but I do want to talk about it right now
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shallownessNashville 2.3 - I Don’t Want to Talk About it Right Now
Still...surprisingly enjoying this without too many serious caveats, because just as I was sighing over Deacon’s tendency to see things in black and white, his sponsor comes back briefly into his life and gets him to stop being so stubborn. There was somewhere in between not taking medication he could get hooked to and getting help and it’s interesting to examine.
I also cheered when Teddy kind of acknowledged that it wasn’t for him or Deacon to decide that Deacon wasn’t a part of Maddie’s life. To whatever degree. I mean, it has to be led by her with mediation from her parents, but she ought to have a big say in it...
I do feel that all this stuff about Deacon’s father is a tad heavy handed, but the fact that both he and Rayna are dealing with their various injuries that could affect their music (!!!) after the accident wasn’t. And of course she didn’t have a problem getting help with her voice (just with telling anyone about it).
Aww, Liam! I like what he brings out in Rayna creatively, but although he has FEELINGS and they both have attraction and now history, I don’t see him even beginning to deal with all of Rayna’s life. But I enjoyed seeing him. And he brought out some of her sass.
And yet, Juliette/Avery is growing on me so much that I didn’t really sigh for Juliette/Liam and how it may never happen. They were cute together going around the fancy pad. She was having fun with him and he called her on her bad choices and horrible behaviour AND opened up about his own mistakes and lessons learned. Although, quelle surprise, she was a bitch. And her whole ‘not my BOYFRIEND’ schtick was amusing and actual desire for the marrieds to be happy but willingness to be kissed by the amateur guitarist – oh, so screwed up, Juliette.
Then there were the kids starting out, and I loved Scarlett’s eye make-up and loved her slightly miffed response to Gunnar’s response to her stylised self. Because the new look could have been worse, but it could have been a lot more her. And should have been. Plus her song was nicely surprising, somehow, in terms of where it went, while the other two weren’t bad – Trouble worked pretty well for Juliette’s character.
Sure, the big shareholder showcase that seemed to be arranged a couple of days or even hours before it happened (did the musicians know about Rayna’s swircheroo) was eye-rolling. So contrived in that it rushed Rayna and Gunnar into decisions they didn’t want to make, not to mention as if Will would come after someone who’d been number 1 on iTunes.
But I can’t hate on the show, there were fun bits – Rayna’s manager is always great value, and the dramatic stuff was slightly more complicated, even nuanced, than I’d feared.
Still...surprisingly enjoying this without too many serious caveats, because just as I was sighing over Deacon’s tendency to see things in black and white, his sponsor comes back briefly into his life and gets him to stop being so stubborn. There was somewhere in between not taking medication he could get hooked to and getting help and it’s interesting to examine.
I also cheered when Teddy kind of acknowledged that it wasn’t for him or Deacon to decide that Deacon wasn’t a part of Maddie’s life. To whatever degree. I mean, it has to be led by her with mediation from her parents, but she ought to have a big say in it...
I do feel that all this stuff about Deacon’s father is a tad heavy handed, but the fact that both he and Rayna are dealing with their various injuries that could affect their music (!!!) after the accident wasn’t. And of course she didn’t have a problem getting help with her voice (just with telling anyone about it).
Aww, Liam! I like what he brings out in Rayna creatively, but although he has FEELINGS and they both have attraction and now history, I don’t see him even beginning to deal with all of Rayna’s life. But I enjoyed seeing him. And he brought out some of her sass.
And yet, Juliette/Avery is growing on me so much that I didn’t really sigh for Juliette/Liam and how it may never happen. They were cute together going around the fancy pad. She was having fun with him and he called her on her bad choices and horrible behaviour AND opened up about his own mistakes and lessons learned. Although, quelle surprise, she was a bitch. And her whole ‘not my BOYFRIEND’ schtick was amusing and actual desire for the marrieds to be happy but willingness to be kissed by the amateur guitarist – oh, so screwed up, Juliette.
Then there were the kids starting out, and I loved Scarlett’s eye make-up and loved her slightly miffed response to Gunnar’s response to her stylised self. Because the new look could have been worse, but it could have been a lot more her. And should have been. Plus her song was nicely surprising, somehow, in terms of where it went, while the other two weren’t bad – Trouble worked pretty well for Juliette’s character.
Sure, the big shareholder showcase that seemed to be arranged a couple of days or even hours before it happened (did the musicians know about Rayna’s swircheroo) was eye-rolling. So contrived in that it rushed Rayna and Gunnar into decisions they didn’t want to make, not to mention as if Will would come after someone who’d been number 1 on iTunes.
But I can’t hate on the show, there were fun bits – Rayna’s manager is always great value, and the dramatic stuff was slightly more complicated, even nuanced, than I’d feared.
