The opener features two mini-mart slackers confronting a homeless man; a pair of attractive high-school girls with plans for romance; and a guy being pelted with paintballs. Meanwhile, a trophy wife rues having children; and a strip-club patron talks a dancer into a special kind of lap dance.
A cokehead hides her habit; Molly learns that Hannah is planning to hook up with Shane; fans recognize Dan the Weatherman; and the rousted homeless man returns to the mini-mart with revenge on his mind, which throws a kink into Willie and Carl's in-store concert plan.
A jailhouse cell offers Ron a break from living on the streets; Stella repeatedly cheats on Leonard; Andy challenges Dan to work on his image; Shane and his friends take Hannah and Molly to the mini-mart concert, where Willie brings down the house.
Willie is upset to learn that no industry executives attended his concert, and Carl tries to ameliorate things by suggesting they produce a music video; Leonard and Stella's son's behavior precipitates a sit-down with his teacher. Meanwhile, Hannah and Molly secretly text each other in school about Molly's date with Shane; and Homeless Ron gets out of jail.
Molly and Hannah skip school, unaware that a rapist is on the loose in the area; Dan the Weatherman is concerned his daughter does not like him and doesn't realize Andy is scheming to get him fired.
Despite Molly's affection for Shane, Hannah puts the moves on him; Dan tries out a new look; Leonard and Stella get in a heated altercation in front of their children; a missing child kicks off a frantic search by mall security guards.
While scanning tapes of the concert, a jealous Willie catches Amanda carrying on with some guy; Ron takes a swim in the pool at a shady motel; Shane and Molly go on a date, but he takes off early to be with Hannah, who's made him a promise; and Andy and Armani continue to meet after hours.
Stella gets nabbed shoplifting, and Leonard, who has a checkered past of his own, shows little support; Dan goes out of his way again to embarrass Andy on TV, but takes him out for a drink afterward; Dan's daughter and her crew party it up at a local strip club.
After getting kicked out of a strip club, a group of the teens head out to play paintball; Tom gets stung in a sting; Carl does his best to cheer up Willie, who's broken up with Amanda; Armani offers Dan a free lap dance and Andy encourages him to jump on it.
A frightening view of the Iraq War is seen through a soldier's helmet camera; Tom winds up in jail and needs Stella to bail him out; Willie's dad pays a surprise visit; Dan gets a gratis lap dance.
In the season finale, the rapist continues to prowl the neighborhood; the fur flies when Molly learns that Hannah has been seeing Shane behind her back; Dan's recent indiscretion comes back to haunt him; and Willie's dream just might become a reality.