Dixie Carter

Fleeing the retirement home where his son abandoned him, Abner Meecham sets out to reclaim his beloved Tennessee farmstead, only to find it's been leased to an old enemy, the volatile Lonzo Choat. After Abner intervenes to protect Choat's daughter from her drunken father's abuse, events spiral toward a startling, violent climax.

Focuses on sisters Julia and Suzanne Sugarbaker, who, despite being opposites, run a business together. Julia is an elegant, outspoken liberal intellectual, while Suzanne is a rich, flashy, often self-centered former beauty queen. Together they have launched Sugarbaker Designs.