So they take off down the street, Jason in his chair and The Thing on its bike. And the whole time I'm tensed up so tight you could bounce a quarter off me because I fear that at any moment they'll all be flattened by a semi. Luckily this doesn't happen, because if it did I doubt I'd be conscious enough to be writing this right now. The kid wins and challenges Jason to another race, but he politely declines, as he doesn't "sweat like normal people now." Hear that little noise? Yeah, it's my heartstrings a-snappin'. After saying goodbye, Jason looks up to see Lyla creepily watching from her car. He approaches her and sneers, "I have nothing to say to you. Don't come back here." ICE BURN. Lyla defaults to the distressed look, but come on. You seriously can't expect us to be on your side after watching the golden boy happily wheelchair race with an ugly child. He's now attained Mother Teresa status.
Hey, Jason? Father my children. Thanks.
Back at Dillon High, there are actual classes being held. Who knew? Smash and Company are currently being treated to the comical teaching stylings of...Janice from Friends! What a weird bending of the television space-time continuum. Smash is talking out of his ass about men spreading seeds and women growing them, when Waverly interrupts to clarify his point - that monogamy is unnatural. But she goes on to argue that civilization is based on suppressing this impulse to fertilize as many eggs as possible, that when we "act contrary to our instincts, that's when things get interesting." The camera zooms in on Tim. Oh hello, blatant metaphor. I didn't hear you come in. Please, have a seat.
Lyla is eating alone in the cafeteria when she is approached by a couple of douchebags who invite her to a party and, presumably, into their pants. Tim scares them off and sits down , much to her dismay. She says it's different for girls - how guys can sleep around and become cool for doing it, but girls can only ever be labeled as sluts and whores. So for once, Lyla is right about something. Everyone is staring at them, so she tells Tim to leave, since he's only making things worse by sitting there. And for the love of all things greasy, get a haircut while you're at it, Tim.
Tyra, in her two minutes of screen time this week, grabs Tim in the hall and reiterates the fact that he's not making things better by being seen with Lyla. He tells her to stay out of it, and a lightbulb almost visibly goes on over Tyra's head as she says, "You're in love with her." Tim, of the more flickering fluorescent lightbulb variety, slowly processes this and looks away.
Down at the ole yeehaw car dealership, Buddy Garrity the Selling Machine is knocked off his game by some local yokel in a cowboy hat. He has come to inform Buddy that his daughter Brittany has been putting some nasty things about Lyla up on the internets, and that he wanted to apologize in person for her high bitchitude. Cut to Buddy at home on the computer in the wild game room, clearly upset by what he sees. On the computer, not on the wall. Because those are some pretty gnarly dead animal heads.
"Pretty cute kid he's got there, eh Prancer?"
"I miss Christmas."
It's card game night at the Taylor House! Don't forget the Doritos! Eric and Tami, amidst a discussion of Lylagate and a fervid game of War, are interrupted by the doorbell. It's Matt Saracen! Commence countdown to awkward altercation...now. Julie arrives to rescue Matt before Coach can devour him whole, and proceeds to drag him off to the living room to watch some television. Tami and her husband exchange worried glances, perhaps because Matt is probably not skilled enough in the game of Go Fish to be dating a Taylor.
Back on Street Street, the lawyer is drilling Jason about the kinds of football practices he used to do. He wants to know if Coach Taylor ever personally instructed him on how to make a tackle, and Jason finally picks up on the fact that he's trying to implicate Coach. He understandably freaks out, shouting that he himself made the tackle and that he will never say that it was Coach's fault in any way. The lawyer firmly says that he's only asking for the truth. Ugh, I do not like where this is heading.
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Comments (14)
Loved your recap, especially your picture captions (I'm still giggling about the possibly-infected-with-smallpox blanket and the deer heads). The part about the kid with the teeth was pretty great, too. I feel bad for laughing, but Mr. Ed and a box of teeth is spot-on.
I'm really enjoying Friday Night Lights. I love the Taylors and, unlike most people here, I have a soft spot for greasy-haired loner Tim Riggins. How can you not like the small flickers of actual emotional depth whenever he's talking to Lyla?
I don't get why everyone is treating Lyla like a leper yet no one seems to care about Tyra gettin' it on with half the men in town. Maybe if Lyla stopped acting like a chipper goody-goody they'd leave her alone.
I care too much about this show, clearly.
1 of 14 | Posted by gatsby
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Posted on December 15, 2006 7:19 PM
"He looks like the love child of Mr. Ed and...I don't know, a box of giant teeth."
Ha! I almost peed.
2 of 14 | Posted by JDub
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Posted on December 15, 2006 7:43 PM
Your recaps are filling a much-needed FNL void in my life. My kids and I watch it (with my husband only viewing key scenes that I've recorded), but no one else I know seems to be. As you said, it is amazing how this show manages to make unconditional hatred of any character impossible. I even bonded with Lyla at the end, when she said "That's right, the whore with the website." But Minka Kelly remains the weak link among the females.
