Did that really happen?! Nashville fans have been left wanting more after the show ended with a shocking series finale cliffhanger on Wednesday, May 25. (Spoilers ahead!)
While some of their plotlines were resolved in the hour-long episode, the fate of Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere) remains uncertain. In the final installment of season 4, the country starlet was flying home to see her ex-husband Avery Barkley (Jonathan Jackson) and their baby daughter, Cadence, when her plane went missing. A distress call was made, but the ground crew lost contact with the flight, and the episode abruptly ended.
Earlier this month, ABC announced that the primetime drama, which premiered in 2012 and ran for four seasons, would not return to air again after Wednesday night. With no closure, Nashville devotees (nicknamed “Nashies”) are reeling over the way things ended for Panettiere’s beloved character and her family.
In the wake of the finale, fans took to social media to share their disappointment, outrage and frustration:
I NEED ANOTHER SEASON OF #Nashville…they should continue on @netflix because this show cannot end #NashvilleFinale #BringBackNashville
— Danii Bella ? (@whothefxckisshe) May 26, 2016
I am still so upset about #NashvilleFinale please someone pick up this show !!
— Christina Axvig (@xtinaStoneman) May 26, 2016
I really hope this isn’t the end! I love this show and there is still so much unknown!!!! Come back Nashville! #NashvilleFinale
— Brenda Barajas (@duartebed) May 26, 2016
Soooooo pissed at the way #NashvilleFinale ended. Omg my heart is racing!
— Shar (@SharSaysSo) May 26, 2016
What was the #NashvilleFinale?! YOU CAN’T DO THAT TO JULIETTE
— Chloe (@chloejerram_) May 26, 2016
BITCHES IT CAN NOT END LIKE THAT. Juliette was just about to get her family back. NO NO NO. #NashvilleFinale #BringBackNashville
— Jen. (@Jen_Briggs27) May 26, 2016
I’m seriously still so upset about the #NashvilleFinale it’s bothering me so much
— ✨lex✨ (@alexisvmoran) May 26, 2016
While Panettiere’s unknown fate didn’t sit well with some, Nashville’s production company and actor Sam Palladio (who plays singer Gunnar Scott) have hinted that the show might still go on after all.
“What a cliffhanger!” tweeted Lionsgate TV. “But we won’t leave you hanging. There’s more story to be told. #BringBackNashville.”
#Nashies What a cliffhanger! But we won’t leave you hanging. There’s more story to be told. #BringBackNashville
— Lionsgate TV (@LionsgateTV) May 26, 2016
“We love you #Nashies. Me and @aubreypeeples are sad for #NashvilleFinale,” Palladio wrote on Wednesday night. “But there’s still hope….”
We love you #Nashies. Me and @aubreypeeples are sad for #NashvilleFinale. But there’s still hope…. pic.twitter.com/VRBn6j2dRY
— Sam Palladio (@SamPalladio) May 26, 2016
Even Connie Britton (who plays leading lady Rayna Jaymes) isn’t ruling out future seasons. Asked about the possibility of the show being picked up by a streaming service such as Hulu or Netflix, Britton told Entertainment Tonight on May 14, “You never know!”
