I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive is the season finale of the first season of Nashville. It was written and directed by Callie Khouri. It first aired on May 22, 2013.
Plot
Juliette deals with the death of her mother, and Rayna is confronted by Deacon about Maddie being his daughter. After the conversation, he turns to alcohol usage again, after 13 years of sobriety. Teddy's embezzling case is reinvestigated by the U.S. Attorney and he meets Peggy to make sure she doesn't reveal anything incriminating about the case. She then reveals that she's pregnant. Meanwhile, Gunnar and Scarlett deal with their relationship.
At the end of the episode, at Juliette's memorial service for her mother, at the Bluebird, Deacon arrives drunk. Seeing him leave, Rayna chases him out to his car. Deacon wants to be left alone, but Rayna won't let him dirve drunk. As Juliette sings for her mother, we're briefly shown: Gunnar meeting Scarlett in a park, Rayna driving Deacon, Gunnar and Scarlett sitting on a bench, Rayna and Deacon arguing, Will Lexington, seated with a girl, recognising some guy and shaking his head, Gunnar touching Scarlett, Deacon and Rayna arguing, Gunnar proposing to Scarlett on bended knee, Rayna and Deacon both arguing without looking ahead to an intersection where a car is crossing, the car Rayna's driving going off the road, rolling over and landing in a ditch. We hear Gunnar quietly propose, but the arguments and crash are not heard; we just hear Juliette singing, "Nothing In This World Will Ever Break My Heart Again".
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
- Powers Boothe as Lamar Wyatt
Guest Stars:
- Judith Hoag as Tandy Wyatt
- Chris Carmack as Will Lexington
- Sylvia Jefferies as Jolene Barnes
- Brad Paisley as Himself
- Lennon Stella as Maddie Conrad
- Maisy Stella as Daphne Conrad
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Peggy Kenter
Co-Stars:
- David Alford as Bucky
- Gregalan Williams as Detective Glynn
- Ed Amatrudo as Glenn
- Kourtney Hansen as Emily
- Todd Truley as Marshall Evans
- Melvin Ray Kearney II as Bo
- Jeremy Childs as Albert
- Josh Ventura as Jack Ventura
- Todd Allen Durkin as Walter
- Anne Holt as Herself
- Roberto Larriviere as Stage Director
- Jason Douglas as Dashell
- Terri Wyble as Gwen
- Russell B. Ramsey as Minister
- Bill Szymanski as Bartender
- Derek Krantz as Handsome Man
Songs
| Song Title | Performer(s) |
|---|---|
| Bitter Memory | Rayna Jaymes and Brad Paisley |
| Moon is High | Scarlett O'Connor and Avery Barkley |
| Nothing in this World Will Ever Break My Heart Again | Juliette Barnes |
Background Songs
- "Get Your Shine On" by Florida Georgia Lane
- "Love Don't Leave Me Waiting" by Glen Hansard
- "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" by Jerry Lee Lewis
Quotes
- "You promised me that I wouldn't lose her; I'm promising you the same thing." - Teddy
- "That fact that you don't remember is exactly how it's possible." - Rayna
- "I need you to tell me that it's not true. Tell me that you haven't been lying to me, every moment of the last 13 years." - Deacon
- "I think that you might be my father." - Maddie (to Deacon)
- "Grieve? What are you talking about? I should be celebrating that it's finally over!" - Juliette
- "My mother's the drug addict murderer, not me. She has taken enough of my life and she's not gonna take this. Not when I have fought this hard to get here!" - Juliette