Only this time, at age 24, I no longer long for the Dillon High of old. Where Tim Riggins is god, Jason Street is a legend and Lyla Garrity is a constant wet dream. No - I have moved to East Dillon High. Where I have come to accept Landry Clarke as a human being and the Taylor family (as always) is running the scene.
If none of these references made your dong grow wood or your eyes water a little - you are missing out on one of the greatest serial drama's TV has ever seen. Friday Night Lights is in the first quarter of their 4th season and I cannot wait for the second quarter let alone the third and the ever important fourth. Like a good football game, it seems this show has reached its climax and has no reason to come down anytime soon. In football, the climax is by no means the lousy halftime. Where you watch something endorsed by Sprint or AT&T and wait patiently for the game to return. The drama is in the fourth quarter. And somehow, show creator Peter Berg has taken a show that aired on Friday nights and seemed doomed to cancellation and has us (me) on the edge of my seat (or computer desk) for every single episode of the fourth season (quarter) - waiting for the game winning drive to solidify this as the best show of all time.
I myself wondered how the hell they would keep this drama going when in the first season, it seemed like 4 out of the 5 important characters were already seniors. What would we do next season? Where would we go? Show writers have now shown to us AND reminded us that high school drama never ends. Seniors will be seniors - at the top of their game (their fourth quarter, if you will). But with every class of seniors gone comes a new set of freshman. A new game. A new story line for a new Friday Night Lights. And with the addition of East Dillon High - the show not only has the never ending drama of high school... It has the never ending drama of TWO high schools...
Rarely will you find me so wrapped up into a show but I literally leave every episode dying to see what is next and wondering where I would fit into the story. Would I be a star like Riggins was but never want to leave home or Texas for that matter? Or would I be like Julie Taylor and want to spread my wings and fly away?
The show runs on NBC but has an exclusive contract to run all episodes on DirecTV before they hit real broadcast. So unless you have DirecTV, hit the torrent pool and get every episode possible and watch them all. If you are not transformed into a complete and loyal fanatic - you have no soul.
CLEAR EYES, FULL HEARTS - CAN'T LOSE. East Dillon For Life.
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