Nashville

As Teddy's mayoral campaign progresses, Rayna must endure an investigation and face the possibility that family secrets may be revealed. Despite her best efforts, Juliette sees Deacon continue to perform with Rayna and is irked by the obvious chemistry between them. Coleman is disappointed by Lamar's disloyalty and gets ready to play a tough political game.

Rayna and Teddy are sobered to learn that they are facing financial ruin, but Rayna won't consider borrowing money from her father or going on tour with Juliette. Jolene, Juliette's troubled mother, re-enters her daughter's life in dramatic fashion, but initially Juliette doesn't want anything to do with her. Elsewhere, Scarlett and Gunnar's big break is threatened.

Rayna and Juliette's tour is coming up fast, but when Rayna suggests taking her daughters along with her, Lamar threatens to expose a long-buried family secret. Juliette and Sean's elopement causes all-round surprise, but not everyone is inclined to celebrate with the happy couple. When Avery follows the advice of a music producer and dumps his band, the distance between him and Scarlett grows wider.

Rayna gradually adjusts to the fact that Deacon has joined the tour as a member of Juliette's band, but she starts to think that the time has come to make a difficult decision. Tiring of her shallow, glittery image, Juliette tries a brave experiment to get her music taken more seriously, despite her team's concerns about commercial viability. Meanwhile, Scarlett struggles to pay the rent.

Still reeling from the news that Teddy wants a divorce, Rayna goes on stage and misses her cue for the first time in her career. In an effort to forget her troubles, she joins Liam for a night of drinking and dancing in a bar. When Juliette pushes forward with some drastic changes to her brand, Glenn tries to halt her progress and a confrontation between them becomes inevitable.

Juliette's attempts to modernise her marketing using social media backfire when hundreds of fans come to hear her sing at a venue that is too small to accommodate them. Maddie deceives her father Teddy so that she can sneak out to see Juliette's performance, but her lie has dangerous consequences. Gunnar is so upset about his brother's death that he abandons an important audition.