When movie star Victoria Fields decides to leave show business and move to a ranch near the small town of Bailey, her sophisticated daughter Darcy has to adapt to a new country lifestyle working at a local vet's office and pet-supply store.

Layne Haznoy (a guy from Lindsay's history class) begins to bring many animals into Creature Comforts, and while there didn't seem to be any problem with Layne's animals (except for a cat in heat), it quickly became obvious that Layne had a crush on Darcy. Meanwhile, Eli, Jack and Victoria (ok...mainly Eli and Victoria) discover the garden has moles. This, of course, leads to many humorous attempts by Eli in getting the mole (the mole stake scares him so bad he falls in the water trough; Victoria lays down sticky paper, which later sticks to Eli when he falls in the mud; Eli tries to flush the mole out with a hose, but only succeeds in soaking himself and stepping on a trap that the local trapper's daughter [RJ] brought; Eli calls down a hawk and the hawk attacks him). The girls try to figure out how to get Layne to stop liking Darcy, but Layne is very persistent, even to the point of buying Eli (Darcy's new pretend BF) a cheeseburger and potato salad, so he (Layne) can go to the dance (on Saturday) with Darcy. Lindsay tells Layne the truth about Darcy's feelings, and just when Layne goes into a sobfest, Darcy comes in the backdoor with RJ in tow, and RJ is wearing the dress Layne gave Darcy. Layne talks to RJ a little bit, and decides to take her to the dance instead of Darcy. Lindsay and Darcy realize this means THEY don't have a date for the dance, so the episode ends with Darcy and Lindsay deciding they should both take Eli.

Darcy volunteers her party-planning skills to help Kathi with her birthday party, but when Lindsay can't make it because she has to work, Darcy moves the party to Creature Comforts instead, and chaos ensues.

After being bitten by a dog, Darcy develops an irrational fear of everything animal-related. She quits Creature Comforts and can't even stand to leave the house, until witnessing the birth of a foal finally causes her to lose her paranoia.

While Darcy helps Kathi put together an outfit for a wedding, Lindsay helps Victoria take care of a stray buffalo. The two unexpectedly form a strong bond, which makes Darcy jealous until she realizes how much Lindsay misses her own mother.

While baby-sitting a depressed chimpanzee, Darcy realizes that the now-retired former performing ape misses the activity and feels like he has nothing to do. To improve his outlook, Darcy arranges for him to co-star with her in a local TV commercial.

Darcy learns that Fan3, a popular hip-hop artist with whom she grew up, is coming to Bailey to visit. Darcy makes elaborate preparations for Fan3's visit, unaware that it conflicts with plans she has previously made with Lindsay and Kathi.

Darcy finds herself in a jam when she claims to have experience riding in rodeos, and volunteers to enter one to impress a cute young cowboy. She discovers she had no idea what she was getting into, and that getting out again is no less difficult.

To help Lindsay gain the notice of a local boy, Darcy uses all her skills to give Lindsay a glam makeover. As Lindsay becomes Glamour Girl, she lets go of her role as Responsible Girl, leaving a rueful Darcy to pick up the slack.

Stung by a local girl's taunting of Lindsay, Darcy volunteers them to team up in an annual horseback rally. Lindsay's reluctant, since Darcy has absolutely no idea what she's doing, and is likely to cause the team grief and embarrassment.

Darcy is excited when she talks Victoria into letting an entertainment reporter do a TV piece on their ranch life. But her excitement turns to dismay when she realizes the reporter is distorting the piece to make Victoria look crazy.

After sneaking off to the film festival, with Jack and Dr. Adams, Darcy feels guilty due to her inattentiveness. She dogsits Kathi's dog Skittles for the weekend, and takes him along on the trip inside her bag, where he eats gourmet chocolate truffles she also had in the bag. Luckily, he is able to rid himself of the chocolates before serious damage can occur.