> ## 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, episodes 18 and 19 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fug-the-show-nashville-episodes-18-and-19/ - Published: 2013-05-15T16:00:59.000Z - Updated: 2014-02-17T03:32:52.000Z - Author: Heather - Tags: #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:35 ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5296.xml) Oh, Hayden. She's still sleeping with her slimy-seeming boyfriend Dante, aka the former sober companion of her mother and now also her manager. And he somehow gets her to decide she wants to buy a house for them, because he is the Hayden Whisperer, and that is going to end in tears. No, really, it is. By the end of this recap. Spoiler. ## Scarlett and Gunnar ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5299.xml) Gunnar reads his brother's old diary and finds a bunch of song lyrics. You can tell where this is going, in part because it's following in such hallowed footsteps as the 90210 remake, and pretty much anything ever where a person has stolen something and passed it off as their own. LIKE A CHILD, TEDDY/TAMI. Ahem. Scarlett romps around dressed like the world's tallest toddler, and also... did I miss a line about their building's dryer bring broken, or is she just hanging out laundry on a line because she's folksy? Will she mumble less if I buy her a new Maytag of her own? ## Coleman, Teddy, Peggy ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5305.xml) These two have a HUGE meeting with Subway execs about Subway field and the Subway sponsorship of their Subway sports team and Cole actually sucks on a Subway branded soda cup and Subway Eat Fresh. Although look, compared to Christopher on *Dallas* drinking a Miller Lite every time he needs to think deeply, this is at least an on-topic product integration. They WOULD sell naming rights to the stadium, and Subway WOULD cater the meeting about it, and I WOULD kind of like a Subway sandwich right now. So I guess it's working. Also, Teddy dumps Peggy because he has confirmation that she told the tabloids about his divorce. She claims it was an accident and reveals Powers Boothe's blackmail, which Teddy is DOUBLY mad at her -- and him -- about, so now it's just mad mad clenchy madness. ## Teddy ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5346.xml) So Teddy undoes every single deal Powers Boothe had ever done while he was mayor -- which unravels some things Powers had done for Coleman, who is really unhappy that Teddy is being petty about all this. Clenchy Madness ahoy. ## Tami and Liam ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5308.xml) These two get back to work on their album -- well, sort of; after a perfunctory period of seeming interested in the direction of the new tracks and him playing a show with her that weekend, they get down to the more important business of each others' salivary glands. ## Tami and Liam ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5310.xml) Yup. He also asks her to go away with him and she's like, "WHAT NO HA HA HA TEEHEE I COULDN'T mmm, sexcation...." ## Cowboy Chris Carmack ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5311.xml) Gunnar is still drinking a lot of beer with CCC, who plays his first show and eye-bangs everyone in the crowd and gets a lot of phone numbers. Gunnar is jealous of how charismatic he is on-stage, so CCC decides to make Gunnar play open-mic night. I also need to know: CCC never talks about having a band. Where did this band come from? And what about the one at open-mic night? The one that seems to know everyone's songs perfectly? You can have a house band, sure, but don't you need some of the artists to bring them music so they can play with you? They never show anyone handing sheet music to anybody. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE. ## Gunnar ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5327.xml) Gunnar and his mystery band of musical psychics (well, one of them is CCC, but still) sing one of his brother's gritty tunes. And naturally, a producer hears him and is like, "Yay, you're so GRITTY, let's cut a demo." CCC is good-natured about how easily that came to Gunnar. I kept thinking this was heading toward them going out as a duo, but instead it is heading... someplace SEXIER. Well, not entirely. But. WINK. ## Scarlett ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5322.xml) Scarlett wisely corrals her ragged mop into a braid for her first meeting with Tami, which she uses to implore Tami for a second chance for Gunnar. She says there would be no her without him, just like Tami once said there would be no Tami without Deacon. This is potentially prophetic because all we've seen Gunnar do lately is drink beer and brood. ## Scarlett ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5336.xml) I don't even remember what is going on with her here, except that Gunnar is freezing her out and he tells her he doesn't want the second chance with Tami because he's finding his own way now. So Scarlett just keeps on wearing her elaborately shaggy loungewear and doing surprisingly little work for someone with a new record deal. Gunnar brings in some of his stuff to the producer, but naturally, the producer doesn't like his soulful ballads and wants more fierceness. So