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.
020 - A PICTURE FROM LIFE'S OTHER SIDE
It’s the penultimate episode of season 1, Johnny is excited about all the moving and shaking in the world of Nashville, and Andrew is mostly concerned with protecting Scarlett from all the bad people out there trying to hurt her, even accidentally, for their own gain. Will the return of Dante change anything? Will we run the Jolene joke into the ground? Will Big Deac Energy ever stop working on us?
019 - WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME
Deacon gives away his dog. I guess there are other storylines in this week’s episode, but Andrew gets significantly hung up on Deacon giving Sue away so suddenly. What is Nashville without the iconic Deacon/Sue partnership of the past few weeks? Johnny feels like Will Lexington and Scarlett are gonna be the BFFs of the year, and can’t seem to get Andrew’s head around who is biologically related to whom.
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.
017 - MY HEART WOULD KNOW
It’s a new year for the podcast, and the same season for Nashville. We bounce between New York and the titular town to discover Dante’s side-hustle with the Barnes ladies, Avery’s new gig, Will/Ted Lexington’s take on dealing with death, and how many people call Lamar ‘Daddy’ when he’s unconscious.
016 - I SAW THE LIGHT
In the final episode of 2020, Andrew and Johnny prepare for the onslaught of Nashville shenanigans and watch an episode of the TV show that is mostly set in… NEW YORK CITY?!?
Boy howdy, Johnny is excited to introduce Will Lexington to the show, insisting the hat-wearing man is the show’s best character, but Andrew opts to focus on the intimate abilities of the Muppets over on Sesame Street.
015 - WHEN YOU'RE TIRED OF BREAKING OTHER HEARTS
The fallout of Jason’s death hits Gunnar hard, and nobody else. The falldown of some shelves at Juliette’s intimate fanshow hurts everyone one of us, though. Johnny tries to detail every story in this week’s episode, and Andrew finds comfort in the many famous banjo players there are.
014 - DEAR BROTHER
T’was Deacon’s birthday and all through the Bluebird everyone was partying, including a big nerd. Or two. Us. Andrew and Johnny. Who watch a party episode of Nashville, celebrate Big Deac, bear witness to Nashville’s changing political landscape, some gossip mags, a big death and then, hey, a little hanky panky to cap things off. All in the space of an hour (And ten)!
013 - THERE'LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT
Following Theodore’s wish for a divorce with Rayna, Andrew and Johnny witness some of that before-times partying hard, whilst Deacon and Juliette battle a manager that dislikes, ya know, actual music. Johnny focuses on a fake energy drink, but Andrew is more concerned with which of Rayna’s children is Daphne and which one is Maddie. This is world-shaking material, so get ready for shocks galore.
012 - I'VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD BEFORE
A lazy day backstage at the Bluebird has Andrew chilling, Johnny reciting Nashville plot points and Deacon & Rayna having multiple awkward elevator encounters. Gunnar’s entourage ruins a musical performance, Theodore and Margaret spend too much time together, Juliette dares to perform without dancers and pyro, and Avery gets to be on everyone’s favourite TV show ‘Star Towns’. Johnny really tries to ruin Andrew’s belief regarding buying nail polish, but who will win out?
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?
010 - I'M SORRY FOR YOU, MY FRIEND
It’s the day of the election in Nashville, and the mayoral race comes down to this episode. It is also the election of the United States, and some of the aftermath is mentioned throughout the recording, Andrew falls into the charms of Big Deac Energy, and references A Serious Man non-stop, as Johnny frets about guitarists and the landscape of American politics in 2013 and 2020. A healthy episode of healthy, mentally-fit humans enjoying a TV show during a perfectly normal year.
009 - BE CAREFUL OF STONES THAT YOU THROW
It’s 2013 on Nashville, and the week before the election Backstage at the Bluebird Cafe, so tensions are high, hopes are breaking, and love is forming around so many people. Deacon is taking centre stage in the Revel Kings, Scarlett and Gunnar are going through heartbreaks, Rayna and Juliette’s tour might save their personal lives, and there’s a big game of ‘Who’s Your Daddy’ at play. Packed ep? Of course, we’d not have it any other way.
008 - WHERE HE LEADS ME
In the mid-season finale of Nashville Season One there’s huge shifts in power, in relationships, and in the careers of those living in and performing around Nashville. For Andrew and Johnny, it’s a time to remember the importance of times when you could be on a plane, and when you didn’t have to deal with Paul Giamatti trying to interrupt a podcast recording,
007 - LOVESICK BLUES
Scarlett and Avery’s fallout looms large over an episode about togetherness, redressing the balance, and of course Nashville geography. Johnny gets to talk Johnny Cash, Andrew discusses songs that slap, and there’s hope building for the future of the show, the city and the podcast in a fun filled episode.