22/365 Friday Night Lights (Season 4)

Howdy.  I’m breaking mold today because I have been holed up on my couch with a snuggly blanket watching episodes of Friday Night Lights.  It has been almost a year since I saw this show.

I didn’t realize how much I missed it.

This show has so many of the best qualities that TV needs right now.

It values family.

Honors relationships.

Respects integrity.

Great acting.

Good stories.

Cool cinematography (if you dig handheld, feel-like-you’re-there shots)

Just plain awesome.

How in the world that this show has not gotten more attention I will NEVER understand.  I guess we are turning into a culture that values shows like The Bachelor & Jersey Shore over true quality dramas.  I want to say right here, right now: If Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton don’t get Emmy nods next year, they were robbed.

It is in its 4th season; that was hard won.  They cut a deal between NBC and DirectTV so it wouldn’t just go away.  The fans fought for their beloved show; however, the compromise is all the DT’ers get to see it first.  That’s ok, it’s worth the wait.  Trust.

Unlike many of the shows I watch, it is only getting better.  I wasn’t sure they could keep up the charm & realism that it’s known for considering they introduced a plethora of new talent.  Only a select few of the original cast are still around: Eric, Tami, Matt, Julie, Landry, The Riggins Boys, and Buddy.  With Matt disappearing half way through for Chicago.

The new peeps are bringin’ it, big time.  You have Luke, the kid with a bunch of talent forced to relocate to a lesser team, the East Dillion Lions, and become the leader they desperately need.  Becky, a girl who is charming and bubbly but in love with a guy she can’t have.  Vince, kid from the “wrong side of the tracks” with heart who wants only to succeed where others in his group have not.  Jess, the smart, intelligent, funny young lady in the middle of a love triangle, trying to figure out where her loyalties lay.  Joe McCoy (not quite new but has a bigger role this year), the ultimate bad guy & foil to Coach Taylor. That’s a few of the characters that are making this year so compelling to watch.

I won’t get too much into the story lines.  You need to watch.

The season starts on NBC in April…

until then, catch up by watching past seasons.