes his sons to a Dr. John gig; Hidalgo returns to Texas; McAlary revisits his pothole, now decorated.

McAlary and Desautel spend New Year's Eve together; Batiste picks up a movie job; LaDonna comforts Lambreaux; Colson offers to testify, NOPD retaliates.