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Nashville Season Finale By
Sundi
I was NOT emotionally prepared for the season finale of
Nashville. Between Deacon and Raynas’ stuff, the funeral of
Juliette’s mom and the possible rekindling of Scarlett and
Avery, and the impending proposal, I was a snivelling mess
.As one of my favorite network shows, Nashville, knocks my
socks off every week and the the season one finale did not
disappoint.
The Deacon Claybourne character is by far, one of my
favorite male leads right now. I root for him no matter
what, and I’ve been holding my breath since episode one to
see Rayna and Deacon finally come back together. So, lucky
for me, the finale was the “Deacon Show.” Even though his
fall off the wagon was a little predictable and felt like a
cop-out, it was great TV (thanks, in no small part, to the
brilliant Charles Esten). Since Deacon is the show’s hero
(well, maybe the rakish anti-hero) I am naturally drawn to
him and watching him unravel at the revelation that Maddie
is his daughter was so raw and personal that I excused the
melodrama and just went with it . Anytime the hero is tested
it is especially hard to manage, so when a character is as
beloved, as sensitive and carefully wrought as Deacon is
(well, WAS) it is unsettling to see him fall apart. His
spiral to rock bottom culminates in the last scene ( after
we’ve watched him wash down a handful of Advil with whiskey)
in which he and Rayna are arguing violently in his car. We
can’t hear what they are yelling because the argument is set
to music, suggesting this argument is something they’ve been
through before, like the words aren’t important enough for
us to hear. The episode ends there, with a crash, as we see
Deacon’s car spinning in the air.
Julliette, on the other hand, is participating in an upward
trajectory. We see her dealing with her mother’s death in a
handful of scenes that should earn Hayden Panitierre an emmy
nod. We see something real from Julliette in this episode;
something vulnerable that transcends the previous fits that
come off as bratty and petulant. She has one such fit
backstage at the CMAs as Marshall and Glenn try to offer
some consolation, but then she slips out of it after she
spits the line, “I should be celebrating that it is finally
over, “ referring to her mother’s death. She regrets her own
behavior as she crumbles under the weight of her own
emotions and finally relents in the next scene as she sits
next to her mother’s casket. Tears all around as she says to
her dead mother: “Now, I have no one.” For most of the
season, I’ve just wanted to shake Julliette, but at that
moment I wanted to grab her and hug her.
Even though the premise of the show has been to pit Rayna
and Julliette against each other, the finale allows a break
in the tension. They share a very tender moment at the
memorial service and we start to see Rayna melt towards
Julliette. You would have to have a heart of stone not to
feel for the girl as she told Rayna, “I grew up in the dirt;
everything was filthy,” I see something changing in their
relationship, and I am predicting a paradigm shift coming in
season two.
The other subplots ramped up in the finale as well, although
I can’t get myself to care as much about Teddy’s Cumberland
scam or even that Peggy is pregnant, really.But as an
accessory to the who’s-the-dad story, he’s turning out to be
pretty stand up. Sure, it’s mildly entertaining to see
Scarlett come out of her doe-eyed phase enough to make the
men in her life work for her affections a little. But I am
far less interested in Gunnar’s proposal or the new and
improved Avery, as I am in the Rayna/Deacon storyline.
Whatever you want to say about this show, you have to admit
it is one of the soapiest, juiciest dramas airing right now.
Melodrama aside, the actors are exquisite... I didn’t even
have enough space here to extol the beautiful and talented
Connie Britton -- on whom I have the biggest lady crush; and
those Stella sisters who play her daughters have enough
musical talent to sustain three careers.
Nashville is merely a
starter home for them. So, I am happy with the finale; even
though that cliffhanger ending was a little cheap I will
still be tuning in in the fall to see how they resolve it. I
certainly hope you will too.
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