Valerie Jane Parker

After Teddy has agreed to sign Maddie to Edgehill, Rayna will not stop trying to dissolve her contract. Meanwhile, Avery is busy producing Sadie's album, but she is having a hard time doing this, due to her ex-husband stalking her. Also, Deacon finds out that he will only have six months to live if he does not find an organ donor.

Rayna continues to pull out all stops in self-promotion, this time by agreeing to do a televised Christmas special from her home, for charity, with Luke and the children. When Rayna invites Deacon to join the filming, things get awkward fast - her magazine cover story has reverberations for her personal life. Meantime, it's Nashville's Winterfest, and Zoey, Gunnar and Avery have an opportunity to perform and get signed with a manager.

Rayna brushes off rumours about her and Luke's breakup as she prepares to return to the stage, Scarlett plans a surprise for Deacon as Gunnar travels to Austin intent on mending fences with his estranged nephew.