Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights: Mad, mad world
Poor Smash. He was trying to do good by his interracial relationship, but little did he know that small, hick towns simply cannot deal with such forward thinking. This is why knock-off Dairy Queen does so well there.
In a fair and just world, Smash would get to keep his scholarship and keep his girlfriend, and those irritating white kids would be the ones who would pay. The Friday Night Lights world is nothing but fair, though.
In the FNL world, Landry dumps a girl with a future for a girl with low necklines. Saracen can’t catch a break, and Riggins can’t get the girl he wants. Tammy gets caught up in her team, forgetting about her family, and Julie throws a fit for reasons only her girl pheromones can understand.
The Friday Night Lights world is, indeed, a sad, strange place. But I have a feeling that things will get better soon:
Smash: There is no way we’ve seen the last of Smash on a football field. I know this because he is too driven, motivated, and talented to let this whole situation be the end of his career, and I’m pretty sure that the only way the Panthers don’t make the playoffs is if FNL gets canceled before they have a chance.
Smash will have a great playoff run culminated in a great state championship game, and then all the major colleges will want him again. Besides, what big-time college program wouldn’t overlook an assault charge? Certainly not Florida State.
Landry: Sure, he seems happy now, but that is because his mind is filled with happy thoughts about getting to second base. In a few weeks, after Tyra has cheated on him and he realizes relationships centered around that one time you killed a guy are normally doomed, he will feel differently. He’ll blow up at Tyra again, she’ll act all innocent, and he’ll do the right thing and come crawling back to his hip, Mystery Science Theater-loving gal pal with the blonde dreads. Then he’ll be happy.
Saracen: This kid has a lot to fix, but I think a DTR with Julie would go a long way toward restoring his self-respect. That, and a dad who loves him, a grandma who doesn’t have inoperable crazies, a live-in maid who isn’t hot, and a new car.
Riggins: This new Lyla relationship seems fishy. As much as I hope her faith is genuine, I can’t help but feel that she is still quite capable of falling for a guy like Riggins. All of this is good news for Tim, since he grows more and more desperate every day. They’ll be dating within a year.
Tammy: She’ll stop coaching volleyball after they win a state championship in her first year. Then she’ll have more time to focus on her disjointed daughter.
Julie: Speaking of the disjointed daughter, Julie just needs a place to belong and people to make her feel like she is important and special. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Math-letes! Those guys will have her feeling better about herself in no time.
That might fix all the wrongs from last week’s episode, but, if previews of the next episode are any indication (Tammy’s ex-boyfriend drives Coach Taylor insane), there will always be something going wrong in FNL world.
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