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The Best Episodes of Nashville

Every episode of Nashville ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Nashville!

The Best Episodes of Nashville

Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes face personal and professional challenges as they navigate their paths as artists and individuals. Surrounding them, and often complicating their...

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  1. Background image for I'll Fly Away
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #1 - I'll Fly Away

    S5:E10

    A legal dispute threatens to break apart the family. Juliette demands to perform at the CMT Music Awards. Will and Zach are drawn closer together.

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    Director:Unknown
  2. Background image for Beyond the Sunset
    8.8/10(250 votes)

    #2 - Beyond the Sunset

    S6:E16

    Deacon gets a chance to fulfill a lifelong dream. Juliette makes a crucial decision. Daphne preps for the final round. Alannah confronts Brad. Avery, Gunnar, and Will discuss their future.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Ghost in This House
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Ghost in This House

    S5:E17

    Scarlett confronts the journalist Mackenzie Rhodes face to face. Will shoots a commercial. Deacon feels pressure from the outside to move on from Rayna.

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    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for You Can't Lose Me
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #4 - You Can't Lose Me

    S5:E19

    Juliette takes great pains to keep Maddie from learning the truth. Deacon considers a new artist for Highway 65. Scarlett's pregnancy faces complications and Gunnar searches for the mugger.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
    8.5/10(310 votes)

    #5 - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

    S1:E21

    A shadow has been cast over country music’s biggest night: Juliette discovers a letter from Jolene revealing her mother’s true feelings; Rayna and Deacon’s fairytale evening at the CMA Awards, even performing with Brad Paisley – who guest stars as himself — may not end in a happily-ever-after; and Gunnar will do whatever it takes to win Scarlett’s heart back — but is it too late? Meanwhile the U.S. Attorney’s office is closing in on Teddy, and Peggy returns with a secret of her own.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Maybe You'll Appreciate Me Someday
    8.5/10(217 votes)

    #6 - Maybe You'll Appreciate Me Someday

    S4:E21

    Rayna resorts to drastic measures when she learns that Maddie has crossed paths with a duplicitous figure from her past. Juliette must choose how to publicly reckon with the truth of Jeff Fordham’s death—a decision that directly affects Layla. Scarlett and Gunnar consider parting ways as bandmates, and Will finally decides to do what he should have done long ago—step up as the leader of a cause and a community.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for On the Other Hand
    8.3/10(232 votes)

    #7 - On the Other Hand

    S2:E22

    As Will Lexington’s album climbs the chart with the help of Jeff Fordham’s deep pockets, Rayna enlists Teddy’s help to plan a huge, free concert at LP Field to draw attention to her Highway 65 debut. She will perform with Luke Wilson and duet with Juliette before thousands of fans. Zoey, Avery and Gunnar rock out at a benefit for Deacon’s favorite charity, Sober House, and Avery plans to serenade Juliette with a song he wrote for her. But when he attempts to sing it, he doesn’t understand why she is not present, and Scarlett makes a decision about her future in Nashville.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Before You Go Make Sure You Know
    8.3/10(202 votes)

    #8 - Before You Go Make Sure You Know

    S3:E22

    Juliette is laser-focused on finishing her album – and when she puts everything and everyone she loves behind it – Avery makes a decision that impacts their lives forever. Deacon’s life hangs in the balance, but Rayna and the girls are by his side. With the clock ticking and the future uncertain, will they celebrate a life together?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Not Ready to Make Nice
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Not Ready to Make Nice

    S5:E16

    Juliette has it out with Avery over Hallie's sound. Maddie learns the truth about the origins of the bullying on social media. Scarlett's pregnancy brings with it unexpected attention.

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    Director:Allan Arkush
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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Speed Trap Town

    S5:E20

    Gunnar visits his hometown and faces the ghosts of his past. Maddie and Juliette are nominated for the same music award. Deacon helps Jessie record; Scarlett learns self-defense.

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    Director:Unknown
  12. Background image for A Picture From Life's Other Side
    8.2/10(266 votes)

    #11 - A Picture From Life's Other Side

    S1:E20

    Rayna finds an unlikely ally in Lamar when he sides with her against Teddy about the girls. Jolene sees Juliette struggling and tries to find a way to help. Avery and Will, separately, both get a chance to shine with bigger stars -- but will it translate to career gold? And Tandy takes her own agenda to the board of Wyatt Industries.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for It's All Wrong, But It's All Right
    8.2/10(235 votes)

    #12 - It's All Wrong, But It's All Right

    S2:E13

    Jeff is expecting Juliette to formally apologize for her behavior during her Grand Ole Opry ceremony, but at the last minute she has a change of heart and decides to standby the choices she's made. 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 that is wrapped in Rayna Jayme's graphics. Deacon is discovering his record deal might not be what he expected and Scarlett's collaboration with Liam gets off to a rocky start. Will and Layla discover they aren't all that different and find comfort in one another's company and Teddy will stop at nothing to reveal Lamar's connection to Peggy's death.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.2/10(251 votes)

    #13 - Crazy

    S2:E19

    Maddie’s news goes viral and stirs a media frenzy including being a “Hot Topic” on “The View,” and the real-life Ladies of “The View”— Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepherd, Jenny McCarthy and Barbara Walters guest-star as themselves. Rayna tries to manage the fallout by going on “Good Morning America” and real-life anchor Robin Roberts guest stars as herself. When Juliette faces more empty seats on her tour, she reaches out to Charlie Wentworth (Charlie Bewley) for a favor, and Scarlett’s mother, Beverly surprises her daughter in San Francisco

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for How Can I Help You Say Goodbye
    8.2/10(192 votes)

    #14 - How Can I Help You Say Goodbye

    S4:E3

    A second aneurysm leaves Beverly brain dead and Deacon consumed with guilt, while Scarlett is forced to decide whether or not to keep Beverly on life support. Meanwhile, Juliette continues a destructive pattern of erratic behavior, pushing Avery to make the heart-wrenching decision to file for divorce.

