> ## 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 2, episode 8 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fug-the-show-nashville-episode-2-8/ - Published: 2013-11-23T19:00:30.000Z - Updated: 2014-02-17T03:29:36.000Z - Author: Heather - Tags: #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:35 ## FlamingAngelville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8193-1024x768.xml) This is a dummy album cover that greasy Oliver Hudson had made for Rayna's comeback album... more on that later, but I wish it were real. For someone with wings of fire, standing on a pile of burnt tragedy, Rayna's facial expression is so pleasant. Like, "Hi, how are you. I'm on fire, but come on in and let's use it to bake muffins." ## Threeville ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2013/11/nashIMG_8151-1024x768.jpg) Juliette pushes away Charlie's wife Olivia, who then seethes that Charlie wanted to suck Juliette in for a threesome, or even a twosome that he gets to watch. Juliette feels scammed and used, so she throws out Olivia and then decides to avoid the Wentworths completely. I got into a debate with a commenter last week about whether Charlie knew his wife liked girls; I didn't think so, because it makes no sense to me that he wouldn't have told Juliette, during his Sad Sad Me speeches, that his wife prefers women. Because that would've made having an affair with him seem that much safer and a better idea. Yes, it bones your twist, but... it's not always worth it if it gives you the sense these people are making shit up on the fly. ## Pippiville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8153-1024x768.xml) Scarlett reacts to Gunnar being on her bus with all the eloquence and adaptability that we've come to expect from her. ## Teeville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8158-1024x768.xml) You know, it's refreshing to have a show where characters wear actual shlubbing-around clothes when they're shlubbing around their houses. AHEM, "Revenge." People in real life aren't heeled up and accessorized to the nines ALL THE TIME, and Rayna -- who is just gossiping with Tandy and packing to join Scarlett on Luke's tour -- is no exception. ## Quaintville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8163-1024x768.xml) Deacon brings Scarlett's favorite pillow to her at the arena, because she can't sleep without it, because she is an infant in a grown girl's body. Can that be the next plot twist? It would explain a LOT. ## Masterville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8170-1024x768.xml) Rayna has not raised money to buy her masters, because Powers Boothe is stuck in jail and his assets are frozen and his power booth has been unplugged and everyone's basically forgotten he exists. So Edgehill and Oliver Hudson sent the police to relcaim the masters for her upcoming album, which naturally, Rayna keeps in a very stylish leather weekend bag. Exactly like we all do. Sometimes I just record myself saying the alphabet just to have stuff to put in all my leather masterbags. ## Friendville ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2013/11/nashIMG_8171-1024x768.jpg) The show remembered that these two are great together -- although it's kind of turned Avery into That Guy Who's Really Great With Other People -- and gave them a jam session, which turns into Juliette telling him all about Charlie and Olivia. Avery advises her to confront the situation rather than run from it, because again, Avery is suddenly the Nashville Wisdom Font: Spewing Good Counsel For More Than Two Months. ## Songville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8173-1024x768.xml) Gunnar is at work trying to write a hit for Luke Wheeler, who barks orders at him while running on a treadmill. He's nice about it, and friendly to Gunnar in a general sense, but not terribly respectful of the fact that Gunnar is working hard for him. Luke Wheeler is kind of a genial douche. ## I'M SO SURE ville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8174-1024x768.xml) And then the show got me all mad again: As Gunnar leaves, Rayna is all, "Oh, hey, who was that? Oh, right, Scarlett used to talk about that guy." Yeah, Rayna. SO DID YOU. You were MEETING WITH THEM BOTH to SIGN THEM BOTH, and then he blew you off because of his murdered brother and Scarlett begged you to give him a second chance, and also, he works at the Bluebird, where you are ALL THE TIME, and you have probably heard him sing there. "Scarlett used to talk about him." HARUMPH, RAYNA. Is the show trying to communicate that Rayna is self-involved, or just forgetting itself? It's ENTIRELY possible they all looked really carefully to see if Rayna and Gunnar had ever encountered each other, but... it just rings so false to me that Rayna wouldn't