For all those that have yet to
watch last night’s episode of Nashville,
entitled ‘Hanky Panky Woman’, now would be a good time to go and do that. This
is not a spoiler free blog. THIS REVIEW
MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.
As always, this series brought it
this week. This series is easily the most consistently good show on television.
I really feel like I’m invested in these people’s lives, that I’m in it with
them, and that inclusion is beyond brilliant writing and acting. This season is
definitely building on how good last year was and just making it even better. I
actually enjoy watching this every week and am sad that I now have to wait two
weeks for a new episode.
We learned a lot about the
characters this week. Jeff toyed with Scarlett before her very first stadium
performance and it ended up kind of crushing her, but then she seemed to make a
comeback the next night. Problem is, it seems like she’s not too happy with all
that performing and fame bring, so basically she’s just going to fake it. She
did really well performing the second night, I’m not sure why she wouldn’t
think she’s good enough, but insecurities do that to a person.
While Raina and Luke heated things
up in their relationship, both physical and musical, including an amazing duet,
which I’m going to say Gunnar and Scarlett did better, her troubles with Jeff
hit its climax. Basically the man sequestered her masters only for her to go
out and do a duet partially in hopes that it would help him get his quarterly
so that she might get her masters back. Definitely some brilliant back and
forth between them tonight. Also, does anyone else agree with me that Jeff has
a thing for Raina beyond a work relationship?
Elsewhere, Juliette’s relationship
with both Charlie and his wife got mixed up. Olivia basically made it appear as
though Charlie had told her and thought it would be a good idea if they hooked
up too. I was not at all surprised by Juliette’s reaction, and was quite proud
of her speech to the couple spurred on by advice from Avery – who we all know
she has feelings for in some capacity. And then Charlie shows up at the end and
says he’s falling in love with Juliette. Major (girl) squeal moment right
there. I kind of adore Charlie, so I’m hoping something persists between the
two because I’d be utterly disappointed if he stopped showing up on my
television every week.
All in all, this week was a
quality episode. Raina looked amazing, particularly her hair when she sang that
duet with Luke. Scarlett also looked fantastic with her make-up both nights and
her hair with the pink tips. Deacon looked like his character was going to move
forward with a life away from the guitar but still consisting of music. And
everyone else had some nice, quality progression for each of their individual
storylines. Also, nice throw back to the first time Scarlett and Gunnar practiced
poolside together. It really made me miss them performing together. This series
really is a nice, homegrown, drama-filled, heartwarming, character production.
My rating: 8 out of 10.
Best Lines:
“In case you haven’t noticed, there’s no one I can’t say ‘screw
you’ to.” – Juliette explains to her manager.
“Well, you ain’t dead yet.” Scarlett says to Deacon, after
he tells her that he’s screwed up every solo career chance he’s had.
Alright, I’m off to watch the last new Revolution episode of the year before it goes on its winter hiatus,
and God knows how long that’s going to be. Afterwards, I’ll be checking out American Horror Story: Coven, so stay
tuned.
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