Nashville: Season 2

Following the wreck Rayna is left in a medically induced coma and is hanging on to life. Deacon thinks he was the one driving so he pleads guilty for driving under the influence and goes to jail. Scarlett says no to Gunnar's proposal and moves out, Will moves in. Juliette comforts Maddie and Maddie tells her that Deacon is her father. Scarlett's childhood friend Zoey moves to town, Peggy suffers a miscarriage but lies to Teddy. Rayna regains consciousness and says that she was the one driving. S

Rayna and Juliette meet the new CEO of Edgehill, Jeff, who is all about numbers. The two butt heads with him about what direction Juliette should take her music in and his taking Will from Rayna's label. Maddie is still not happy with her mother and doesn't know how to treat Deacon. Juliette meets her new rival Layla, Gunnar has writer's block, and Deacon is told that he may not be able to play guitar again. Songs: "Hypnotizing" (sung by Juliette); "Tears so Strong" (sung by Will); "Adios Old Fr

Teddy and Rayna finalize their divorce. Liam returns to work with Rayna and they rekindle their relationship, but Rayna reveals some troubling news. Deacon starts attending his AA meetings again, revealing his turbulent childhood with his father, and is reluctant to make the same mistakes. Will, Scarlett and Layla make their stage debut for Jeff, but he's incensed when Rayna announces she's signed Scarlett to her new label Highway 65. Meanwhile, Juliette stages a concert for a wealthy couple. So

Rayna cancels the remainder of the tour to spend more time with her girls which leaves Juliette furious. Juliette has moved on from doing over produced numbers and refuses to play half houses. Teddy proposes to Peggy but tells her to keep it a secret. Everyone finds out when Maddie notices her wearing the ring around her neck. Mad at her parents, Maddie runs away. The more Tandy finds about her mother's death the more she becomes suspicious of her father. Desperate to keep playing full arenas, J

Edgehill throws a benefit concert for all of its best acts. Label CEO Jeff decides that all his new artists should sell themselves as sexy and hot looking people, which has been a struggle for Scarlett as Layla notices. When she tries to intervene, Will accuses Layla of trying to destroy Scarlett. Rayna is unsure she can still sing, but proves it when she takes to the stage at the benefit concert. Gunnar, Avery and Zoey decide to write songs together. Juliette is asked to join the Grand Ole Opry

Everybody comes out to the annual Belle Meade Polo tournament, where Juliette gets invited by Charlie Wentworth and Rayna tries to rub elbows with the rich to see if they want to invest in her label. Scarlett plays a show for the critics at the Bluebird and also reconnects with Avery. Juliette and Charlie spend the night with each other again but this time his wife walks in on them. Songs: "You're the Kind of Trouble" (sung by Deacon); "That's What I Do" (sung by Avery and Gunnar); "Hypnotizing

As Juliette's tour rolls into Houston she has made the decision that she no longer wants to butter up to a powerful DJ to get airplay and good reviews like in the past. This results in critics leaving her show before her set and bad reviews. Teddy and Peggy's wedding day approaches and Maddie is less than thrilled because she feels that her father will forget her once he marries Peggy. Rayna gets closer to Luke Wheeler, Deacon gets the courage to sing in front of people without playing his guita

When Scarlett opens up for Luke, she has stage fright and a bad reception in her in ear monitors. People boo and throw things at her, making Rayna come to the rescue. By the next night she feels more confident. After being hit on by Olivia Wentworth, Juliette finds out that Olivia and Charlie just wanted her to be a part of their threesome. Rayna is forced to give her masters to the label and Jeff threatens to release a Rayna Jaymes album against her will. When Teddy asks to go to the doctor wit

Maddie begins taking guitar lessons with Deacon, and he and Teddy come to blows at her open mic performance after she and Deacon perform together. Rayna struggles to strike the right balance with the two dads and their fatherhood responsibilities. Meanwhile, Lamar makes a plea to Rayna to secure Tandy's support as a character witness, but Tandy fails to show up at his hearing and he's denied bail. Juliette is distracted by the fact that Layla's career is stealing some of her spotlight. She also

Juliette is the main act at Teddy's first annual Music City Festival, but the media hounds her over her relationship with Charlie Wentworth. She tells Glenn to find out who leaked the news to the press but soon suspects Layla had something to do with it. Jeff corners Layla about the incident and tells her that if she had anything to do with it, he will drop her from Edgehill. Rayna is determined to buy herself out of her Edgehill contract, even though Tandy and Luke counsel otherwise. Deacon and

Peggy is revealed to have been killed by a disgruntled unemployed man, whose intended target was Teddy. Will is nowhere to be found, which concerns Brent and Layla, but Gunnar eventually locates him in the woods nearby. He tells Will to pull himself together, and that he's there for him if he needs a chat. Kelly Clarkson wishes to record a song that Gunnar and Scarlett wrote, but during their meeting Scarlett breaks down and leaves, apologizing that she thought she could work with Gunnar but can