even say, "Oh, right, Scarlett's song partner whose dead brother messed up his head so that he missed his audition with me." WHO FORGETS DEAD-BROTHER PSYCHOSIS? ## Scumville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8179-1024x768.xml) So, Oliver Hudson tries to freak out Scarlett by crawling inside her head and poking at her brain with with doubt fingers. It's not hard to do, because Scarlett has a sign on his forehead that says, "Doubt Fingers Welcome; Poking Encouaged." ## Flubville ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2013/11/nashphoto-1024x768.jpg) And sure enough, when she gets out there, she freaks out that she can't hear anything correctly in her earpiece. She loses her mind and people start throwing things at her, and Rayna has to come on stage and playfully ask the audience to cut her a break. Scarlett never appears to enjoy anything at all. Even when she's having sex with Avery, she's mopey-faced. I rarely say this, but: Bring on a coke bender. ## Weepville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8187-1024x768.xml) Even though she gets through her three-song set, Scarlett runs backstage and squeal-sobs at the mirror, shoving aside Gunnar and kicking out a concerned Deacon so that she can complete her transformation into a My Little Pony. ## Comfortville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8190-1024x768.xml) Rayna comes to tell her that she got booed everywhere when she first started out, and it's something you become inured to, and that Scarlett -- like her -- was born to do this. Scarlett lets Rayna cuddle her, because she's so relieved that Rayna is finally paying attention to her. ## Ewville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8194-1024x768.xml) And THIS is Rayna's facial expression when she sees the Suzy Homemaker Angel-Phoenix album cover. She has it out with Oliver Hudson over his gross tactics with Scarlett, at which point he shares with her the album artwork he's planning. There is some implication later that maybe he was just messing with her with this, which is kind of funny. I keep waiting for Oliver to have sex with someone, which at this rate will probably end up being hate sex since he's such a nasty piece of work. ## Sassville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8197-1024x768.xml) Juliette puts on a cute dress to go find Charlie and Olivia and flaunt at them what they will never get to touch again. There was a moment in this scene where Charlie seemed JUST irritated enough in a specific way that I wondered if the whole threesome/Olivia likes girls thing is just something Olivia does to scare away all his mistresses -- his reaction was kind of like, "Sigh, THIS AGAIN?" But if that's true, we aren't there yet. Juliette just tells them off, with an extra insult for Olivia, and flounces out of there, without a word to how she found them since we've established they don't live in Nashville. ## Reunionville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8199-1024x768.xml) Scarlett helps Gunnar fix his song for Luke Wheeler, and they start duetting by the pool. Clare Bowen's voice does mesh so well with Sam Palladio's. They're better together than apart, musically, and it's kind of dumb that Rayna hasn't seen that. Scarlett needs that smoky longing thing -- think back to he pilot -- to combat her perky sweetness. Very few people actually like perky sweetness; to wit, Carrie Underwood's massive country breakout was "Before He Cheats," right? ## Balconyville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8202-1024x768.xml) And yet, Rayna and Luke stop having sex long enough to wander out to the balcony of the hotel -- yes, Rayna, the most famous woman in country music, is on an OUTDOOR BALCONY, in plain view of the world, in lingerie with a naked dude -- and listen to the song and decide they should do it as a duet. As in, THEM, not as in Gunnar and Scarlett, which is a shame. And no, Rayna does not say, "Oh, right, hearing them sing together reminds me that I totally almost signed that guy and I DO KNOW WHO HE IS AND HE HAS A BROTHER-MURDER PAST." ## Bloodville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8206-1024x768.xml) And then it's revealed that Scarlett gets all her power from drinking pork blood. Just kidding. Teddy wants to come to the next ultrasound, so Peggy has to fake the miscarriage that she actually had six weeks ago. She lays the groundwork by complaining of cramps, then lets him find her at home curled in the corner with blood in the toilet and on the floor. I don't know how she managed to fake that with the emergency room, which is doubtless where he took her, or with her own doctor. I also don't know if she thought to burn the pork blood, but surely when you have a giant container called PORK