Sara Ilyse Jacobson

It's 1951 and Hadacol is all the rage. The wildly popular elixir is promoted as a remedy for everything from asthma to impotence to gout. Part-carnival, part-burlesque show, The Hadacol Caravan Medicine Show has come to the small Louisiana town that Charlotte and her son Henry call home. Behind the scenes, dancers Sadie and Oliver try to blend in and forget the botched plan that led them to join the Caravan. In 2011, Felicia comes to terms with her new diagnosis while Sebastian, her ex-husband, encourages her to pursue alternative treatment.

Teenaged Malcolm meets Bianca in the nursing home where he is a reluctant volunteer. After a rocky start, a friendship develops between the pair as Bianca shares stories from her past, and Malcolm divulges the details of a family dispute. Meanwhile, Malcolm's mother Audra struggles to hold on to the ideals of the Black Panther Party to which she once belonged, while her marriage to a fellow member falls apart.

Callie, an academic researching a story about the women of the Irish Republican Army, has loved Julian since they were kids. Since she can't have him, Callie settles into a relationship with his lovelorn brother Aiden. Past, present, and Celtic myth intertwine as Callie's source material hits uncomfortably close to home.

Roxanne tries online dating after moving to Hawai`i in 2004. She begins communicating with Logan, an infantry soldier serving in Afghanistan. The pair develop an intense relationship despite the distance between them.

Sasha and Pete talk to the bartender about worms and other things.

Tensions run high at an employee workshop.

Participants in a first aid class await the instructor.

Violet and Shay talk microbes and myths, poolside.

Willpower is put to the test during a long wait.

Fern picks a strange time to reminisce about travel.

A walking tour veers off course.

Things get heated in the sauna.

Small talk at a barbeque takes a strange turn.

A chance encounter with an old friend is not what it seems.

Nate, a recently transplanted kidney, tries to convince Kate to work together.

Luke tries out his new pick-up moves on Vicky.

Two bros unwittingly join a book club

Eliza revisits a holiday fling.

Charlie and Jane's spa day goes awry.

Lily finds herself in bed with her roommates.

Tess visits her husband Sam in prison. It doesn't go as planned.

Jack compiles his divorce registry wish list.

A medical brigade arrives in a small Central American village and is surprised by what it encounters.

Funnel Cake, Corn Dog, and Lemonade land in the stomach of an Iowa state fairgoer.