Tia and Lizzy answer a distress call from a Mississippi shelter and take on eight dogs in desperate condition; M2 holds down the fort at VRC while juggling life as a mom of two; Mariah finds the perfect home for her special-needs foster dog Rant.

Tia hires VRC's first female parolee - a dog trainer with a deadly past.

A dog rescued from the cane fields seems heaven-sent for a special adopter.