This episode had an embedded gimmick: three live performances. And for my money, they TOTALLY BLEW this opportunity to get people talking. Remember how vibrant Gunnar, Avery, and Zoey were as a trio, and when Deacon joined them? Remember how moving and lovely it is whenever Lennon Stella sings anything
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I had doubts about the music this season without T-Bone Burnett -- I mean, generally, life is better with anything T-Bone, except maybe when you're talking about a type of car wreck -- and it's true that it's been only okay at times. I
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View the gallery When I started the recap, this hadn't been picked up yet, and now it has -- for the full 22 episodes. (And so did Revenge, a.k.a., the cockroach of the apocalypse.) Which is interesting, because my impression of THIS episode is that the writers&
View GalleryWeepville Juliette is super grossed out that she let Oliver Hudson slobber all over her with various body parts, so as she sobs hysterically, she tries to scrub off the filth. It's the next morning, though, so I don't know how long she's been
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View the gallery A dreary episode in which Juliette TOTALLY Juliettes herself, maddeningly, and then the threat of addiction and mental illness is swept under the rug like some old dust bunnies. Not exactly the best way to come back from a hiatus.
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View the gallery If you've been holding out for a decent Rayna and Deacon scene all season, you'll get one here. FINALLY. But Sherri Shepherd's absurdist '70s fever-dream wig stands in your way.
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View the gallery It is bittersweet to write a recap in a post-TWoP world, given that TWoP is where I wrote my first ever TV recap, and where, in fact, the concept of the online TV recap was born. I remember when they had to explain patiently to e-
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View the gallery I accidentally typed "Fug the Snow" at first, which I imagine is how a lot of people feel right now. This episode has some good blouses, bad pants, and a return to the nadir of Scarlett's hair, which I am hoping she will
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View the gallery My new favorite band is Gunnar, Avery, and Zoey, and if this show goes off the air at any point then those actors need to hit the road together.
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View the gallery I love it when I'm wrong: Teddy did INDEED watch Powers Boothe unplug and move on up to the great big outlet in the sky. This is going to make Thanksgiving so uncomfortable.
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View the gallery It seems two shows I watch have David Silvers on them: Pretty Little Liars, and now Nashville. If Scarlett doesn't do a cover of "You Are So Precious To Me," she is fired.
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View the gallery In which Juliette does the opposite of teen movies: puts ON glasses and brown hair and suddenly becomes invisible.
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View the gallery Good music and good performances in this episode, assuming you made it past the fact that the first thirty seconds looked like a vanity video made at a karaoke parlor.
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View the gallery The problem with watching this on Hulu is that I totally missed all the promos insisting that SOMEONE WOULD DIE this week. Only one of the eventual candidates surprised me.
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View the gallery It was a fairly tame week for Rayna, which I assume is because they gave all the fashion crack to Juliette.
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