Austin, Texas: Now Featuring Excellent Balleters

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Okay, kids. This was the first of the last three episodes of Friday Night Lights for rest of the season. Hopefully not for the rest of...our lives. It's no secret that this show is in danger of being cancelled, apparently because NBC (and God) hates me. So watch the damn show, dammit! COME ON! Alright, I suppose if you're reading this I'm preaching to the choir, and I appreciate your recognition of the total brilliance of this show. So I'm sorry. Just - tell your friends, okay? OKAY? God I'm stressed. If my Coach is taken away from me forever I might just have to take a bath with a toaster.

Anyway. Coach and Tami are looking over some real estate listings for their big move to Austin. Tami is reading some aloud, while Coach offers some helpful comments such as "Sounds like a money pit" and "Turn of what century?". GOD, he's funny. Julie walks in and happens to overhear her mother say something about getting a new job, and says with a horrible realization (and a perfect delivery), "We're moving again, aren't we?" Poor kid. Tami fills her in on the whole TMU thing, and Julie insists that she's not going anywhere. And storms off. Like she does every episode. But it doesn't get old! How does she do that?

Over at the wheelchair rugby tryouts, Jason is kicking ass and taking names. Even the coach is impressed, calling him Golden Boy yet again, a nickname that he will surely never be able to get rid of. Jason and his rrripling biceps are pleased.

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"I look forward to crushing your dreams!"

Afterwards, Jason approaches the coaches for the big decision. They praise his abilities and say he has the total package. Oh, also, he didn't make the team. And poor Jason's heart is shattered into pieces YET AGAIN. Can NOTHING go RIGHT in his LIFE?

At the post-heartbreak party, Jason is sulking and glaring at Herc. Suzie comes over and says she heard and that she's sorry. They're about to share a tender moment but Herc of course comes right on over to ruin it. He gleefully tells Jason to walk it off, and Jason snaps back, which Herc also mocks. He is SUCH an asshole! How does he have any friends? Jason insists that he was the best athlete out there, and that he didn't get chosen because the coach already knows Herc and the other boys and he wouldn't get picked over any of them. Herc calls him out on his ego and says he didn't make the team because he's not comfortable in a chair yet. Jason, with that defeated look that he's got totally nailed by now, says that he really needed this. Herc makes the good point that they all did.

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Someone just throw a pipe bomb in there.

Later, Jason apologizes to Suzie for acting like an ass. Huh? He goes on to say that he was disappointed...and...sorry I'm just distracted because he's so really, really, ridiculously good looking. I mean, damn. He always is, but I guess he's just wearing crushing disappointment especially well this week. Anyway, he laments the fact that Herc is his ride home, so he'll just have to hang out for the next week while Herc parties. Since this is a fate that no one should have to endure, Suzie, the foul seductress that she is, offers him a ride, since she has to bring a refrigerator to her sister in a nearby town. Wha? Jason accepts, and is barely able to conceal his joy. At, you know, his engagement. To another woman.

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For the ladies.

Tim gets a frantic knock at the door. It's MILF, begging him not to clean her rain gutters anymore, because she can do it herself because she is an INDEPENDENT WOMAN. And speaking of not being dependent, she needs Tim to pick up Bo from school today. Tim says sure. She tells him not to be late, because Bo has trust issues. Ha. Maybe Bo should do some trust falls. Or maybe Bo should be shot out of a cannon into the next county. I'm just sayin'. Trust is important.

Tyra is looking over her new class schedule and is very unhappy at the extra work and lack of free periods. Tami insists that with hard work, Tyra can go to a junior college and then transfer to a real four-year college. Tyra shoots this down as unrealistic, as no one in her family has ever gone past high school and that she's no different. Tami puts on her cheerleader outfit and her pom poms and says that she believes Tyra can do it! Gooo Tyra!

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Comments (17)

Jojobear [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Loved the recap! If they cancel this show, you'll have to make room for me in the toaster bath Screampillar.....

I can't stand Herc, how obnoxious can one person be?!

LOL, Buddy Garrity is finally reaping what he sows... That was so cool when Lyla went ballistic on the cars.

Coach and Tami are too cute for words.

I loved the Chris Hansen comment about MILF and Tim! I love how she trusts her young child to someone she barely knows and that usually has a beer in his underage hand...lol!

Now that Jason might have a future in coaching, do you think he'll ditch that ass Herc?? I sure hope so....

OMG, only 2 more episodes?? I can't be over already?!

y2kcsc [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I LOVE this show and I love your recaps even more! FNL is so awesome - this was def the best episode yet. I felt like it moved faster, making more happen in a shorter time.

Screampillar, if you are going to run off and marry Jason - you better make it a dual ceremony, because I love coach. he's just perfection! Damn, this show better get a second season!!

Katella:

I can't believe this show is almost over for the season! what will i do? anyways, this was another awesome recap...screampillar please say you'll take over recapping Grey's Anatomy too, you've got to be the best writer Tvgasm has got!

rjfrankel [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Screampillar -- you write the Best. Recap. Ever. Seriously, your recaps turned me on to this wonderful show, and I love it -- but I wonder if I would love it as much without your recaps. Your own love for the show comes through and makes my love double. ;)

E! Gossip's Kristin's On-Line has a "Save one Show" campaign going on -- go over and vote! (http://yahoo.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/index.jsp)

The other info from that column site was reassuring, however --
"Friday Night Lights: NBC execs love this show. And that makes me love NBC execs. This is without a doubt the most underappreciated new series on television, and sources tell me NBC knows that and is expected to keep it around. Hooray!"

