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shallowness) wrote2014-07-08 07:52 am
shallowness) wrote2014-07-08 07:52 am
Nashville
2.21 All or Nothing With Me
I hated seeing the aftermath of Juliette cheating on Avery and knowing how much worse it was going to get when he found out. Which I assumed would be at the worse possible moment.
I found the reality show cringey, because we all know where it was going.
I was glad that they punctured the tooth-rottingly sweet Deacon-Maddie time quickly with him giving her a dose of reality. That was a mixed strand, the speech at the AA meeting was too pat, but the conversations with Teddy and Rayna were meatier.
The earnest ‘giving back to the troops’ theme did nothing for me, (does their special guest star normally say ‘y’all’? Not her off American Idol, the other one). I will give them points for the revelation that Juliette’s father was a soldier who died when she was so young, because that makes a lot of sense. Plus not even her bodyguard (played by a former soldier, I believe) and Emily knew that.
It’s interesting that Gunnar and Juliette have never met before, considering this is nearly the end of the second season.
I felt zero tension over whether Scarlett will leave Nashville, really. While Zoe has stumbled on an interesting storyline, it’s still not Birth of an Artiste. They also know what they have in Clare Bowen’s voice.
I do believe that Scarlett dropped out of university for Avery, though.
I was glad of all the Daphne time – surprising that she backed up the call to bring Deacon on stage so excitedly – and her reaction to what’s going on. Sometimes, Rayna, you can say ‘no’ to Maddie, you know. (But the point is Rayna and Deacon 4EVA. And the show’s heart is with Maddie, even if it knows it’s more complicated than a leggy teenager does.)
However, the Juliette/Avery storyline was the one I was most invested in, by far.
2.22 On the Other Hand
Jeff Fordham continued to twirl his invisible moustache. I wonder if they’ll keep him on, because he really is one-note, the ladies have kneecapped him metaphorically and if Will’s secret is out, he can’t blackmail him.
The answer to Deacon (Maddie and Rayna)’s ‘what if’ is that Daphne wouldn’t have existed!
While having Juliette have to confess to Rayna and Rayna lay down the law was good, the broad comedy of the puking (even if Juliette turning up drunk at that particular event was great ironic juxtaposition) wasn’t necessary.
Avery’s speech!!! Please don’t get over her! I hope that this leads to her growing up (becoming a big girl, and in hindsight, well put, Rayna, because Juliette’s request that she was dropped from Highway 65 was delivered in a very stroppy teenager kind of way), valuing herself more and their eventual reconciliation SO MUCH. This pairing has grown to own this season.
Again, I’m not sure that the takedown of Jeff Fordham by Rayna and Juliette was as satisfying as it should have been, because Rayna (encouraged by Deacon) proved herself to be her daddy’s daughter. And because of the tonal issues I mentioned in the bathroom scene.
Will is finally catching up, but as he’s been warned about how every step of this would go, it’s hardly gripping.
Scarlett truth telling to Avery and being pro Avery/Juliette made me love her, as ever. I’m not quite sure how Scarlett got from the last time she was around Juliette to calling her "good people", though.
Nice repetition of songs, as in the last episode, although the best of all was Scarlett and Gunnar (at the Blueberry!) managing to combine a conversation I’d been waiting for for yonks between them containing some apologising from Gunnar with his deeply unsubtle song about her, but hey, with that harmonisation - yes the Stella sisters and yes the trio of Avery, Zoe and Gunnar run them close, but these two can sing anything they like and it’s magic. I liked that there was an acknowledgement of Scarlett and Gunnar’s past, but it was mainly about her talent. He said 'I think you should stay' not 'I want you to stay' and there's a world of difference. (Although if Gunnar were to be less of an idiot in so many ways, I could very quickly get back behind the ship again. I feel that Zoe would bounce back. And where he's at at the moment, I tend to think Zoe could do better.)
And we totaly don’t know what Avery decided to do, but the fact that she opened up to him and had worked that much out for himself made me hope that he would be kind to Juliette. And maybe the kindest thing would be to break up for now?
So, for me, Deacon’s declaration to Rayna felt like too much overwroughtness about something I care less about than other things on the show. I mean, really, both he and Luke could have let her deal with the album that will mean her label will survive and that she’ll still have her house and not propose to her right now. Although that’s mainly Luke’s fault. Again, there was a callback, but this was to the flashback of bad wigs.
Although it ended on a cliffhanger/decision to be made relating to most of the main characters, I don't think anything was a major shock, and thus there was nothing to distract from the fact that some strands worked better than others. I may be invested, but I thought the pacing of Juliette's breakdown wasn't quite right. Meanwhile Rayna's business juggling was more interesting than the love triangle, I even find the ramifications for the whole family more interesting, really. Considering they've killed off two supporting characters, had one major breakdown of mental health and lots of cheating this season alone, it was almost tame.
