• If you would like to get your account Verified, read this thread
  • Check out Tickling.com - the most innovative tickling site of the year.
  • The TMF is sponsored by Clips4sale - By supporting them, you're supporting us.
  • >>> If you cannot get into your account email me at [email protected] <<<
    Don't forget to include your username

Friday Night Lights (TV series..)

primetime

3rd Level Green Feather
Joined
Nov 28, 2001
Messages
4,688
Points
48
Tonight was the end of a extraordinary show. Friday Night Lights on NBC/Direct TV. I am really bothered that this show ended. I do not watch too much television, but I made damn sure I watched this show each week. It was wonderfully written, and the acting was tremendous. People think that is was nothing but football, but the show really revolved around the lives of a Texas small town and their passion for football, but it was their lives OFF the field that made this show.

I am involved with assisting a high school football team (my alma mater), where the passion of the school's football team is felt throughout the community so I could relate to the characters. It really sucks that this show had to end. You fall in love with the characters and wish to see them go on. The show did last for five seasons, where some of the characters "graduated", but they just put in new characters and the show kept churning along with great action and drama. It touched so many subjects that young teens face from teen pregnancy, to disabilities, to fitting in, to having to work to keep your family afloat, taking care of a sick relative, drugs use, alcohol use, escaping from gangs, education, etc.

Then there was the football part. I couldn't help but get into their "games". It was exciting to see the last season of the show, where a team that was considered "economically poor" rise above their own personal lives to win at football. Football can be the ultimate family builder where young men can forge a bond that can never be broken. I see that in my real life with my high school, so seeing it on television made me really relate.

The show survived five seasons. Dammit, it really should have lasted longer. This reality show crap on television is ridiculous. Whatever happened to good solid shows with great writing and great acting? This really does suck.

My favorite characters were Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford), Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch), Coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) Smash Williams (Gaius Charles), Luke Cafferty (Matt Lauria), and Vince Howard (Michael B. Jordan). All the other characters were great as well.

Man, this sucks. Anyone else watch this show?
 
Yeah, I did. Enjoyed it too. But like you said with the graduating kids and all it seemed doomed. I liked the ending though. Seeing East Dillon win state. The coaches wife getting her shot at the better job. Their kid getting married. Mostly Riggins building his house.
 
Although I didn't watch every episode of all five seasons, I did watch a couple of dozen episodes. Yes, it was a fine show, well written and well acted. (And I'm not even a football fan.)
 
Yeah, I did. Enjoyed it too. But like you said with the graduating kids and all it seemed doomed. I liked the ending though. Seeing East Dillon win state. The coaches wife getting her shot at the better job. Their kid getting married. Mostly Riggins building his house.

The ending was cool, but it was sad. The way they developed their characters was amazing. Even when the first group graduated (Riggins, Saracen, Smash, etc..), they came up with new characters (Luke, Vince Howard, etc) that kept the show very interesting.

What I like about the show was how it told the tale of how deep the passion can be for the local high school football team. There are a lot of people who do not realize how deep that passion can be. I know there are people who do not think much of high school football, but if you were lucky enough to be a part of a community that "lived" it, it is an amazing sense of pride. You definitely get that sense from watching this show.

Now, quality shows like this are going off the air, while stupid reality shows remain on the air. What sense does that make?
 
What's New

2/8/2025
Curious about your favorite Celebrities ticklishness? Visit the Ticklish Celebrities sub forum and see if they are listed!
Door 44
Live Camgirls!
Live Camgirls
Streaming Videos
Pic of the Week
Pic of the Week
Congratulations to
*** brad1701 ***
The winner of our weekly Trivia, held every Sunday night at 11PM EST in our Chat Room
Back
Top