Rayna is still reeling from the news that Teddy wants a divorce. Everything is happening so fast. The plan is to tell the girls the moment she gets back home. Rayna is stunned to see that Liam is staying at her hotel. Of course, Deacon is there, too. With so much happening in her life, Rayna misses her cue onstage for probably the first time ever. She pulls it together to sing “It’s My Life” to an adoring crowd. Still, everyone behind the scenes notices that Rayna Jaymes is not at the top of her game.
Deacon has never seen Rayna miss a cue in 20 years. Something is wrong. Rayna can’t talk about it with him for fear of losing it. However, she has no problem taking a break with from her life with Liam. They drink up a storm at a bar until a few of the locals recognize Rayna. They then head back to the hotel where they share a kiss in the hallway. Rayna stops herself for a moment, but ends up following Liam into his room. There’s more drinking and more kissing until Rayna excuses herself to the bathroom. She touches up her face, but it’s all for naught once the tears start flowing.
Juliette is moving forward with making drastic changes to her brand. Glenn tries to reel her in, but it’s just not happening. Juliette is a force, but that doesn’t stop Glenn from going behind her back to tell her crew that all changes must go through him first. Deacon becomes privy to this info and lets it slip to Juliette. BAM! BAM! BAM! Juliette slams her hand on all the hotel room doors in the middle of the night. She assembles her sleepy crew in the hallway to let them know that they take orders only from her. It’s quite scene that ends with Glenn letting Juliette know that he’s done. He quits.
Rayna eventually lets Liam into the bathroom. They chat about how difficult divorce is on a family. Liam lets her know that there’s no way around the fact that telling her girls is going to be incredibly hard. But looking back on his own life, his parents’ divorce was the best thing that could have happened to him when he was a kid. In other news, Deacon tells Juliette that he’d also quit if she ever talked to him the way she talked to Glenn. He’s later taken aback when he catches sight of Rayna with Liam in the hotel lobby. As for Juliette, she reaches out to her mom to say she can stay with her once she gets out of rehab.
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