Tim, Julie, and Shelly (or Shells, as Tim likes to call her), all while doing their homework, continue to engage in their creepy flirting triangle right in front of Tami and her laptop. Tim decides that it's time for Oprah, despite protests from Tami, who I guess is more of an Ellen fan. But, as Julie points out once the screen fills with naked, writhing bodies: "That's not Oprah." In fixing the cable, Tim "accidentally" pirated some porn channel. Everyone has a good laugh, except for Tami, who sends them all away so that she may concentrate on her...online...high school...counseling? Or maybe she's got a lot of Facebook poking to catch up on?
Coach and Buddy are chewing the fat down at the old laundromat. Must be like their version of Central Perk. Buddy tells him about Pam, prompting an exquisite display of empathy from Coach, who utters, "Ya'aight?" Oh, Coach. Only you could smush a four-word sentence into one drawly mutter. Buddy gives a nice little speech about how he and Pam were meant for each other, then decides that since he's a salesman, he's going to sell his wife their marriage back. Coach does not appear to approve of this plan.
"Buddy, you ever given any thought to the clergy?"
Julie and Tim are hanging out at a new place, the Panther Pit. Say hi to Dylan while you're there, kids. Julie spots Matt and Carlotta pulling up in the parking lot, and quickly tells Tim that she wants to leave. Alas, they are not quick enough, and while the encounter is awkward yet not terribly painful, Julie storms out in tears nonetheless.
Buddy shows up on his old doorstep and is greeted by Kevin the tree-hugger. Once Pam appears, Buddy makes an impassioned plea. He says that he loves her, he's learned his lesson, he loves her, he will never hurt her again, and he loves her. Oh, and is she loved? Yes, by him. For a moment it looks like Pam might relent, but then she tells him that it's over and that she's happy now. Poor Buddy's heart just visibly breaks all over the screen. She kisses him and says it'll be all right. He continues to whimper and beg as she shuts the door in his face. Aw. I never thought that with all of the soul-crushing that happens on this show, that any of it would come from Buddy Garrity, but here we are.
Tami awakes in bed to find an empty divot where her husband should be. She follows the loud clacking to the garage, where Coach and Tim are playing ping pong at five in the morning. When she asks what's going on, Coach happily chirps, "We're playing ping pong!" Delightful! Tami is not as amused, and becomes even less so when Coach asks her to make them some egg sandwiches. Coach! Stop aggravating your wife! Do NOT make us play the Buddy begging footage again!
In the cafeteria, the boys are teasing Landry for freaking out over the conversation that Tyra and Chipimodo are currently having. Talk turns to dates for the dance, and Smash eloquently suggests that Landry take Grandma Saracen. Matt, having apparently grown a pair, shoots back that Smash's mom is triple-booked, then goes right back to being a doormat and insisting that his grandma is a nice elderly woman. Haha. Anyway, by this point Landry has gotten up and butted into Tyra's conversation. The Laribee boys start to mock him, which he deflects by calling them asshats, which earns him a platinum star in my book. They continue to bicker until Landry eventually throws a punch. An all-out brawl consumes the lunchroom. Pudding is flung. Textbooks are ruined. I'm kind of hoping that Noah, the hippy pervert teacher, will show up to defuse the situation (and fail, of course), but he has apparently been removed from the school never to be seen again. Perhaps the administration took care of him the same way they took care of the pervert principal at my high school, by - no joke - shipping him off to New Jersey.
Afterwards, Coach makes the team run up and down the bleachers as punishment. CoachDick tells him he's being too hard on them, even if they were the ones who provoked it. Ooh, that little bitch. I can't wait until he gets what's coming to him. An angry grizzly bear, hopefully.
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Comments (12)
Happy new year, SP, and great recap. Love your Tim Riggins jokes, and the baby Grace caption cracked me up.
Tyra's new 'do is an interesting hybrid of the RW Shauvon/Trisha reverse skunk combined with Connecticut soccer mom, but she's still hot as hell.
With the murder plot behind us, the show seems to be getting back on track, but I've heard some disturbing rumors that if the strike doesn't end soon, once they run out of new FNL episodes, that will be it, forever. Someone please tell me this isn't true.
1 of 12 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on January 9, 2008 6:16 AM
For some reason, this episode stayed with me for a few days and i have been anxiously awaiting your recap since. You did not disapoint, as usual!
Poor Timmy Riggins...kid can't catch a break. That scene at the party with the emo twerp was so great...precisely the reason i always wanted an older brother....it was so sweet. I knew from the moment it began that it could only end badly for our dear boy....wonder if telling Coach that his daughter was D-runk (that's a captital D drunk) and he was helping her will make it any better....
Looking forward to next week. BTW, the opening credit song is by Expressions In The Sky and is called "Your Hand in Mine". There are a couple versions on the Season 1 Soundtrack....
2 of 12 | Posted by mamabird | Posted on January 9, 2008 6:17 AM
Actually, I did a little research and as far as I can tell, the actual theme song was written by W.G. Snuffy Walden, even thought it sounds a lot like "Your Hand In Mine," by Explosions in the Sky. I've searched everywhere but I don't think it's available anywhere.