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  16. Background image for Please Help Me, I'm Fallin'
    8.2/10(175 votes)

    #15 - Please Help Me, I'm Fallin'

    S4:E6

    Juliette gets into a brawl with a fan that goes viral, but Jeff sees damage control as an opening for his own career. Maddie is grounded and misses Colt who is on tour with his dad. Markus butts heads with Rayna over his sound, and the two consider whether they can continue working together.

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    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #16 - If Tomorrow Never Comes

    S5:E9

    After her life-changing experience, Rayna scrambles to write one more song for the concept album with Deacon. Juliette's leg starts to hurt inexplicably. Gunnar fights for Scarlett.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Your Wild Life's Gonna Get You Down
    8.1/10(217 votes)

    #17 - Your Wild Life's Gonna Get You Down

    S2:E18

    Rayna plays a mini-set on Luke’s tour, and her girls meet his son, Colt, a moody teenager who has a big social media following. Juliette’s growing jealous of Avery’s connection to Scarlett and takes it out on her while they tour together to help raise awareness of Highway 65. Will and Layla make a plan that Gunnar refuses to support, and Teddy forbids Maddie from attending Deacon’s latest concert

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for First to Have a Second Chance
    8.1/10(218 votes)

    #18 - First to Have a Second Chance

    S3:E10

    Rayna is feeling conflicted about leaving the children behind to go back on tour. Sadie runs into a former partner.

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Lovesick Blues
    8.0/10(314 votes)

    #19 - Lovesick Blues

    S1:E7

    Marshall Evans continues to pressure Rayna and Juliette to collaborate at an event at the Ryman theater, Teddy is forced to reveal the truth to Rayna when Peggy's desperation hits its peak, and in an effort to move past her failed relationship with Avery, Scarlett finds herself getting closer to Gunnar.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Tomorrow Never Comes
    8.0/10(232 votes)

    #20 - Tomorrow Never Comes

    S2:E10

    Juliette is the main act at Teddy’s first annual Music City Festival, but the blowback by the fans and press over the Wentworths throws her for a loop and drags down the event. She demands that Glenn find out who leaked career-killing gossip to the tabloids so she can get ahead of the bad press by calling them out. Rayna is determined to buy herself out of her Edgehill contract once and for all, even though Tandy and Luke counsel otherwise. Should she risk all her assets on Highway 65? Deacon and Gunnar find themselves marginalized at the Festival and team up to to put on an unauthorized show, and Scarlett is freezing out Zoey and Gunnar but drawing closer to Avery.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for 'Til the Pain Outwears the Shame
    8.0/10(184 votes)

    #21 - 'Til the Pain Outwears the Shame

    S4:E2

    Juliette breaks down during an appearance on “Live with Kelly and Michael,” prompting Avery’s concern. But when she continues her pattern of irrational and volatile behavior, she leaves Avery with a struggle of his own. Meanwhile, Rayna is determined to show the world that Highway 65 is not just a vanity project and devises a plan to sign Markus Keen, one of the biggest rock artists around.

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  23. Background image for Forever and for Always
    8.0/10(179 votes)

    #22 - Forever and for Always

    S4:E11

    It’s the wedding viewers have longed for when Deacon and Rayna tie the knot, complete with captivating music performances by series regulars Charles Esten, Clare Bowen, Sam Palladio, Lennon Stella and Maisy Stella as well as cameos by Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts and singer/songwriter Jim Lauderdale portraying themselves. When the loving couple are ambushed by paparazzi after their intimate rehearsal dinner, Deacon’s hot-headed reaction casts a pall on the plans and forces a change of venue. Meanwhile, wedding guest Avery is struggling to keep up with the lies Juliette is forcing him to message to press in her absence.

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    8.0/10(167 votes)

    #23 - Baby Come Home

    S4:E17

    Rayna and Deacon try everything they can think of to reunite with Maddie and avoid court, even involving Teddy from jail. Juliette tries to rekindle her relationship with Avery, and her success on tour stokes Layla's jealousy, personally and professionally. Luke Wheeler leverages his own appearance on "Good Morning America" with Robin Roberts to try to jump start Will Lexington's career.

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    Director:Jet Wilkinson
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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Fire and Rain

    S5:E11

    Juliette helps Maddie navigate the wave of attention she receives after her performance at the CMT Music Awards. Zach demands the masters from Rayna and Deacon's unfinished album.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Back in the Saddle Again

    S5:E12

    Deacon helps Daphne with a school project, but Daphne feels unmotivated. Juliette gives Maddie unsolicited advice about a song. Scarlett and Gunnar receive news about the baby.

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Best Episodes Summary

"I'll Fly Away" is the best rated episode of "Nashville". It scored 9/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Liberty Godshall, it aired on 3/2/2017. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Beyond the Sunset".