Buddy Dobbs, a slacker on the run from a loan shark, steals a man's identity and ends up posing as a small town's new gay pastor.

The church is in an uproar when two dead bodies are discovered in town and a piece of incriminating evidence leads directly to the new pastor. Meanwhile, Buddy goes back home to attend his own funeral.

Buddy’s first Sunday service is so unorthodox, a livid Schmidt calls in the bishop to assess the new pastor’s competence. Dora makes an unusual request for Buddy, while Alexa and Russell vie for his affection.

Buddy steals a necklace from a woman in a coffin to pay off another debt; Dora and Alexa fall out over a church fashion show; Schmidt is enamored with a mystery woman.

Buddy shares a surprise about Russell with Russell's parents and then gets a big surprise of his own. Alexa instructs Dora in the art of self-love.