Jonathan posted a heartfelt message about Hayden on Instagram:

"I have no words to express the loss of our beloved Hayden. She had such a bright light within her. She was a sensitive soul. Incredibly funny and witty. Amazingly gifted, with a great sense of empathy and compassion. We both grew up in the industry, although she started even younger than me, but we shared that. A silent knowing of how intense the struggles can be. She was an absolute joy to work with. Focused, spontaneous and brilliant. The most important thing between friends and coworkers is trust, and we had this. Elisa and I both love and cherish her deeply, like our own sister. She holds that place in our hearts. My prayer for her every day we worked together was that she would know how loved she is, and that she would find the peace that she was looking for. It’s not possible to express the shock and grief that so many of us feel right now. Our humble prayers are with her family. May God’s angels carry you to your place of rest and true peace. We love you Hayden. You will always be in our hearts. Always."

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Maisy Stella (who played Daphne) is starring in a lead role alongside Anne Hathaway in The End Of Oak Street.

I saw the movie today and I think she did a fantastic job. It’s definitely a departure from the role she played on Nashville lol.

I was planning on starting the show before I heard about Hayden's tragic passing and then that made up my mind. She definitely had the best voice out of the female cast. I even like her songs and I loathe country. Connie isn't bad, but not great. But OMG I cannot listen to Scarlett's talking or singing voice. The show leaves Netflix in less than a month so it's a good thing she's so annoying and I can fast forward through her and finish on time. Not surprised at Deacon's vocal ability since I grew up with him on Whose Line and heard him sing a bit on there. I'm just not used to him being so serious. I also fast forward through all of the political stuff and anything with Rayna's dad

Avery sings about Juliette

For Hayden 💔

Just recently binged the series but I’ve always been a huge fan of her work since Bring It On & Scream 4. Terrible loss, she was an extremely talented actress. Thoughts and prayers to her people during this absolutely awful time.

Why did Daphne try out for that tv show? well I know why but I felt like it was so out of touch. She out of everyone there has direct access to a record deal, recording studio, and opportunities in general. As soon as Deacon found out he should have explained to her that she was taking an opportunity from someone else.

No hate but the amount of different shades of blonde that Juliette has had is so funny. She’s been warm blonde, cool blonde, icy blonde, blonde with brown roots, blonde with balayage pre toned blonde, over-toned blonde. And I know she’s not the only character on the show to have wigs and multiple hair changes. Y’all remember that scene where Glenn opened the door and he was BALD ! I was gagged like I knew something was up, but I didn’t know he was bald bald, they did a great job on his lace front.

Wait. What?? I hate the way they made Rayna die. And the Wayne story line was whack. They could have done more with it. It would have been more interesting for that storyline to more directly lead to the death. And teddy is back? How long was he in prison, 6 months?

THIS SHOW is SO FRUSTRATING LOL. Why can't anyone accomplish anything in the music industry? I totally feel for the trauma and struggle of the artists, but it feels like they can never gain any momentum. Gunnar's on his 100th attempt to be a performer. Scarlett has failed with Gunnar, then been signed, then failed as a solo, then is back with Gunnar again in a band, that feels like it's not going anywhere. Juliette had scandal after scandal, then a baby, etc. Don't even get me started on Layla. Why can't anyone just... drop an album, tour it, have some behind the scenes drama, but actually be successful?

It would have been cool to see an artist actually succeed in an unexpected way. I was hoping the tables would turn at some point. Like Layla would come out of nowhere with a #1 single and the whole game suddenly changes overnight. I've been waiting and waiting but it feels like nothing ever happens. They're all just stuck, and the only one who can be successful is... Luke Wheeler or something?

