- Juliette and Dante go house hunting. Jolene says she saw Dante kissing the realtor (Esme) who tells Juliette they're just old friends. Dante "finds" Jolene's pills, but Juliette later realizes they're not hers. Deacon and Juliette butt heads and when Dante gives him instructions, Deacon gives notice he's leaving after this leg of the tour. Deacon tells Stacy he quit, but then they go to Rayna's concert where Stacy calls him on his feelings and walks out. Rayna and Liam kiss, he asks her to go away with him. Rayna tells Lamar she never knew about her mother's affair and they agree to make a new start. Teddy confronts Peggy about leaking the divorce and says it's over. Will gives Gunnar stage tips but then tries to kiss him. Gunnar sings his brother's song and gets a producer's interest, but says he wrote it. Scarlett gets Gunnar another shot with Rayna but he tells Scarlett he wants to keep singing solo.—A. Farley
- "Nashville" - "Take These Chains From My Heart" - May 1, 2013
We open in Cincinnati with Dante in the shower and Juliette explaining that she has to move because the owners are returning. She invites Dante to go house-hunting. He accepts and then she joins him in the shower.
Gunnar is reading his dead brother's journal and Will rides up on a motorcycle and offers Gunnar the keys.
The plane touches down in Nashville and apparently Deacon and Rayna got a chance to catch up. Rayna tells Bucky with a few days off she wants to get going on Scarlett's album.
Jolene meets Dante and Juliette at the airport complaining about her new sponsor. Juliette tells her she needs to respect boundaries.
Teddy finishes up a meeting with Coleman and the rep from Subway about the new stadium. Teddy laments that Lamar will still see some coin from the deal from contract work. Peggy arrives and kisses Teddy and he backs off and says they need to be discreet and since he has the girls he needs to back off for right now. he takes a call from his lawyer and says he'll meet.
Deacon, Stacy, and Scarlett have dinner and Scarlett says her signing a solo deal with Rayna has upset the dynamic of her and Gunnar's relationship. Deacon says he'll talk to Rayna.
Rayna meets with Liam in the studio. He notes she's feeling better. She says she just wants to live in the moment and having her dad almost drop dead helped with that perspective. She says she feels free. Liam asks how free and they start making out. And then Bucky arrives and just about catches them.''
Will plays his first gig and the ladies love him. Gunnar watches appreciatively. Will gets a girl's number. Gunnar also watches this appreciatively but really likes his swagger onstage.
Rayna and Tandy help Lamar back into his house and he's all grouchy and combative saying he is neither dead nor doddering. Rayna tells Tandy she kissed Liam. Tandy wonders what's next. Rayna doesn't know. Tandy tells her to have a little fling. She says it's scary and that they went to second base. She wonders if this makes her slutty.
Juliette and Dante make out and look at houses while she is supposed to be rehearsing. Deacon asks her to join them. She demurs, and Dante butts in. Deacon asks to speak to her alone but Juliette refuses. Deacon says he'll finish off this leg of the tour but then she needs to find a new bandleader. She dismisses this and says it's fine and he's replaceable.
The lawyer tells Teddy that the Peggy was indeed the leak. Teddy can't believe it
Rayna meets with Scarlett to start talking first single and tour. Scarlett brings up Gunna and that he had a death in the family. She notes that Rayna once said there would be no her without Deacon and she notes there would be no her without Gunnar.
Will and Gunnar talk swagger and how to achieve it and how to zero in on girls in the crowd. Will says Gunnar should try it that night at open mic night at Tootsie's.
Jolene arrives at Juliette's rehearsal and announces that she saw Dante kissing another woman. Juliette calls her crazy. Dante says it was his realtor and they weren't making out and mostly he's concerned that Jolene is following him. Juliette kicks her out.
Avery tries to sign up for open mic night but he's too late their full up. He does get their early enough to catch Gunnar's act with and his new attempts at swagger. It seems he is a quick study and he and Will have a swell time singing a great power pop song. The ladies love it. Avery? Not so much.
Liam and Rayna holding hands in the studio and Liam says he wants to whisk her away to St. Lucia. She says with kids, dad out of the hospital, and the tour she can't. He says she has a few days off after this tour and she said she wanted to live in the moment. She says she'll think about it.
Stacy and Deacon unpack groceries and he tells her he's done with Juliette, he says it's time he lived in the real world for awhile. He asks if that's okay and she answers with a kiss.
Juliette and Dante look at a house and she admits she's worried about her mother and what she said. He says they have to keep an eye on her so she doesn't relapse. Dante takes a call and Juliette calls Emily over and says she wants to meet Esme the realtor.
Will and Gunnar drink at the bar and a girl comes up to Gunnar and slaps her number down on the bar. Even better a guy named Jack Nelson comes up and says he wants to record the song he sang as a demo. Will asks if he's going to use the number and Gunnar tells him to knock himself out. Avery is also sitting at the bar and he compliments Gunnar's song and apologizes about the way he acted with Scarlett. Gunnar points out that he and Scarlett are together now and Scarlett got a record deal. Avery takes that in.
Rayna goes to hang with Lamar and he's poring over her clippings. He says he may not have agreed with all her choices but he still followed her career. She gingerly broaches the Watty White subject and says she had no idea how difficult that was for him. Lamar shuts that down. He says he wants to start all over with her and he wonders if they can. She says she thinks that would be nice. They look at old family photos and reminisce.
Teddy confronts Peggy about the leak. She says she didn't mean to and says a reporter tricked her into confirming the story and then she felt bad so she didn't tell him. She promises she didn't do it on purpose and then spills the beans on Lamar coming to her and trying to get her to persuade Teddy on his stadium site. She protests that they love each other. He says that's not enough and asks her to leave.
