Will manages to overstay his welcome at Olivia's home. Jeri is not pleased that Jack was offered her job; Paul goes on his first date following his divorce.
Judge Olivia Lockhart, whose Cedar Cove Municipal Court is the professional milieu and social microcosm of issues the judge will face in her own day-to-day life with family and friends. Veteran actor Dylan Neal plays Jack Griffith, the new editor of the Cedar Cove Chronicle, and budding love interest for Judge Lockhart.