Went on a date for the first time since 2003. With a woman. When she came to my house and noticed the pictures on the wall, a collage of all the important people in my life, she asked “is this your father?”
I said “No, that’s Coach Eric Taylor, molder of men. The greatest coach of high school football in Texas history.”
Puzzled, she then asked “umm, is this your brother?”
I replied “No, that’s Matt Saracen, the quarterback for the Dillon Panthers during their championship run. He was thrusted into action after Jason Street suffered a life altering injury. He wasn’t the most talented quarterback, but he had a lot of heart. Are you fucking stupid?”
Friday Night Lights is the greatest television show of all time. Probably always will be.
I have a lot of regrets. I spend a lot of time thinking about them. And it’s very hard to capture that feeling of reflection…of nostalgia…when you reflect on events in one’s life. Movies and TV definitely have a hard time capturing that that sensation.
This is where FNL excels. Watching it is like reaching back into one’s past. Complimented by its dreamy soundtrack, the cinematography is an achievement in its own right.
Honestly, the cinematography, music, and actors bail out what is occasionally terrible writing. I mean, one season is about how a character murders somebody…and amazingly gets away with it. It’s a misstep that any other television show could never recover from. But FNL did.
Also, after spending three emotionally charged seasons with an outstanding set of characters, we get introduced to a different set of characters that take over the storylines. Few shows can pull that off.
It’s brilliant.
It also changed my life. I couldn’t watch the series finale because I was crying too much because I was REALLY fucking high.
“But James, I don’t like American football.”
That’s horseshit and you know it.
As Coach Taylor says: “Everyone loves football, they just don’t know it yet.”
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