Grace Under Fire

A deluge of rain causes flooding, which brings difficult situations. Jimmy visits and ends up getting stuck at Grace's house, while Russell runs out into the storm to get Faith's insulin.

A new woman is brought into Grace's crew but is transferred back to her old crew when she complains about the men's language. Nadine and Wade have fertility problems.

Grace meets her new boss, John, who is buying time until he can retire. She also has money problems resulting in cutting back on child care costs and allowing Quentin to babysit.

Grace goes to a local ballgame and then ends up in a bar, where she meets one of the players and begins dating him.

Jimmy visits, bringing his girlfriend Ramona. When Jimmy loses his temper, Ramona goes to Grace for advice. Grace also deals with a fight between Nadine and Wade, and problems with credit at her local grocery store.

Grace feels pulled in too many directions with a demanding boss, a shoplifting Libby and Nadine crying on her shoulder about Wade.

Grace and Nadine take a road trip to Paris, Texas to see Grace's eccentric and worldly Aunt Vivian.

Grace deals with Quentin's denial of her when in public, her boss' pregnant daughter Julia visiting and trying to get Julia and her father to talk to each other.

Jimmy brings the Kelly clan over to Grace's house for Thanksgiving after Libby feels ignored by Jimmy. Wade and Nadine decide to date.

When the oil refinery has an explosion, Grace finds that Quentin and Libby just aren't interested that she could have died. Meanwhile, Grace takes a temporary job as a secretary at the refinery and realizes it's not her forte.

Grace realizes Wade and Nadine are having sex when she finds a pair of his boxers in her garage. Grace slips on Wade's icy property and at Wade's insistence, sees a physical therapist. Wade accuses Grace of drawing out the sessions when he finds out she is attracted the therapist.

Grace is forced to deal with her depressed ex-mother-in-law during the holidays. She receives an invitation from Dougie and decides to attend a holiday party with him.

Grace sends a story to the local paper and is thrilled when she is told they will print it. Quentin tells Grace he wants to live with Jimmy; she finally relents for a two-week period.

Russell asks Grace to go with him to a real estate seminar. Grace thinks it is a scam but goes with the intention of writing a story about it for the local paper.

Grace speaks to Nadine about Travis' controlling nature and how she feels it might be a problem she needs to work on for herself. Grace and Travis break up, but for differing reasons. At the refinery, Vic thinks his wife is cheating on him.

Grace receives a letter from her college-aged son Matthew, who she gave up for adoption when she was a teenager. They later meet and Grace finds Matthew has several misconceptions and questions about her.

Grace takes the kids camping, but when Quentin pushes a little girl in a neighboring camp, she finds out that Jimmy has told Quentin that Grace hit him during their marriage.

Grace's father-in-law Emmett is admitted to the hospital with chest pains and finds he has to have bypass surgery. Wade tells Nadine it's okay if they can't have kids, and that he'd be just as happy adopting.

Grace's first child Matthew visits in order to get to know Grace's other kids better. When Quentin treats him badly, Grace asks Matthew to step into another room so she can speak to Quentin alone. Matthew then realizes he's mad at Grace for giving him up.

Grace wins two tickets to the opera and goes alone when she can't find someone to go with her. There, she meets a tall, dark stranger she believes was a set up by Nadine. She later meets up with Russell to visit his father.

Grace takes a road trip to Memphis with Faith and Russell for her little sister's wedding. Along the way she meets an enigmatic stranger who seems to know things about Grace and her visit.

Quentin ends up in a fight with a boy after using a racial slur and Grace is horrified. At the plant, John decides to retire and the gang throws him a party.

Grace finds Matthew's father in Joplin. Despite Matthew's enthusiasm, Grace wants to inform the father herself. The professor is not interested in meeting his son.

Quentin's shy soccer coach finally asks Grace out. Kurt calls and also asks her out. Grace runs into Ryan at the pharmacy, who also asks her out. Ray, the pizza delivery guy asks her out. Grace and Nadine try to figure out what all these guys have in common.

Grace and Ben are enjoying dating, but every time they get close, Ben backs away. Eventually, Grace asks what the problem is, and Ben tells her he is celibate.