Following Theodore’s wish for a divorce with Rayna, Andrew and Johnny witness some of that before-times partying hard, whilst Deacon and Juliette battle a manager that dislikes, ya know, actual music. Johnny focuses on a fake energy drink, but Andrew is more concerned with which of Rayna’s children is Daphne and which one is Maddie. This is world-shaking material, so get ready for shocks galore.
012 - I'VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD BEFORE
A lazy day backstage at the Bluebird has Andrew chilling, Johnny reciting Nashville plot points and Deacon & Rayna having multiple awkward elevator encounters. Gunnar’s entourage ruins a musical performance, Theodore and Margaret spend too much time together, Juliette dares to perform without dancers and pyro, and Avery gets to be on everyone’s favourite TV show ‘Star Towns’. Johnny really tries to ruin Andrew’s belief regarding buying nail polish, but who will win out?
011 - YOU WIN AGAIN
There’s some real catty attitudes abound with Andrew and Johnny this week. An episode full of big emotional monologues and shock moments has Andrew getting angry and hurt in equal measure, as Johnny kindly lays out the continuing adventures of those wacky musicians in the titular town. Will Ming-Na Wen be the game-changer of the season, or another complication for everyone on the show?
010 - I'M SORRY FOR YOU, MY FRIEND
It’s the day of the election in Nashville, and the mayoral race comes down to this episode. It is also the election of the United States, and some of the aftermath is mentioned throughout the recording, Andrew falls into the charms of Big Deac Energy, and references A Serious Man non-stop, as Johnny frets about guitarists and the landscape of American politics in 2013 and 2020. A healthy episode of healthy, mentally-fit humans enjoying a TV show during a perfectly normal year.
009 - BE CAREFUL OF STONES THAT YOU THROW
It’s 2013 on Nashville, and the week before the election Backstage at the Bluebird Cafe, so tensions are high, hopes are breaking, and love is forming around so many people. Deacon is taking centre stage in the Revel Kings, Scarlett and Gunnar are going through heartbreaks, Rayna and Juliette’s tour might save their personal lives, and there’s a big game of ‘Who’s Your Daddy’ at play. Packed ep? Of course, we’d not have it any other way.
008 - WHERE HE LEADS ME
In the mid-season finale of Nashville Season One there’s huge shifts in power, in relationships, and in the careers of those living in and performing around Nashville. For Andrew and Johnny, it’s a time to remember the importance of times when you could be on a plane, and when you didn’t have to deal with Paul Giamatti trying to interrupt a podcast recording,
007 - LOVESICK BLUES
Scarlett and Avery’s fallout looms large over an episode about togetherness, redressing the balance, and of course Nashville geography. Johnny gets to talk Johnny Cash, Andrew discusses songs that slap, and there’s hope building for the future of the show, the city and the podcast in a fun filled episode.
006 - YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE (OR I'M GONNA LEAVE)
A not-so-routine traffic stop leads the conversation as Johnny and Andrew stay active in this trying time. Rayna hangs out with a new producer, Juliette has a PR date, Avery and Scarlett are definitely forever, and the town of Nashville will never have any dramatic things happening within it, so long as we keep vigil on the show.
003 - SOMEDAY YOU'LL CALL MY NAME
Things get a little crazy backstage this week, as Andrew and Johnny contemplate the amount of ‘Daddy’ talk in this week’s episode, forget names of characters, and continually engage in the ‘will they/won’t they’ of Rayna and Juliette’s upcoming tour prospects.
001 - PILOT
Johnny gets Nashville fever and brings Andrew to the ABC drama, all the country music pulls, Powers Boothe as Daddy and Chip Esten’s twin brother Charles dominate the discussion on the hit show’s pilot episode.