After a rerun last week I was very excited to see a new episode of Nashville this week. Unfortunately this was another of those episodes with a lot of bad singing and only a little story progression. BOOOOOOOO!!! I wish they would put up some sort of warning for those episodes, so I can record them and heavily utilize the fast forward option when watching the playback.
The only saving grace(s) for the episode were:
- Teddy’s statement to Rayna that he wants a divorce – HOORAY!!! Way past time. That marriage was an idea that seemed good at the time and proved itself bad, and yet they just didn’t let go when they should’ve.
- Deacon’s Kiss!!!! Extraordinarily past time. Rayna should be with Deacon! I love Deacon. He deserves more than being Juliette’s muse and Rayna deserves better than pitiful Teddy. I would hope the two of them together would be a dynamic duo – with the spice & fire of Liam times five – fun, funny, smart, and sassy. That’s what I hope. I hope they don’t just become sad sacks.
Then there was that disgusting mess with Scarlett and Gunnar and Avery. That was totally pathetic. Her coming out of the house when she saw the camera crew and begging Avery for money made no sense whatsoever. Though I’m still wondering how she could move someone else in who doesn’t have money and resolve this month’s rent crisis. That made no sense when Gunnar said he didn’t have any money to lend her. I didn’t mind Gunnar kicking Avery’s butt since he was acting like a total tool anyway, but the whole thing was pretty lame. And then there was her reaction to the fight, the yelping. Seriously??? You work in a bar (or bars), but a fight terrifies you? Sounds like you’re in the wrong line of work.
The storyline with Juliette was interesting though the execution of it was trite. It would’ve been more interesting to see 10 seconds or less of the sad little song and instead deal with the fallout/aftermath of the performance. It also seems like if she’s serious about becoming a real artist, about growing up, she’d realise the residents of the twitter-verse are those people she’s trying to grow past. She’s be smart enough to recognise they aren’t the people who most matter in the future she’s planning. The only advantage she has in the scene is that she appears to be so young and foolish that peer pressure might cause her to do something she doesn’t really understand in an attempt to become the woman Deacon wants (become the new Rayna).
I will tune in again next week in hopes of more action and a whole lot less of the songs and improved depth. And I always hope they recast Scarlett or make her stop using that horrific accent and speak like an actual human being and act her age (28-35 from the looks of her).