Stan Hooper moves to Waterford Falls to embrace the simple life that he's talked about on his news program and finds that the simple people aren't as simple as he hoped. He ends up with a butler and a house guest, his newly hired camera man.
When Stan learns that the town's mayor has run unopposed for twenty years, Stan takes up a campaign of his own, vowing to bring Democracy and a bandstand. Molly wants Stan to fight for a woman's right to vote, something the town doesn't allow. Stan learns that Fred pulls the mayor's strings and loses the race by a longshot.
Stan takes Lou in a pool game with surprisingly high stakes and tries to find a way to let Lou off the hook in paying him back with increasingly poor results. Stan is accused of being fat.
Stan decides to accompany the locals on a turkey hunt but finds that it's not exactly as he hoped it would be. Stan asks Chelsea to prevent Molly from cooking anything for the Thanksgiving dinner.
Stan decides to teach the town a lesson proving that they are not isolated from criminal activity by perpetrating crimes himself.
Stan tries to save an apple pie recipe from following its creator into the abyss. Gary asks Molly and Chelsea to join the Silent Knights, a male caroling group.