Home > Nashville > Season 5 « TV Series Page Nashville: Season 5 (2016 - 2017) SEASON: Season 5 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Want to see Episode List Season 5 Nashville Critics Consensus No consensus yet. 86% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 7 32% Audience Score User Ratings: 182 NEW More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review Episodes 1 The Wayfaring Stranger Air date: Jan 5, 2017 Season 5 begins with Rayna and Deacon adjusting to Maddie's return home and dealing with Highway 65's financial struggles. Meanwhile, news about Juliette shocks Nashville and sets Rayna on a journey of discovery. More 2 Back in Baby's Arms Air date: Jan 5, 2017 Season 5 begins with Rayna and Deacon adjusting to Maddie's return home and dealing with Highway 65's financial struggles. Meanwhile, news about Juliette shocks Nashville and sets Rayna on a journey of discovery. More 3 Let's Put It Back Together Again Air date: Jan 12, 2017 Maddie begins an internship at a recording studio and meets a street musician. Avery struggles producing a young YouTube sensation. Juliette meets her guardian angel. -- (C) CMT More 4 Leap of Faith Air date: Jan 19, 2017 Rayna receives a stunning offer from tech guru Zach Welles regarding Highway 65; an impatient Juliette seeks advanced treatment; Will and Kevin look for an apartment together. More 5 Love Hurts Air date: Jan 26, 2017 The Exes make a music video, but Scarlett and the director, Damien George, fight over their differences. Meanwhile, Clay and Maddie's relationship builds, and he shows her a different part of town. More 6 A Little Bit Stronger Air date: Feb 2, 2017 Rayna and Deacon beef up their home security after Rayna's encounter with Carl Hockney. Meanwhile, Juliette draws closer to her guardian angel Hallie; and Avery leaps back into performing. More 7 Hurricane Air date: Feb 9, 2017 Rayna and Deacon struggle to write their album; Maddie and Daphne create a disturbance at home; Damien apologizes to Scarlett; Scarlett and Gunnar question their relationship. More 8 Stand Beside Me Air date: Feb 16, 2017 Rayna and Deacon take precautions as Hockney tests the limits of the restraining order; Juliette asks the church choir to work with her on an album; Scarlett finds herself drawn to Damien. More 9 If Tomorrow Never Comes Air date: Feb 23, 2017 After her life-changing experience, Rayna scrambles to write one more song for the concept album with Deacon. Meanwhile, Juliette's leg starts to hurt inexplicably; and Gunnar fights for Scarlett. More 10 I'll Fly Away Air date: Mar 2, 2017 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. More Show More Episodes Nashville: Season 5 Videos 2:01 Nashville: Season 5 Behind the Scenes - First Day Back 2:00 Nashville: Season 5 Trailer 2 1:00 Nashville: Season 5 First Look Nashville: Season 5 Trailer 1 0:30 Nashville: Season 5 Episode 17 Sneak Peek View All Videos (5) Nashville: Season 5 Photos View All Photos (74) Tv Season Info The fifth season of this musical drama continues to depict the lives of a group of professional musicians in Nashville, Tennessee, the nation's country music capital. This season, the complicated relationship between fading superstar Rayna James (Connie Britton) and ascendant contemporary sensation Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere) continues to color their lives as the two musicians are faced with challenges in their careers and personal lives, and as Juliette struggles to recover from a traumatic event in the previous season finale. Also starring: Claire Bowen, Charles Esten, and Jonathan Jackson. Genre: Drama Network: ABC/CMT Premiere Date: Jan 5, 2017 Creator: Callie Khouri Exec. Producers: Callie Khouri, Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick, R.J. Cutler, Steve Buchanan Cast Hayden Panettiere as Juliette Barnes Connie Britton as Rayna Jaymes Clare Bowen as Scarlett O'Connor Charles Esten as Deacon Claybourne Jonathan Jackson as Avery Barkley Chris Carmack as Will Lexington Sam Palladio as Gunnar Scott Maisy Stella as Daphne Conrad Lennon Stella as Maddie Conrad Jen Richards as Allyson Del Lago Joseph David Jones as Clay Rhiannon Giddens as Hallie Jordan Cameron Scoggins as Zach Welles Rachel Bilson Kaitlin Doubleday Show More Cast News & Interviews for Nashville: Season 5 2017 Spring/Summer TV Premiere Dates 2016/2017 Winter TV Premiere Dates View All Nashville: Season 5 News Episodes 1 The Wayfaring Stranger Air date: Jan 5, 2017 Season 5 begins with Rayna and Deacon adjusting to Maddie's return home and dealing with Highway 65's financial struggles. Meanwhile, news about Juliette shocks Nashville and sets Rayna on a journey of discovery. More 2 Back in Baby's Arms Air date: Jan 5, 2017 Season 5 begins with Rayna and Deacon adjusting to Maddie's return home and dealing with Highway 65's financial struggles. Meanwhile, news about Juliette shocks Nashville and sets Rayna on a journey of discovery. More 3 Let's Put It Back Together Again Air date: Jan 12, 2017 Maddie begins an internship at a recording studio and meets a street musician. Avery struggles producing a young YouTube sensation. Juliette meets her guardian angel. -- (C) CMT More 4 Leap of Faith Air date: Jan 19, 2017 Rayna receives a stunning offer from tech guru Zach Welles regarding Highway 65; an impatient Juliette seeks advanced treatment; Will and Kevin look for an apartment together. More 5 Love Hurts Air date: Jan 26, 2017 The Exes make a music video, but Scarlett and the director, Damien George, fight over their differences. Meanwhile, Clay and Maddie's relationship builds, and he shows her a different part of town. More 6 A Little Bit Stronger Air date: Feb 2, 2017 Rayna and Deacon beef up their