Pour It Out

**Pour It Out** is the first episode of the first season of *Sweet Magnolias*. It is the first episode of the series overall.

## Plot

*Amid prying eyes, Maddie tries to move on from Bill's fall from grace. Dana Sue deals with problems in her kitchen. Helen makes a life-altering purchase.*

## Synopsis

Maddie Townsend divorces her husband Bill Townsend, a doctor who cheated on Maddie with a nurse, Noreen Fitzgibbons in the hospital he works in, impregnating her. Bill is now leaving Maddie and her three kids to try and help her now fiancée Noreen to raise their child. Bill wants to sell the family home, so Maddie will need a new job and a new place to stay. In the end, Bill decides not to sell the house so that Maddie and the kids can keep residing on the property.

Each of the Townsend children have a different response to their parent's divorce: Maddie's eldest son, Ty Townsend, appears to be taking things quite hard, as he keeps getting into fights with his baseball teammate, Jackson Lewis. Jackson bullies Ty constantly. Jackson is revealed to be the son of Serenity's mayor Trent Lewis and his wife, Mary Vaughn Lewis, who is also Maddie's lifelong nemesis. In an effort of helping her son, Maddie meets Tyler's ex-professional coach, Cal Maddox, who soon catches Maddie's eye.

Meanwhile, Maddie's eight-year old daughter Katie Townsend doesn't seem to be frustrated with her father, as she is constantly expecting to see him and have his attention, while middle child Kyle Townsend is the only Townsend sibling willing to give Noreen the time of day. Noreen's sensitive side is shown, she is pregnant, alone and possibly feeling strong remorse for breaking up her now fiancée's whole family.

On the other hand, Dana Sue Sullivan, Maddie's best friend and the second member of her friend group The Sweet Magnolias is seen. She is a professional chef and the owner of her family restaurant, Sullivan's, even though the only family members present in Serenity are she and her fifteen-year-old daughter Annie. She is having trouble with her daughter, as Annie isn't happy and directs her anger towards an Instagram account that she made, which she uses to showcase Serenity's most negative aspects.

However, this isn't Dana Sue's only problem, as someone has stolen whiskey from her restaurant. She is willing to let it slip as long as the whiskey is returned, but she later finds her sous-chef Brad Wellington drunk on the stolen whiskey. They have a heated discussion, Dana Sue fires Brad and he says unpleasant remarks about her success. After Brad leaves, Dana Sue discovers he has scrapped her car.

Last but not least, Helen Decatur the third member of the Sweet Magnolias, is an attorney. She is a strong, single, independent woman that, together with Dana Sue, manages to convince Maddie to go into business with them and buy the Wingate Household, which is property of Frances Wingate, a neighbor of Serenity and an important part in the lives of the three women.

Helen meets with fellow citizens Collins Littlefield, who owns a mechanics business, Peggy Martin deputy writer of local newspaper *The Sentinel* and married couple Grace Wharton and Neville Wharton, owners of Wharton's. When doing this, Helen realizes how much help and fixing her hometown is in need of, and sets on a quest to dedicate her life to Serenity together with her two best friends.

## Cast & Characters

### Main

* JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Maddie Townsend
* Heather Headley as Helen Decatur
* Brooke Elliott as Dana Sue Sullivan
* Logan Allen as Kyle Townsend
* Anneliese Judge as Annabelle "Annie" Sullivan
* Carson Rowland as Tyler "Ty" Townsend
* Jamie Lynn Spears as Noreen Fitzgibbons
* Justin Bruening as Cal Maddox
* Chris Klein as Bill Townsend

### Recurring

* Adam Fristoe as Brad Wellington
* Charles Lawlor as Collins Littlefield
* Dion Johnstone as Erik Whitley
* Vickie Eng as Grace Wharton
* Frank Oakley III as Harlan Bixby
* Shawn Passwaters as Dr. Howie Young
* Chris Medlin as Isaac Downey
* Bianca Berry Tarantino as Katie Townsend
* Allison Gabriel as Mary Vaughn Lewis
* Alpha Trivette as Neville Wharton
* Caroline Lagerfelt as Paula Vreeland
* Brittany L. Smith as Peggy Martin
* Tracey Bonner as Pastor June Wilkes
* Jason MacDonald as Tom Patterson