Nashville: Season 4

One month later the premiere begins with Rayna sad and sleeping alone, leading viewers to believe that Deacon has died. It turns out that Deacon is alive. Beverly has had an aneurysm and is in a coma. Meanwhile, Juliette is on top of the world: she has a new album coming out soon, and her new movie is a big hit. Rayna is done with Juliette and officially drops her from Highway 65. Avery has been staying in Ohio with his parents and is hurting, and seriously missing Juliette, when he texts her, s

Juliette appears on Live with Kelly and Michael to promote her new movie and album. When they show a picture of her, Avery and Cadence she starts to tear up. Luke meets with a PR adviser Gabriella Manning to deal with the whole Will coming out situation. In efforts to save her label Rayna tries to find a big name artist. After getting the photos back from their album photo shoot Gunnar is not pleased when he sees that the photo has been photoshopped to make it look as if he and Scarlett are stan

Beverly is not doing well. Juliette comes back to a room of passed out people, alone. Daphne has been suspended for getting in a fist fight with another girl. Avery has been calling everyone, and anyone, but he can't find Juliette. Luke and Juliette are on a tour break, and decide to go spend time together. Beverly is now brain dead, with a slim chance of recovery. Deacon wants to keep Beverly on life support, but it is up to Scarlett. Deacon and Scarlett decide to do a test to see if Beverly ca

Everybody comes together for Beverly's funeral. Deacon breaks down during the eulogy, so Rayna takes over for him. Zoey comes back to town in order to support Scarlett at the funeral. At the end of the ceremony, Markus Keen calls Rayna to tell her that he is on his way to Nashville and is ready to work. While Avery relieves Emily from babysitting Cadence in the park, the paparazzi takes pictures of the three of them together. Deacon is having a hard time coping with the death of his sister, and

Rayna sends Maddie to Atlanta with Colt and Luke to see Juliette and Luke perform. Scarlett goes back to her mom's home in Mississippi to sort out her belongings, thinking that she will be doing this alone; instead, Deacon appears. The two have flashbacks of their memories of Beverly. Scarlett has a meltdown and leaves after Deacon reprimands her for ending her mother's life. The two later end up reconciling, and Deacon apologizes for not being there when Scarlett had to make the tough decision

Juliette is miserable over Avery divorcing her, but agrees to everything. Rayna is upset with Maddie and grounds her. Markus, acting like a jerk as usual, demands that Rayna produce his record. Juliette, in a depressed haze, attacks a fan. She drinks a bottle of vodka, and gets really drunk, later trying to make a pass at Jeff. Disgusted, he tells her that it's no wonder Avery left her. Jeff tells Gabriella that he can spin Juliette's earlier outburst towards her fan, making it look good for the

The morning after Jeff falls off the roof, everyone finds out. A hung over Juliette wakes up to the cops knocking on her door to tell her about him. They ask her questions. Deacon shows Rayna his new bar. Jeff's family won't acknowledge Layla or invite her to the funeral. Colt tells Luke that he saw Juliette on the ledge of the roof and Jeff saving her which resulted in his death. When the reporters ask Juliette how she feels she says "How do you think I feel?" and says that he committed suicide

Maddie is going through a rough patch, dying her hair, and being rude to everyone. Markus' album is going really well. Scarlett and Gunnar are out on tour, but Scarlett feels Gunnar only cares about seeing Erin. Colt is now having trust issues with Luke, as he wants him to tell the truth. Maddie gets offered a deal from Sony, but Rayna does not want to let her take it. Avery has no money, so he is stuck recording guitar music for jingles. Will has been acting really weird since he and Kevin brok

Rayna has to go in the studio to work with Markus. While the two try to pick out a new song for Markus to record Deacon walks in. Markus asks Deacon if he can record one of his songs. One of The Exes' shows in Charlotte was canceled so Scarlett flies to Nashville to spend time with Caleb for the day. The song of Will's that Avery sang at the Bluebird is put on hold by singer Wade Cole. He wants to work with Will but Will isn't so sure about this because he was the guy at Juliette's CD release pa

The IRS informs Luke that his business manager has embezzled money from him and that he also owes forty million in back taxes. Emily visited Juliette in rehab and tells Avery that she has entered treatment for postpartum depression. Avery tells her that Juliette is just using her to get to him. Deacon shows Scarlett the ring he will use to propose to Rayna. As Markus' album is about to be released, he starts to second guess himself. Avery doesn't want Juliette anywhere near Cadence. Caleb gets a