And like you, I find that after each episode - or most of them, anyway - my heart feels like it's been torn out and stomped on by a high-school-football-team's worth of cleats. I cried a river over you, Matt/Jason.
Landry rocks.
3 of 14 | Posted by HarshBench
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Posted on December 15, 2006 8:45 PM
doesnt landry look like matt damon with downs syndrome? i think so.
4 of 14 | Posted by Niecy
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Posted on December 16, 2006 12:52 AM
Hey Niecy- good call on Landry. That is exactly what he looks like!!
I also agree that all these parents are too young. Lyla's mom should be her sister.
And I now also heart Tim.I dont know how this happened, but he is suddenly hot and sweet. These writers are doing a fabulous job with character development. Jason Katims is the producer. He also produced Roswell and My- so-called-life so he seems to know how to flesh out monosyllabic high schoolers.
5 of 14 | Posted by dent
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Posted on December 16, 2006 12:33 PM
I love this show, but I find that people are going a little over the top with their persecution of Lyla! Like gatsby said, no one says anything about Trampy Tyra's slutty ways. I guess maybe because Jason was so worshipped they feel like they have to stick up for him. I don't know....
Julie and Matt are adorable! I don't get why the Coach doesn't want her to see him. He is sweet, she could do alot worse. Jeez, it's not like she's hooking up with Tim or playboy Smash.
Lyla's stalking of Jason IS kinda creepy. I feel for the girl, though, I think she is truly sorry.
Great recap!
6 of 14 | Posted by Jojobear
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Posted on December 16, 2006 12:37 PM
and just to add, i dont usually like talkin bout kids' unfortunate characteristics...but damn. that seriously is the most hurt child i have seen in a long time. when he asked street can he walk, he shoulda asked that boy "can you close your mouth? damn, you shole is ugly!"
7 of 14 | Posted by Niecy
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Posted on December 17, 2006 10:46 AM
Great show and recap.
But some of the storylines are getting a little boring and others they are just pushing over the top.
The guy taking steroids is boring and I don't think the writers are going to do anything different with it than what everyone expects.
The protective parents and shunned lover thing is just too much.
Where's the football?
8 of 14 | Posted by soflat
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Posted on December 18, 2006 8:45 AM
Screampillar, another fantastic recap. It can't be easy to take a show that is mostly so damn serious and make it so funny in recap. Keep up the good work. I only hope enough people are watching this show to keep it alive. I think it's the best drama on the big networks (my faves are still the FX shows "The Shield" and "Rescue Me").
While some of the parents are young looking, this is supposed to be rural Texas, where I imagine by their early 20s many people are already married and having kids. Several kids I knew in high school had parents in their 30s who were young enough looking to pass for older siblings.
9 of 14 | Posted by JasonR
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Posted on December 18, 2006 9:33 AM
Screampillar, another fantastic recap. It can't be easy to take a show that is mostly so damn serious and make it so funny in recap. Keep up the good work. I only hope enough people are watching this show to keep it alive. I think it's the best drama on the big networks (my faves are still the FX shows "The Shield" and "Rescue Me").
While some of the parents are young looking, this is supposed to be rural Texas, where I imagine by their early 20s many people are already married and having kids. Several kids I knew in high school had parents in their 30s who were young enough looking to pass for older siblings.
10 of 14 | Posted by JasonR
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Posted on December 18, 2006 9:34 AM
The pep rally brought back memories of Powderpuff football at my high school. One week of the year was set up to raise money for medical help to someone who really needed it. Each day was something different like pajama day. It all ended with a Powderpuff football game. The cheerleaders dressed in jerseys and played a football game. The football team dressed as cheerleaders and did a cheer.
I too really like this show, but besides the commentors here, I don't know anyone else who watches.
11 of 14 | Posted by dahrache
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Posted on December 19, 2006 4:44 PM
Screampillar, this is the first time that I have read one of your recaps- you are hysterical! I could not agree more with your first paragraph. I also watched seasons 1-4 of 24 on DVD- and for three days, the real world ceased to exist. Friday Night Lights is the first show since 24 that has caused me to lose touch with reality- I love it!
12 of 14 | Posted by GA_girl
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Posted on December 20, 2006 9:00 AM
Love this Show. Love your screen captions. Hopefully this show will pick up steam in the ratings, tell your friends!
Coach Taylor is Hot.
13 of 14 | Posted by noodle
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Posted on December 21, 2006 10:14 AM
" I assume he's not talking about a scorching case of herpes, which she decidedly does not need right now. They hug and he walks away into the dripping rain as she stares. EMO."
made me laugh for 10 minutes straight.
Screampillar, I don't know where you came from, but please PLEASE recap the other 9 episodes.
I have no life.
14 of 14 | Posted by eightyschica
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Posted on January 5, 2007 6:49 PM