r/fridaynightlights

Curious.

Idk who did the casting for Joe McCoy but they did a great job. Every time I see that dude on my screen I wanna punch him right in the face. (The character not the actor of course). Is there anyone who is more hated on this show?

I watch Lanterns and have been keeping up with the talk of it online and everyone is really impressed with Kyle Chandler's performance of Hal Jordan – to the point that people are looking up his other work and a lot of people are discovering Friday Night Lights. It makes me so happy that people are starting to watch now

I feel like we are so used to seeing Coach Taylor as a leader, confident, etc. for most of the show while he is the Dillon football coach, so I actually liked seeing him for that short time at TMU. Where he was the newbie, his higher-ups sometimes dismissed him, etc. It added more human depth to his character and made sure he wasn't just the great, all-knowing Coach Taylor the entire show, even though that is largely what he is/what makes the show so good.

can't stand his face. why is he always sweaty.

This might take some time to compile and watching the whole show through again but the ones I've thought of, off the top of my head are

1. Jason Street getting paralyzed (season 1)
2. Jason Street finding out Layla has been sleeping with Tim
3. Dillon panthers loss
4. Matt Saracen's dad getting killed in war
5. Tyra and Landry having to kill a man and keep it a secret
6. Landry not being good enough for Tyra and even Landry's dad figuring it out
7. Julie being told by a guy she just met that she's "the one holding Matt back" (season 4)
8. Matt Saracen's breakdown in the bathtub and Coach Taylor having to bring him back to reality with compassion
9. Tim coping with Jason Street's paralysis, taking on guilt but also leaving Jason with abandonment and making selfish choices simultaenously (season 1)
10. Tim being accused of taking advantage of Julie when he did nothing but get her home safely. Tim had been the protector of her, especially while living in their house
11. Buddy Garrity's divorce
12. Coach Taylor having to start over with a new team and little to no budget, but in reality it gave him a chance to show what he was really made of. It was Coach taylor who could bring out the men in the boys, no matter where he was placed or what difficult challenge he was given

would love to hear from everyone else what moments got to you, made you cry, etc.

i don’t think other people understand who haven’t seen it that this isn’t just a show. this show was everything. It was small town, big dreams. It was messy, it was real. A lot of it was raw and real and improvised by the actors. The actors had a unique chemistry and bond over the years. they couldn’t imagine doing it with any other group of people. its coach taylor and Tammy’s southern charm. it’s Tim riggins smoldering, brooding, and jadedness. It’s so so so much. The explosions in the sky song that gets me every time.

this show is both a comfort show and the most inspiring and challenging show there is. I can watch it as a lullaby to go to sleep but I can also watch it when I want to feel something. theres something about watching that Texas sun horizon in each episode. It just resets my brain.

I love this show so much

Watched the pilot lat night, something about Kyle Chandler on a football field just feels so right.

Personally, I think those guys from Laribee would be a little less willing to get into a fight with him.

Just got excited and wanted to share.

So I’ve watched the show probably about 3-4 times already. Rewatching after years I’m halfway through season 4 and this chick is so insufferable I’m skipping through her scenes. So ungrateful they buy her a car she acts like nothing happened she hits this college visit and sulks the whole time. Don’t even get me started on how she’s not holding it down for 7

Season 1 and 3 were brilliant it's a shame they agred Smash out at the end of the first but okay, i get it.

Season 2 completely skip irrelevent and pointless will not affected 1 and 3.

Season 4 and 5 I enjoyed but seriously what the hell did they do...

point 1: Dillian was a football fanatic majority white texas town, with low black population which we see throughout season 1,2 and 3, when racial tension episode started, they were fighting in school, there was no gangs, no shootings and mostly words., which leads to point 2.

Point 2: How the hell did they expect to add a completely new area (East dillain) with high crime, poverty, gangs, and shootings... it was so unrealistic and almost felt season 4/5 should have been a completly new area, it simple didn't work adding it in (even though i enjoyed it)

Point 3: Dillian Panthers became nothing over night, even in season 1 and 3 they struggled to win games and always edging the game last touches, yet some how the Lions win the state in thier second season absolutely crushing the panthers, with ease......

Point 4: as explained in season 1 2 3 Dillian Panthers are one of the best high school teams around, attracting the likes of the mcoys (who vanish by season 5) yet the Lions with thier new ghetto school outclass them lol.

Seriously folks, how to watch this series (which is really good and i do recomend)

Season 1 and 3 (skip 2 it will not affect the show i promise)

Season 4 and 5 think of it as a completely new series as if you try to think or add it 1 and 3 it wont work. (Dillian did not have black gangs, a ghetto, shootings, mass crime it was a small white majority football fanatic texas town)