Oh mama is it getting messy in this drama, there’s couples breaking up, couples drinking hard, couples meeting up and daddy-daughter cycles to dirty up the waters too. Johnny runs through Season 2 Episode 9 of Nashville as Andrew considers the DMZ/TMZ gossip site feuds, Will Lexington’s hatless injury and the revenge of the shelving unit and Maddie Conrad.
030 - HANKY PANKY WOMAN
Luke ‘Hands Off The’ Wheeler is starting his stadium tour and Scarlett’s got a bit opener to go. Juliette’s kink-shaming a couple, Jeff’s counting beans, Gunnar’s writing a song, Rayna is spending time with men, and Teddy is the mayor of Nashville still. Andrew and Johnny spend time discussing the logistics of the ongoing Tampa-stadium-shows of it all, and prepare for another classic last-minute Rayna James Sorts Things Out With A Live Performance story beat.
029 - SHE'S GOT YOU
It’s tour season, and we’re in Houston, Texas, which is not in Nashville, for the Will Lexington/Layla Grant/Juliette Barnes concert opener, but also it’s Teddy’s wedding day, and Avery and Deacon’s open-mic show, oh and also Gunnar’s meeting with Jeff The Harvard Bean Counter. So much to get through, it’d be insane for Andrew and Johnny to pause recapping long enough to do any kind of comedic bits, right?
028 - IT MUST BE YOU
It’s the Invitational Polo Match in Nashville and it seems most people ARE invited! Deacon, Rayna, Juliette, Tandy, other characters, all together in a super-spreader event. Johnny talks through season 2 episode 6 of Nashville, detailing couple names, surprising relationship changes and all the big hat event fun, as Andrew becomes more and more averse to the relationships developing in the show.
027 - DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR
Rayna can’t sing and Deacon can’t play the guitar, but the magic of Nashville is that no matter what happens, Andrew and Johnny will always find the music in the soul of these characters. Maybe not so much Harvard Bean Counter Jeff, or Luke Whhhheeler and his big hats, but certainly the newly minted Bluebird Barback Bungalow Boys and Scarlett’s media training journey bring lots of mirth to this week’s episode.
026 - YOU'RE NO ANGEL YOURSELF
Andrew is a day into first vaccination and settling in Backstage with bits for days, and Johnny has 3 whole pages of notes on this week’s Nashville episode to get through. A visit to the SNL reference dump and historical info on the landscape of lobster dishes and Andrew’s sibling rivalries bring the TV drama’s storylines into clearer view. Also, this week, we launch Bungalow Boys: The sitcom starring Gunnar Scott and Will Lexington.
025 - I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT NOW
Nashville, home of musicians, parents, sober companions, big shareholder parties, pretty much everything, except the rich mansion of a media company’s youngest and his betrothed. So Juliette’s off performing out-of-city whilst Andrew and Johnny try to recap an episode of the TV show Nashville that really spreads its wings far and wide.
024 - NEVER NO MORE
It’s a relaxing day backstage at the Bluebird Cafe, a perfect time to catch up with the events in Nashville, like Deacon’s guitar playing future, Juliette’s Conan appearance and the arrival of Oliver Hudson to the show. Johnny has lots of show notes, but Andrew is more interested in declaring Scarlett the next Dolly Parton, and he has the receipts.
023- I FALL TO PIECES
Andrew and Johnny are still backstage in Nashville, starting the second season of the show, dealing with comas, pregnancies, proposals, break-ups and people who have been LEFTOVERED since they decided to hurt Scarlett. For some reason there’s plenty of Austin Powers references too, because that’s the show we make now. 11 months into lockdown.
022 - NASHVILLE SEASON ONE SOUNDTRACK
Johnny compiles the multi-disc soundtrack releases for the TV show and the two go track-by-track discussing the songs, context in the show, and have a lot of fun in this break between seasons.
021 - I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE
THE SEASON FINALE IS HERE!
There’s a lot of plots ramping up, but Deacon is spending his time making crazy noises upon the discovery of a daughter he barely knew. People come in through the back way, the Bluebird returns to the show, drinks, deaths and Daddys come home to roost. Where are we at, so deep into lockdown, remembering the times we could hang out, singing and dealing with potential indictments.
018 - TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART
It’s our longest episode, because there’s stuff to get to with the world of Country Music in Nashville. Juliette is succumbing to Dante’s peak, and it throws Deacon, Jolene and the whole industry into a tailspin. Meanwhile, Johnny’s love for new character Will Lexington continues to confuse Andrew, and has made it so Johnny can no longer remember the term ‘Roadie’, nor the Showtime hit TV show Roadies.
011 - YOU WIN AGAIN
There’s some real catty attitudes abound with Andrew and Johnny this week. An episode full of big emotional monologues and shock moments has Andrew getting angry and hurt in equal measure, as Johnny kindly lays out the continuing adventures of those wacky musicians in the titular town. Will Ming-Na Wen be the game-changer of the season, or another complication for everyone on the show?
005 - MOVE IT ON OVER
It’s time to face up to addictions, deceptions and audits, as Nashville looks to bring characters together and tear relationships apart.
Johnny goes deep in detail whilst Andrew reminisces on the end of Ben Affleck’s The Town and accepts Charles Esten’s smouldering personality.
001 - PILOT
Johnny gets Nashville fever and brings Andrew to the ABC drama, all the country music pulls, Powers Boothe as Daddy and Chip Esten’s twin brother Charles dominate the discussion on the hit show’s pilot episode.
BLUEBIRD - THE DOCUMENTARY
Musical/Music Documentary Month gets off to a singing start, as Johnny picks a doc about the Nashville institution that features the likes of Faith Hill, Charles (Chip) Esten, Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks and Kacey Musgraves. Andrew gets a hard indoctrination into modern country performance, and Johnny fondly recalls his travels to the landmark in the pre-pandemic world.
Finally, maybe, a new podcast is spawned from this episode? Keep your ears out!