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The second season picks up where the first left off: Constance may never walk again after falling from the second-floor landing of Lute-Mae's.

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Titus is reluctant to investigate when Lute-Mae is raped by the son of an influential Truro family.

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Field campaigns aggressively to renovate the barrio- until he learns the identity of the slum-lord.

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Sam battles a ruthless tycoon who wants him out of the bidding for a valuable section of waterfront property; and Claude catches Field in a restaurant with another woman.

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Tyronne tries to gain Field's support by showing him how easily he can ruin his political career; and Claude wants to put Eudora in a mental hospital

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On Christmas Eve in Truro, Tyronne wants Titus to evict the Cubans from his newly acquired barrio property; and Constance seeks the attention of Julio.

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Angry over losing the barrio, Tyronne buys the local bank and forecloses on Claude's paper mill.

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Titus faces tough competition for re-election when Elmo throws his hat into the ring; and Constance has a tryst with Julio.

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Field has the mill's books audited; Constance travels to Tallahassee to meet with prospective casino investors and rendezvous with Julio; Tyronne learns that Lute-Mae is Constance's natural mother; and Alicia invites Skipper to dinner.

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Julio is arrested for the theft of Constance's jewelry; Lane pressures Sam to marry; and Tyronne takes Lute-Mae to the race track.

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Titus decides to silence Elmo's newspaper before Skipper's editorials ruin his plans for legalized gambling in Truro. Meanwhile, Sam and Lane elope.

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Sam marries Lane; Skipper's blindness could be permanent; and Titus frames Elmo for the explosion in the newspaper office.

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Eudora smothers Skipper with maternal care; Constance has Julio spy on Field; and Lane and Sam honeymoon in the Caribbean.

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Julio proclaims his love for Constance to Field; Alicia eludes Eudora's guard and sees Skipper; and Titus and Tyronne plot Truro's future in gambling.

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Field gets the upperhand on Titus when he is given a record of the sheriff's crooked dealings; and Tyronne's real reason for being in Truro is revealed.

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Tyronne moves to secure Field's support as the gambling bill nears a vote; Sande is depressed about her role as Field's mistress; and Skipper and Alicia take a big step forward in their relationship.

A plane carrying Sam and Field crashes in the Everglades under suspicious circumstances- they were returning from a fact-finding mission concerning Tyronne's private dealings in Nassau.

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Tyronne uses voodoo to begin his destruction of the people of Truro- starting with his sister.

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Lute-Mae goes gunning for Tyronne; and Field makes a surprising political move to stop the gambling bill.

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Tyronne plots to drive Titus insane; Constance learns an awful truth; and gangsters are gunning for Sam.

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There's a surfeit of suspects when someone takes a shot at Tyronne.