Treme (HBO)

Accentuate The Positive

Antoine contemplates a move while LaDonna resists one. Davis moves in new directions, personally and professionally. Toni worries about Sofia's emotional distance. Colson contends with the return of crime to New Orleans. Annie returns from a national tour. In New York, Delmond debuts his new album, while Janette deals with a demanding boss.

Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky

Antoine decides to form a band. Vincent Abreu drops a suspicious death case on Toni. Hidalgo makes lucrative connections. Sonny realizes playing music on the street is a dead end.

On Your Way Down

LaDonna confronts the return of the crime problem. Sofia channels her father's YouTube rants. Toni takes the Abreu case. Janette and Albert apply for Road Home money. Sonny barely escapes arrest.

Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get The Blues?

Aunt Mimi and Davis form a record company and sign rapper Katey Red. Janette makes her dramatic departure from Restaurant Brulard. Antoine reluctantly lands a teaching job.

Slip Away

Lt. Colson questions the quality of police investigations. Janette lands at Le Bernardin. Annie tries composing. Aunt Mimi gets a track from rapper Mannie Fresh, while Davis discovers a new talent. Sofia lands an internship in Councilman Oliver Thomas' office.

Feels Like Rain

Hidalgo does a favor for Councilman Oliver Thomas. Antoine appoints a straw boss. Janette learns that Jacques is in trouble. Sofia has a realization. John Hiatt and Henry Butler perform.

Carnival Time

As Carnival arrives in New Orleans, Albert unveils his new plumage, and Delmond discovers a new sound. Annie heads to a rural celebration with Harley, while Davis looks for an alibi to party in town. Antoine club-hops with his sons while LaDonna avoids the fracas. In New York, Chef Ripert gives Janette time off to attend to personal business and Fat Tuesday.

Can I Change My Mind

Delmond pitches his fusion project to Dr. John. Toni enlists a PI for the Abreu case. Davis debuts his band while Annie resists debuting her song; LaDonna's marriage is tested. Janette weighs a move to a more casual kitchen. Cornell continues to monitor Sonny's rehab. Hidalgo strikes a sweetheart deal. Sofia runs with the wrong crowd. Susan Cowsill and Leroy Jones perform.

What Is New Orleans?

Davis is eclipsed by his protege, Lil Calliope. Albert's quest for authenticity rankles Delmond. Antoine experiences the upside of teaching and downside of band-leading. Larry forces LaDonna to make a choice. Colson lands in Homicide. Janette is transformed by a new job. Toni and King probe witnesses to murder. Annie experiences the highs and lows of New Orleans in one night.

That's What Lovers Do

The community mourns a fallen artist. Toni asks Colson for inside help. Sonny is smitten at the docks. Janette earns a new nickname at the Lucky Peach. Sofia is tempted at her job. Antoine's showboating costs him a singer. Delmond and Albert head south to cut their record.

Do Whatcha Wanna

Jazz Fest takes center stage in New Orleans, giving Treme residents a welcome respite from a challenging year.

Knock With Me - Rock With Me

Antoine Batiste flirts with martyrdom. Janette Desautel encounters her old nemesis, Enrico Brulard, and a new suitor. Delmond and Albert Lambreaux debut their Indian-jazz album. Toni Bernette meets L.P. Everett, a new ally in her investigation of post-Katrina killings. LaDonna Batiste-Williams finds living with in-laws is its own kind of hell.

Saints

Antoine's students show interest and Annie's demo hits its mark. Sonny and Linh show interest, but no marks are hit. L.P. Everett's new case has smoke and fire. Heat at the in-laws' house forces LaDonna to move. Hidalgo discovers a new angle. Janette's resistance slips. Albert learns he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Me Donkey Want Water

Janette, Aunt Mimi and Annie commit to new deals, with varying degrees of enthusiasm. Toni may have found the killer she seeks. Terry is still looking for his. L.P. Everett meets his victim's family. Batiste plays his bone in Texas. Sonny plays his music closer to home.

The Greatest Love

Antoine Batiste does a good deed, and a homeowner suspects Nelson Hidalgo's deeds may not be so good. Davis McAlary fails to sign Sugar Boy Crawford for his opera, but Delmond Lambreaux gets his father to sign up for assistance from New Orleans Musicians' Clinic. L.P. Everett learns that his headless skeleton was not always so.

I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say

Antoine Batiste does the "Cupid Shuffle," as Desiree's mother's house collapses. Annie T's visiting parents learn about her record deal. Albert Lambreaux's kids learn about his lymphoma. Toni Berrnette learns about Sofia's boyfriend. When Sofia gets stopped by Officer Billy Wilson, it prompts a Toni Bernette appeal to NOPD captain Marcus Grayson. Janette Desautel has a reunion.

Careless Love

Sonny rushes, but still misses the boat. Fats Domino tickles Davis McAlary's fancy and a few of the ivories. Antoine Batiste seeks reading help for Jennifer. Janette Desautel endures corporate hell. Toni Bernette and L.P. Everett get a witness. Desiree gets a new ally.

Promised Land

It's Carnival time. Toni Bernette finds Judge Gatling dispensing judicial orders and potables at Galatoire's. Janette Desautel seeks counsel from Emeril Lagasse and deconstructs crawfish etouffee with Al Roker. Sonny falls on the wagon. As Nelson Hidalgo schmoozes, Annie sits in with the Neville Brothers at the Washington, D.C. Mardi Gras Ball.

Don't You Leave Me Here

Desautel's on the Avenue opens softly. Sonny pawns instruments to buy jewelry. LaDonna Batiste-Williams gets threats from a stranger and support from Albert Lambreaux. Sofia Bernette gets evicted for her own protection. Terry Colson finds a case collapsing and his popularity declining. Desiree confronts Robinette.

Poor Man's Paradise

Janette Desautel gets attacked by crawfish ravioli. Terry Colson survives an assault. His position at NOPD is "untenable," but his position with Toni Bernette is improving. LaDonna Batiste-Williams learns the meaning of those threatening gestures.

Tipitina

Davis McAlary and Cheeky Blakk go "full ghetto" on McAlary's goodbye to the musician's life. Tim Feeny reveals himself and his intentions to Desautel when he finds out that she's throwing an unauthorized benefit for Gigi's. Delmond Lambreaux parts ways with the powers that be. Toni Bernette sees hope that Joey Abreu's killer may be prosecuted.

Yes We Can

New Orleans celebrates the election of Barack Obama. Desautel opens her own Bywater restaurant. LaDonna rebuilds Gigi's bar. School band director Batiste gets invested in his students' lives.

This City

Lambreaux learns his cancer has spread. Delmond plays with Terence Blanchard in New York. Annie wins song of the year for "This City." Violence strikes one of Batiste's students.

Dippermouth Blues

McAlary and Desautel spend New Year's Eve together. Batiste picks up a movie job. LaDonna comforts Lambreaux. Colson offers to testify. NOPD retaliates.

Sunset On Louisianne

McAlary celebrates his 40th. Bernette gets a break in her case. Annie dumps her band. Lambreaux insists that Delmond carry on as Big Chief after he's gone. Everett returns to New Orleans.

...To Miss New Orleans

Series Finale. Colson is offered a transfer. Guardians send Lambreaux home. Batiste takes his sons to a Dr. John gig. Hidalgo returns to Texas. McAlary revisits his pothole, now decorated.