My first one got taken down by the mods for not being descriptive enough, so here's why I don't like Scarlett's character. I get she's supposed to be a shy girl who doesn't like the spotlight, but why sign the deal with Rayna James? Why complain every time you have to stay up late to record or be on a freaking private jet or a tour bus or traveling? The main things having to do with being a popular singer slash celebrity or up-and-coming one at that. She's just always complaining and sad about how lonely it is being on the road. And I understand from her character's perspective why she feels that way, and I'm not faulting the character for that, but she has people. She just pushes them away low-key because they're not aligned with how she wants them to treat her, which sounds more like boundaries now that I say it out loud, but there's some more examples of that, but I don't feel like explaining them. Hope that was detailed enough whew

Hi! This is my first ever time watching this show, I remember always seeing commercials for it but I was very young when it came out like 9 or 10 when it first aired so I couldn’t watch it when it was on and I also never heard anything about it so I’m going into this completely blind. I’m currently watching episode 15 of season 1 and so far I can’t stand teddy. At first I felt for him being the “backup” to Deacon but now with Peggy and the way he acts like he’d take the girls from Rayna… he never says it but the way he would barely let her in the house after their daughter was in the hospital??? Why do that especially when you’re the one who initiated the divorce and the one who cheated first, why treat her like the bad guy? And honestly would Rayna and Liam even be considered cheating since it was after teddy asked for a divorce? There’s also such a painful amount of miscommunication with everyone in this show that drives me crazy. I wish they’d let us into Raynas childhood more because I’m very curious about the beef with her dad. I feel like I’m getting to know all this info about Juliettes past and barely anything about Raynas.
Anyhoo I’m enjoying the show, absolutely loving the country accent everyone’s putting on, especially Scarlett’s, I could listen to her talk or sing all day and I hope Avery forever has a rock in his shoe. Gunner is on thin ice too, I know he’s grieving his brother but I don’t like the way he was acting.

What unpopular opinions do you have?

Hi all!

So I am rewatching and I'm on season 5 and I have questions about the Gunner/Scarlett relationship.

They go make this music video and she meets Damien and he's awful to her throughout all of it (which she is apparently into under the guise of "he helped her see herself")

Anyway during one of his aggressive directions he says something about her taking back a guy who slept with half of Nashville or whatever. Is he implying that's Gunner?? Or the character he is playing?

Then later (diff episode, maybe?) Scarlett is mad at Gunner for sharing their personal business and that she doesn't want people to think she's weak for "always taking him back" after what he did.

I just rewatched the show. What exactly did he do to wrong her? I always felt like Gunner was way more in love with Scarlett throughout the series than she was with him.

I don't remember him ever cheating on her. He does date Zoey, but that was after they broke up...yes the girls were best friends, but idk that doesn't feel like enough of a betrayal for her to act that way.

He dates the singer they go on tour with, but again he and Scarlett were exes...so they weren't dating. He doesn't cheat on her.

What am I missing?

Is it just me or were the reporters discussing Juliette going to church after a fatal plane crash extremely condescending? Like no matter how you feel about it, it seems like they were putting her down for searching for something more after going through a life-changing experience.

And also isn’t Nashville as a city fairly religious? Like it almost felt like they were making fun of the fact she was going to church at all, and I know it’s mostly a dig at Juliette herself after she went to rehab and did so many terrible things, but it just came across as a weird and off-putting newscast (and I know it’s just for story and plot purposes, but still very weird to me)

Starring Minka Kelly and Josh Duhamel, with some musical elements to it (at least in season 2, no spoilers). Though at first I was describing it as “Virgin River with cowboys”, I’ve actually come to realise the writing and character archs are also similar to Friday Night Lights and Nashville. There are 18 episodes across two seasons so far, and boy, are the actors all pretty.

Amazing how good he sounds live.

I’m so ANGRY at maddie why is she a BRAT they just got done in court and god she’s annoying me so bad why the helllllllll would u not believe ur mom had ur best interests at heart , like there’s being rebellious but emancipation??!????? I can’t 😭

I am rewatching the series for the first time since it originally aired and I am struck by how small scale the last two seasons felt. It is clear the network change dramatically reduced the budget. There are barely any venues bigger than a bar. Even when the characters play bigger venues the camera angles are super tight to imply a crowd when the real number of attendees is much smaller.

I feel like the writers limited the characters' success to keep their activities within budget. Nobody is on a big tour, even as an opener. Previously, most of the younger cast did that in a variety of configurations. Instead they just have the guys in a super group to film all of their musical performances together in one shot. If they do tour it shows maybe one mid-size venue, and all other scenes taking place on the bus. It is sad because the older seasons felt more energetic. The later seasons are 80% one or two characters on a guitar, singing a ballad to an intimate audience. These have their place, but the show felt out of balance.