Meanwhile, in the Raging Den of Sin that is Matt's harpy's car, the girl is blathering on about how painful it was when her boyfriend dumped her. Yeah, that's really a turn-on, kiddo. Keep going with that. They continue chatting it up about prison weapons (no, seriously), until Matt can't control himself anymore and kisses her. Little known fact: the only thing more erotic than bad breakup stories is talk of shivs and shanks. Anyone watch Prison Break? It's practically porn.
As everyone leaves the party (possibly because Jason has finally burst into tears), Julie asks Tyra for a ride home. Aw, remember when these two were friends? That's a plotline that just sort of fizzled. At least Tyra wouldn't have left her all alone in that seedy bar (I'm looking at you, LOIS). Julie of course notices Matt and Horseface making out in the car, and proceeds to get all weepy. Don't worry, Jules, I'm sure you'll make tons of new friends in Costa Rica with your little whore outfit.
Jason gives Coach all of his old tapes, in case any of the new players want to watch them. Coach immediately takes this as him quitting the team, which I think comes a little out of nowhere, but Jason then confirms it. Is this some sort of football thing I don't get? The giving away of video tapes is a symbol of resignation? Guess I need to study up a little more. The only thing I really know for sure about football I learned from Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. Laces OUT!
Jason says that he keeps trying to be the Jason he used to be, but it's not working. He needs some time to figure out who he is now and he needs to get away from the team to be able to do that. He tells Coach he hopes he's not letting him down. And then the music picks up a little, and that means that a Beautifully Tender Moment is about to happen. Ready the Kleenex, kids. Coach gets all thoughtful and intense. "You lift up everyone around you," he whispers. "That's a powerful gift to earn. I hope I didn't let you down."
Good LORD. Sooo wonderful.
That's all I'll say about that, lest I ruin it with something lame. Oh, never mind, the show is doing it for me. Landry and his father are driving somewhere. They stop the cars in a field and oh my goodness is Papa Clarke drenching the wagon in lighter fluid? He is! He sets the damn thing on fire! Well. That's pretty exciting.
Oh, THAT'S where I parked the car.
The coaches are in Coach's office, talking about how the boys don't believe in protection and have been making constant visits to the clinic. Seriously! The Dillon Planned Parenthood must be a pretty happening place. But this conversation comes to a grinding halt, because they're suddenly interrupted by the deLlGHTfully hilarious Alanna Ubach! I love this woman for many reasons, but the main one is that she played Eliza in the fabulous Saturday morning science program Beakman's World. Remember? The guy in the rat suit? The penguins? Zalooooom? Okay, shut up, I was a nerd. Anyway, she's the coach of the girls' soccer team, and she has come to speak with the new Athletic Director. She waves a dead soccer ball around in his face and demands some more, since the football team has 36 balls and not one of them is dead. She then goes on to paw through his things, including his brand new computer, while rambling on about the disparities and inequalities of the monster that is Dillon Athletics. She finishes by introducing herself as Bobby Roberts (haha, classic), and says she'll be in there every single day until her girls get exactly what they need. As she leaves, Coach sneers through his teeth that he is going to KILL Buddy Garrity. Ha!
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Comments (7)
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1 of 7 | Posted by talma63 | Posted on November 16, 2007 5:29 AM
Oh such a wonderful show. Tim Riggins, I love you.
2 of 7 | Posted by marybanjo | Posted on November 16, 2007 8:44 AM
Great recap, Scream! I absolutely love this show, especially when Coach's hair is sticking up all helter skelter.
My favorite part of the show was when Horseface first met Matt in the hallway - she was like "Matt - hi! My name is Horseface.." & he was like " Hhhi, Im Matt.." It didnt even register that she had already said his name!
3 of 7 | Posted by lexxi1129 | Posted on November 16, 2007 10:37 AM
Right there with ya on the Bees
4 of 7 | Posted by Sweetleaf | Posted on November 16, 2007 11:26 AM
Great Reacap...I too LOVED this episode, and everything in it! I really think that "Aaron's" acting in this episode was really good. When he said "God forgive us" when he was lighing the car... I welled up! Actually, I almost cried about 50 times in this episode, because it is FNL and that is what it does to me.
Pathetic? Maybe... but I love this show!
5 of 7 | Posted by fnilloved | Posted on November 16, 2007 12:22 PM
Great recap. Great recap.
1-man blocking sled.
Can we count on the Dillon police to fall for the old, - gee, someone stole my car/gun/knife the day of the murder and I just hadn't reported it - gag? Where did Landry's dad get THAT idea - from Buddy Garrity and the Riggins boys?
6 of 7 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on November 16, 2007 5:47 PM
Excellent recap as always, SP! I'm sharing your love of the Riggins boys this week. Actually, Tim Riggins is really growing on me this season in general. I love how he keeps trying even though his ideas and plans (e.g. let's go on a booze cruise to crush Jason's dreams!) are usually either stupid or ridiculous.
I don't get how burning Landry's car is supposed to help anything. Didn't the cops say that they were getting info from the DMV on who owned cars like that? They're still going to have Landry's name, and presumably it'll be suspicious when they come to look at his car and it's gone. I did like that his dad helped him out, even though it was wrong of him to do so.
I hated Tami's sister. I hope this woman never shows up again.
7 of 7 | Posted by domino | Posted on November 17, 2007 9:00 PM