BLOOD and you haven't served your husband blood pudding or blood sausage recently, then probably that means he's going to find it under the sink one day. And no, I am not speaking from personal experience. I keep all my pork blood in mason jars in the basement, next to the killing floor. ## Wheeville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8211-1024x768.xml) And boom, Juliette is back in Nashville, back in her comfy white sweater, drinking wine with Avery. So... she just left him there and was like, "Yo, BRB, gonna fly to Dallas real fast to say a hundred words to some jackwads. Decant the while while I'm gone." ## Successville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8215-1024x768.xml) Scarlett does much better on her second night, winning over the crowd and swapping her high heels for some rosy boots. They do not have straps, presumably because when she pulled herself up by them they ripped clean off. ## Redville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8217-1024x768.xml) These two have a scene together that's quite short -- Deacon had suggested he thought Scarlett wasn't cut out for an arena tour, and here he is telling Rayna he was wrong and she was right. But it's what the actors do with the short moments that count, and they manage to infuse this with every ounce of their history. It's a credit to them, and what a great center for the show they could be. ## Lukeville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8220-1024x768.xml) After a very chummy exchange with Luke -- during which I was SURE he was going to mention sleeping with Rayna, though he didn't -- and then later a chat with Scarlett, Deacon is galvanized to Keep Trying because he's not dead yet. Good. We need more Singing Deacon. He is the best. He should NEVER be dead. ## Smoochville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8232-1024x768.xml) Okay, they're not ACTUALLY kissing, but Rayna and Luke get on stage and sing their "Ball and Chain" duet, and it's fine, but nowhere NEAR as good as when The Simple Folk sang it (I think I just named Gunnar and Scarlett's future duo/band, by the way). Also, Rayna is wearing terrible, terrible pants that completely undermine her nifty, sparkly, webbed shirt. They are HIDEOUS on her, and for something that aspires to the illusion of transparency, they're also really frumpy looking. Like a sixty-something country diva's party pants. ## Glareville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8233-1024x768.xml) Rayna clinks glasses with Oliver Hudson, who tells her that everyone is nuts for this single from them, and she insists it means he can hold off on her record until she can buy it out, or something, and she says something about rethinking the artwork and he laughs. I totally think he was messing with her. ## Weepville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8235-1024x768.xml) Scarlett leaves a message on her mother's machine, saying that she did her best but she's not sure she's cut out for this, and then lies on her bed and hugs her pillow and cries. It's not that I don't feel like this is relatable -- it's a lot of change in a short time for her -- but Scarlett's story has always been that she comes alive on stage, and she's played at the Opry and other Nashville venues... it seems strange that all of a sudden she's falling apart. ## Griefville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8238-1024x768.xml) Peggy finally gets to weep for the baby, and sobs to Teddy that she knows he married her only because she was pregnant. Teddy's response is, "Don't go there. We're a team now," which isn't exactly a denial. And Peggy had better hope she DID dispose of the pork blood, or at least sell it on eBay to Red John from The Mentalist. ## Loveville ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8239-1024x768.xml) And in the most underwhelming episode-out EVER, Charlie shows up at Juliette's door and tells her that he's in love with her. Cut to black. I seriously can't believe the hook for next week is that a new character we don't care about, with a mean wife and bedroom habits that may or may not be crowded, showed up to pour our his heart to Juliette. If it were Avery, now THAT would be an episode-out. Or her ex-husband the football player (although that guy was a snooze too). Or Glenn. HA. I can't wait until Glenn decides he's madly in love with the biggest pain in his ass. [Fug the Show: Nashville recap, season 2, episode 8This is not the first shot of the episode, but it is my favorite, so why not lead strong? I hope Connie Britton frames this and puts it in her entryway.![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nashimg_8193-1024x768.xml)](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fug-the-show-nashville-episode-2-8-11-2013/)