LTTP: Friday Night Lights. NO SPOILERS!
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It is but Season 3 more than makes up for it and 4-5 are amazing as well. One of my favorite shows.
I could see this with season 2, but season 1? Nahhh.
Anyways, brace yourself for season 3. It's so good.
yea, I guess I mean season 2 unrealistic situations. it almost feels like it jumps the shark in S2 so far......
it was on for 5 seasons. Is that considered good? did it end just at the right time? again, please no spoilers
I loved every season of it, it was a great show. It ended in a very conclusive manner and I was satisfied with the whole thing..except one character thing.
Femmeworth
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The second season is still pretty enjoyable.
Yeah pretty much. It regains it's footing in S3 though, then it's smooth sailing all the way from there.
Yes, as much as I rag on S2, it's still great television. Just, by comparison with the other seasons, it's certainly the low point.
chris121580
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Best show
Keep watching. He gets a goodbye arc (man tears style).
Sometimes this is my favorite show, ever. It bounces around between this, Lost and The Wire. I love this show so much.
It ended perfectly. S3 is my favorite season of tv, period. And gracie bell has a huge freaking head. It goes down a bit in S5 though.
Very powerful episode. Had some man tears on that one.
Discotheque
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It's not as bad (compared to the rest of the series) as the Wire Season 5 was to be honest.
I've never met anyone that didn't cry during that episode.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I think Friday Night Lights is the best example of American values presented on modern television. Does anyone think that statement is hyperbolic?
It's a shame it didn't get more attention when it was airing. And yes, I will admit I was part of that problem. I just had no interest in watching a show about football. But after hearing all the praise around here, I gave Season 1 a try on Netflix Instant. Wow, I was addicted from Episode 1.
I left Austin, TX in 2007 but I remember my ex girlfriend and her family use to be extras on the show. They'd get picked up in a bus on Friday afternoons and did crowd shots and stuff at the high school. I think a lot of people were getting decent easy paychecks from that for awhile. Haha
This is one of those shows that was a victim of its own writing and marketing. It was too smart to be another teen drama like most people expected, and it doesn't revolve around football as much as the people that avoided it would think.
It's a shame it didn't get more attention when it was airing. And yes, I will admit I was part of that problem. I just had no interest in watching a show about football. But after hearing all the praise around here, I gave Season 1 a try on Netflix Instant. Wow, I was addicted from Episode 1.
I left Austin, TX in 2007 but I remember my ex girlfriend and her family use to be extras on the show. They'd get picked up in a bus on Friday afternoons and did crowd shots and stuff at the high school. I think a lot of people were getting decent easy paychecks from that for awhile. Haha
This is one of those shows that was a victim of its own writing and marketing. It was too smart to be another teen drama like most people expected, and it doesn't revolve around football as much as the people that avoided it would think.
Lumpy Onion
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Wow, I really need to get onto watching this on Netflix Streaming. This and 24 are my next shows to watch.
Femmeworth
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I don't think I cried, but that's not to say it didn't get an emotional response out of me.
I'm not exactly sure what constitutes as "American values." I blame conservatives.
Fantastic show - it was just a real feel good show and coach is probably one of my favourite characters ever. The pilot immediately had me hooked.
But seriously guys, season 2 was actually THAT bad. You could pretty much skip the entire season and not have missed anything significant. Only explanation is that the NBC guys tried to intervene and make it more appealing to the public or something... cause that shit was WTF. Fortunately the show recovered.
But seriously guys, season 2 was actually THAT bad. You could pretty much skip the entire season and not have missed anything significant. Only explanation is that the NBC guys tried to intervene and make it more appealing to the public or something... cause that shit was WTF. Fortunately the show recovered.
Femmeworth
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No it wasn't. The beginning of season three wouldn't have been as sweet without Smash's arc in season two. I'll agree that that whole
murder subplot was awful. As was Lyla's Christian phase.
Wife and i watched seasons 1-3 last fall before we had our first kid. The randomly yesterday I suggested starting up season 4 and tonight jjust finished season 4.
Still good. Still very predictable but you just escape into this small Texas town for 42 minutes at a time. Such a nice show to watch.
Fucking Riggins.
Still good. Still very predictable but you just escape into this small Texas town for 42 minutes at a time. Such a nice show to watch.
Fucking Riggins.
-Stranger-
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One of my favourite shows.
S1 - 5/5
S2 - 3/5
S3 - 5/5
S4 - 4/5
S5 - 5/5
Overall an excellent show, i think I'll start my first rewatch soon.
S1 - 5/5
S2 - 3/5
S3 - 5/5
S4 - 4/5
S5 - 5/5
Overall an excellent show, i think I'll start my first rewatch soon.
Is this show worth it if I can't stand football? I really hate stories about how football players are heroes and go through so much so they can triumph on the field but I've heard such universally great things about this show that I'm curious if this'll be enjoyable for me.
There is nothing like that here. In fact the later seasons have little to no football at all.
It might not seem that way in the first few episodes but give it time.
eternaLightness
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Such a great show. Kinda wish I didn't go through it so fast last year but it was sooo good. It's one of the few shows that had me holding back tears on occasion.
Both he and Connie are amazing together.
I want my wife to be more like Connie.
Though I'm sure she wishes I was more like Kyle...
So...
Yeah.
StriKeVillain
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I was actually surprised Coach didn't get more love in that recent "Best Leading TV Actor" thread.
I live in Sweden and I can't a single rule of american fotball but it's still one of my favorite series of all time. The focus is mainly about what happens off the field.
chris121580
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One thing I don't see people mention about this show that seems to get overlooked is just the environment in general. Beautiful skies in the background almost all the time. Makes me want to live there.
Mike Works
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I watched Season 1 over the summer and really enjoyed it.
I watched the first episode of Season 2 and then stopped watching completely.
Is there anywhere I can read a quasi-detailed summary of Season 2 so I can just skip watching it and move on to Season 3? I'd honestly given up on the show after you know what happened.
I watched the first episode of Season 2 and then stopped watching completely.
Is there anywhere I can read a quasi-detailed summary of Season 2 so I can just skip watching it and move on to Season 3? I'd honestly given up on the show after you know what happened.
Clay Davis
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i think you should resume watching where you left off. while season 2 is the weakest season (primarily due to writing strikes), it does contain a lot of plot points and strands that carry over to following seasons.
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