Lillian generates publicity for herself when Hamish goes on trial for the murder of Scoops LaPue, while Peepers tries to enjoy himself before he confesses to the crime.

The Commodore invites the Roosevelts to Bellacourt Manor and tries to convince Teddy to pick Frederick as his vice president; Lillian sets her sights on FDR; Beatrice makes a connection with Eleanor; Peepers contends with a servants' strike.

A contagious disease spreads downstairs and Lillian ends up quarantined with the sick servants; Beatrice and Frederick go on a double date; Victor and Albert get into a quarrel over their barbershop quartet.

Albert Einstein visits Bellacourt Manor and Beatrice helps him solve a complex equation; Lillian attempts to get a condom so she can have sex for pleasure; Peepers tracks down Blanche's boyfriend from the asylum.

Lillian and Beatrice try to write a hit song with help from a Kanye-esque songwriter named Joplin; Peepers struggles with newly-discovered carnal desires.

Lillian plans to marry an extremely old and wealthy man named Laverne; Hortense flirts with Laverne's handsome grandson Bertram; incriminating photos threaten Frederick's position as vice president.

Dodo returns to Bellacourt after being served with divorce papers and challenges Chair to a duel; Lillian starts drinking, much to a newly-baptized Beatrice's dismay.

Hortense and Bertram's happiness turns out to be short-lived, as does Commodore and Chair's; Beatrice turns to religion when her bar fight with Lillian has deadly consequences; Blanche gives birth downstairs.