The next morning Scarlett tells Gunnar the good news that Rayna is willing to take him too but Gunnar doesn't want that anymore. He says she knows who she is as an artist and he's just figuring it out and after last night at Tootsie's he has something he wants to do on his own. She says she just wants him to be happy. He says he is and they kiss.
Deacon and Stacy walk hand in hand backstage and bump into Liam. Liam charms Stacy. Rayna arrives and they exchange hellos. Rayna says yes to St. Lucia for a few days.
Juliette meets with Esme the realtor and confronts her about her relationship with Dante. Esme says he was her sponsor and saved her life. She says they were never involved, just friends. Juliette says she'll take the house.
Scarlett bumps into Avery backstage at the show and he explains he's a roadie. He says he's very happy about her success. She thanks him but clearly pities him.
Teddy is signing papers as Coleman comes in. Teddy says he's canceling all city contracts set up with Lamar. Coleman protests that some of those contracts were set up as a favor to him. He calls Teddy impulsive. Teddy says they'll figure it out.
Juliette brings Esme to confront Jolene. Dante and Juliette ask her if she's been using. They find drugs in her stuff. She denies that it's hers. Juliette tells her to stop lying. Dante says it's time for her to go back to Riverside.
Onstage Rayna thanks Liam and they hug. Deacon, at the side of the stage with Stacy, sees something in that hug. A fan calls out a request for an old tune and Rayna protests Liam doesn't know the old ones. He immediately starts playing it and he says he knows the cool old ones. Stacy asks Deacon if this one he and Rayna did together. It is. Liam and Rayna duet very cozily. Deacon fidgets uncomfortably and tells Stacy he's going to get some water.
Tandy tells Lamar it's late and he needs to not be working. Lamar says Teddy has canceled their contracts because Tandy ratted out the Lamar/Peggy connection. Tandy says that Teddy has been part of their family for 13 years and she was showing him respect. Lamar counters it is his company, not Tandy's and he says after all that's happened that it was Rayna was there for him and isn't acting like he's lost his edge. He bids Tandy a dismissive goodnight.
Stacy goes to find Deacon and asks what that was all about. He is diffident. She asks if when Deacon came back by the previous week if he was really there to see her or to see Rayna since her dad was in the hospital. He says he came to see her but did stop by the hospital and is sorry he didn't tell her. She asks if he still has feelings for her. He admits he does but that he's trying to be in this with her. She understandably upset walks out saying she needs a little time and they run into Rayna.
She asks him if everything's okay. He says no and tells her what happened, tearfully. She asks "what's the matter?" He says "you." He says he's been trying to fight this thing between them but everytime he gets close he can't make it happen. Liam arrives to whisk her away. Rayna says they're going to St. Lucia and that Deacon needs to make it right with Stacy.
Coleman and Tandy meet for dinner. She says there are some changes coming to the company. She says they both now it's time for Lamar to take a step back and Tandy to step forward. She wants to propose a new alliance with Coleman since they both know Teddy is wrong for the city and that they both want what's best for Nashville. She tells him to look into Teddy's past for some ammunition, especially in the Cumberland deal.
Emily reports that she got Jolene back to her place. Juliette is distraught she thought her mother was going to make it this time. Then she looks more closely at the drugs and starts to get a sinking feeling. The drugs can't be Jolene's: she is allergic to what's in them. Suddenly, realizing that it was Dante who "found" the drugs on her and Esme who vouched for them and then she handed them a big check she is very interested in finding Dante. Emily calls and it goes straight to voicemail. A crew guy reports Dante picked up the show money and claimed he was going to pay the crew. It would appear that Juliette has been had.
Post-show Scarlett chats with Avery at the side of the stage. She asks if he's miserable. He says no, he's just making the best of a good opportunity. She says it's nice to see this version of him again. Avery says he's trying to get back to who he was. He asks why she's still there. She says she wasn't ready to leave just yet since it's not every day she gets to be backstage at an arena. He invites her onstage. "Kinda cool, huh?" She agrees.
Rayna goes to Deacon's and says she was at home packing but she had to say something. And that something is "I love you." He freaks out and asks her what she is trying to do to him and that just two hours ago she was jetting off with Liam and telling him to get back with Stacy. She says she just wouldn't feel right and he can do what he wants with that information. She goes to leave and he grabs and kisses her. (And it is awesome.)
Emily reports to Juliette that another $475,000 is missing from her corporate accounts and thinks they should call the police. Juliette doesn't want anyone else to know. She asks Emily to call her mom and tell her she doesn't have to go back to rehab since she doesn't think she can do it. Emily asks her what she wants to do about this house she bought. She says she's still buying it, as a reminder to never trust anybody.
Gunnar is working on a song and having beers with Will. He says the song he sang at Tootsie's was from lyrics his brother wrote and that he was the talent in the family. Will jokes that Gunnar told Jack Nelson the song was his. He laughs and says he didn't know how to explain it. A little dark. Will asks if Scarlett is mad that Gunnar decided to hang with him instead of going to the show with her. He laughs and says things have been getting pretty weird and he doesn't know how to fix it and that maybe he's kidding himself thinking it was going to last forever. Gunnar asks if that sounds stupid and Will says no and then Will tries to kiss him. Gunnar freaks out and kicks him out as Will protests that he didn't mean it and he apologizes.
Rayna and Deacon finally get it on. For reals.
Dante and Esme sit in first class. His phone rings, it's Juliette. He folds the phone in a magazine and sticks it in a trash bag proffered by the flight attendant. On the other end of the phone Juliette, incensed, throws her phone at a mirror and cracks it.
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