I just stumbled across an awesome intenet ad campaign for KFC. They're promoting a contest titled "What's In The Box?", which is just hilarious because it makes me think of the movie Seven. And it works both ways - either the movie ends with Brad Pitt begging to see what's in the box and is relieved to see that it's just a few wings and a biscuit, or a child orders a delicious meal from her favorite chicken restaurant only to find a severed head. Ah, good times. Also, Friday Night Lights was awesome this week.
We begin at the game that, if won, will take our beloved Dillon Panthers to the State Semi-finals. It's the last few minutes of the game and they're up by 4. The other team has the ball and if they complete this pass, they'll get a touchdown and win the game. Aaaand they choke and our boys win! Anyone surprised? The announcer screams "Someone jump start my heart because I think I just died! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!" I join in until my neighbors tell me to knock it off.
Things are not as joyous over at the Garrity household. The wifey is really giving it to Buddy, screaming that he has ruined the family and that there is nothing he can do to fix this. Lyla notices her little brother and sister listening from the top of the stairs, something that kids universally do, and ushers them into the safety of her room. They're very upset and crying, so she reassures them that nothing is going to happen to mom and dad and that they have to be strong. Then she puts in a dvd to drown out the fighting, which has culminated in Buddy getting kicked out of the house. Now, I am NOT the biggest Lyla fan, in fact I've pretty much always hated her up to this point, but dammit she is being a very good sister and nothing melts my cold, dead heart like love for your siblings. Touché, Ms. Garrity.
Contrast this misery with Jason having a fantastic time with Herc and his other quad rugby buddies in Austin. They're off to a bar, yet again, when Jason gets a phone call from Lyla. Herc insists that he ignore the call, because if you're looking for romantic advice you should always take it from Gimpy McDouchebag, but Jason does the right thing and answers it. She can hear Herc yelling "PARTY!! WOOOO!!" in the background. I'm pretty sure those are the only two words that Herc knows. When he lost the use of his legs he must have also lost the capacity for normal human speech and volume control. He keeps nagging Jason to hang up, and Lyla, understandably annoyed and upset and crying a little, tells him to give her a call back later. Little advice, Jason: don't call within 50, no, 500 feet of Herc. He's going to destroy this relationship faster than even you can.
There's a bitchin' and very loud party going on over at the Riggins'! I'm surprised Herc isn't there. Some random mouthbreather informs Tim that there's a woman at the door, and she looks pissed. Tim, intrigued and perhaps a little horny, opens the door. And what do you know, it's Tina Fey! Well, not really, but she's got the glasses and everything. She explains that she has just moved in next door, and that the music and party are way too loud and would they please turn it down a little? Tim agrees and turns back into the house, where both he and his brother turn around to look at her walking away. I smell a suburban three-way!
"Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow!"
The Taylors are on the ride home from the game when Tami notices something wrong with their house: "Honey, what is that thing on our front porch? It's moving." That thing happens to be Buddy Garrity, who is now homeless and looking for a place to crash. The Taylors realize this before they get out of the car and are completely horrified. Tami is adorable, pleading for her husband to "make him go away" but then is all smiles with "HI BUDDY!!!" as she exits the car. Coach subtley asks what he's doing there, and Buddy confesses that Pam locked him out. "You know how women are about these types of things." Tami does an internal eye roll. He asks if he can sleep on their couch for the next couple of nights, and both Coach and Tami look as if he just asked permission to kill their daughter in her sleep. It's hilarious.
"There is no God..."
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Comments (22)
Another great recap, Screampillar. And another great show. I'm impressed with the writing - even story lines that would normally be irritatingly familiar are handled well. Although I'm not sure how many more scenes with little Bo I can handle.
1 of 22 | Posted by DonAntonio![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 5, 2007 2:25 PM
Screampillar, another hilarious recap. Your screencaps in particular had me LOL in my office like a lunatic. Another great episode.
I have a thing for Tina Fey, so imagine my delight at Tim's Feyesque single MILF new neighbor. The kid is annoying, but looks like some interesting days ahead for our boy Tim.
"He points out that her rain gutter is falling off. By which he actually means, 'I want to bang you nine ways from Thursday." LMAO!!!
