The show kicks off with Chuck, resident heartthrob and only actual working singer. He has a meeting with his managers who say that Sony BMG wants him to do a showcase to determine whether or not they want to invest. Putting the pressure on pretty early, aren't we FOX? At least his team actually seems to know what they're doing, unlike Paula Abdul's (yikes). In other news, his manager's name is Monty and I love him.

What a crunchy little man!

We scoot on over to the Bradshaw residence and I must say, wow. I am liking your pool, Rachel. She and - Oh, hey Terri, what are you doing here? Giving a little fatherly advice, eh? I must say, you sir have aged. Regardless, Rachel and the T-man are sitting poolside talking about music and how it's all she wants to do. She doesn't want to be known as Terri's daughter, she wants to make it on her own. He does give her some really sweet and sincere advice and gains a couple of points with the Pach.

Next we see a random group of girls singing a song on a porch. Living the dream, ladies! Turns out it is Mika putting on a show for her family before she hops a bus to Nashville. That is so funny, I used to sing for my family and they would tell me I could be famous too! When I was 5. The family sees her off and I get something in both of my eyes when they show her mother crying.

As the first commercial break starts up I realize, we are about ten minutes in and I have not heard a lick of "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk." Does FOX really think they can NOT play it for me?! Patience, Pach...

Back from break we see Terri's daughter, Sarah, and Amish Lindsay poolside. The girls gab about (what else?) music and how it's all they want to do. Sarah asks Rachel about Clint and we get the skinny on our first love triangle. Rachel has a boyfriend and is really good friends with Clint. Such good friends, in fact, that they often talk about how they'd like to be more than friends, if only that pesky boyfriend weren't in the picture. Hey Rach, a little arsenic goes a long way, catch my drift? Thank me later.

Somewhere in Nashville, Mika arrives at her new apartment. The landlord greets her and proceeds to show her around the complex. They run into Matt and Jeff, who also live in the building, sitting on a stoop playing guitar. Landlord does the intro thing and the boys swoon hard core. It is actually pretty cute and doesn't seem staged, which is refreshing. Matt manages to make conversation even though he's obviously head over heels already. Jeff, well, Jeff isn't quite as eloquent in the face of beauty. Meaning he just stands there smiling like this:

"... she purdy..."

After Mika leaves, the boys talk about how much they likey the new girl and Matt invites Jeff to his show at a local bar that night. He's not too bad, and it looks like there's a decent crowd, but afterwards he tells Jeff that he only made $25. Wow Matt, $25?! That is just sad. I'm pretty sure the homeless man I saw having sex in the park last week (true story, I'm scarred for life) made more than that from his grassy lay.

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