Treme

Batiste helps a student in a sticky situation. Lambreaux teaches LaDonna the true meaning of "Mighty Kootie Fiyo." Hidalgo meets musician turned activist Davis McAlary. Sonny goes to "see a man about a horse," instead finds trouble. Manager Marvin Frey questions Annie's ambitions; she questions his intentions. Delmond gigs with the great Ellis Marsalis. No longer on the Avenue, Desautel is stumped about what to call her new restaurant. Colson asks to be transferred to a new district. Sofia votes yes to her mother's new living arrangement. Bernette bails out a friend. Obama is elected.

Albert receives bad news, while Annie wins a competition, and Antoine helps a student who is a victim of violence.

McAlary and Desautel spend New Year's Eve with each other, Batiste gets a movie job, LaDonna comforts Lambreaux, and Colson offers to testify.

McAlary celebrates a birthday; Bernette gets a break in her case; Annie gets rid of her band; Lambreaux insists that Delmond carry on as Big Chief after he's gone; Everett returns.

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