2 of 22 | Posted by JasonR![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 5, 2007 2:34 PM
Who is that un-Tina Fey? she looks totally familiar and I can't place her. as soon as I saw her with her glasses looking all sloppy i just knew it would be the classic "make over" theme where the guy can see the "hidden beauty" and gets interested in the girl, and then they clean up the "unattractive" girl to reveal a sexy hot mama underneath.... Just wait and see, won't be more than an episode or two away....
not that interested in Street's "victory" or his cool new "peace" tattoo - are he and jack from Lost actually twins separated at birth, now with their similar spiritual good karma tattoos?
(LOVE the show, though, just to be clear)
3 of 22 | Posted by lovedoctor![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 5, 2007 4:16 PM
forgot to add: also not really a fan of the precocious kid theme, though even I have to admit it was very cute when little Bo presented Tim with his photo and Tim responded with such enthusiasm
4 of 22 | Posted by lovedoctor![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 5, 2007 4:18 PM
Lovedoc is right - I sense a makeover in an upcoming episode, where Tina Fey puts in contacts and that little black dress. Maybe coach's kid will babysit Bo that night. I'll probably love it on the show, although in real life that story would be awfully...depressing. High schooler shags single mom in depressing TX town. Nice!
By the way, I've got to tell you that I'm amazed that this site isn't CRACKLIN' with comments! This show is great, Screampillar's hilarious...
5 of 22 | Posted by DonAntonio![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 5, 2007 4:59 PM
the mousey (but obviously hot sans glasses) neighbor/milf is brooke langton from melrose place and that keanu reeves football movie, the replacements.
tim riggins must really be a saint, because i would have taken that kid's football and thrown it a mile away so he wouldn't come back ever again. even with a hot mom, NOTHING is worth that sort of torture.
6 of 22 | Posted by dubbledubs![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 5, 2007 5:07 PM
There's never much to say about these recaps because Screampillar misses nothing. Thanks!
7 of 22 | Posted by Miss Information![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 5, 2007 8:01 PM
I totally agree: Wavy is an awesome nickname. I about died from the cuteness. but I still don't like her... and I don't trust her.
I'm sorry but I'm tired of Lyla always whining and Jason always being naive and optimistic...
Taylors FTW
8 of 22 | Posted by meliasaurus![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 6, 2007 12:48 AM
Thanks for the ID on brooke langton, now it all falls into place. she hasn't aged much since melrose (lucky her...)
LOVED the detail about how Mrs. Coach had to cook the pork chops that Buddy Gerrity brought her home to make.
agree, screampillar does a nice review, complete with appropriate tyra compliments. once again she has shown she might be a touch trashy but she has a sweet, sensitive side that ain't all bad
9 of 22 | Posted by lovedoctor![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 6, 2007 7:13 AM
I heart U, FNL and Riggens!!!
10 of 22 | Posted by Roney12![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 6, 2007 8:10 AM
god, i love this show. thanks, screampillar, for the hilarity and the precision (i missed most of this one due to work).
again, what i like best about FNL is that they manage to take on the 'issues'--the plight of the single mother; the spectre of divorce; the strange things that happen when diagnosed bi-polar/manic-depressives go off their lithium, etc.--without seeming heavy-handed or preachy. yes, the taylors are a bit too perfect at times, but people like this do exist. as far as the likelihood of coach taylor turning down a college job (probably as an offensive coordinator or quarterbacks coach) to stay at a rural texas high school goes: i read a piece not so long ago on texas high school football which explained that, even in rural backwaters with depressed economies (such as odessa, which the original, non-fiction FNL book was about), the high school football coach gets paid a six-figure salary. if coach were to take a coordinator position in, say, dallas (presumably TMU is supposed to stand in for SMU), he'd probably be paid just a little more than he's currently making, in a city where the cost of living is probably ten times what it would be in odessa/dillon. furthermore, his fate would be tied to that of the head coach, and anyone who follows college football knows that coaching jobs are about as stable as waverly when she's off her meds. big-time high school football coaching jobs aren't a whole lot more secure (a famous scenefrom the FNL book describes the permian h.s. coach coming home after a loss to find his yard covered with 'for sale' signs), but at least at dillon, coach controls his own destiny. so it's not entirely unrealistic to think that the coach would choose to stay at dillon rather than move up the food chain--at least until julie is off to college.
it's also telling that schools where many of the students' families are impoverished due to the lack of work since the oil bust pay their football coaches such high salaries. high school football really is a religion out there--hard to believe, but true.
