I can't believe there's been only one comment about the best scene of the entire episode: Deacon and Avery! That's the Nashville I fell in love with, which had tons of friendships and extended family and everyone's interconnections with everyone in addition to the soapy, dramatic, romantic goodness. Deacon and Avery had a friendship that was independent of both Scarlett and Juliette and it was great to see the writers actually remember that for once.
My second favorite part of the episode was Gunnar finally growing a spine and confronting Scarlett. I regret immensely that we will never get the second half of that conversation, which is the only reason that it's downgraded from first place. I've been wanting that to happen for many, many episodes now and it was good to see it, no matter how brief. The writers finally had a chance for them to have a real conversation and as usual, they blew it. They've never known what to do with Gunnar and Scarlett as a couple or as individuals and so they've just thrown fake obstacles and drama at them for no good reason. Such a waste.
Does anyone else worry that Gunnar is going to jail for beating up the mugger (who looks all of 15, btw)? Because I'm very concerned about that. I don't trust these writers and EP's at all. That's not what I meant when I said I wanted Gunnar to be away from Scarlett. I will say that despite everything, I'm looking forward to seeing Sam's performance next week, even if I wind up hating the episode.