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Um…Nashville returned last night to ABC and I have to say, I have mixed emotions! I was really looking forward to this show’s season premiere after enjoying it so much last year. After watching last night, I felt really stressed …so much drama and subterfuge and cruelty…gee, where was the laughter and the joy? OK, we are talking about a night time soap opera in many ways but I love the cast and the plot about a wealthy southern family and all of its dysfunction. But last night’s episode almost seemed to crush any hope of anyone being happy. So, for starters, Scarlett says no to Gunnar’s proposal. She has a childhood friend come to town to take over her job at the Bluebird Cafe as she embarks on her new career, having been signed with Rayna’s new record label. She feels after Avery and Gunnar, she needs to learn to make it alone and on her own first and foremost. She is moving into her uncle’s home, Deacon. Deacon is in jail, lying to the judge by saying he was drunk and driving the car with Rayna when it crashed. If Rayna were to die, he would be charged with vehicular homicide. Well, of course, Rayna does not die, but she does spend most the show in an induced coma to protect her brain due to swelling from the crash. A very sharp lawyer that Deacon tries to send away but she will not be denied, figures out based on Rayna’s injuries that she was driving. Rayna does finally come out of the coma successfully, she has no memory loss and says she was driving, not Deacon. Deacon is released from jail but one does not feel he is released from his pain and torment over Rayna, finding out Maddie is his daughter, and his failure to maintain his hard fought thirteen years of sobriety. Teddy thinks Peggy is pregnant with his child and tells her he already has a family. She finds out at a doctor’s appointment that she has actually miscarried, but in true Nashville fashion, she lies to Teddy and tells him she heard the heart beat. Juliette remains a dichotomy between heartless and caring, giving Maddie her number and telling her to call her anytime after Maddie shares her secret with her. Yet, she has a show, supposedly in support of her “friend and mentor” Rayna, that is really all about Juliette. She also “hires” a new manager/boy toy, not really sure what this fellow’s role will be as the season progresses. Gunnar’s friend still hides his sexuality, reasons remain unknown except he is trying to be a music star? Finally, Tandie is told the FBI is investigating Lamar, not just for business improprieties but that he was in fact involved in the death of her mother (and Rayna’s mother as well of course). Their mother died in a horrific car crash (the irony) while Lamar was supposedly “away”.
In summarizing, there are going to be some new characters, some different story lines, and I did not feel good about Rayna and Deacon as a couple…yet this is night time drama at full tilt, so to even hint at a possible happy ending/union between these two would be way too early in the season opener. But, give us something happy…well Rayna lived, so that was good (but we knew that Connie Britton’s character was not going to die!)
Would like to see something heartwarming in this show as the season progresses, not all drama and mean spiritedness.
Meanwhile, switching to sports…will be at the Georgia Tech vs. Virginia Tech game tonight at 7:30 pm from Grant Field in Atlanta, GA. (GT wins this one and they should make their debut into the top 25! ) GO JACKETS! Live coverage of this game on ESPN!