11 of 22 | Posted by jack![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 6, 2007 8:58 AM
Awesome episode. Screampillar you are doing a great job.
I recognized th MILF as the chick from Swingers who gives Favreau her number and then he proceeds to call her 50 times before the night is even over. That was 10 years ago and she looks exactly the same. That bitch...
12 of 22 | Posted by dent![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 6, 2007 9:11 AM
Does anyone know the name of the actress that is playing Suzy the tattoo artist? She looks very familiar and I just can't place her. Thanks. Screampillar - love your recaps.
13 of 22 | Posted by aloveaffairwithtivo![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 6, 2007 9:35 AM
Great recap Screampillar!
If I was Coach, I would have kicked Buddy's spyin' ass to the curb! And if he's so rich, why didn't he just go to a hotel in the first place? Freak.
"A night of bow-chicka-bow-wow"? LOL, I love that! I totally knew that Waverly was off her meds as soon as Smash said he'd never seen her like that before.
OMG, that little boy Bo needed to take a chill pill (some Ritalin perhaps?) ANNOYING!
It's been a couple of weeks since we've been treated to the wisdom of Mama Smash! Maybe this week....
So will Julie be grounded yet again for disobeying and hanging out with Tyra? At this rate, she'll be under house arrest until she's 18!
Looking forward to the next recap!!
14 of 22 | Posted by Jojobear![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 6, 2007 10:51 AM
Isn't the tattoo girl Elizabeth from Friends? She was Ross' college girlfriend.
15 of 22 | Posted by coastalcpa![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 6, 2007 11:12 AM
Yes, that's exactly who she is...thank you! She was also on an episode of Grey's earlier this season.
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Posted on March 6, 2007 11:53 AM
ah, the wisdom of mama smash! very funny! mama smash is awesome, and she'll have some harsh words for Smash as he tries to deal with Waverly turned blair witch.
looks like the writers took her character mood swings right out of the DSM 4 (or whatever the newest volume is) description for manic-depressive
17 of 22 | Posted by lovedoctor![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 6, 2007 9:33 PM
ah, the wisdom of mama smash! very funny! mama smash is awesome, and she'll have some harsh words for Smash as he tries to deal with Waverly turned blair witch.
looks like the writers took her character mood swings right out of the DSM 4 (or whatever the newest volume is) description for manic-depressive
18 of 22 | Posted by lovedoctor![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 6, 2007 9:34 PM
What a great episode. The chemistry between Coach and Tami is fantastic! I love them!
I thought it was weird that Buddy Garrity would need to shack up on the Taylor's couch. From the way he is portrayed in previous episodes you would think that Buddy OWNED Dillion and it would not be a problem for him to stay at of Dillion's fine flea bag motels. Or at least sleep on the old cot he banged Mama Tyra on at the dealership.
Tyra is the woman! Not many girls could be "the girl who's mom cut her ass on the coffee table" and still have cred. I like her friendship with Julie too.
Love the interaction between Tim and Bo....although Bo needs to take it down a few notches. Shit! The volume on that kid!!! I soo agree...fixing the rain gutter is so the way to get the ladies to fall over with their legs in the air in Dillion.
I wish Lyla had better lines/character development. She never really says anything of substance. I guess it is proof that perfect people are boring.
19 of 22 | Posted by TitsMagee![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 7, 2007 11:42 AM
The is an article on msnbc.com today saying that the rating on this show are so low it migh tbe cancelled despite being the best show on tv!!! Noooooooo!!!!!!
www.msnbc.com
20 of 22 | Posted by TitsMagee![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 7, 2007 12:13 PM
RALLY THE TROOPS! That Hail Mary article on msnbc includes a poll on whether to cancel the show or not. Call a friend, wake the neighbors. Slip it into your posts elsewhere. Tabloid Baby should be on this story. I can't handle any more loss. We must save Dillon!!!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17472507/
21 of 22 | Posted by Miss Information![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/nav-commenters.gif)
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Posted on March 7, 2007 1:18 PM
I don't think I could handle the pain of FNL getting cancelled! That would suck so bad. My favorite show! NOOOOOOOOOO!
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Posted on March 7, 2007 4:11 PM