My Big Redneck Vacation - Season 2

While packing up their prized possessions for their 10-week vacation in Europe, we find out valuable nuggets of info since we last saw the Clampets: Michelle is pregnant and Tommy & Tammy are engaged. The Clampets take their first flight to their new vacation destination: a castle in England. Upon their arrival, the Clampets meet the castle staff, check out their rooms, and meet Roger Tempest, the aristocrat owner. But after dealing with an introduction to bad British food, an abundance of language barriers, and most horrifying, no bud light ... our family realizes they're not in Shreveport anymore.

As the family settles in, they find that living overseas is much tougher than they ever anticipated: between having major issues with the British food, awkward interactions with the butler and missing all the comforts of home -- TVs, ATVs, grills, etc. The family talks with Heath, the butler, who sets up some fun accommodations and excursions for them to try out, starting with a fly-fishing and falconry expedition. The butler also comes through with some deer heads, TVs, ATVs, electric scooters, fire pit, and grill for the gang. Now they'll finally be able to get a little more comfortable.

With everyone in England fired up about hosting the 2012 Olympics, the family decides to get in the Summer Games spirit. They decide to host some summer games of their own ... Redneck style. It's the perfect backdrop for their first party, so they invite all the neighbors, acquaintances, and strangers that they can find. The family brings it big with "redneck-ized" events like keg rolling, redneck rafting (canoeing down a homemade slip and slide), and a sheep patty shot put. Complete with a show-stopping opening ceremony, starring a torch-carrying Tommy in a Union jack / American flag unitard ... England may not be ready for this!

When the guys happen upon Richard the gardener, they learn about Roger Tempest's other castle, Aldourie Castle in Scotland. It also happens to be on the lake where the Loch Ness Monster supposedly resides. After Richard shares with them his own personal account of his "Nessie" sighting, the guys decide to make this a "guys only" weekend to go hunt down the elusive creature. The girls, meanwhile, are freaked out by noises they hear in the castle and decide to bring in a professional ghost hunter -- although they may not be ready to find out the truth.

A long-standing village tradition takes place right in front of the castle every year -- an event known to the locals as "Bird Man." Local villagers have to come up with new and creative ways to cross the nearly 25-foot wide river without swimming. Whether it's flying jetpacks, human slingshots or wooden catapults using centrifugal force, this event is perfect for the family to use a little redneck ingenuity. With Birdman legend David Ainsworth being the one to beat this year, it's all hands on deck as the family builds their birdman contraption and nominates "Wonder Wendy" to fly across the river. But the guys get a little sidetracked when they end up participating in the Gallon Challenge -- an 8-pint, no bathroom breaks, no barfing drinking contest at a local pub. Jared (who has promised Michelle he would try to be sober with her throughout the rest of her pregnancy) catches some heat from Michelle when he returns home drunk and rides the birdman contraption straight into a bush. The locals all participate in the Birdman Challenge, but the real show-stopper is Wonder Wendy when she takes on David Ainsworth to show the Brits how it's done.

When the family takes a trip to Camelot, the theme park (which they think is the real Camelot), they enjoy a day of medieval merriment and get inspired to sign up for knight school. With Heath's assistance, the family partakes in knight training at the castle, complete with jousting and sword fighting lessons. They make their own medieval weapons, don the medieval gear and head to Ripley Castle for the grand gauntlet challenge. When "princess Wendy" is held captive, Doug fights for her freedom in a sword fight against the Dark Knight and wins. The whole family celebrates when Doug is knighted as "Sir Cheeto."

Christian is bummed out she's missing her prom back in the states. So Aimee and Chris do what any good parents would do -- host their own prom at the castle. The ladies find that recruiting high schoolers is a little trickier than originally anticipated, and Chris' "uncool" ideas for the prom don't faze Christian as she's met a British boy. Chris decides if this little Harry Potter look-alike is going to be good enough to date his daughter, he's going to have to toughen him up first. The young lad barely makes it through the redneck boot camp, but he passes and escorts Christian to her prom, which has been rednecked out, courtesy of the Clampet prom decorating committee.

With Chris and Aimee's anniversary quickly approaching, Chef Dennis suggests they go to the "City of Love" to celebrate. All the adults decide to tag along but not before they bring in a French tutor for some basic lessons (like learning how to say "I want beer!") and buy some berets to "fit in." The gang hits the town and visits the Eiffel Tower, clashes with rude locals and takes in the Parisian scenery during a boat ride along the Seine. The pressure is on Chris to show Aimee his romantic side. We'll see if his efforts win her over when he takes her to an all American restaurant for their anniversary.

With Doug and Wendy's birthdays coming up, the family knows just what to get this bickering couple -- fencing lessons. Meanwhile, Doug has the perfect gift idea up his sleeve for Wendy -- a murder mystery party. But in order to pull it off, he has to keep it a secret from the rest of the family. While the family is out on a canal boat excursion, Doug plays sick so he can stay behind and set up his surprise gift. With the guise of being some of Roger's "aristocratic friends" in town for a visit, the murder mystery cast joins the family for dinner. It's a night of "whodunit" as the family is questioned for the murder of maid Wendy. Hilarity ensues when the family finally figures out that this is all fun and games and puts the house on lockdown until the murderer is found. In the end, everyone gets a good laugh.

For weeks, the staff has started to crack and seemingly enjoy their redneck houseguests, but after watching the family having fun playing in the mud doing some mudball fighting and redneck skiing, Wendy and Chef Dennis are disappointed when Heath forbids them to go outside and join in the fun. The Clampets decide they should do something nice for the staff, so they plan a staff appreciation week. They insist on doting on their staff for a change. Heath is resistant, but the family won't be denied. Wendy, Chef Dennis and the nanny are touched by the family's efforts and have a blast with the role reversal. From Brody (dressed in proper butler attire) helping make the beds, to the family treating the staff to a full-fledged Southern cookout, Wendy and Chef Dennis embrace the redneck lifestyle change. The family tries to get to know the staff on a personal level, and upon asking Heath what he likes to do, they find out he's into croquet. They appease Heath by playing a game of croquet with him -- only they make him loosen up and change the rules -- shot-gunning a beer for every point and getting him "shit-faced" in the process.

Tommy and Tammy's local wedding planners have failed miserably at grasping the concept of fusing country into this royal wedding, so the dynamic duo decides enough is enough. They fire the wedding planners with only two weeks before the wedding. Seeing the predicament her friend is in, Michelle puts in a call to Michael Russo, and to the shock of the rest of the family, Michael and Joey show up to save the day. They have a lot to do to fuse Shreveport country with the royal British style they've come to love.

Tommy and Tammy get married at the castle with guests from home. Thanks to Michael Russo, the wedding will be a perfect fusion of England and Shreveport -- with reception games like four-wheeler jousting and drunk cricket.

With the Queen's Diamond Jubilee happening right in Skipton, the family gets in on all of the fun for one last hurrah before they have to pack up their things and say goodbye to their life in the English countryside. There are heartfelt goodbyes with the friends they have made along the way, especially the staff, who our family has really left a lasting impression on. The family leaves the castle and heads back to their lives in Louisiana.