Not one of the better episodes for sure. Nothing earth-shattering awesome about it. Kinda bland. Only two things of "importance" happened and that was Rayna confronting her father about his hand in her mothers car accident. The other thing of note was Lamar having a heart attack in Teddy's office and he has a choice to make: Call for help or let him die. Not really a good cliffhanger as we all know he we call for help at the start of the next episode.

A decent episode. Deacon's woman has an affair with Teddy. Shocker. Not. They hinted at this coming a mile away a few episodes ago. Not really a fan of the character and hopefully once Deacon finds out, he will drop her like a bad habit and hook up with Ruth as played by Charlotte Ross. I get that's where they are going to take this given that this was her first appearance. Liam gets fired for basically putting his hand in Scarlet's "cookie jar". Really liked the song that Gunner, Avery and Zoey played. It is definitely a rock song with a hint of country in it. But the beat itself actually derives from techno in a way, which is probably why I like the song as much as I do.

I've said that this show is basically a Soap Opera, but they really piled on the suds for this one. So much so that a lot of the scenes were eye rolling over-the-top. I'm okay with the soap aspect of the show, but I don't want it to be on par with what you would get on a daytime soap (if they have those anymore). The episode was okay for me. I'm glad that Deacon found out that his two-timing girlfriend was sleeping with his enemy (Teddy). Hopefully we never see her again. Scarlett still annoys the hell out of me. She's just not a good actress.

Going into this episode, my biggest concern was that the show would now be in Soap Opera Mach II mode. It was excessive last time around. I was worried for nothing. They dialed it back down somewhat and gave us a solid story where Scarlett comes to terms with the fall out of her onstage meltdown. They did however wrap it up a little quicker than I would have liked though. Given how severe her reaction was, I don't think it's staying true to "life" that anyone can recover that fast. But I get they have to keep the story moving forward. I did like that she finally stood up to her overbearing mother and sent her packing. I also liked that we finally got a Connie Britton / Dana Wheeler-Nicholson scene to full fill my need for a Friday Night Lights mini-reunion.

Interesting twist at the end having Juliette hooking up with her enemy in the form of Jeff Fordham. So, what is Gunner going to do with that information since he caught them in "after-the-act"? Is he gonna blackmail him for a huge payout? Or is he going to strong arm him into getting him to sign his girlfriend Zoey to a contract, thus ensuring that she stays in Nashville instead of running off to LA?

Out of all the shows that I watch right now, Nashville was my biggest concern of returning. As a matter of fact, I absolutely, 100% expected the series to get canned. So, as you can imagine, I am happy to hear the news that it survived and will in fact return. This should be a joyous occasion, right? Even though ABC announced that they are bringing back the show, there is a sense of dread for those that actually work on it. Rumor has it that they may move the entire production to LA to save money and just use the city of Nashville for exterior shots. This would not only suck for everyone involved with the show, but the integrity of the series would suffer as well. It's ABOUT Nashville and should remain in the city.

Some background on how the show is put together.  Listening to it now, as I'm a fan of the guest.

Alexa Vega is going to be in a couple episodes of Nashville in the next season.  Rowr.