Still the King Episode 1.04 Puddin' Hood

"I've never made it with a preacher before!" shouts the hot blonde Vernon is hooking up with back at his room at the church. As they're romping around, he notices a man glaring at him with much disapproval. This man is hung on the wall -- a painting of the previous pastor. Vernon takes a time out, and walks toward the painting to cover it up.

As soon as he looks away, he's surprised by the same man outside his window. Could this be a ghost? Vernon could care less with a pretty girl standing in front of him.

The next morning, there's a knock on the door -- it's Laura Beth (Lacey Chabert), head of the church booster committee. Vernon cracks the door only an inch, hiding the girl in his bed.

After he helps the girl out his window, he opens his bedroom door again where Laura Beth is waiting. She shares his daily duties with him, and informs him that the painting on the wall is in fact Pastor Jenkins. She assures Vernon that he's "in a better place now."

Doily waits for Vernon to show up for his appointment, leaving him numerous amounts of voicemail that only get angrier and angrier. Vernon is caught up carrying out his daily duties.

Doily pays Vernon a visit at the church, and helps him out with talking to the youth about the dangers of marriage. Later, they head to brunch to talk through the morning frustration of missing his appointment. Doily uses this mishap as a way to get Vernon to visit his mother, Ms. Doily, in the nursing home. If Vernon pays her a visit, then he won't tell anyone about the missed appointment.

Over at the nursing home, Vernon meets Doily's mother, and so does Laura Beth -- what a coincidence! In Doily's mother's room, both Laura Beth and his mother can't seem to agree on who's who when it comes to Vernon and Walt. Is Vernon a preacher or Burnin’ Vernon? Is Walt a parolee or a pastor? The arguing continues until Doily has had enough.

The jig might be up as Doily asks Vernon to step out for a talk. Doily is very concerned with his mother's dementia, which assuages the awkward situation. Laura has no idea what's going on, so they chalk it up to Doily's mother's confusion. Crisis averted.

Later, Laura Beth spots Pastor Jenkins -- yes, he's alive. In fact, the nursing home is called "A Better Place."

Vernon is asked to hand out pudding, and he gets everyone excited with a little ditty he makes up on the fly with the play-on-words, "puddin' the Lord in your life." As everyone starts clapping in time, we see Mabel taking a photo of Vernon with her phone. Looks like Mabel also volunteers at the nursing home. Will this be the moment Vernon's identity is finally revealed to everyone?