Nashville’s disturbing Thursday episode was written before the #MeToo movement

Entertainment Weekly

Executive producer Marshall Herskovitz says of this week's dark episode: “I was just thinking, here we were are speaking right after this monster (USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar) has been sentenced for abusing all those athletes. This is one of those things in our society that people are afraid to look at. They’re afraid to see how widespread it is and how deeply, deeply, damaging it is to people.” Herskovitz adds that producers had trouble stomaching the episode. ALSO: Why air this shocking episode now?