home security after Rayna's encounter with Carl Hockney. Meanwhile, Juliette draws closer to her guardian angel Hallie; and Avery leaps back into performing. More 7 Hurricane Air date: Feb 9, 2017 Rayna and Deacon struggle to write their album; Maddie and Daphne create a disturbance at home; Damien apologizes to Scarlett; Scarlett and Gunnar question their relationship. More 8 Stand Beside Me Air date: Feb 16, 2017 Rayna and Deacon take precautions as Hockney tests the limits of the restraining order; Juliette asks the church choir to work with her on an album; Scarlett finds herself drawn to Damien. More 9 If Tomorrow Never Comes Air date: Feb 23, 2017 After her life-changing experience, Rayna scrambles to write one more song for the concept album with Deacon. Meanwhile, Juliette's leg starts to hurt inexplicably; and Gunnar fights for Scarlett. More 10 I'll Fly Away Air date: Mar 2, 2017 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. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for Nashville Season 5 All Critics (7) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (1) The original tenor of the series is one of the things that made it so appealing in the first place. Add to this that the tempo of the narrative is ideal, and episodes never drag. Jan 4, 2017 | Full Review… Anne Easton Observer Top Critic Fans who have grown weary of the show's soapy, breakneck pace should definitely give CMT's Nashville a chance. The show and its characters appear to finally be getting better with age. Dec 31, 2016 | Full Review… Liz Raftery TV Guide The pace has been slowed down -- not to a crawl, but to allow for some breathing room, to let characters have full scenes of dialogue, and reactions to those dialogues. Dec 19, 2016 | Full Review… Ken Tucker Yahoo! TV The much-discussed slower pace of the action is a boon to the show's central relationships. Can't be said enough. Avery and Juliette, Deacon and Rayna - they finally have time to talk! Dec 14, 2016 | Full Review… Kimberly Roots TV Line It's a welcome change, and fans who have grown weary of the show's soapy, breakneck pace should definitely give CMT's Nashville a chance. The show and its characters appear to finally be getting better with age. Dec 12, 2016 | Full Review… Liz Raftery TV.com The shift to CMT -- and the subsequent easing up on the show's former breakneck pace -- may be the best thing about the new season. Jan 10, 2017 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Ruth Kinane Entertainment Weekly Top Critic Nashville now almost always bums me out, even more so because it used to be a show I once looked forward to every week. But I haven't felt that way in quite a while now. Jan 6, 2017 | Rating: C+ | Full Review… Gwen Ihnat AV Club Top Critic View All Critic Reviews (7) Audience Reviews for Nashville: Season 5 Mar 01, 2018 DO NOT WATCH THIS SEASON. Save yourself the misery. Pretend the show ended after ABC!! Exena F Mar 01, 2018 This season was SO BAD. Amy D Mar 01, 2018 I wish this show stayed dead at ABC. Angry N Dec 02, 2017 Despite its lazy end, Nashville: Season 5 combines the younger cast strong performances with some great songs and some twists and turns, whose will cause a mix of sadness, interest and inspiration on the spectator. Francisco L Aug 14, 2017 I've really enjoyed this show up until this last season. Ever since it moved to CMT, it's all over the place. I think CMT should have kept some original writers, because this show keeps trying to tackle issues it has absolutely no idea how to handle, while jumping from one crazy jacked up story line to the next. Also, Hayden Panettiere is an excellent actress, yet these writers have regressed her to the point where she's basically reliving the first couple of seasons. Where's the growth that we have seen up until this season? The character development is abysmal, and it's not fair to her when she could do so much more. She deserves a chance to be a better person and I don't understand why they won't allow that. The truth is, if the writing doesn't improve and Lennon Stella doesn't get some acting lessons, you'll lose your fan base. It's to the point where we have to fast forward through some scenes because they're just that ridiculous. Come on now. This was a good show. I hope they can get it back on track. Amanda H Aug 11, 2017 The best hour long drama on TV right now! Thank goodness CMT picked it back up. The characters are real and believable. The music is excellent and authentic, not canned. The story line is perfect and the characters are well-developed. This show is highly recommended! Jul 17, 2017 Instead of writing a fascinating storyline, the new writers have wasted some unnecessary pregnancy on us, many new and unnecessary characters, too many stories about children, and not enough of our main star, Haydn. What about explaining why Avery and Juliet are wearing the wedding rings again? What about a few hot scenes between them? Or even a wedding? There are better series than Nashville, do not waste time on this senseless shit. KARINA J Jul 15, 2017 This show is going totally down hill. I'm thinking that whomever is writing on this show has a political agenda. Losing interest rapidly. Private U Jun 12, 2017 Still one of the best shows on television!!! Brittany B Jun 02, 2017 I watched the episode yesterday, so sad that this is what happened with Nashville. So many scenes of Daphne and her unqualified sister. There's hardly any music from Juliet, there are hardly any scenes of her and Avery's. Once they had such good scenes and today they were shortened to 10 seconds. Just dull and depressing. madlenn k See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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