Gunnar produces more of his brother's words and is all, "Yeah, um, they're all... totally me, dude." The song the guy likes is called "Gun For A Mouth," so maybe Gunnar should just start playing Mad Libs with all his other songs -- cross out some words and replace them with "gun" and "death" and "rage" and see how they play. ## Deacon and girlfriend and Liam and Tami ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5340.xml) Well, THIS little conclave wasn't awkward or anything. Although everything is peachy with Deacon and his lady -- indeed, most of this episode was spent showing us that she's The Best Thing Ever For Him, and Tami is wearing some VERY confident vests, which suggest that she's all set to start fresh with Liam. Right? ## Liam and Tami ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5354.xml) But then these two get up on-stage, and she looks typically badass in sexy pants and a shirt (Tami Taylor must be REALLY paranoid about wearing skirts on-stage), and they basically engage in musical intercourse right up there in front of a bunch of adoring fans. ## Deacon ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5350.xml) And in front of Deacon, whose forehead telegraphs his disapproval of this turn of events. Which his girlfriend notices. She calls him out on having feelings for Tami, and he admits that yes, he does, and it will always be there, but he's working past it. But she storms off, and rightly, because even if your man thinks you are the bee's knees, it's bad news if he will always think of some other woman as the bee's vagina. ## Liam ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5359.xml) Unfortunately for Deacon, RIGHT when he tells Tami that he can't get past This Thing Between Them, she is all, "Go make it right with your lady and I'm going to St. Lucia with the hat-rack." ## Hayden and Dante ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5325.xml) Dante has turned Hayden into an asshole -- she is treating her band badly, which Deacon tries to call her out on, and she's wearing ugly shirts -- and Mama Hayden doesn't trust Dante so she's started following him around town trying to catch him in his misdeeds. She THINKS she sees him kissing a lady, but it's just their Realtor, who Dante once also sober-counseled. OR SO HE SAYS. The problem is, Mama didn't wait patiently enough and confronted them with no proof, and presumably has not been allowed a cameraphone. You have to PLAN AHEAD, lady. If you can't set the trap, then at least take a picture. ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5347.xml) Let's get through this: Hayden invites Dante's lady to the concert, and she confirms that it's all innocent between them. And then Dante conveniently finds pills in Mama's purse, which Mama insists aren't hers. Hayden doesn't believe her and throws her out and impulsively decides to buy the house with him and tells The Interloper Lady to draw up all the paperwork. EXCEPT: Later she gazes at the pills and realizes they couldn't be her mother's because she's allergic to them and therefore would be dead if she'd taken them. She smells a setup, and it smells like designer-impostor body spray. ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5377.xml) This ends in a shattered mirror, a semi-cute sweater, and a lot of fury. Dante isn't answering his phone; why he figured out that she'd be onto him now, I don't know, but he has made off with the crew's walk-around money, half a million from Hayden's bank account, and presumably a decent realty commission. I hope she calls the rehab center and challenges them on how well they check references. ## Tandy and Cole ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5360.xml) There is some story here about Tandy trying to get Coleman to turn on Teddy, but in the end he a) resigns from his post, and b) announces to his wife that he's basically getting out of the way while Teddy and TandyPowers turn their guns on each other. So. That whole thing is still happening. ## Scarlett and Lucky ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5368.xml) These two bump into each other and he lets her come up on stage and gawk at the size of it. Seriously, she really DOES dress like someone who is 6 years old, max. When is recess? ## Deacon ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5370.xml) AND THEN. Tami shows up at Deacon's door and blurts that she realized while she was packing that she loves him. We see a thousand emotions flood over Chip Esten's face -- it's the most exquisite cocktail of relief, fury, passion, disbelief, and so many other things -- as she's talking, and she gets kind of defensive and is like, "Well, I LOVE YOU. I just DO," or something, and she turns to leave and he can barely choke out the word "Wait" before... ## XOXOXOXOXO ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5372.xml) ... YES. The two of them just sort of sigh into each other and it's AMAZING and the second their lips touched I was like OH MY GOD YES NO WAIT THIS IS TERRIBLE HE IS GOING TO BE SO MAD AT HER ABOUT THE SECRET-DAUGHTER THING I CAN'T HANDLE THIS OH MY GOD YES NO YES. ## YOLO ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5375.xml) And right when Deacon is saying things aren't the same with Scarlett right now, CCC decides to give