Cut to the recording studio, where Scarlett is in awe of the fact that Joe Cocker, Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson have all recorded right where she is standing. It's a bit odd that she led with Joe Cocker, right? Gunnar looks thrilled to be there, though Scarlett is "shaking like a leaf on a tree." Watty cues the music for "If I Didn't Know Better," and Scarlett forgets where to come in. Shouldn't there be a team of little birds or gnomes or something to help her out with this?
Meanwhile, Bucky is sitting with Rayna and Deacon and going over their tour schedule. There are a lot of cities on the list, and Bucky notes that it will be a lot of overnights (overnights!), a long time away from home, and a long time for Rayna to be away from the girls. On the upside, though, they have a new bus with a nice big master suite (and heart-shaped bed, maybe?) and decent bunks, ostensibly for Deacon. And really, I expect every country music tour bus to look like Dolly Parton's, which I know is an impossibly high standard. After Bucky leaves, Deacon starts going through set list ideas, and suggests starting off with stripped down versions of their early songs. You know, the songs about how much they loved each other and all the good sexy times they had and soulmates and stuff. Rayna in turn suggests perhaps starting with some of the really big hits, which I imagine are much less intimate. Deacon reminds her that they won't have a band or backup singers, so will probably be better off doing things like they did the other night at the Bluebird. You know, things that make them surface latent feelings and fall in love with each other all over again. Deacon asks if Rayna is freaking out. The answer is obviously yes, but instead of saying that, Rayna asks for a minute alone. She is trying very hard not to cheat on her husband here, which I guess is an upstanding thing.













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