> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fug the Show: Nashville recap, season 1, episode 16 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fug-the-show-nashville-episode-16/ - Published: 2013-04-10T15:00:11.000Z - Updated: 2014-02-17T03:32:40.000Z - Author: Heather - Tags: #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:31 ## Tami and Maddie ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4578.xml) So, this week, the tour kicks off again, this time in New York City. And Tami has the kids, and her sister, who is very good casting and a lot more palatable when she's not being one of Powers Boothe's goons. ## Easy, Breezy, Beautiful, TamiGirl ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4581.xml) Tami also has a giant billboard, and a LOT of torso, on display in Times Square. Her family flips out over this, as if they are just now realizing she is famous. Hello? She's been famous for eons. I know they did a big thing about how she never really did this stuff much, and Nashville isn't as fame-obsessed as lots of other places, but... it seems weird. ## Tami Taylor ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4593.xml) Hayden, despite trying really hard to meditate with her mom and Sober Dante, cannot relax because Tami is looming behind her like some kind of spectral stepmonster. This shot is hilarious to me. But I don't buy that they're staying in Times Square. I don't care what arena they're playing -- these two would be in a much posher locale devoid of quite so many pointing tourists. ## Deacon and Stacey and Sue ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4585.xml) So, Deacon decides to invite Stacey the Vet on tour with him, despite the fact that she has a job and hates country music and they've only been dating a month. She says yes, though, because... wouldn't you? Also, he's bringing his dog with him, which seems like a TERRIBLE IDEA, because who is taking care of this poor animal while he's doing tour things? Oh, right: Stacey. ## Scarlett and Gunnar ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4587.xml) Deacon buys Scarlett hideous rubber gloves. I don't even know. I think it's just because ha ha, look at them, having a laugh and being in love. Or, I mean, I guess it's possible she's saying, "Piss off and die you humor-challenged pig," and we just can't understand it because she talks like her tongue is a roadblock. ## Chris Carmack ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4588.xml) And then Chris Carmack comes out, in the form of the folksy neighbor Will, and aw-shucks introduces himself and gee-whiz he's the new kid in town and boy-howdy would he like to play the best dang clubs and by the way here's your mail, you two crazy kids. They're all, "Come over for dinner. WELCOME TO THE NASH-V, BITCH." ## Scarlett ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4594.xml) Unfortunately, Scarlett's mail did not include a catalog for J.Crew, but instead her record contract. Gunnar is furious that she didn't tell him; she says she's been trying to convince Tami's label that they are a duo act ONLY. It's too bad for her that she was stuck having this picturesque moment of moping on laundry day, although I'm not sure any of her other outfits would have been much cuter. ## Tami and Tandy ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4596.xml) Tami leaves her hotel wearing that seriously hot and dramatic coat, and runs smack into Deacon and Stacey. The expression on Tandy's face says it all, basically -- and that is, "Okay, we need to send someone out for SEVERAL bottles of wine." ## Deacon and Tami ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4598_2.xml) And these two don't offer facial expressions that are much subtler. Tami looks like she just swallowed a finger at a royal dinner and so can't complain about it, and Deacon looks like he just got kicked in the sex drive. ## Peggy ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4601.xml) Speaking of sex drive, Peggy waits about five seconds after the family decamps for New York to come over to Teddy's house in a trenchcoat. And nothing else. Seriously, NOBODY in the media has thought, "Hey, he hired the woman he was supposedly having an affair with -- maybe there's something there"? I'm not advocating stalking, but these two are about as subtle as an episode of *Revenge*. ## The Fam ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4603.xml) Maddie wants to be a singer. Tami says not right now, because Maddie is only 13\. Maddie is upset about this because Hayden began when she was 12\. Tensions = high. And now to the important things: I always wonder, in these scenes, whether those are the ACTUAL *Nashville* hair people or if they hired SAG extras. I mean, would YOU give a smoking hot metal rod to an extra and be like, "Place it on the cherished tresses. Go on"? DOUBTFUL. ## Scarlett and Gunnar and Will ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4607.xml) And now to The Simple Folk: Gunnar and Scarlett are super frosty, and cheerful Will tries to smooth things over, but it doesn't really work. So Gunnar mopes and they suck down some beers and Scarlett goes off to cook and shed a hundred pounds of bleached keratin into their spaghetti. ## Gunnar and Will ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4619.xml) So, the two of them bro out with their guitars and write a song over the campfire. They're so into it, Scarlett can't even get them to come inside for food. Maybe they're concerned that to save money on pasta, the "spaghetti" is in fact ALL cast-off hair. ## Scarlett ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4628.xml) But in fairness, we need to note how much better Scarlett looks when they tone down the front of her hair. Most weeks, it looks like an '80s soap actress, like they glued a bunch of rope to the back of [Gloria Loring](https://withfriendship.com/images/i/41402/Gloria-Loring-pic.jpg?