Still, go over there and vote.

coastalcpa [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I LOVE Coach Taylor. He is #1 on my Top 5 list! He and Tami and Julie are the most realistic portrayal of a family on TV. Please NBC do not cancel the best show EVER!!

coastalcpa [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I LOVE Coach Taylor. He is #1 on my Top 5 list! He and Tami and Julie are the most realistic portrayal of a family on TV. Please NBC do not cancel the best show EVER!!

Ericka:

I LOVE the 'Bo' joke!

dent:

I agree with everything you wrote Screampillar. My heart was just bursting at the scene with the boys on the football field. The kid who plays Matt did an interview recently and said that the majority of the scenes are improv. They are just given topics and told to talk.

And like #4 said- go to Eonline and Vote for Save one show. It actually got that crapfest One Tree Hill saved last year. So maybe the powers that be at NBC will be paying attention.

And really do you blame the MILF for going after Tim Riggins? He was looking especially good this episode and he has totally bonded with her kid!

Best show on TV!!!

Jupiter-2:

First off: Love Friday Night Lights! :)

And I guess you'll be happy to hear that there are THREE MORE episodes remaining (3/28,4/4 & 4/11) not two.

One thing that confuses me is Coach's timeline in Dillan - maybe you can straighten it out for me?

In the last ep , Street is telling tattoo girl that he wouldn't consider leaving Dillon because it's the only plae her has ever known and it's the only place he calls "home".

In the pilot , during the interview with coach & Street - the interviewer says that Taylor had coached Street through pee-wee etc... and followed him to HS and was now his coach again.

YET - Julie says "We are moving again, aren't we?"

And she is younger than Street , so.... How can Street be in Dillon his whole life - Taylor be his coach all those years and Julie moving from town to town ... ?

Maybe I am mis-remembering things and what was said ... but that's my recollection...

Any help? :)


JasonR:

This was a stellar episode. It almost seems like the writers are trying to leave things in a way that will be at least somewhat satisfying if God forbid the show doesn't come back next season. Let's all hope many more people discover FNL in summer reruns and/or some much deserved Emmy noms get it some more attention and viewers. Screampillar, I loved this show from the pilot, so you had me at "hello", but it's clear your enthusiasm for the show is contagious here at the 'Gasm.

BTW if you want to experience the very weird (the highbrow NY Times actually GUSHING over a TV show), check out their review of the pilot:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/arts/television/03heff.html?ex=1175054400&en=2fd1592780653826&ei=5070

Jupiter-2 (#9), interesting pick-up. I totally missed that.

schoonie [TypeKey Profile Page]:

The Chicago Tribune also did a three page spread on FNL in their Sunday entertainment section yesterday. It was called 'The Best Show You're Not Watching' and it was also pretty gushing. Which it should be, because this show is the best thing currently airing on television, and the second best thing in years, after The Wire.

carol:

Oh my god when Tim carried Bo to bed my ovaries almost jumped out of my body.

sunshine858619 [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Screampillar: Your recaps for FNL are SO wonderful and truly do this superb show justice!! THANK YOU! Indeed, you must be the best TVGasm writer-- well at least of the recaps I read.

one of my favorite highlights of the recap (so what i was thinking):

Tami is in a meeting with Tyra's mother. She says she fears that Tyra is relying too much on her looks and not her brain, which is a problem because her looks won't last forever. "You're living proof of that," she fails to say. But you know she's thinking it. Or I am. Whatever.

SO911BABE:

Screampillar, your love of this show really shines through on these recaps (which are fan-freakin-tastic,BTW) My husband, 14 year old daughter and I watch this show together religiously each week. It's the only show we all enjoy. Plus we are forever hitting the "pause" on TiVo, to dicuss the many issues/situations the show brings up. How many shows can truly spark that sort of thing with a 14 year old?? It truly is the best show on right now. Oh, and I am in love with the Taylors as much as you are - I heart them to pieces!!!!

Darth Wader [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Yes, this is one of the best shows on TV! Few shows can make you laugh and cry in one scene. This show is so real and I hope they come back for a second season. It would be a total shame to lose such a quality show with such quality acting from the adults as well as the kids.

Maybe we should call Lyla the new Smash after that car dealership scene! That was great!

My wife always gets annoyed at me when I randomly shout out, "IT WAS A BLANKET!" from earlier in the season in the scene with Matt and Julie. I hope Coach will continue giving me quality lines to annoy my wife with. She gets me back, though, telling my friends how I get all teary-eyed when I watch this show. Totally worth it, though.

Great Recap, Screampillar! Made me laugh almost as much as the show did. Keep it up!

punkrox [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I agree, this is the best show on tv. I so want to be married to Coach. And I so want to kick Herc in the jaw.

I want to scoop Matt up and snuggle him in my bosom. He and Julie make my teeth hurt.

I can't watch this when my husband is around cause it makes me weepy. And then he points and laughs at me.

TinkerbellAPixie:

Only three episodes left and I go and miss one. Damn my DVR - it broke the cardinal rule and missed one of my favorite shows.I can't believe I missed what sounded like one of the best episodes yet. THANK GOD FOR YOUR RECAP! And what a wonderful recap it was. I really really enjoy reading your thoughts on this show. I want to hang out with you and watch it live. Can we have a contest to watch a show with a Recapper?

"Smash's neighborhood contains a clue in The Amazing Race! Hurry, Smash, you're the first to arrive!"
Funniest line of the recap!

But I also had to LMAO at the photos "For the ladies" you nailed it on that first one - the second one...haha not so much.

"Are you taking any notes? Notes on a SCANDAL?"
You kill me with your references :)

"I'm just going to have to come on down there and kidnap Jason and marry him myself! See what you're forcing me to do?!"
Just so long as you have a pick up to toss the wheelchair in.

Screampillar - when FNL is over you have to HAVE TO recap Kyle XY. It's got another interesting family dynamic and I think your writing style would suit it perfectly!

~Tink

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