Shelly, still hellbent on making Tami feel completely miserable about her life, pops open a bottle of wine. Tami says she can't have any, because she's still nursing. They exchange a few more choice words, the highlight of which is Shelly saying that just because Tami lives in Dillon, that doesn't mean she has to stop thinking. Ouch. I don't know where it is you come from, SHELLY, but around here we don't badmouth the Eden that is Dillon. See yourself out, please. Tami gets more upset, but finally admits that it's because she's just now realizing that she's got sixteen more years of childrearing ahead of her and Gracie is just going to turn into Julie and be mean to her all over again. Shelly, in turn, admits that she's just compensating for her own lonely, pathetic life. Amen. Now never darken our doorway again. I say our because I have permanently moved in with the Taylors. Please forward my mail.
Santiago is out on the field, trying to tackle one of those big person-shaped pieces of equipment. (I have no idea what they're called. Faux-ball players?) Tim, at his usual post - on the sidelines, drinking - asks the kid if he's trying to screw Lyla. He says no. So Tim decides to give him a few pointers, repeatedly telling him not to put his head down so he won't break his neck. Because we've already have enough of that around here. Hey, why don't we pop in one of those tapes? Come on over and watch, Jason! Look, there's the exact moment you became paralyzed forever! Happy birthday!
Matt and Smash show up, and the four of them run through some plays. Old-fashioned fun and tomfoolery abounds. Coach watches the whole thing like a crazy-eyebrowed hawk. As he leaves, he tells Santiago to come to practice tomorrow. Tim asks if he can come back, too. "Not even close!" yells Coach.
So, yay. This episode warmed the cockles of my heart. I'm glad the damn murder plotline is finally taking a leap forward, as opposed to the painful little baby steps it's been dancing through for the past few weeks. Shelly was a fun little foil, I'm intrigued by whatever's going to happen next for Jason, and the comedy stylings of the Riggins Brothers Circus delighted me to no end. Plus, I can't wait to see the hilarity that will result from Coach vs. Bobby Roberts. He's totally going down.
What did you think? Will Buddy Garrity's next publicity stunt feature:
a) Tim Riggins walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls
b) Smash being encased in a block of ice for thirty days
c) something about bees bees BEE MOVIE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SOMEBODY PLEASE STOP JERRY SEINFELD HE'S RUINING MY LIFE
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Comments (7)
I'm pretty sure the scarcity of comments is because they take forever to upload and then fail to post 9 times out of 10. There's something wrong with your system.
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