Jason and Lyla are talking in his room. She doesn't think her mom will get over it, and believes that maybe she shouldn't. Which is ironic because if Jason had thought that way, they never would have gotten back together. As if to remind us of this, Jason says "there's no weakness in forgiveness," which is what Tami told him when he was unsure about forgiving Lyla. Oh, the tangled webs these crazy kids weave! Lyla says that he seems really happy, and he admits that he is, the happiest he's been since the accident. Um, you also proposed to the woman you love. Remember that? Idiot. He realizes his error and says that he wouldn't even be here if it weren't for her. Not sure if that is true, but whatever. He strokes her face and she notices the tattoo on his wrist. She has a mini-freakout and calls him "permanently messed up", which he counters with a playful "I was pretty messed up before." Ah, spinal cord injury humor. It's the best. She's just surprised that he'd do something that's so not him. But it is now, he smirks.
"Our ratings are HOW low?!"
Coach returns home to find Buddy on his couch watching game tapes. Tami's making pork chops ("Yahoo!" says Buddy), but Coach pulls her out of the kitchen and onto the front porch for a Taylor Family Chat. Tami sputters forth with all of the horrors of living with Buddy Garrity, but Coach has a more important matter. The athletic director from TMU wants he and Tami to come out for dinner tonight, to discuss "the future". And we're not talking flying cars here, people, we're talking a coaching position with a college football team. Tami is ecstatic and they hug.
Bo the Brat's mother finds him over in Tim's front yard and tries to drag him back to the house, but Bo insists he has to stay and learn more football, as he has now "doubled my skill level in one afternoon." Which I guess brings his skill level up to: 1.5. Tim comes out of the house with a beer and greets the child's mother. As she pulls Bo away he begs her to let Tim come over for dinner. Tim says if it's okay with mom, sure, so she relents and pulls Bo away, scolding for wandering out of the house and playing with alcoholic teenagers.
Julie, horrified as always, is begging her mother not to be left alone in the house with Buddy Garrity. "Can you even comprehend the depths of awkwardness?" she cries. Tami tells her it's good for her father's career and to stop whining. Julie points out that she won't let her hang out with Tyra, but she will let her hang out with "a known adulterer" alone in her own house. Hmm, she may have you there. Tami bangs on the bathroom door and Coach emerges, saying "I heard everything your mother said, you listen to her, she's always right." Coach really is a fictional character, no man would ever say this. It's science.
Smash arrives at Waverly's house to pick her up for a night of bow-chicka-bow-wow, but is greeted instead by her father. Ruh-roh. Smash says that he only has the best of intentions with his daughter, but Rev. Papa waves that talk off. That was easy. He actually wants to ask Smash if he's noticed anything weird about Waverly lately. Smash says no (LIES), so her father asks him to be on the lookout for any strange behavior from her, and to let him know. What, like kidnapping him in the middle of the night for a skinny-dipping party? No, that's just a normal Tuesday for Waverly.
Over at Quad Party Central (do these guys do anything else?) Jason and Lyla are hanging out over in the Corner of Lameness, when who should appear but Suzie the Tattooing Harlot, who checks out his ink and tells him he's a fast healer. Lyla immediately bares her teeth in the presence of another female, so Suzie introduces herself and tells her that she did the tattoo. Oh. Well, Lyla can do one better. "I'm Lyla, his fiancée." WAHP WAHP. Jason makes a little "oops" face. It's cute.
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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 Don Antonio
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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
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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
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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
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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 Don Antonio
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Posted on March 6, 2007 7:13 AM
I heart U, FNL and Riggens!!!
10 of 22 | Posted by Roney12
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
16 of 22 | Posted by aloveaffairwithtivo
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
22 of 22 | Posted by Jojobear
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Posted on March 7, 2007 4:11 PM