Lance E. Nichols

LaDonna Batiste-Williams receives news about her missing brother, Daymo, whilst Albert Lambreaux takes the law into his own hands after his tools go missing.

Albert Lambreaux discovers something shocking. Davis McAlary gives piano lessons in exchange for some freedom and Antoine Batiste goes through a rough time. Meanwhile, Annie gets a gig on her birthday.

Antoine contemplates a move while LaDonna resists one; Davis moves in new directions; Toni worries about Sofia's emotional distance; Colson contends with the return of crime to New Orleans; Annie returns from a national tour. In New York, Delmond debuts his new album.

Antoine heads to Baton Rouge for a visit with his sons. Sonny takes a gig in Texas, leaving Annie behind and Albert accepts a dinner invitation from Aunt Lula.

Antoine flirts with martyrdom; Janette meets her old nemesis, Enrico Brulard; Delmond and Albert debut their Indian-jazz album; Toni meets L.P. Everett, a new ally in her investigation of post-Katrina killings; LaDonna finds living with in-laws is its own kind of hell.

Antoine decides to form a band; Vincent Abreu drops a suspicious death case on Toni; Nelson assembles a team of haulers to begin demolition and debris removal work.