Oh mama is it getting messy in this drama, there’s couples breaking up, couples drinking hard, couples meeting up and daddy-daughter cycles to dirty up the waters too. Johnny runs through Season 2 Episode 9 of Nashville as Andrew considers the DMZ/TMZ gossip site feuds, Will Lexington’s hatless injury and the revenge of the shelving unit and Maddie Conrad.
027 - DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR
Rayna can’t sing and Deacon can’t play the guitar, but the magic of Nashville is that no matter what happens, Andrew and Johnny will always find the music in the soul of these characters. Maybe not so much Harvard Bean Counter Jeff, or Luke Whhhheeler and his big hats, but certainly the newly minted Bluebird Barback Bungalow Boys and Scarlett’s media training journey bring lots of mirth to this week’s episode.
026 - YOU'RE NO ANGEL YOURSELF
Andrew is a day into first vaccination and settling in Backstage with bits for days, and Johnny has 3 whole pages of notes on this week’s Nashville episode to get through. A visit to the SNL reference dump and historical info on the landscape of lobster dishes and Andrew’s sibling rivalries bring the TV drama’s storylines into clearer view. Also, this week, we launch Bungalow Boys: The sitcom starring Gunnar Scott and Will Lexington.
023- I FALL TO PIECES
Andrew and Johnny are still backstage in Nashville, starting the second season of the show, dealing with comas, pregnancies, proposals, break-ups and people who have been LEFTOVERED since they decided to hurt Scarlett. For some reason there’s plenty of Austin Powers references too, because that’s the show we make now. 11 months into lockdown.
021 - I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE
THE SEASON FINALE IS HERE!
There’s a lot of plots ramping up, but Deacon is spending his time making crazy noises upon the discovery of a daughter he barely knew. People come in through the back way, the Bluebird returns to the show, drinks, deaths and Daddys come home to roost. Where are we at, so deep into lockdown, remembering the times we could hang out, singing and dealing with potential indictments.
020 - A PICTURE FROM LIFE'S OTHER SIDE
It’s the penultimate episode of season 1, Johnny is excited about all the moving and shaking in the world of Nashville, and Andrew is mostly concerned with protecting Scarlett from all the bad people out there trying to hurt her, even accidentally, for their own gain. Will the return of Dante change anything? Will we run the Jolene joke into the ground? Will Big Deac Energy ever stop working on us?
018 - TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART
It’s our longest episode, because there’s stuff to get to with the world of Country Music in Nashville. Juliette is succumbing to Dante’s peak, and it throws Deacon, Jolene and the whole industry into a tailspin. Meanwhile, Johnny’s love for new character Will Lexington continues to confuse Andrew, and has made it so Johnny can no longer remember the term ‘Roadie’, nor the Showtime hit TV show Roadies.
017 - MY HEART WOULD KNOW
It’s a new year for the podcast, and the same season for Nashville. We bounce between New York and the titular town to discover Dante’s side-hustle with the Barnes ladies, Avery’s new gig, Will/Ted Lexington’s take on dealing with death, and how many people call Lamar ‘Daddy’ when he’s unconscious.
016 - I SAW THE LIGHT
In the final episode of 2020, Andrew and Johnny prepare for the onslaught of Nashville shenanigans and watch an episode of the TV show that is mostly set in… NEW YORK CITY?!?
Boy howdy, Johnny is excited to introduce Will Lexington to the show, insisting the hat-wearing man is the show’s best character, but Andrew opts to focus on the intimate abilities of the Muppets over on Sesame Street.
015 - WHEN YOU'RE TIRED OF BREAKING OTHER HEARTS
The fallout of Jason’s death hits Gunnar hard, and nobody else. The falldown of some shelves at Juliette’s intimate fanshow hurts everyone one of us, though. Johnny tries to detail every story in this week’s episode, and Andrew finds comfort in the many famous banjo players there are.
014 - DEAR BROTHER
T’was Deacon’s birthday and all through the Bluebird everyone was partying, including a big nerd. Or two. Us. Andrew and Johnny. Who watch a party episode of Nashville, celebrate Big Deac, bear witness to Nashville’s changing political landscape, some gossip mags, a big death and then, hey, a little hanky panky to cap things off. All in the space of an hour (And ten)!
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.
005 - MOVE IT ON OVER
It’s time to face up to addictions, deceptions and audits, as Nashville looks to bring characters together and tear relationships apart.
Johnny goes deep in detail whilst Andrew reminisces on the end of Ben Affleck’s The Town and accepts Charles Esten’s smouldering personality.
004 - WE LIVE IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS
In the aftermath of Juliette’s criminal activity, Andrew and Johnny recover by discussing the geography of the city of Nashville, problematic characters from the year 2012 and the ensuing political landscape that manifests in the mayoral race on a TV show from the start of the decade. This will be the last episode on the Are You Movie Mad? Podcast feed, we’re going solo from October.
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.
002 - I CAN'T HELP IT (I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU)
Episode 2 of the Nashville TV Series re-watch show settles us in the world of the show, the dramatic nature of a music-themed statue, and of course more discussion about the use of the term ‘Daddy’. Stay for the coaster discussions and what it means to ‘songwrite’ with another person.