Scarlett sings "Free" in concert with Zac Brown, but the demands of fame are burning her out. Rayna asks Deacon to help write a much-needed hit for her new album, and it's like old times. At Edgehill's No.1s party, Scarlett gives Gunnar the cold shoulder and later tells Rayna how Deacon will follow her every command, so Rayna and Deacon agree to cool off their contact for the time being. Concert venues are dropping from Juliette's tour and Jeff is furious, so he tells Juliette to apologize for h

Jeff expects Juliette to formally apologize for her behavior during her Grand Ole Opry ceremony, but when she takes to the stage she ignores the teleprompter and performs "Don't Put Dirt on My Grave Just Yet", which angers him so he tells her she's no longer part of Edgehill. Luke introduces Rayna to a power player that could help her get her distribution deal off the ground, and then surprises her with a NASCAR car wrapped in Rayna Jaymes' graphics. However, she soon discovers that the distribu

Lamar arrives home from prison but gets the cold shoulder from Tandy. Teddy tells Rayna that Lamar was responsible for Peggy's death, and Tandy confesses that he was responsible for their mother's death. Rayna confronts him to demand the truth, and he reveals that her mother was having an affair with Watty and lost control of her car when she tried to leave. Rayna tells him he will never see Maddie and Daphne again. Meanwhile, having spent the night together, Juliette hides out at Avery's apartm

Liam and Scarlett play "Black Roses" for Rayna, and she loves it. She receives numerous phone calls from Teddy but they go unanswered. Teddy visits Rayna to tell her that Lamar died, and Maddie and Daphne are devastated. Maddie contacts Deacon, and he visits Rayna, who reassures him she's fine. Teddy holds a press conference to announce Lamar's death, but later reveals to Megan that he did nothing to help while Lamar had his heart attack. Avery plays his tweaked version of "Don't Put Dirt on My

After performing "Don't Put Dirt on My Grave Just Yet", major pop labels are vying to sign Juliette, overwhelming Avery. They go to a fancy restaurant to celebrate and receive an expensive bottle of champagne from Jeff. Juliette storms over to his table and slams the bottle down, telling him where to go. However, he offers her a new deal with Edgehill with Avery as her writer, but after much deliberation she turns it down. Rayna discovers Tandy's been bouncing checks for Highway 65, which affect

As she prepares to join Highway 65, Juliette tells Rayna that she wants to release "Don't Put Dirt on My Grave Just Yet" as a digital download, but Rayna has other ideas. Will learns that Juliette is dropping him from her tour, and also discovers that Brent is now Layla's manager. Scarlett tells Rayna that she wants Avery to produce her new album, which causes tension between him and Juliette. At the Highway 65 label party, Juliette starts to feel that she is being upstaged by Rayna's up-and-com

Rayna plays a mini-set on Luke's tour, and her girls meet his teenage son, Colt, who has a big social media following. They find they don't share musical tastes but Colt is impressed when they do a duet and records a video. However, Luke orders him to take the video off his website. Rayna discovers Maddie's video and tells her to take it down as she only wants to protect her. Teddy forbids Maddie from attending Deacon's concert, but later changes his mind when Rayna says she wants her there. Dur

Maddie's news goes viral and stirs a media frenzy including being a "Hot Topic" on The View. Luke thinks a friend of Colt's may have put the video online. When the press show up outside Deacon's house, Rayna gets worried he has returned to his old ways as he isn't returning her calls. She and Luke locate him at the house that she and Deacon had bought before she discovered she was pregnant with Maddie. Deacon refuses to have anything to do with Teddy since he slept with Megan, but Rayna tries to

After Scarlett's meltdown on stage, Avery comes to the rescue. Juliette says to get the jet ready to fly Scarlett back home so the media won't find out or show up. The next day in Nashville Rayna, Deacon and Buckley are all waiting for them at the airport. Even though Rayna is not blaming Juliette, Rayna says that it wasn't the best idea to send Scarlett on tour with Juliette. Deacon responds to her and says "I told you so", knowing all of this would be too much for her as it was Rayna's respons

While Luke is in Afghanistan visiting the troops, the convoy he is in is hit by an IED. Rayna flies to New York so she can be there for him when he arrives. Luke is beating himself up that he wasn't able to give the troops a show because of the accident so Rayna suggests that they should do a show live from Fort Campbell and simulcast it to all of the troops. Meanwhile Juliette feels guilty for sleeping with Jeff, Deacon and Maddie spend time together, and production starts on Will and Layla's r

Before Rayna heads out to New York to do her album promo on GMA, Bucky informs that she has been bumped for Will who is also releasing an album the same day as her thanks to Jeff. Desperately needing her album and label to be successful, Teddy is able to book LP Field for her to do a show. Juliette comes to Rayna asking out of her contract, saying it was a mistake signing with her but Rayna tells her no and that she will performing at the show at LP too. Deacon puts on a show for the Sober House