History Awesome / Nashville

* A meta-example; after ABC canceled the series, leaving Season Four on a cliffhanger made all the more frustrating by the production troubles earlier, [[ChannelHop CMT picked it up for Season Five]], meaning we get to find out what happened to Juliette after her plane sent out a distress signal.

* Teddy standing up to Lamar when he threatens to expose that [[spoiler: Deacon is Maddie's birth father]]. It's literally the best thing that he's ever done.
* Gunnar dropping Avery to the floor with three quick punches.
** And all because Avery ''looked at Scarlett with derision''. It's never clearer that Gunnar respects the living daylights out of Scarlett.
* Juliette laying down the law to her staff [[spoiler: -- specifically her soon-to-be-ex-manager]]. A lot of fury in a tiny frame.

* Avery [[spoiler: burning the masters of the tracks Dominic recorded]]. He knew he could potentially destroy his career and did it anyway because [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules he wanted to be true to himself.]]
* Juliette taking responsibility for [[spoiler: the pop-up gig going wrong and resulting in several of her fans getting injured -- including Maddie ([[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech which got Miss Barnes the third degree]] [[MamaBear from Rayna]]) -- and paying the victims' hospital bills]].
* Deacon telling off Dante after the latter [[spoiler: fires Avery]]. He has no reason to stick up for him [[spoiler: since he is no longer dating Scarlett]] and does it anyway.
* [[spoiler: Jolene]] killing [[spoiler: Dante]]. Her actions after make it less awesome though.
** How about when Juliette dedicates a song to her mother at one of her concerts? This from the girl who more or less disowned her mother in the show's opening.

* How about when Scarlett delivers a song 'Bazinga' to Juliette? Juliette puts Scarlett down about inserting a quiet but strong song into her set, since she wants to make some noise to generate buzz. Scarlett promptly goes up on stage and tells the crowd '...but I'm the kind of artist that prefers to whisper' and sings the song anyway.
** And the fight between her and Juliette after. Not only for Scarlett for finally expressing her real feelings about the tour and standing up for herself again, but for Juliette for empathising with her and being big enough not to fire her over it.

* "It's All Wrong, But It's All Right" features back-to-back Moments Of Awesome for Juliette; first by refusing to apologize to the religious bigots who have been wrecking her career (and doing so in musical form to boot), and then after the commercial break giving Jeff a much-deserved TheReasonYouSuckSpeech [[spoiler: telling him that she may have just torched her career, but also took him down a few pegs in the process (as she points out, losing two of his biggest acts in his first six months running a record label - Rayna quit and Juliette was dropped - isn't the smartest thing to do)]].

** How about the fact that it's the first number we see her do that isn't a sweet love song, but a raw, emotional journey? Just look at the girl's expressions throughout that song, and her last 'I'm not under your spell' is what agony sounds like. I was waiting for Scarlett to deliver something deep and real, and she does it in spades.
*** Scarlett softly but firmly telling her mother after checking out from rehab that she needs her to go on home. Nashville might revisit it, but for now Scarlett knows that destructive relationship can't be mended, and for once she puts herself first.
* After [[spoiler: Scarlett's breakdown]], Gunnar is meeting with Jeff for a publishing deal. Jeff insults Scarlett, and Gunnar promptly turns down the first in he could have had to the music industry, telling Jeff that Scarlett has more talent in her little finger than most do in their entire body and he can stick his publishing deal to boot.

* Scarlett telling off her mother for good after [[spoiler:she refuses to donate part of her liver to Deacon]], outright calling her a terrible person before coldly saying "You're burning daylight." Also, the fact that Scarlett doesn't look scared and nervous talking to her mother this time around.
** How about Deacon's calm intervention? You get the feeling he cuts in then because he doesn't want Scarlett to lose her head and, both awesome and sad, he doesn't blame Beverly for her behaviour. He takes responsibility for what his drinking has done.
* When Jeff finally crosses Rayna's top MoralEventHorizon by entrapping Maddie into a contract, Rayna responds by [[spoiler:marching into the meeting meant to introduce Maddie to the board, exposing all his sordid dealings, and getting his ass canned.]]
* Rayna's verbal emasculation of [[spoiler: Pete, Sadie's ex.]]
** Followed by Sadie [[spoiler:finally just shooting him when he comes after her again.]]

** In the same episode, Caleb defying ProtagonistCenteredMorality by telling Scarlett everyone else on the donor list has their own loved ones and deserve a shot just as much as Deacon, so he's not going to pull any strings for her.
* Will [[spoiler: finally coming out]] in "Before You Go Make Sure You Know."
* Scarlett letting Deacon have it in "Stop The World (And Let Me Off)" [[spoiler: for his behaviour after Scarlett turned off Beverly's life support]].
* Whatever his reasons, Jeff gets one for [[spoiler: saving Juliette from jumping off a roof in "Please Help Me, I'm Fallin'"... even if it becomes a DyingMomentOfAwesome for him]].
* Emily gets one in "We've Got Nothing But Love To Prove" when [[spoiler: she lays this little truth bomb on Avery, who doesn't want his mentally ill wife Juliette to see Cadence - "Get a divorce. Move to a desert island. You never have to see her again. But Juliette was, is, and always will be Cadence's mother. And there's not a legal document in the world that can change that." He does change his mind, by the way.]]
* A meta-example; after ABC canceled the series, leaving Season Four on a cliffhanger made all the more frustrating by the production troubles earlier, [[ChannelHop CMT picked it up for Season Five]], meaning we get to find out [[spoiler: what happened to Juliette after her plane sent out a distress signal]].

* A meta-example; after ABC canceled the series, leaving Season Four on a cliffhanger made all the more frustrating by the production troubles earlier, [[ChannelHop CMT picked it up for Season Five]], meaning we may yet learn [[spoiler: what happened to Juliette after her plane sent out a distress signal]].

* Rayna and Juliette's duet, with a song they wrote together. Despite their distaste for each other, they're able to be professional and give an epic performance (which also makes it a real life MomentOfAwesome for Connie Britton and Creator/HaydenPanettiere).

* A meta-example; after ABC canceled the series, leaving Season Four on a cliffhanger made all the more frustrating by the production troubles earlier, [[ChannelHop CMT picked it up for Season Five]], meaning we may yet learn [[spoiler: what happened to Juliette after her plane sent out a distress signal]].

* Emily gets one in "We've Got Nothing But Love To Prove" when [[spoiler: she lays this little truth bomb on Avery, who doesn't want his mentally ill wife Juliette to see Cadence - "Get a divorce. Move to a desert island. You never have to see her again. But Juliette was, is, and always will be Cadence's mother. And there's not a legal document in the world that can change that." He does change his mind, by the way.]]