Mark here... we have just watched the next episode of Friday Night Lights, called, "Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes" (boy that's a pain in the ass to type!)...Laurel has made us meatball subs with a kale salad, perfect for the heat we're experiencing right now! This episode is more a continuation of the last few episodes, in a good way. Tami has followed through with her desire to help Tyra succeed with school and move on to better things. Unfortunately this involves reaching out to Tyra's mom, who is so self absorbed she can't deal with the revelation that her daughter may be destined for better things. She immediately freaks out. For one she doesn't think they can afford college for Tyra, but the subtext is that she's afraid Tyra will leave her Tyra who has been her rock to depend on. She finally comes around at the end of the episode but even this is all about the mom. She chooses to bring Tyra to a father-daughter dance as a way of supporting her. Meanwhile, Tyra isn't missing a dad, the mom is!
Separately, we see Lyla's family is breaking down. Buddy attempts to bond with Lyla to bring the family back together, claiming he screwed up once. Lyla, reflecting on her own one time screw up with Jason, naturally supports her dad. So when he shows up at her moms door she defends him, leading the mom to bring up past indiscretions by Buddy. Lyla loses it at this point, telling her dad to go. She put her faith in him and saw it to be a lie. Next we see her crashing cars at Buddy's dealership!
The only bad storyline is the continuation of Tim Riggins with the next door neighbor. I have to say this is the first storyline where the writers of the show have let me down! The neighbor is of course this sexy 30-something who looks 20-something. Of course Tim wants to hook up with her, but their interactions are ridiculous. He's clearly the adult and the writing of their interactions is not realistic, given that he's a teenager.
One good thing about the episode is Smash, Tim, Jason, and Matt getting drunk one night on the field. I think this is the first time we've seen the 4 of them interacting just with each other and it's a nice scene.
Hi Laurel here...again I agree with Mark on all counts. The one other story line of this episode is that Coach Taylor gets a job offer from a college in Austin. It has always been his goal to coach a college team, so of course him and Tami are both on board with moving, but Juli has established roots in Dillon so for her it's a different story. She has built a life for herself in Dillon including an awesome boyfriend so of course she doesn't want to leave. At first neither coach or Tami anticipated her objections but by the end of the episode they both get it and it seems they are trying to include her input in the decision whether to stay or go.
The other revelation of this episode is that Jason gets rejected from the Paralympic murderball team, and is devastated. The girl in Austin who has a crush on him is of course there to comfort him. She offers him a ride back to Dillon because she has to drop off a fridge for an aunt or whatever near there, and they end up kissing at "stone henge 2" some kind of stone henge roadside attraction. He insists to Lyla that "nothing happened", but clearly something in brewing here...
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