him a taste of man-tongue. It was pretty great. I had wondered if this would go in that direction, because they were hitting the "I LOOOOOVE GIRLS" really hard with CCC, plus he only ever spent his time drinking with Gunnar and telling him how great he is. I guess that could just be "friendship," but on TV, it's usually Secret Lust. So, YES. Unfortunately, Gunnar shoves him away and kicks him out. This is disappointing because I would've hoped Gunnar would be a cooler cat than that, and also, I kind of like their bromance. ## YES NO YES ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5379.xml) Tami and Deacon are reveling in the afterglow of their reunion and THIS IS GOING TO END IN SO MANY TEARS DON'T TELL HIM TAMI EXCEPT YOU HAVE TO TELL HIM TAMI I CAN'T DEAL. ## Teddy ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5382.xml) In fact, when Tami tells Teddy about Deacon, he freaks out and insists that she break up with him IMMEDIATELY because he knows she's not going to be able to keep her mouth shut, and that would violate their deal. Tami gives this look that's like, "I will NOT tell," and yet also says, "Shit, he knows me really well, because I so would have told." ## Tandy ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5390.xml) This is Tandy's face when SHE finds out. I cherish it. She tells Tami everyone knows she and Deacon are all or nothing, so they'd better be on the same page about the ALL thing. Oh, and also, don't spill the paternity beans. I AGREE. HE IS GOING TO BE SO MAD AND I CAN'T HANDLE THAT. EXCEPT ALSO YOU HAVE TO TELL HIM BECAUSE THOSE SCENES ARE GOING TO BE SO GOOD AND THEN WHEN HE BONDS WITH MADDIE OH MY GOD BUT THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR ME. ## Coleman ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5391.xml) And when Coleman finds out, he's like, "Dude, you are addicted to that woman and it's going to ruin you," and Deacon resents it and so does the burgeoning Tami-Deacon fanfic industry. ## Maddie ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5408.xml) And in case the episode needed a heavier hand, there is a subplot about their gorgeous daughter having a father-daughter dance, and of course she hates Teddy right now because of Divorce Reasons and so the two of them spend the entire hour finding their way back to each other. If I still speak soap opera, this is a very clear sign that she's about to get a major disease where they need actual blood relations to save her life, and Teddy ends up begging Deacon to donate, because the only thing that will make this WORSE is when Deacon hears it from someone who isn't Tami AAAAAACK.. ## Scarlett ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5384.xml) I make fun of Scarlett's PJs, but actually, it's refreshing that she's dressed like regular people -- I mean, how often do we roll out of bed, throw on whatever cardigan was lying on the floor and the really heinous big slippers that you keep around because they're warm and super comfy, and head into the kitchen for coffee? Heinous but real. Anyway, she and CCC are hanging out, and then Gunnar comes in and is all DOESN'T HE HAVE HIS OWN HOME, and so CCC schlumps out of there looking very sad, and Scarlett is all, "Did I just witness the death of a bromance?" Gunnar does not appreciate the use of that term, because I guess he's a jerk now. ## Scarlett ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5407.xml) Scarlett: The world's woolliest aviatrix. Gunnar blows off the CMAs party at the record label (now also Scarlett's label) so he can record his demo. She agrees to take CCC instead, and there is an unspoken moment of Gunnar being completely okay with this because he knows CCC is not going to hit on her. Poor CCC. Maybe he's omnisexual, Gunnar. YOU DON'T KNOW. YOU NEVER TALKED IT OUT. ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5392.xml) Hayden is looking very poised and clinical -- she isn't telling anyone what happened with Dante, or that he's not managing her anymore, because she doesn't want to look dumb. Which... can't she just tell people she fired him? Anyway, she and Tami are nominated against each other for Female Vocalist of the Year at the CMAs, and Hayden wants to WIN, while also hiring a security firm to investigate Dante and keep a lid on the scandal. ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5398.xml) Also, her CMA campaign involves sending voters some champagne (prediction: she may spend herself into bankruptcy) and bobbleheads of herself in a tiny skirt. Which is going to do NOTHING to make people take her seriously, which has been her whole issue this season, so this is kind of crazy. She's also drinking 24/7, though, so maybe she just can't see sense through the champagne bubbles. ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5400.xml) I hope she can see enough sense not to wear that dress, though. ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5409.xml) Hayden finds out Dante stole another huge sum of money to buy an engagement ring. For the woman, presumably. Glug, glug, glug. There is a lot of blah-blah about how she can never trust anyone again, and why does this always happen to her, and nobody ever wants her, and listen, this would resonate a lot more if it were actually true to her story. She JUST made a really nice QB fall in love with her and marry her, and SHE was the one who doused it in lighter fluid. There is no sense in her backstory that she is constantly trusting people and then getting betrayed, and we certainly haven't seen that on-screen. She's a self-saboteur more than anything, and maybe you can argue that she's REALLY upset about that and is pretending it's about something else, or that her mommy issues are what make her feel so betrayed, but... It's a bit of a swerve, basically. ## Tami and Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5415.xml) "Oh, hey, y'all. SUUUCH an honor to be nominated together. My shirt is boring, but you smell like a bar floor." ## Deacon and Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5419.xml) Tami has been acting squirrelly with Deacon because the mere REMINDER that she has a big secret has made her incapable of looking at him without thinking MY HAIR IS FULL OF SECRETS. He asks her to tell him what's on her mind and she won't, so he freaks out and assumes this is Same Old, Same Old. Hayden staggers in behind him in a really bad leather dress and slurs that they need to perform, and he quits because she's an asshole now and storms away. ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5426.xml) My fears that Hayden would throw up on-stage and/or pass out were unfounded. She sings a song all about being used, and makes Lucky Spencer fill in as her guitarist, and she's actually just fine. Hayden Panettiere is really, really good in this part. And the soapy shenanigans that I've heard Connie Britton doesn't care for all play really well in Hayden's hands, so that's fine by me. I may not buy the character feeling like she's constantly being wronged and used by men, but that's not because Hayden isn't selling it. ## Hayden and Lucky ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5428.xml) Then Hayden chugs more vodka and tries to seduce Lucky, who politely turns her down and puts her in a car home. They are totally going to end up doing it some other time, though, so don't worry. The TV fusion of Guiding Light and General Hospital WILL happen. IT WILL. ## Tami and Tandy ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5430.xml) I am only putting in this shot because there is a moment where Tami asks Tandy if she needs a lift, and Tandy's like, "No, I have a ride," and then they both turn around and the camera focuses on Tami's manager, who gives them a wave. [I KNEW IT](https://gofugyourself.com/fug-the-show-nashville-episode-16-04-2013/nimg%5F4655?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). There is nothing more explicit than that, but I think we all know what's what. You get some, Tandy. ## Deacon and Tami ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5431.xml) And in further proof that none of these people has a realistic amount of security, Deacon slips into Tami's limo and surprises her. He tells her that he doesn't care what her secrets are. She can tell him, she can not tell him, whatever; all that matters to him is that they love each other. AND YOUR SECRET DAUGHTER, DEACON. But for now, this is enough for Tami, and they make out, because they are THE BEST. Seriously, my level of investment in them is as if they are real people. Insane. ## Dreamy Deacon ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5433.xml) This is for all you lovers out there. ## Tami and Deacon ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5438.xml) And THEN the two of them sing a duet together while Tami looks hot in one of his shirts, and he says something along the lines of, "Who knows what might've happened -- maybe we'd have a family of our own by now." Tami is all, GULP. I'm sure she is going to say that he was in no condition to have a kid, and HE is going to say that the kid would've been something else to live for and so she owed it to him to tell him, and blah blah blah this is not going to end happily for me. ME. But my God, they are good together. ## Scarlett ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5439.xml) And Scarlett figures out that Deacon is passing off his brother's lyrics as his own, and he tells her that she is hardly one to judge considering she is passing off her PJs as an act of sanity. ## Hayden ![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5441.xml) And then Dante calls Hayden, and the implication is, he's blackmailing her with a sex tape. Now, I sort of hope Hayden tells him to shove it: He was her boyfriend, and it's probably hard to pass off a covertly shot sex tape as one in which she was participatory. But Hayden wants that CMA Award and she's been trying to do damage control on her image, and Dante knows this, so probably she isn't going to have the guts to call his bluff. I do wonder if this will end in her losing almost all her money. We'll see, but: JUICY. Three more episodes to go, and a second season is official. BRING IT. [Fug the Show: Nashville recap, season 1, episodes 18 and 19I can't believe SEXY THINGS HAPPENED when I went out of town. Also, does this mean that I need to go out of town for the whole season?![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nimg_5296.xml)](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fug-the-show-nashville-episodes-18-and-19-05-2013/)