In the series pilot, executive Kate McCrorey returns to her Texas home town, where developers are trying to buy her father's bait shop and cafe.
Kate encourages a despondent Drew to pursue a new dream after she catches a fish that surpasses Drew's record.
Needing excitement, Kate organizes a dance, but finds she's dateless after refusing her lone invitation, from Wade.
Tran's fish chowder brings a health inspector by after putting Wade and Drew into the hospital.
Kate strikes out big when she insists on keeping the cafe open on the opening day of Hadley Cove High baseball.
While in the dentist's chair, Kate reveals a recurring dream about a cafe regular "frolicking naked through a field of daisies."