Rayna and Deacon's wedding day is finally here and they plan to get married at Rayna's late mother's country property. While leaving the rehearsal dinner at the Bluebird, Rayna, Deacon, Tandy and the girls are bombarded by the paparazzi. When one of them asks Maddie which dad is worse, Deacon pushes him to the ground along with his camera. Things take a turn when the wedding planner reveals that the florist leaked the location of the wedding. Fortunately she knows of a place where they can reloc

Avery tries to visit Juliette but is denied due to her emotional fragility and she doesn't need any drama. He goes to work with Layla on her album, and confides in her where Juliette is. Juliette is given twenty-four hours to go public with the divorce if not Avery will. She eventually does makes the announcement. A woman named Vita shows up at The Beverly wanting to sing, Deacon is so impressed that he has Rayna come down and listen for herself. Rayna wants to sign her but Vita would rather sin

To prepare for the tour Riff is scheduled to perform at The Beverly as a warm up show but things don't go smoothly when he rehearses with Luke's band. He's rusty after all the years of not performing. After lying to Rayna about not stealing the $500, Vita confesses to her that she did steal it. She needed it to help her sister and was going to pay it back. Maddie breaks up with Colt, and is treating Daphne unkindly when she starts hanging out with Frankie's daughter Cash more. Out at the park Av

Juliette gets the okay to leave the treatment facility and go back home to Nashville. As soon as she gets home she has an offer for a cameo in a Steven Spielberg movie which she has to decide on. If she takes it she'll have to be in Prague for two weeks filming it. Rayna holds a showcase for Layla to help her album get played on radio. Colt asks Luke to sign a waiver for him to join the Army, Luke tells him no because he his terrified that something will happen to him. They talk and Luke eventua

Maddie gets the idea to sneak out and play at cafe after hearing that Cash used to do that. She lies to Deacon and says that she's going to see Cash play. The Exes prepare for their first show with Autumn Chase. Since there are no tours for Layla to go out on, Rayna suggests that she'll start up her own tour so Layla can open for her. Juliette doesn't know how she can get back into music without Glenn's help and asks if he can manage her again but he tells her no, and to start over somewhere fre

When Rayna goes to wake up Maddie to talk about the night before, she's not there and sees her window open. Avery tells Juliette that he plans on taking Cadence on the road with him on Luke's tour, Juliette suggests that Emily should tag along with them to help take care of the baby. Rayna goes to Cash's to see if Maddie is there and doesn't leave happy. When Rayna drives off Cash tells Maddie that she can come out from hiding from her mother. Riff was found in a hospital in New Orleans so his w

Juliette asks if there is anything going on between Avery and Layla. Glenn tells her no, they're just working on her album together. While listening over Layla's music Layla and Avery kiss but are soon interrupted by Cadence. Rayna is served papers for Maddie's emancipation hearing. Since Deacon is not her legal father he is not named in the court order but Teddy is. When Maddie visits her father he tells her the real reason why she had the offer from Edgehill, Jeff was blackmailing him. He has

Juliette is nominated for an Oscar for Shenandoah Girl. She finds out about Avery spending the night with Layla. Avery wants to attempt a relationship with Layla. At Maddie's emancipation hearing, her lawyer reveals Deacon's violent, alcoholic past. The details were provided by Frankie, who was Deacon's AA sponsor, to Cash. The lawyer cites concerns for Maddie's safety if she is not emancipated. Deacon confronts Frankie behind the bar and Frankie punches Deacon. The two end up getting in a fight

A week has passed since the emancipation hearing, and Rayna has heard that Cash has set up a showcase for Maddie. Will goes back home for his mother's funeral where his father says that he is no longer his son, and he had also cut Will out of family photos. Layla and Avery try to figure out how to work out their relationship while being in the public eye. Scarlett gets an offer to be in a headphone commercial featuring female artists and Gunnar gets jealous. Deacon visits Frankie to apologize, b

Rayna and Deacon go to couples therapy to talk about their problems, and the therapist asks is they can forgive each other and forget the past. Luke appears on The View to talk about Will. Some fellow recruits beat up Colt because of his dad defending Will. Colt's grandfather blames Luke for this but Colt says he was standing up for his father. Autumn happens to be friends with Elton John and invites Gunnar to go with her to Elton's concert in Boston. Elton invites Gunnar to sing with him onstag

Rayna's performance at the Foster Care benefit concert has sold out. She and Deacon are still really missing Maddie who is meeting with Vince Pierce to produce her album. Rayna is worried about Maddie being involved with Vince because Vince tried to force himself on her when she was Maddy's age. Maddie and Cash go to a party at Vince's house and when Maddie tries to leave, he gets violent with her. Deacon saves her. Colt and Luke are trying to get Will on Cynthia Davis' show to challenge her. Av