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"It&amp;#x27;s time to talk about the big elephant wearing a teeny cowboy hat in the room: Nashville&amp;#x27;s second season is off to a slow start. Do you feel it too? The night of the show&amp;#x27;s return, I did one of those big teen-girl-in-an-after-school-special bouncing settles into the couch, leaning forward excitedly in crosslegged position. But three episodes in, I&amp;#x27;m feeling a little wiped out. These are dark times in country city. Teddy is struggling with paternity probs. Rayna&amp;#x27;s lost her voice (was I the only one who yelled &amp;quot;NODES!&amp;quot; aloud, giggled and high-fived myself at that part?). And where are my Lennon and Maisy? We need more Lennon and Maisy! But the real sources of downerism on Nashville season two are the rain clouds known as Deacon and Gunnar. Deacon is struggling with the demons he&amp;#x27;s held at arm&amp;#x27;s length for decades&amp;amp;#8212;when talk turned to his abusive father last night, I took a deep breath and a wine refill. He&amp;#x27;s constantly lashing out at Scarlett, who&amp;#x27;s just trying to help&amp;amp;#8212;but note to Scarlett, you also don&amp;#x27;t have to stand there like a bewildered deer when he&amp;#x27;s snapping at you. Just leave the room. And he&amp;#x27;s persona non grata to all other concerned parties. Well, at least he&amp;#x27;s still got Coleman, right? Hmm? Coleman&amp;#x27;s skipping town? Yikes. Tough break, Deacs. Gunnar, meanwhile, is in a marathon bad mood for reasons I can&amp;#x27;t really pinpoint. They get vaguer with each passing minute. Gunnar, hon, I need you to sit up straight while you glower at Will instead of doing it hunched over your guitar. That Quasimodo impression is super bad for your spine, and since your current saving grace is how great your torso looks in clingy waffleknits, I suggest you take care of your talents. Anyway, though last night&amp;#x27;s episode still sagged under the weight of all this moping, we did get some glimmers of the fun to come on this season, and not a moment too soon. I&amp;#x27;m hanging on to see these story seedlings blossom: 5. Will becoming a star. Last night&amp;#x27;s blockbuster performance couldn&amp;#x27;t have been clearer: This is the year Will Lexington blows up. And I love the ripples his stardom will bring to the show: presumably, bitterness on the part of the bypassed Gunnar, and increasingly delicate stakes in terms of the world finding out Will likes boys. 4. Oliver Hudson doing whatever Oliver Hudson damn well pleases. When new label exec Jeff&amp;#x27;s sniveling little deputy was all, Rayna doesn&amp;#x27;t know who you ARE, I was all, Well, I do. You&amp;#x27;re hottie bartender Eddie Doling from Dawson&amp;#x27;s Creek, and I have forgone the entire show Rules of Engagement because I didn&amp;#x27;t like how your character marred my mental Eddie Doling image, but I feel like this Nashville persona of yours could totally be Eddie after he grew up and went corporate, so carry on, and know I&amp;#x27;m into it. 3. Scarlett de-ninnified. My earlier comments about fawn-Scarlett aside, I felt the tide turn when I saw Scarlett rock a strong burgundy lip and go along with Rayna&amp;#x27;s tricky scheme last night. Something tells me she won&amp;#x27;t be getting kicked around by Uncle D by season&amp;#x27;s end. 2. Juliette as yesterday&amp;#x27;s news. Genius, Nashville. Genius. Introduce us to Juliette Barnes as the young spitfire unseating country&amp;#x27;s queen, then waste no time turning around and introducing Juliette 2.0. That&amp;#x27;s how it happens in real life, and if Juliette&amp;#x27;s husband-stealing incident from last night is any indication, it&amp;#x27;s already starting to crack her. 1. LIAM IS BACK. He brought his hat. He brought his scarf. He brought his devil-may-care attitude and his sexy-snarky digs about St. Lucia. Let&amp;#x27;s do this. What are you loving and hating on Nashville this season? Photo: ABC"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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