Friday Night Lights, the TV series, is an adaptation/continuation of the movie by the same name. The 2004 movie starred Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Amber Heard and more. The TV series, Friday Night Lights, stars Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Taylor Kitsch, Adrianne Palicki, Jesse Plemons and Zach Gilford.
These cast members were more or less introduced to me via Friday Night Lights as they stood out to me for their gritty portrayals of their characters, at one time or another during the last few seasons of the story as they grew up through high school and moved on to college and their working lives.
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I’ve been presently watching the 4th season of Friday Night Lights on NBC… that is when it doesn’t get pushed aside by sports and other programs. Though I can’t imagine it’s easy to build any kind of a following when a show gets 2nd fiddle, I have to say I am glad I have been able to catch this show from day / season 1.
Friday Night Lights is a great show that expands on the movie & book of the same name, and takes place in the small town of Dillon, Texas. In Dillon, high school football brings the community together while details of a small town life add the trauma of drama of it all. I think they’ve done a great job representing the different facets of each, while not deterring from the others.
In season 3, the town had a school redistricting effort that split the town emotionally… all so that Dillon High could get some better football players. But then Coach Taylor found himself on the outs when he wouldn’t start the rich papa’s son at quarterback. (Is it just me, or does that sanctimonious **** rich papa need a beat-down? I’m sorry, I think it’s the standard treatment of most self-centered ****’s) The end of season 3 saw Coach standing on the field of his new job at East Dillon High.
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