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For some reason, Rayna wanted to stick it to Jeff and make it hurt. Even though she had won that round by signing Sadie to her label. Yet she had some kind of harsh deep feeling against Jeff, which suggests that for her that it was more than about business. Maybe she has transferred her feelings for her father onto Jeff. Maybe due to Luke, Rayna finds Jeff threatening. Or maybe she is deflecting anger she actually feels towards Luke onto Jeff.

Scarlett is a song-writer. If Rayna is so much into encouraging talent, she could encourage that.

Burning questions regarding Pam, Deacon's new girl-friend. Will Teddy steal her away from Deacon? Has or does Luke Wheeler sleep with her? Did Luke put her up to chase and bed Deacon? Is Pam most likely to suck up to Rayna or insult her? Could Pam be Avery's mother? Does Pam do drugs?

Okay, so Scarlett is no longer a country singer. Did Rayna see that she get help? Did Rayna do anything to encourage Scarlett to stay in the business?

Thanks for the correction. I was only thinking thru Rayna's POV.

I find Teddy's situation rather curious. He is needed and necessary, because who else can Rayna leave her kids with while she is on tour? Rayna knows about the embezzlement, but does she have proof. I think there has to be a reason for that brief scene of Teddy sitting alone at a bar and looking lonely.

Half the time I dislike Rayna. For instance, I realized that Rayna and Scarlett have not had a single scene this season. Was Scarlett just dropped from Rayna's label? Don't they have a contract? What about Rayna's claim that she is there for her artists and intends to nurture their talent? She hasn't been there for Scarlett? Yes, she did drop her hot pursuit of Sadie, momentarily, to go tend after Juliette. But also this gave Rayna the opportunity to gauge how much use Juliette was going to be to her and her label in the foreseeable future. Otherwise, she hasn't been there for Juliette either. Rayna is dead cold around Teddy. However, he seems to have been and will continue to be the main care-giver and custodial parent. I tend to think she initially married him for that purpose alone. She couldn't leave her baby with the drunk Deacon while she toured on concert, so she chose Teddy. Rayna is often a hypocrite. She acts as though mothering her daughters is the most important role in her life. But it isn't. I don't mind that her career is given the priority. What I do mind is all the BS and pretending otherwise. Rayna always makes the self-serving decision. Which is okay. But then don't pretend otherwise. When she chose Luke over Deacon, a lot of it had to with vanity and taking the easy way out. Since then, she has not given two hoots about Deacon's well-being. Like Teddy and Scarlett, he's just dropped. I think it is Rayna's hypocrisy and tendency for passive aggressive mannerisms that makes me dislike her quite a lot. But when she told off Jeff Fordham, I was totally with her. Although she was acting the hypocrite there too. She's been just as much as a whore as him - Teddy, Deacon, Liam, Luke - all within a year.

Is Hayden pregnant? It is hard to imagine that happily ever after is written in the cards for Juliette.

I was thinking the same way. Until I just remembered that scene of Teddy by himself at the bar and looking lonely and forlorn. Maybe Jeff will set him up in a compromising and scandalous situation, and thereby force Teddy to sign.

I always had the impression that Teddy was more against the girls' music. I think Jeff was just blowing smoke. He thinks he can talk Teddy into it, but I doubt it. Who might have better luck with is Luke - when Luke becomes their step-father.

Hi all! New to the board, and glad to read such frank discussions. They quickly brought in this Pam and I don't know what to make of her. She strikes me as tenacious. I bet she is going to hang onto Deacon for dear life. It will certainly be interesting to watch when she and Rayna crosses paths. I think next up in the cards for Rayna won't be Deacon but Jeff Fordham. She had a lot of nerve to call him a "whore"! The hatred between Rayna and Jeff is so much and so vigorous. Deacon is very quick to over-react. This has been his problem with drinking. He's very over-emotional. Very little self-control. Last season he went on a binger, all because he found out Maddie was his daughter and Rayna didn't tell him the truth. This season he's been amazingly self-controlled around Luke.