Railroad executive Homer Bedloe tries once again to get rid of the Hooterville Cannonball, this time by getting Floyd and Charley to quit by harassment.
As Ben prepares to run for governor, Joe must come to his rescue when a disabled police officer from New Orleans comes to arrest Ben on a 20-year-old murder charge.
Ashley Judd recounts her mother Naomi's adolescence in the 1960s Kentucky, where the promising Diane soon becomes a teen mother; as Diane struggles to raise her girls, she soon finds the path to music.
Naomi and Wynonna Judd, a mother-daughter singing duo, face constant rejection from recording offices, but it isn't long before exciting opportunities start picking up for the duo.