I hated seeing the aftermath of Juliette cheating on Avery and knowing how much worse it was going to get when he found out. Which I assumed would be at the worse possible moment.
I found the reality show cringey, because we all know where it was going.
I was glad that they punctured the tooth-rottingly sweet Deacon-Maddie time quickly with him giving her a dose of reality. That was a mixed strand, the speech at the AA meeting was too pat, but the conversations with Teddy and Rayna were meatier.
The earnest ‘giving back to the troops’ theme did nothing for me, (does their special guest star normally say ‘y’all’? Not her off American Idol, the other one). I will give them points for the revelation that Juliette’s father was a soldier who died when she was so young, because that makes a lot of sense. Plus not even her bodyguard (played by a former soldier, I believe) and Emily knew that.
It’s interesting that Gunnar and Juliette have never met before, considering this is nearly the end of the second season.
I felt zero tension over whether Scarlett will leave Nashville, really. While Zoe has stumbled on an interesting storyline, it’s still not Birth of an Artiste. They also know what they have in Clare Bowen’s voice.
I do believe that Scarlett dropped out of university for Avery, though.
I was glad of all the Daphne time – surprising that she backed up the call to bring Deacon on stage so excitedly – and her reaction to what’s going on. Sometimes, Rayna, you can say ‘no’ to Maddie, you know. (But the point is Rayna and Deacon 4EVA. And the show’s heart is with Maddie, even if it knows it’s more complicated than a leggy teenager does.)
However, the Juliette/Avery storyline was the one I was most invested in, by far.
2.22 On the Other Hand
Jeff Fordham continued to twirl his invisible moustache. I wonder if they’ll keep him on, because he really is one-note, the ladies have kneecapped him metaphorically and if Will’s secret is out, he can’t blackmail him.
The answer to Deacon (Maddie and Rayna)’s ‘what if’ is that Daphne wouldn’t have existed!
While having Juliette have to confess to Rayna and Rayna lay down the law was good, the broad comedy of the puking (even if Juliette turning up drunk at that particular event was great ironic juxtaposition) wasn’t necessary.
Avery’s speech!!! Please don’t get over her! I hope that this leads to her growing up (becoming a big girl, and in hindsight, well put, Rayna, because Juliette’s request that she was dropped from Highway 65 was delivered in a very stroppy teenager kind of way), valuing herself more and their eventual reconciliation SO MUCH. This pairing has grown to own this season.
Again, I’m not sure that the takedown of Jeff Fordham by Rayna and Juliette was as satisfying as it should have been, because Rayna (encouraged by Deacon) proved herself to be her daddy’s daughter. And because of the tonal issues I mentioned in the bathroom scene.
Will is finally catching up, but as he’s been warned about how every step of this would go, it’s hardly gripping.
Scarlett truth telling to Avery and being pro Avery/Juliette made me love her, as ever. I’m not quite sure how Scarlett got from the last time she was around Juliette to calling her "good people", though.
Nice repetition of songs, as in the last episode, although the best of all was Scarlett and Gunnar (at the Blueberry!) managing to combine a conversation I’d been waiting for for yonks between them containing some apologising from Gunnar with his deeply unsubtle song about her, but hey, with that harmonisation - yes the Stella sisters and yes the trio of Avery, Zoe and Gunnar run them close, but these two can sing anything they like and it’s magic. I liked that there was an acknowledgement of Scarlett and Gunnar’s past, but it was mainly about her talent. He said 'I think you should stay' not 'I want you to stay' and there's a world of difference. (Although if Gunnar were to be less of an idiot in so many ways, I could very quickly get back behind the ship again. I feel that Zoe would bounce back. And where he's at at the moment, I tend to think Zoe could do better.)
And we totaly don’t know what Avery decided to do, but the fact that she opened up to him and had worked that much out for himself made me hope that he would be kind to Juliette. And maybe the kindest thing would be to break up for now?
So, for me, Deacon’s declaration to Rayna felt like too much overwroughtness about something I care less about than other things on the show. I mean, really, both he and Luke could have let her deal with the album that will mean her label will survive and that she’ll still have her house and not propose to her right now. Although that’s mainly Luke’s fault. Again, there was a callback, but this was to the flashback of bad wigs.
Although it ended on a cliffhanger/decision to be made relating to most of the main characters, I don't think anything was a major shock, and thus there was nothing to distract from the fact that some strands worked better than others. I may be invested, but I thought the pacing of Juliette's breakdown wasn't quite right. Meanwhile Rayna's business juggling was more interesting than the love triangle, I even find the ramifications for the whole family more interesting, really. Considering they've killed off two supporting characters, had one major breakdown of mental health and lots of cheating this season alone, it was almost tame.