A Picture from Life's Other Side

A Picture from Life's Other Side
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Season	1
Episode	A Picture from Life's Other Side

A Picture from Life's Other Side is the twentieth episode of the first season of Nashville. It was written by Dee Johnson and directed by Michael Waxman. It first aired on May 15, 2013.

Plot

Rayna is under pressure to find acts for her new label. Scarlett is a lock, but she needs at least one more. Will crashes a secret audition session for a shot to be heard. He drops Scarlett’s name before Rayna agrees to give him a listen. Will impresses big time. He shares the good news with Scarlett, who instructs him to have a chat with Gunnar. She wants him to talk some sense into her boyfriend. This bad boy image he’s developing isn’t anything she cares for. This becomes abundantly clear after she hears Gunnar fake his way through a radio interview. Scarlett takes solace in the fact that he’ll be in the audience for her debut at the Grand Ole Opry.

Juliette asks Avery to help her get some new lyrics down on paper. He asks her about love songs. She tells him that she doesn’t believe in love. He tells her that he's been in love.

Juliette's last boyfriend, Dante, offers to turn over a sex video that could severely damage Juliette’s career for the bargain price of $2 million. Juliette agrees to the deal. Too bad Dante never shows for the drop. He ups the payoff price to $10 million. Juliette blames her mom for what’s happening. It’s clear that Jolene blames herself, too. She meets up with her old dealer to score some drugs. She also wants something else.

Juliette learns that Rayna and Deacon are together during rehearsals for the CMA Awards. She's in rare form as she complains about the jokes that have been written for her. Juliette also chastises a production assistant and makes some snide remarks to Glenn, who tries to introduce his new client, Sunny McKenzie. Rayna lets Juliette know that even if she does win a CMA award, it doesn't mean she earned it. As for her problems with Dante, Juliette decides to not give him the money. That means the tape will be released.

Gunnar wows the crowd during a set at a dive club. Will tries to have a chat with him, but some bar regulars interrupt. They want to see if Gunnar is as tough as his music suggests he is. This leads to a big old brawl. Everyone is arrested. Gunnar sits in jail as a nervous Scarlett is overawed by the Circle Room, reserved for those about to make their Oprey debut. She receives a boxed gift from a guy in the audience. It’s a whisk. Scarlett immediately knows it’s from Avery. He made her sing into a whisk awhile back when he was trying to encourage her to take a chance. Nice.

With her Uncle Deacon on guitar by her side, Scarlett holds the crowd spellbound at the Grand Ole Opry from the moment she takes the stage. Avery wears a big old smile as he gazes up at her from the audience. The crowd springs to its feet with wild applause once the song ends. Scarlett is overwhelmed. Meanwhile, Gunnar and Will are still locked up. The two of them apologize to each other. Eventually, Scarlett bails them out. Will says he'll pay her back. As for Gunnar, he’s shocked when Scarlett reveals that she can’t be around him while he’s embracing this bad boy life. She fell in love with him, not his brother.

Tandy is moving forward with plans of taking over the family business. She basically asks the board of Wyatt Industries to stage a coup. That scenario seems unlikely once Lamar shows up unexpectedly at a meeting. He asks his daughter to hop up out of his seat. Awkward.

Jolene swipes a number from her daughter’s phone. She lets Dante know that her daughter has opted not to pay the $10 million. She has the original $2 million though. She'll exchange it for the SD card with the video. Dante takes the bait. He meets up with Jolene. She's been using. We quickly learn that the other thing Jolene wanted from her dealer was a gun. She takes aim at Dante. He makes a move towards her. BANG! Jolene shoots him in the chest. She then calls her daughter to tell her that she loves her. Juliette can tell immediately that something is very, very wrong.

Juliette finds Dante dead on the floor from his gunshot wound. She rushes over to the sofa to see that Jolene is also gone after a drug overdose. Juliette is devastated. She’s crying alone in her apartment when Avery calls. He wants to know if anyone is there with her. Juliette sadly says, “No, but I'm okay alone.”

Teddy doesn't want Deacon anywhere near his girls. He initiates a temporary restraining order, served to Rayna, to keep him at bay. They can still see each other, and talk on the phone. Maddie overhears her mother saying "I love you" by phone. Rayna fesses up to Maddie that she and Deacon are seeing each other. Maddie knows that her mother and Deacon used to be dating one another. She asks if that's why her father was so angry at Deacon being over for dinner. Rayna says that that's part of it, and she'll explain the rest when Maddie's older.

Rayna asks Lamar for help with the restraining order. Lamar arranges for a private hearing by a judge. The judge decides the matter deserves a more thorough hearing in a fortnight. Rayna knows that Teddy is afraid that he'll lose Maddie. She promises that she'll never do anything to hurt that relationship. She may not be able to keep that vow though. Maddie's been thorugh some documents she found in her mother's wardrobe. She now thinks her dad may not be her real father.

Cast

Main Cast:

• Connie Britton as Rayna James
• Hayden Panettiere as Juliette Barnes
• Clare Bowen as Scarlett O'Connor
• Eric Close as Teddy Conrad
• Charles Esten as Deacon Claybourne
• Jonathan Jackson as Avery Barkley
• Sam Palladio as Gunnar Scott
• Robert Ray Wisdom as Coleman Carlisle (Credit Only)
• Powers Boothe as Lamar Wyatt

Guest Stars:

• Judith Hoag  as Tandy Wyatt
• Chris Carmack as Will Lexington
• Sylvia Jefferies as Jolene Barnes
• Lennon Stella as Maddie Conrad
• Maisy Stella as Daphne Conrad
• Jay Hernandez as Dante Rivas

Co-Stars:

• David Alford as Bucky
• Ed Amatrudo as Glenn
• Kourtney Hansen as Emily
• Jeremy Childs as Albert
• Melvin Ray Kearney II as Bo
• Steve Buchanan as Himself
• David de Vries as Bob Grill
• Brittany Louise Pooler as College Radio DJ
• Frank Brennan as Judge Larson
• Brian Stapf as Meathead Guy
• Stephen Michael Ayers as Carlton
• Bob Daniel as Randall
• Donna Biscoe as Elizabeth
• Robert Larriviere as Stage Director
• Rory James Mallon as Shady Dude
• Anne Holt as Herself
• Mykie Fisher as Officer
• Bradley Johnson as Young Man
• Erica Haines as Assistant
• Kyler Wilson as PA

Songs

Song Title	Performer(s)
Ho Hey	Maddie Conrad and Daphne Conrad
A Showman's Life	Will Lexington
If Mama Could've Seen Me	Gunnar Scott
Looking for a Place to Shine	Scarlett O'Connor

Background Songs

1. "It's My Life" by Connie Britton
2. "Hypnotizing" by Hayden Panettiere
3. "Nothing in this World Will Ever Break My Heart Again" by Hayden Panettiere
4. "Black Hair Woman" by Wake Up Loud
5. "Sunrise" by Lonesome Animals

Quotes

• Rayna: "What happened to you?" Teddy: "I took your father's advice, and I grew a pair."
• "What you haven't seen is somebody who can rope a steer." - Will
• "That is a very ballsy thing to say to your boss. You are lucky you're cute enough to get away with it." - Juliette