Friday Night Lights
Hey y’all. And it’s Monday again. The weeks are passing by so fast you can almost smell the fall coming. I ran my first 16k last Saturday and it was a blast and actually not that difficult. I was so proud all weekend that I kept looking at the results on my Ipod. But in the meantime 16km doesn’t seem like that much anymore and I’m definitely going to try a 20k run in the near future. Thanks to various blister tapes and two pairs of socks I didn’t even get new blisters so alls good.
What’s new? I took the TV Addict’s advice and watched the first season of Friday Night Lights all in one weekend. Yes, it sometimes appears that I have no private life. No, I’m not ashamed of it. Well anyway, since I had never read about the show before I had to realise really early into the show that it was all about football. I’m not such a fan of football but since I didn’t want to waste a whole season of episodes and there wasn’t really anything else to watch I gave the show a chance and surprise…I was impressed!I really like the character of Kyle Chandler and also his wife in the show I think she is played by Connie Britton (I recognised her from season five of 24). This show really knows how to press my buttons. I cry a lot during TV but never before during football. So this was a first. The show is set up in Dillon, Texas. Coach Eric Taylor moves to Dillon with his family to coach the local High School football team, the Dillon Panthers. The whole town is revolving around football and the team is the pride and joy of the town’s inhabitants. Every Friday night there is a game - hence the name “Friday Night Lights”. Coach Taylor and his family have to learn that all his actions and decisions connected with the team are well perceived and judged by the town. Early in the season we realize how huge his responsibility towards this smalltown really is. The majority of the team members see football as more than just a game but as a ticket into a bright future outside of Dillon. We learn that this town will do everything to support it’s team and on the other side will let you feel it should you dare to go against it.
Throughout the season the Taylor family manages to win over the hearts of the town’s people as well as their trust not only due to the smart training of the Coach and the empathetic councelling work of his wife Tamy Taylor at Dillon High. We also get to meet the local dream couple Lyla Garrity( Minka Kelly) and Jason Street(Scott Porter). She a cheerleader - he the celebrated Quarterback. Their relationship is seriously tested when Jason has an accident during the first game of the season and becomes paralyzed. This gives the young talent Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) the opportunity to try himself as quarterback with the support of Coach Taylor. We get a good look into the family backgrounds of the team players and the problems and challenges they are dealing with. What I like about Friday Night Lights is that due to its strong characters and the numerous storylines evolving around them even the viewers who are not specifically interested in foodball will like watching it.
I must say that after 22 episodes and quite a few games I still don’t really get the rules but at least I can recognise a touch down when it happens. I really look forward to the season premiere in October where we will find out whether Coach Tylor will move to Austin to take that job at TMU or not.
(Picture source www.autinist.com)
August 28th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
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