Opening Night

"Opening Night" is the twenty seventh episode of the American television series Smash. It was written by Bathsheba Doran and Noelle Valdivia and directed by Michael Morris. The episode premiered on NBC on April 20, 2013, the twelfth episode of Season 2. After months of hurdles, Bombshell's opening night is here. As Ivy's nerves get the better of her, support comes from an unlikely source. Meanwhile, Tom and Julia look to their next project. Bombshell's success may be in jeopardy as Eileen's issues with Richard come to a head. Jimmy reveals all to Karen about his dark past. Plot Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) is suddenly very nervous just before she goes on for Bombshell's opening night. Her mom Leigh Conroy (Bernadette Peters) tells her not to worry and that she's very proud of her. Ivy brings down the house. Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee) and Ana Vargas (Krysta Rodriguez) are still not on good speaking terms, but Ana tells her that she met Adam (David Call), who says he's Jimmy's brother and that Jimmy is bad news. Jimmy Collins (Jeremy Jordan) tells Kyle Bishop (Andy Mientus) that he wants to come clean with Karen about his sordid past. Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) and Julia Houston (Debra Messing) are having trouble deciding what project they want to do next. Tom gets an offer to direct a revival of City of Angels and he seriously considers it. Julia tells him she's getting the rights to do The Great Gatsby, which they wanted to do when they first met, but Tom demurs. Julia hears about the directing job and lays into Tom for not telling her the truth. He says he loves writing with her, but directing is what he wants to do right now.