3 of 12 | Posted by calvin28 | Posted on January 9, 2008 7:43 AM
Yeah, that last comment about the soundtrack was from me.
4 of 12 | Posted by screampillr | Posted on January 9, 2008 7:49 AM
I hope the Riggins-Coach misunderstanding gets ironed out quickly. (Great recap, BTW!)
Don't find it credible that a rival HS team would be invited to not only use the practice facilities, but apparently attend the school full time.
CoachDick so needed choking... but he is the kind of weak weasel that would file a law suit then get a bunch of his boys to testify that the attack was unprovoked. Ask any of his ex wives.
Garrity sounded like every abusive ex - oh, I've changed, I'm sorry, I'll never do it again, blah, blah. I call bull shift.
5 of 12 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on January 9, 2008 4:23 PM
Hmmm....you are probably right Screampllr. My research was most likely not as thorough as yours. Your Hand In Mine is like 8 1/2 minutes long and there are parts that sound pretty close. There should be a website to search themesongs. Probably already is but there are a couple I have been searching in vain for (The Bourne movies, anyone?) and can't find anywhere.
6 of 12 | Posted by mamabird | Posted on January 9, 2008 6:29 PM
Ok just to be a pain in the ass, the song on the season 1 soundtrack is First Breath After Coma by Expressions in the Sky. I have been listening to it a lot lately, but can't find the opening credits song anywhere. And awesome recap. Man I love Tim Riggins.
7 of 12 | Posted by marybanjo | Posted on January 10, 2008 8:49 AM
Great recap! I love everything you write Screampillr!
I too was disappointed that the "Explosions in the sky sone on the FNL soundtrack was not the credits song.
I love Tim Riggins! And coach was scary! I am so glad that Landry told off Tyra (to some extent). I like them together, but she needs to be empowered in some way.
I would love to see her in school, doing well, and joining a clubor something.
I think this epi was so good because is was grounded in school and the relationships formed there, as opposed to outside drama.... I will be glad to see a football game again this week!
8 of 12 | Posted by fnllover | Posted on January 11, 2008 11:54 AM
I'm very late in reading this re-cap! But i thought this episode was so great - maybe one of the best so far! I, too, think the Landry/Tyra story is in danger of becoming VERY drawn out. I think she really likes him, but I can't tell if she is just not dating him b/c of what Landry's dad said to her, or if she really is that conflicted. who knows.
I. Love. Tim. Riggins. That's all I can say about that.
SP - welcome back! glad you had a nice holiday. iI got FNL - Season 1 for Christmas and on the DVD main menu screen, they play the opening credits song and I was soo happy about that! The DVD has tons of deleated scenes, too. I was hoping for a little more actor interviews, etc - but maybe on the second season!
9 of 12 | Posted by lucygirl | Posted on January 12, 2008 6:18 PM
"Bring me my DAMN LASAGNA!"
Ha ha ha ha ha... great recap!
Julie really gets on my nerves this season.
10 of 12 | Posted by drmalcolm | Posted on January 12, 2008 8:54 PM
Okay, I read the Texas Monthly article back in the 80s. I read the book, too. I watched the movie. But the TELEVISION SHOW???
Oh.
My.
God.
Is there anything on TV more delicious?
I was recently accused of being addicted to Friday Night Lights by my teenage sons, who watch the show with much less excitement than their almost 40YO mother, which is a bit weird, I guess. (Their verdict is that there needs to be MORE FOOTBALL to which I agree.)
Maybe it's because I DVR the episodes and defy anyone to interrupt me as I watch them. Maybe it’s because I’ve teared up over an episode or three. Maybe it’s because I’m perilously close to building a statue of Momma Williams in my yard with a kneeling bench in front of it. Maybe it’s because I require a bib and a panty liner when Kyle Chandler is on the screen. Okay, yes, I am an addict.
Due to the fact that I am a bonafide Texas Football Momma and watch my OWN boys on Friday nights I question the time slot, though! (Do any of you Texan viewers out there have a clue as to why ANYONE in their right mind would put a show about Friday Night Football on FRIDAY NIGHT??? The folks in charge of the show must know the religion that is Texas High School Football, right? I pity the folks without DVR or TIVO. We should have a telethon or something, huh?)
NOW, I've spent this entire afternoon reading all the archives of FNL recaps and am now addicted to your hilarious internet column. Damn you, Screampillr, for feeding my addiction, hurry the hell up with this week's recap, and by the way...do ya wanna be my newest online BFF?
11 of 12 | Posted by TheVoiceOfReason | Posted on January 13, 2008 4:05 PM
Screampillr, I beg you, please hurry up with your recap. My Cowboys just lost and I want to read something hilarious before I get too drunk to care. Does anyone know a FW/Dallas area hit man that I can hire to whack Jessica Simpson??? That girl is POISON.
12 of 12 | Posted by TheVoiceOfReason | Posted on January 13, 2008 4:52 PM