ThatGirlTeresa

It bothered me that in this season of FNL Tim, Tyra, and Lyla were all just becoming seniors. I totally understand why this was done from a story-telling aspect, but the people who made this decision really should have thought about the ramifications.

Tyra just said that she is seventeen years-old. Thus, two years ago in season one, Tyra was FIFTEEN. Two years ago, Tyra also slept with a dude named Connor. A dude who was an adult from California that worked for the oil company. So he was what? At least 25 years-old. That's really icky.

I mean, I'm glad to have another year of those three, but c'mon. It's ridiculous to expect your viewers to accept the fact that Tim, Tyra, and Lyla were only sophomores during season one.

Matt and Julie SQUEEEEE!

Coach and Mrs. Coach at the dance squee!!!

Tim and Lyla are gonna have some cute babies!

JD McCoy.... I like him. Not so much his papa.

And Street.Oh Street, I'm a gonna miss you.

*sob*

Oh Smash!

Coach!

Matt!

Tami!

Mama Smash!

Julie!

Landry!

Tyra!

Did I mention Smash!?

I haven't cried this hard in a looong time.

Such an amazing episode. I know that I feel this way every week this season, but my show is back, y'all. My show is back with a vengeance.

I am so completely back to being head-over-heels for FNL. This past episode was, in my humble opinion, back to season one greatness.

Fantastic. I cannot wait for next week.

I am so, so, so, so, so very, very, very happy. Why? Simple:

NBC picked up Friday Night Lights!

There's some sort of deal with DirecTV or something. I dunno. I'm just so very squee right now.

Oh man. This fucking show...

This was, hands down, the best episode of season 2. It really felt like season 1. It's about time Saracen actually voiced his abandonment issues. And the final scene at the end with Smash just about killed. I'm still wiping away tears. Fantastic!

A while back, I took a break from Friday Night Lights. Not for any real reason, mind you. It was mostly a product of either beginning to work Friday at 8pm CST or getting off of work Friday at 8pm CST. In both cases, it's difficult to sit down and watch the show in the 8pm timeslot, and unfortunately, that slot belongs to FNL. Being a Tivo-less individual, I faithfully taped it for several weeks or caught the episodes online. Then the writers' strike happened and I lost any will to watch anything online. One week I forgot to put in my tape before going to work. When I got home, I discovered my egregious error and was rather disappointed. I couldn't watch it online and I didn't have the tape. What's worse is that it isn't the type of show where missing an episode is okay. Sure I could have jumped back in and got the storylines just fine, but I sould have missed a lot of character development. That's what I love about this show. Each episode offers so much insight into whatever characters are featured. It's lovely.

So I kind of quit watching it. It was easy (which is sad) because I was occupying myself with other television shows--namely Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Life on Mars. I seem to have developed quite the affinity for BBC programs.

Anyway, I downloaded episode 8 of season two in the effort to catch up. Some things were a little fuzzy, but by god! It felt so right to be watching this show again. I love you Coach! and Mrs. Coach! Even the parts of the show I wasn't enjoying (namely Saracen and CarLOWtta and the Landry storyline of DOOOOM) didn't bother me too much, which is probably just because I missed the show so much.

I'm in the process of downloading episode 9 right now and expect to whiz through the subsequent episodes in the next couple of days.

1. Sorry Julie. You fail. You weren't dumped. You were the dumpee. I know it still hurts and you're allowed to cry. But don't claim that you were dumped. You should have thought of that while you were making out with the greasy Swede.

2. Poor Tim having to deal with his stupid brother. I have read spoilers and do know where this is going. All I can say is "Hee!"

3. Tyra rocks. Tyra and Lyla interaction is great.

4. "Don't you whisper yell at me!" *giggles*

5. Ooh, Smash. You better listen to Mama Smash!
    5a. Yay! Mama Smash!
    5b. Loved the Mama Smash/Smash hug.
    5c. Loved Mama Smash going to talk to Coach.

6. God help me, I'm actually starting to like CarLOWtta and am sort of buying the romantical tension between her and Matt. Still not a good idea to explore that relationship though. Are you hearing me writers? Even through the picket line?

7. Lauren=major downgrade. From both Julie AND CarLOWtta.

8. Grandma Saracen in her panther ears is just too damn precious.

9. What is with this show and it's obsession with slightly to completely inappropriate relationships between teens and adults?

10. I love Eric and Tami Taylor!

Yawn. An okayish episode. MOAR FOOTBALL!

I am already sick of the Jason/Mexico/surgery deal.

I am loving Landry's family.

I love that Tami finally got through to Julie. Still not a huge Julie fan, but I wasn't exactly a treat at her age either.

*Hearts* Coach Taylor: Family Man. I'm betting that Coach MacGregor will see Coach Taylor again around the time of state.

I like the Lyla and the Hoodlum story. Seems she's actually practicing what she preaches. You gotta respect that.

But mostly, this was an incredibly boring episode.

"I think your baby is crying." YOUR BABY!?! Oh man. That Julie-smack cannot come fast enough.