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Billy continues to needle Tami about the real reason they're there, which is to get Tim back on the team. She tells them they'll have to take it up with Coach, so they run off to find him. In my head, the Benny Hill theme song plays in the background as they leave the room.

Football practice. Jason's doing his coaching yelling thing, and Coach smiles at him, but Jason doesn't really seem like he's all that into it. Maybe it's because he's not sure whether he still goes to this school or not. Smash, meanwhile, is assholing around the field as always, but this time he's stinking it up as well. After practice, he meets Coach in his office to beg him to let Tim back on the team, but Coach isn't having any of it. Perhaps a little breast pump action will change your mind, Coach?

So Smash takes things into his own hands. He shows up at Tim's house to invite him over for dinner. "Are you asking me on a date, Williams?" Tim deadpans. Seriously, this kid's comic timing is absolutely priceless. I don't know where it was all last season (oh yeah, drowning in a sea of guilt and remorse), but Taylor Kitsch is on FIRE with the hilarity this year.

Julie shows up at the Arctic Freeze to tell Matt that she's sorry, that he was right and she was wrong, and that she hopes he can forgive her and they can still be friends. Sorry, Julie, but I tried that once and I'm sorry to tell you it doesn't work. Looks like you're going to have to move to the next county over and start a new life at another school, or, failing that, under the sea.

Jason, meanwhile, shows up at Lyla's church. Damn. This religion thing is turning out to be quite the attractive-teenage-boy magnet. I just may have to start showing up myself. Jason tells Lyla that he feels stuck, that everything in Dillon is always the same and that out of all the people he knows, she's the only one who changed her life so he wants to know how to do it. "You just do it," she says. Thanks, Lyla. Really worth the trip. Sorry, I'm a little distracted by the camera angles in this scene. I'm all for the realistic jiggling and whatnot, but I don't exactly see the effectiveness of blocking entire faces. These are teenagers, not trained assassins.

"What a pity, Mr. Bond."

Over at Smash's house, Mama Williams offers Tim another piece of pie, which he happily accepts. I'm about to make a vague sexual reference, but Smash beats me to it. Easy there, Smash. Leave the recapping to the unpaid professionals. He gives Tim a nice little speech about how they're nothing without football and don't waste all your potential and blah blah more pie please.

Dad corners Landry in the family garage and informs him that the only piece of evidence the detectives found in the murder case is some upholstery fibers from the very same kind of car that Landry just parked. Papa Clarke, in quite a fine bit of acting, finally gets a confession out of Landry, who blubbers that he didn't mean to do it. Dad tells him to get in the car right now and to follow him...all the way over to the writers' office to beat each of them over the head with a lead pipe for dreaming up this damn plotline that'll never end. Oh, what? They're out on strike? HOW CONVENIENT.

It's Jason's birthday party! The whole gang is there, including Matt's new little harpy. Does she even know who Jason is? Whatever. Jason, further confirming his penchant for ridiculous headwear, is wearing one of those conical party hats and is narrating as they all watch tapes of his old football games, which to me doesn't exactly seem like such a great idea. Is this really the best way to liven up a party? Hey Jason, remember back when your life was totally awesome? Relive it now, from the comfort of your very own wheelchair! Seriously, guys. Did no one remember to bring Pictionary?

And it's made even worse by the fact that both Jason's dad and Buddy Garrity are shouting all sorts of inappropriate comments. Dad keeps shouting "wheels!" as Jason scores a touchdown on the tape, which, um...yeah. And Buddy, the moron, says "Could have been a dynasty, kid, and then Lyla would have been rich." Ugh. Are you guys TRYING to chase him back to Mexico? But Jason, who by the way is looking extremely adorable this episode, somehow manages to be a good sport about the whole thing. He says something nice about cherishing memories and executes a thoughtful little smile. Aw.

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Last Comment: domino on Nov 17, 2007 09:00 PM.