We find out that Bill’s mother, Lois, has dementia from a sexually-transmitted disease that Frank gave her early in life. Bill’s family does try to take care of her, but she goes on a hunger strike to be taken back to Frank. They end the hunger strike by agreeing to take her back to the compound. Frank finds out how much the disease has affected her after he falls and breaks his hip and Lois does nothing about it, besides give him a pillow to put under his head. She is put into a nursing home where Bill and Frank both visit her.

Barb shocks the household when she tells them that she believes that she is a priesthood holder also. She refuses to attend Bill’s church because he does not agree with her. She goes to a reform LDS church and is almost baptized. While in the water, she realizes that since her family isn’t there, this isn’t what she wants. She then goes and joins the family at Bill’s church for Easter service.

Nicki is now the sole parent of Cara Lynn and wants Bill to adopt her into the family. The only catch is for Bill to adopt her, he and Nicki must be legally married. After much discussion, Barb and Bill divorce and Nicki and Bill get legally married, making Nicki first wife. When Nicki discovers that her daughter is in a relationship with her teacher, she tries to send her to a strict boarding school without telling the rest of the family. Cara Lynn, however, runs to Barb and tells them what her mother is trying to do.

Margene, who is still very young, is desperate to be around people and make new friends. She tries her hand at selling different products and, while being successful at selling them. But, through those experiences, she finds out that there is more to life than the marriage with Bill, and decides to go on missions to help the poor.

In the final episode, Bill has been in jail for 48 hours and is released. He goes straight the Senate and tries to push for a bill to make polygamy legal. On Easter Sunday, Bill invites everyone to his church for service and more than 400 people from across the state do. During his service, he sees a vision of the old pioneers and [ Emma Smith] (Joseph Smith, Jr.’s wife), knowing that he is making the right decision. After his service, we find Lois in her bed at nursing home with Frank. There are vials of medication on the bedside table and the syringes have been used. Frank talks to her until she passes away beside him.

In the final moments of the series, Bill walks outside and confronted by his neighbor, Carl, because he re-sodded his yard for him. Carl then goes into a rant then shoots Bill in the chest at close range. All three wives, who were in the kitchen making dinner, hear the shots and run outside to help Bill. In his final moments, Bill asks Barb to give him a blessing, showing her that he believes she holds the priesthood also.

The next scene is set 11 months later. Sarah has had a baby and they have just come from the christening. Barb was the one who blessed the baby boy, who is named Bill. Ben and Heather, who began dating at the beginning of the season, are now married and Margene is leaving on a mission for 3 months. In the final scene, all the women embrace one another beside the dining room table and the spirit of Bill is sitting at the end of the table, watching them. Later, a video blog from Margene was posted on her blog saying home was where her family was, and even though Bill is gone he will always be in their heart, as she says this lights flicker and she pauses, insinuating that Bill was there with her in spirit.

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#3 (2/14/11): Girl’s Gotta Dance – Margene let’s it all out!