Nashville Recap: There’ll Be No TearDrops Tonight

And doesn’t she look so mini and sweet in those adorable pjs?

Rayna and Liam sit in the bathroom and have a good talk.  I need to say something right now:

Rayna, shut up.  All your bitching and moaning about how you should suck it up and stay in an unhappy marriage for the kid’s sakes.  Shut up!  Maybe that kind of soul-searching is appropriate for women who don’t have as many options as you do – rich, connected, etc.  The girls will be fine in two households, provided you and Teddy behave like grownups and not two mangy dogs fighting over the last scraps.

And I just fell a little bit in love with that wee Irish Pony as he told the story of his unhappy childhood with his parents who hated each other but kept up a façade of loving happiness in public.

And that self-conscious little sip from his glass as he kinda choked on the words, because it’s painful and it makes him almost cry to talk about it?  Well, he just whinnied his way right into my heart.

Deacon berates, in a totally passive-aggressive way, Juliette over her behaviour the previous night.

I just don’t care for that side of you.

Whoa!  Easy, there, fella.  I don’t think she behaved all that inappropriately.  Glen massively fucked up with his little secret speech to the crew.  He’s been completely unsupportive of Juliette’s desire to stretch herself artistically.  So, she did it with a few little fireworks and drama.  She is a huge star and young to boot.  How else would she let Glen know he pissed her off?  By sending a memo?  By holding a meeting?  Fuck, get over yourself Deacon.

And then!  He stalks up to Rayna and is all “You have a good night?”  Insinuating heavily that he thinks Rayna is a slutty piece of trash for hooking up with Liam.

Whoa, whoa, whoa…since when is any of this your bizness?

Yeah, you and me both, Rayna.  W.T. F. indeed.

Rayna and Teddy have a little strategy session about how they are going to break the news to the girls.  Teddy is plowing ahead and Rayna seems just a bit bewildered.  You wanna know why he’s pushing this thing through, Rayna?  Because he’s finally getting laid and he doesn’t want you to put the kibosh on it.  You wouldn’t give him even a day pass into the magic kingdom so he had to find it elsewhere.  He was tired of the crumbs you scattered at him every so often.

Scarlett and Gunnar settle down to do some music while Billy Prag lurks in the background.