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). This is much better. ## Tami ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4612.xml) Tami is on-stage, and you have to appreciate the fact that -- unlike with Hayden -- they have her in basically the same tour wardrobe. I said it before and I will say it again: The woman can wear the hell out of a pant. She and Brenda Strong (Ann from *Dallas*, most recently) should have a Pants-Off. By which I mean, a contest, not a ritual de-pantsing. ## Shoes ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4608.xml) They even have Tami in the same fringe shoes, and I STILL think, every time I see them, that I would never be able to walk in something that felt like bugs crawling all over my feet. ## Deacon and Maddie and Stacey ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4611.xml) However, everyone is proud. Look at Deacon and Maddie. AREN'T THEY THE SWEETEST. He ends up looping his arm around her neck all casual-like. I am actually wincing in advance for the moment he finds out Tami has lied to him all these years and he has a daughter. ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4613.xml) Meanwhile, Hayden is backstage contemplating her business options -- she is about to ask Marshall, the label chief, to set up marketing pitch meetings for her, and he is going to be impressed by her calm and say yes -- and wearing a shirt that HAS to be meant for someone with a negative-A cup. Like, she's spilling out of it so hard that I think one more heartbeat might knock things loose. ## Tami ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4621.xml) Tami is sad that her girls are all growed up. And that they want to sing. Tandy challenges her on this, saying that when she was Maddie's age, she thought Powers Boothe didn't respect her desires or understand her, when he was actually just trying to protect her from The Biz. Tami doesn't appreciate this bit of wisdom, partly because we all know she's upset that Deacon is off having sex with a lithe veterinarian. ## Hayden and Dante ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4623.xml) Hayden asks Dante to come with her to her meeting. He loves business, and was good at it before he blew his fortune on drugs and whatnot. So what we're probably getting to is, she'll make him fall off the wagon by getting involved with him and triggering his Crazy Mogul Side which will then lead to him skiing down a slope of coke. They blow off therapy -- sending her mother to the crew AA meeting -- so they can arouse each other with marketing talk. ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4632.xml) At her meeting, with Dante by her side, Hayden puts on a very professional coat and looks very serious and maybe a little more dark in the eyebrows than usual (?), and tells the board of this electronics company that she knows she's a crapshoot and she has been unreliable, but that she's owning up to her mistakes and becoming a better person, etc. They are charmed, because everyone loves a celebrity walking into the room and being like, "You guys, I was a TOTAL HOT MESS." But they love it more when said celebrity does not STILL look like a hot mess while doing this truth-telling. ARE YOU LISTENING LINDSAY. ## Coleman ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4625.xml) Powers Boothe pops by Coleman's table for a spot of peer pressure -- he's still mad that his land won't be used for the new Coca-Cola Stadium for the Nashville Five Guys. Coleman tells him to get stuffed, so Powers Boothe has to come up with another plan. Fortunately, he has a guy on staff SPECIFICALLY for that. ## Peggy ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4657.xml) And so, Powers pops by Teddy's place to catch Peggy there. It seems SHE is the person who tipped off the tabloids about Teddy's divorce, and planted lies about Tami and Deacon. He uses this to blackmail her into trying to convince Teddy that he should use Powers' stadium land instead. So she tries, telling Teddy that maybe Powers could get him in the governor's mansion, and Teddy just kind of looks at her like she's sprouted a second head with halitosis and informs her that It. Won't. Happen. ## Lucky ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4637.xml) Oh, right: In the wake of his little arson escapade, Marilyn has made sure the clubs blackball Lucky, and without a recording contract his songs aren't worth anything to that publishing deal he made, so they're pissed too. He's reduced to busking, and his old bandmate comes by and says he's giving up and going home, and hands Lucky a phone number for a roadie gig out of town. So Lucky goes. Is he off the show? Or is he headed to Tami and Hayden's tour? I have no knowledge of this. I'm just guessing. WE SHALL SEE. At any rate, he drags himself into a cab and slumps out of Nashville, possibly to make room for Chris "O.C." Cormack. ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4641.xml) So, Hayden celebrates snagging her electronics contract (cell phones, I think), while looking like an exercise video. Maybe she should've done THAT. ## Hayden and Mama ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4644.xml) And then she delivers a hilariously appalled expression when her mother is not that stoked about it. Mama spits that she wishes Hayden could get as excited about her as she does about a contract. And we're supposed to feel sorry for her, and agree with her. But I don't. I get it, but honey, you have been sober for, what, three months? And you were a shitty parent and horrible influence for 24 years before that. If it's taking Hayden some time to put you first, and/or she's excited about nailing down a contract that will push her album and keep her career relevant SO SHE CAN PAY FOR YOUR REHAB AND FOR YOU TO HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE SINCE YOU HAVE NO JOB, then maybe you should relax about it and support her. But the show won't let Hayden be right about anything, so instead, we're supposed to think she's being A Piece of Work again. ## The Stellas ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4651.xml) So, these two -- who are YouTube sensations in their own right, in the real world -- get a talking-to from Tami: She explains that she doesn't NOT support them, but she just wants to shield them from the crappy parts of the business and wait for them to join it until they're a bit older and tougher. She could have just said that before. The girls take it really well -- did we just rush through another story and sweep it off the table? -- and then Tami lets them do the sound check for her show, at which they perform a beautifully lit and wonderful cover of The Lumineers' "Ho Hey," which features Deacon tapping Tami on the shoulder and grinning, "Ho," and her responding with a happy, "Hey," and it's ADORABLE and JUST DO IT ALREADY. ## Tandy and Tami's manager ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4655.xml) Also, can we start rumors about these two? Just for fun? Tandy needs fun. ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4663.xml) That night, Hayden slips into her fringe and dedicates a song to her mother. Except T-Bone Burnett must have been tired this week (understandably), so unlike the usual, we don't actually HEAR what the song is. Mama looks proud that she got through to Hayden. Mama is getting a LOT of Smug Passes from this show and from the universe. ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4666.xml) I feel like Deacon's face says, "Exposed zippers are THE DEVIL, kiddo." ## Scarlett and Gunnar ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4667.xml) Scarlett tells Gunnar she's turning down the contract. But Gunnar says she has to take it, and that he's not mad that she was offered it -- he's mad that she didn't trust his feelings for her enough to be honest. He also says that he knows Lucky couldn't handle her success but that he's not Lucky. And they exchange I Love Yous and then tongues. So I guess this paves the way for Will/Chris Cormack and Gunnar to start a band called Adam Brody Where Are You Now. ## Hayden and Dante ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4673.xml) Oh, and Dante and Hayden finally hook up. We are psychic, Fug Nation. WE KNEW IT. He of course has reservations, but she convinces him not to sit on the sidelines, and... yeah, so THIS was not Hayden's best idea, because her mother is so tethered to this person. But that doesn't mean she can't be right about OTHER things. This whole therapy malarkey so far has been set up so that Hayden feels ashamed about not being a doormat after years of her mother's dysfunction, and forces her to apologize for everything she did even though her mom's crimes were worse. But then Hayden does something dumb like this, as if to justify her mother's feelings... sigh. OH HAYDEN. This show is juicy. ## Deacon and Stacey ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4675.xml) Stacey, understandably, was not thrilled that Deacon brought her along on a tour where he has a history with BOTH the headliners. And Deacon realizes he might want to quit touring and stay rooted in Nashville with his lady vet and boy dog named Sue. She loves this idea. IT'S BEEN A MONTH. I mean, great, if you're happy, but let's try to keep our knees from jerking up so hard that somebody gets it in the nads. ## Tami and Tandy ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4676.xml) And right as Tami and Tandy are toasting her handling of the girls, and Tami scolds Tandy for likening her to Powers IN ANY WAY, and ha ha ha sisterly bonding in big blouses... ## Powers Boothe ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4678.xml) ... Powers Boothe is busy having a heart attack while on the phone with his VP of Blackmail Ideas. I wonder if they're writing HIM out, too. Or maybe he'll be in a coma. Or an INFORMATIVE coma, like on *One Tree Hill*, or *90210*. We'll find out tonight. [Fug the Show: Nashville recap, season 1, episode 16There was LOTS of Maddie standing next to Deacon, and Deacon slinging an arm around her, and basically, if this guy's not heading toward having a surprise teenage daughter soon then the writers are just enjoying yanking our chains.![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nimg_4578.xml)](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fug-the-show-nashville-episode-16-04-2013/)