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Monday, November 12, 2012
5:14 pm
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Tagged: abc, callie khouri, connie britton; hayden panatierre, country music, funny, recap, recaps, sarcastic, soaps, tvgasm
“Teddy Conrad comes from a long line of old-school, country club politicians, going back to his great-grandfather, the late Honourable Senator. Unfortunately, he most closely resembles his father, a man who failed repeatedly, in spite of his advantages. Teddy Conrad was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. A spoon that he’s used to dig himself into a financial hole he may never climb out of. And he may use that same silver spoon to break ground on a baseball stadium that will drain our city of millions of dollars. The only thing that Teddy Conrad has ever done is inherit money and lose it.”
Hey audience? Remember what I said a few episodes back about running a clean campaign? Yeah, fuck that noise.
Juliette finally comes to the realization (with some gentle prodding from Beau, her awesome bodyguard) her CrackMom will never listen to her. She calls Deacon for help getting her into rehab.
Doesn’t that coffee mug look insanely huge in Hayden Panatierre’s tiny little hand?
Poor Scarlett. Here she is on the cusp of superstardom, talent coming out the wazzoo and she still slaves over Avery like he’s a king.
It’s sweet but he’s taking you for granted, dear. And you are making it easy for him to do it!
Avery suggests he play the backup guitar that they need. And then he’ll be there for her for “moral support”. He’s doing her a favour, it’s not like he doesn’t want to show off for the music honchos who’ll be sitting in on this session. No siree.
Rayna and Deacon discuss the commercial. Deacon says he’s yanking his permission because he doesn’t like the changes to the song and his music means everything to him.
Rayna’s all “Yeah, but this commercial is important to me. Me! ME! Didn’t you hear me when I said this was important to me and therefore your feelings should automatically be subsumed under my greater and clearly more important feelings?”
Deacon simply tells her no and she chases after him and says “Is this how you want to do things?” and I have a real problem with her attitude. She’s pissy because he finally said no to her and I wish that Deacon actually said that. Rayna just can’t understand why he won’t give in, like he’s given in all those years. She’s used to her snapping her fingers and Deacon coming running. She’s dressing it up in her head like he’s withholding his permission because he’s mad at her for kicking him out and cancelling the tour but I don’t think he is. I think he genuinely doesn’t want his song used to sell some cheap beauty products. Rayna, of course, can’t process that thought because the whole world revolves around her.
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I am so impressed with the writing/acting/directing in this show. And I’m equally impressed with how you capture so many of the nuances in your recap as well.
The one who surprises me the most is Hayden Panetiere. I find that her scenes that show her character’s vulnerability, especially the ones with her mother, just floor me and I feel for Juliette like she’s a real person. Took me a second after that slap to remember that it was fictional and she was just acting!
I agree with you that Rayna was dishonest in how she dealt with Deacon’s call, but Deacon was falling into old habits and never should have called Rayna in the first place. But I’m guessing that the point they were making in this episode — especially with the whole letting go, theme –was that his addiction to drugs is mirrored in his addiction to Rayna. Maybe he’ll finally get some rehab to get over that.
And I’m glad Scarlett finally showed some spine in this episode (ok she did in the last one too), but she’s gone from being one of my favourite characters to the one I like the least. I know she and Gunnar will eventually hook up, but I wish it could be him and Hailey as the destined couple instead. Hailey is so cool and Scarlett is just so annoying and wimpy. But of course we know how things will go eventually.
Still — I’m loving this show. I never would have watched if not for these recaps, so thanks for that too!
I so disagree with you about rayna and deacon. It was SO OBVIOUS; he didn’t want her to use the song because she finally got rid of him. He just wanted to hurt her OR wanted her attention. For the past couple of weeks YOU have basically been saying rayna has deacon on a string and won’t let him go, last week she finally lets him go but you still think she is wrong. I think she was right not to bail deacon out of jail and she didn’t tell teddy it was deacon because it wasn’t important, she finally got him out of her life, why bring him up? Now if she had gone to bail him out and lied to teddy about it, I would understand your point. I don’t understand why you never give her the benefit of the doubt.
So I am only half way through the recap, but I just have to say that I cracked with your caption of teddy and his reptilian overlord being Lamar, awesome. So is it just me or does anyone find the sound of Scarlett’s voice (talking voice not singing voice) annoying?
Love, love, love this show. Several thoughts:
- Having dealt with addiction in my family, and, somehow, addicts often end up in jail, Teddy’s failure to take Deacon’s call does not surprise me. I am sure there have been several such calls before, and that is a line in the sand. I have a certain family member who I have told, call everyone else, don’t waste your time on calling me the next time you get arrested.
- While I don’t particularly like how Avery is acting, I do understand it. His world had turned upside down, and the reality is that Scarlett has changed her goals in life, and he hasn’t. You can be mad at him if you want for the relationship being as one-sided as it was, but the reality is that that was the relationship that Scarlett signed up for, too. I think that it is fair to give him more than half a second to adjust to this new reality, and I think his reaction is very realistic. And, I think in his own way, he is trying. That being said, I have no doubt that Scarlett will end up with Gunnar.
- Absolutely positive that it was Lamar/Overlord having the pictures taken. He has been waiting all along to have something to use on Teddy, and now he has it. Teddy will win the election, and then he will have to do whatever Lamar wants becasue otherwise Lamar will leak the embezzlement, and the pics with Mrs. Paisley.
Man if Juliette does not want her furniture I will take it. I loved how her house was decorated. I can febreze the crack mom out of it. Its still good its still good!