The Williams family shows up at the Silverio's barbeque. Smash pals around with his old friend Junior, who tells Smash about one of their friends who is now doing ten years for armed robbery. "Seems like you and me are the only guys from the hood who got a decent shot," he says. Smash reflects. Over at a nearby table, Mama Williams is talking to someone about how happy she is to have left Gatling. In fact, sometimes she doesn't even miss her husband and they're all probably better off now with him dead. Smash overhears this and completely flips out...by walking away angrily.
Jason and Tyra are playing a game of Quarters and are both cracking up over the fact that he can't do it. See, spinal cord injuries CAN be funny! He finally gets one and they celebrate by drunkenly making fun of their respective cheating lovers. Jason does an inebriated Tim and Tyra does an annoying chipper Lyla. Then they do that thing that people only do on TV, where they laugh hilariously and then stop suddenly and act real sad. "Think you'll ever forgive him?" Jason asks. "Think you'll ever forgive her?" Tyra shoots back. Jason avoids the question by making a toast. Come on, Jason. Anyone but Tyra. And anyone but Lyla, too. In fact, you're too good for anyone. I guess I won't be happy until one day I'm home watching the show and suddenly I see myself miraculously show up on the screen to lovingly fall into his waiting arms, and THEN I will say, "I approve of this."
Mama Williams catches Smash returning to the hotel after missing bed-check. He apologizes for not being there, and she makes him sit. She asks him what he remembers about the night of his dad's accident, and he says that he was coming home alone from work late and a lady ran a red light. She corrects him, saying that he was not coming home from work and he was not alone. Ooh. But she wants Smash to know that she loved his father, and that his father loved him and would be proud of him. Probably wouldn't be proud of the steroids though, SMASH. Cut to Smash in a cemetery, standing over his father's grave and crying. Is there no end to the misery?!
If only he were alive to see your bepimpled face in action.
Actually, there is. It's game time! Everyone is pumped. A little too pumped, in fact, as Junior Silverio's smack talk leads to an all-out brawl. And the game hasn't even started yet. The teams are pulled apart and Taylor gives his little pep talk. "Play smart!" he yells. Good idea. Smash starts screaming about how this is his house, and he's come to take it back.
We cut immediately to...the fourth quarter? What the hell just happened? Apparently nothing, because the teams are deadlocked at 0-0. How convenient. Gatling eventually scores a safety, while Tim takes a hard hit and is taken out of the game. In the stands behind Lyla, a bunch of bratty girls start to hurl insults and ultimately a bottle of water at her. Buddy watches, confused, as Lyla leaves the field. Mama Garrity gets up, but Buddy says "This one's me," and follows his daughter. Oh, no. This better not be a setup for a scene in which I start to like you two.
But of course it is. He finds Lyla under the stands, sobbing as usual. He asks what's wrong. "I lost Jason", she weeps. Ah, memories. I lost a Jason in high school too. She confesses that she was unfaithful. Daddy says we all make mistakes and we learn from them and grow up. She's surprised that he came to find her, since he's never missed a game before. "It's just a game. You're my daughter." Dammit, Garritys! You've unearthed my only weakness, the touching father-daughter moment. You know that song "Butterfly Kisses"? Buckets of tears.
"Look, would a Polish sausage plug your cry hole?"
Taylor puts Tim back in the game, even though his arm is on the verge of falling off. This re-earns him the respect of his teammates, and everyone of course pulls together and Smash scores a touchdown to win the game. Amidst a rousing gospel chorus hymn (full circle, folks), Julie runs down to the field to meet Matt, who just can't help but kiss her. The resulting awwws from us, the viewers, can be heard from SPACE. Smash hugs his mother and his sister, who gives him a Look. She knows too much. Now he'll have to kill her.
Cuter than a puppy kissing a kitten sitting in a basket full of baby chicks held by Elmo.
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I LOVE this show, and I've never heard of Screampillar but I like you a lot too. Great re-cap.
Could Matt be any cuter?
1 of 11 | Posted by noodle
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Posted on December 8, 2006 4:34 PM
great recap. i was totally confused by one thing though... what the hell day was it when all this stuff was going on?
i assumed that all games took place on a friday (well, since the name of the series is friday night lights), but if that's true, how could all the cars drive into gatling and give smash time to hit the silverio family BBQ, miss bed check, and visit his father's grave all before kick-off?
they must have driven in a day before the game, but that would mean everyone in town missed school or work on friday to watch the game? wtf?
