Nashville

Previously on "Nashville"...

Can you just stop for a minute?

- What's going on? - I feel like I can't feel myself.

Juliette Barnes' new album, "Grateful"...

It's a bold attempt at a crossover,

but the result is a treacly mess.

Want me to read your palm?

- I'm pregnant. - Your friend's cheek swab

will tell the lab whether he is a match.

It doesn't matter. I still love you.

Bucky can be less than receptive to new ideas.

Well I wanna know what you think

about finding another job for him.

You wanna let him go, is what you want.

Juliette! Juliette!

Miss Barnes, you okay?

Juliette! Juliette!

How long now?

First time a few months ago,

and then nothing until last week.

Where were you a few months ago?

I was rehearsing a song I never sang.

I'm going to refer you to a psychiatrist I know.

No, no, I don't have time to talk to anybody else.

Can't you fix this?

This isn't a neurological problem.

I have a show tomorrow night.

Well, what you're describing,

the uh, sensory disturbances,

out of body experience,

are the signs of a dissociative state.

What does that mean?

Well, it's one of the brain's earliest defense systems,

like playing dead.

Some people faint, some people have what you have.

Some people become catatonic.

Defense against what?

Trauma.

- Oh, again with the crash. - Well, maybe.

But more often, this comes from uh, childhood trauma.

Did anything bad happen when you were little?

Don't ask.

Her father died when she was four.

I don't even remember him.

Can any of this possibly be helping?

What am I going to do about tomorrow night?

The smartest thing is to avoid stress.

I would cancel.

I know what this is.

When did the album reviews come out?

What are you talking about?

Exactly when this started to happen again.

So what, this is some sort of bad review reaction?

My brain can't process failure.

I cringe still when I think about it.

Then maybe you should cancel.

I mean, they can find someone to fill the spot.

I don't want anybody filling my spot.

So then do it.

That's the thing that's stressing me out.

What do you want me to say?

I don't know.

Hello?

I know we're up first.

I'm on my way. Just hold on.

Don't worry about it. Okay, I have an idea

and you have a festival to open,

so why don't you go. Go, go.

You got that weird look in your eye.

Baby, you are going to do such a great job,

I know you are, and I will meet you after my rehearsal.

Okay, first: interviews. Here's the deal.

Just say a few words about tomorrow's performance,

how it feels to work with Juliette,

keep it light, you'll be great. Okay?

Juliette, hey.

I want to do it alone.

- Want to do what alone? - Tomorrow night.

Wh... Well, I hate to tell you this,

but that ship has sailed.

The ship has not sailed,

I say when ships sail,

and I'm saying this ship has not sailed.

Juliette, we are less than 40 hours away

from this performance.

Good, that will be a perfect amount of time

for me to rehearse.

All right, you know what?

Then you're going to have to tell him yourself.

Fine.

That's interesting, what is that?

Nothing.

Hey guys.

Hey, oh, sweetie, I was thinking,

maybe the three of us could all go down

to the festival together today,

you know, like a family deal.

What do you think, that be good?

I'm going to meet Louisa at the mall.

And I was supposed to be at Tracks ten minutes ago,

and then I'm going to the festival with Clay.

All right.

Uh... hey, how about we...

Dad, we love you, but we're fine.

You're fine?

Yeah, we're fine.

What about you, Daphne?

You doing okay, need a ride or anything?

Yes, and no.

Well, all right then.

You can see it for yourself, Alicia,

this crowd is so ready for the final two nights

of Music City's Music Week.

We got Dierk's Bentley, Little Big Town,

Chris Stapleton, The Exes, and of course,

the first live performance by Juliette Barnes

since that plane crash earlier this year.

So aside from bringing you a new artist,

I was thinking about big media integration... uh, Deacon!

Just the man I want to see, let me introduce you to Casadee.

- I know Deacon. - Hey, Cass.

How you doing?

Look, I like the changes you guys have been making,

- so let's set something up. - Yeah.

- All right, yeah. - Great. Oh...

Uh, you mind if we take a walk for a second?

- Yeah. - Okay.

So I hate to bring this up,

but have you given it anymore thought?

You talking about Bucky?

I'm talking about moving the company forward.

Bucky's been a part of this business,

part of this family for over 30 years.

- So no, there's no way. - Can I ask how the company's

done over the last couple years?

Layla Grant, Markus Keen, Vita Martin.

That's not all on Bucky,

there's a whole lot of things that happened.

Whatever it was, it's time Highway 65

stops missing opportunities, okay?

Maddie's single is ready for release

and I don't want to stand by and watch

the same archaic protocols take her down.

Okay, what does that mean, exactly?

Well, for Maddie, I was thinking a midnight release.

No press, no announcements.

No begging some reporter at Slate

to give us a mention under the fold.

No, no, no, we release it ourselves,

we get all the influencers we know

to talk about this amazing song they just heard

and in the morning, everyone comes to us, man.

- Huh. - Yeah.

What about Bucky, does he agree?

Not only does Bucky not agree,

he doesn't even understand it, Deacon.

And I'm sorry, but I think this is a move that is essential

if we want Highway 65 and Maddie to succeed.

In a way that I think Rayna would have wanted.

Hey.

Huh, can't get enough of the sweet life?

Something like that.

What is all this, can I help?

My fan mail.

You're new.

Yeah, I'm Daphne.

I wasn't asking.

She's cool, Wendy, she's with me.

I don't like new.

New comes with motives and problems.

I'm just here to see Liv.

Liv's busy.

Where are you guys going?

New is also very nosy.

No! Stop being a bitch.

Chill.

Can I come?

So I was thinking we can start with The Rumble?

Yeah, I was going to talk to you about that.

Crap.

- What? - Nothing.

You can't keep avoiding him.

Well, I can until I can't.

What does that even mean?

Double crap.

This idea of a midnight release is a risk, guys,

and it's just a risk I don't think

we should be taking with your first single.

But I love the idea of putting it out there

and letting it speak for itself.

Well, it will, but people have to know about it,

you know, we don't want it to be a tree falling in the forest.

It's a great single, I think it deserves a proper rollout.

Dad?

I got to go with Bucky, you know, I mean,

He's right, it is great, and we want to do it the way...

Hey, sorry I'm late.

Must have missed the memo.

Maddie, it's great to see you,

- how are you doing? - How are you doing?