A surprise proposal really doesn't help focus one of the fussiest ladies to ever cross the salon threshold. Meanwhile, a bubbly bride is shot down by her persnickety posse. And a bride's first fitting is bittersweet as she feels her late mother's absence.

One bride is searching for anything but a pageant gown. Unfortunately, each dress is being judged by her opinionated pageant Mom. Meanwhile, another bride has tried on 100 mermaid gowns in the search for her dream dress.

One bride is torn between her own dress vision and that of her family, while another bride shares her bittersweet appointment with her terminally ill father.