2 of 11 | Posted by dubbledubs
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Posted on December 8, 2006 4:51 PM
Yeah, in Texas small towns like Odessa/Dillon, away games are way way way far away. I mean, Odessa, is so far away from anything, it's senseless that it even exists (except for the oil). So everyone takes off on Thursday afternoon for the Friday night away game. Awesome Screampillar. Matt won this week, mos' def. But I thought Jason-Tyra was OK. I was really afraid they were going to sex it up, but they held off, at least until next week....
3 of 11 | Posted by Ozone Dude
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Posted on December 8, 2006 8:41 PM
Love, love, love this show. It is creeping on Heroes as my new fave. Matt is the absolute cutest. Why isnt Taylor happy that his daughter is dating the nicest boy in school??
And also there is no way that Buddy Garrity could have a daughter as hot as Lyla- the genetics just dont work....
Great job, Screampillar!
4 of 11 | Posted by dent
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Posted on December 9, 2006 12:17 PM
But I thought Jason-Tyra was OK. I was really afraid they were going to sex it up, but they held off, at least until next week....
Or until that whole spinal cord injury thing is miraculously reversed.
5 of 11 | Posted by Miss Information
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Posted on December 9, 2006 1:16 PM
Screampillar, awesome recap! I love, love, love this show!
Instant tears? Add Grandma and Matt, then mix. Damn them for making me re-think the Buddy Garrity hate! Matt and Julie... Eric and Tammi 20 years later.
Can't wait for the next one.
6 of 11 | Posted by midwestliberal
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Posted on December 9, 2006 1:36 PM
"Lyla is like that split second of cold water in the shower that very nearly ruins your day. "
That comment really made me laugh, as it happens to me every morning, no matter how hard I try to avoid it.
Screampillar, you're a breath of fresh air. I assume you're female and one would think that your points aren't as snarky as the guys', but actually they're more so, in a passive/aggressive way only a woman can do. I mean that as a compliment, not criticism. You're better at sinking the blade than we are, is all.
Having gotten the compliment out of the way, I also thank you for a much needed rah for this excellent show. I think maybe the name counterintuitive. The show should actually be on Friday, no?
Having lived in Texas for 10 years I can tell you that, yes, people take Fridays off for away games and form a caravan to the opponents' town. As another reader pointed out, the Midland/Odessa area is way over to hell and gone in West Texas, so away games are often 3 to 4 hours away. It's also true that Odessa Permian High School treats its football players as local heroes. Those kids actually play at college level, and their players are recruited like college kids are, with families given jobs to get the best players there. There's another high school like that in Georgia.
I'll look for your recap again this week. Keep up the good work!
7 of 11 | Posted by Tony A.
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Posted on December 11, 2006 8:57 AM
I love the show, but the obligatory 'player taking steroids' storyline kind of annoys me.
8 of 11 | Posted by soflat
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Posted on December 11, 2006 9:05 AM
I'm kind of so-so on this show, but that was a great recap. There are A LOT of stereotypes on this show. The Tim Riggins character just makes my ass twitch.
The best part of the whole show is the Jason story line. I know this happened some weeks ago, but when they brought him onto the field for the first time since his accident - well let's just say that I bawled like a baby.
Great job Screampillar!
9 of 11 | Posted by gotogirl
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Posted on December 11, 2006 12:52 PM
I'm kind of so-so on this show, but that was a great recap. There are A LOT of stereotypes on this show. The Tim Riggins character just makes my ass twitch.
The best part of the whole show is the Jason story line. I know this happened some weeks ago, but when they brought him onto the field for the first time since his accident - well let's just say that I bawled like a baby.
Great job Screampillar!
10 of 11 | Posted by gotogirl
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Posted on December 11, 2006 2:07 PM
i can't stop! this show has taken over my life... and i'm so okay with it... although lyla garrity is one of those exceptional gorgeous human beings, she is also a dirty dirty whore... i really dont care for her... mostly because i want to BE jason street (wheelchair and all), that guy kicks ass. and can we just take a moment to say how much matt saracen rules? come on, he's such a tool, but he's possibly my favorite person in the entire world (fake or otherwise).
11 of 11 | Posted by umnata
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Posted on December 12, 2006 7:51 AM