The Nashville GIF Mean-Face-Off: Rayna v. Juliette

I shivered quite a few times during last night’s Nashville, and not because my poor heating system is losing the fight against this arctic weather. Rather, it was a particularly intense series of Rayna/Juliette bitchy-faces that had me shaking in my (red UGG, never givin’ em up, it’s not a DON’T if I wear them in the privacy of my own home, right?) boots.

The point is: these girls can glare. I’m a little worried their impeccably-lined eyes are going to burn right through my TV screen one of these days. And because they’re naturally competitive, I think it’s high time we pitted them against each other on the facial-expression front.

What’s that, Scarlett? You wanna play too? Honey, you’re way out of your depth here. The doe-eye/cotton-candy hair contest is just down the hall. Spoiler alert: everyone’s a winner, and the prizes are hugs!

Blech, sorry about that. Let’s get back to the hard stuff.

DING-DING. First up, Rayna:

All-business mean-mug

Fake-laugh mean-mug

Eye-roll mean-mug

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“You can kiss my answer…” mean-mug

NOPE! mean-mug

And now, Juliette.

Smug mean-mug

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Toothy mean-mug

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“I’ll wait.” mean-mug

Sugary-sweet mean-mug

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“Let me tilt my head, so I can get a better look at this idiot” mean-mug

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OK, you’ve been terrified by the evidence—let’s call this sucker.

Who wins this Nashville Mean-Face-Off, Rayna or Juliette?

BTW, a little update on the burning Nashville questions I posed to you guys last week:

— 51 percent of you think Scarlett is the show’s most naive character. (That’s doe-eyed, cotton-candy-haired FIRST-place champion and proud owner of a new hug Scarlett to you!)

— 70 percent of you think Teddy hasn’t had an affair yet, but will soon.

— You’re more conflicted on his mayoral tenure, though: 41 percent think he’ll resign a few eps down after learning about Lamar’s meddling, 30 percent think he won’t even make it to inauguration, 29 percent think he’ll stay mayor til season’s end.

— 55 percent of you are already over Gunnar’s brother. Stay lost, dude.

— 52 percent of you think Rayna will be Deacon’s next lady love (and you said this before seeing last night’s previews, ya psychics).

— And: 64 percent of you think Juliette will beat Rayna to the punch when it comes to snagging Liam. You KNOW there’s gonna be a mean-face gold rush when that goes down.

Oh, and if spy faces are more your thing, check out Claire v. Keri.

Who do you root for more on Nashville, Rayna or Juliette? I used to despise Juliette, but now I love her–and I was full-on crying during the end scene with her mom last night.

Photo: Tumblr, ABC