Uh oh, Maddie isn't looking too happy here. Is she glum because her biological father bit the dust, or because her adoptive father, Teddy, has gone off to prison for his crimes as mayor? Maybe it's none of the above, and she's still sour that Rayna won't let her sign with a label and become country music's next rising star!
If only Deacon was included in this shot, it would be a perfect family photo. As Rayna and the girls recover from whatever the outcome of Deacon and Beverly's surgeries are, at least we know they're still playing music. Show of hands, who wants to hear a medley by these three lovely ladies?
It looks like another duet from Maddie and Daphne (aka the wildly talented Lennon and Maisy) is on the way! Let's just hope it's not a forelorn song about losing their step-dad-to-be, Deacon. We still haven't spotted him in any of these photos – very sneaky Nashville – and it's stressing us out!
We hope Luke manages to find a way to make Will appealing to his audience again because it's never fun to see these two bro's at odds. Luke has a responsibility to his new label, but he also has a responsibility to fight for his artists in every way he can. Make it work boys!
Gabrielle, a smart, savy, and seductive image consultant is just the person to help Will and Luke with their little conundrum. We hear that though she'll be butting heads with Luke about Will's potential future, she might still be a new love interest for the unlucky-in-love label head.
We all breathed a sigh of relief (that sounded a lot like 'finally!') when Will came out to the media last year. But now, as Season 4 of Nashville picks back up, he might be reevaluating if that was such a great idea. It's not easy to market a gay cowboy country star, who has previously relied heavily on his sex appeal.
With Will's big sexuality secret finally out to the media – so proud of this guy! – it's time for him and Luke to sit down and have a talk about what their next move will be. As the head of his own label, Luke not only has to worry about protecting his own brand, but also the brands of all the other artists he's signed.
Remember how Juliette signed a contract with Rayna's label? Remember how Juliette then went totally crazy and signed with Luke when her post-partume depression was making her furious with Rayna? Yep, we do! That's a recipe for disaster, and you can bet these two are going to argue it out in the premiere!
Layla and Juliette seem like two peas in a self-destructive pod sometimes, so we're excited to see these two divas pair up again. Hopefully Juliette can relate some sage advice to Layla about toxic influences (we mean you, Jeff!) and how best to get them out of your life.
Toasting with champagne is usually a party trick for celebrating, but Juliette doesn't seem to be in a very celebratory mood. There go those post-partum depression hormones again! With so much success coming her way, it seems inconceivable that she'd be sad, but she also just lost Avery and her baby girl.
We've spotted Rayna, and she smiling! Does this mean we can assume Deacon pulled through surgery just fine? After all, we don't think Rayna would be out and about – let alone smiling in the lime light – if the love of her life had just died on the operating table. Come on, just tell us Deacon is alive already!
Looks who else has decided to join the party! Gunnar was last seen almost making out with Scarlett on the roof of the hospital, but now he's rubbing shoulders with all our other favorites back stage. We sometimes forget how tight Luke and Gunnar are (as songwriter and performer), but we can just imagine how star-struck he'll be meeting a legend like Steven Tyler.
