A show where everyone would benefit from a move to Maine

[dangermousie]

Watched eps 2 and 3 of Friday Night Lights.

I wonder what happens when your paralyzed best friend's girlfriend slaps you as you walk home all soaked from the rain? Geeee. Guess.

WHY, HALLO THERE, KDRAMA:








We know why I am watching, don't we?

Other thoughts can be summed up as:

* Still want to make Matt Saracen soup. Only now I also want to feed him a pie and possibly knit him a hat. Except I do not know how to knit.

* For God's sake, people! It's only high school football, not Doctors Without Borders! Get over it and stop taking it so damn seriously. If high school football is what you live for, perhaps you should reevaluate your life. Come on - send them to study groups, not midnight practices. Maybe there's a hidden mathlete among them - you can do it!

* And you kids, stop drinking yourself to death/getting others to do homework for you/spending all your time at practice and actually study - maybe you'll get a job other than carwash or gas station.

* Lyla, how about you tell your newly paralyzed boyfriend that since your easy ride as his gf is over, you are going to be seeing him a little less because you'll be hitting the books and trying to get into college so you can have a well-paying job. Not that you are going to be seeing him less because you are going to be feasting on the tonsils of his dead sexy alcoholic best friend. Not that I blame you, girl. Not that I blame you. Seriously. The former will get you a way out. The latter will only give you herpes.

* Tyra is awesome and tries hard but her future is to end up a prematurely wrinkled 45-yr-old running a road house.

* Everyone in this show needs to get out of Texas. And maybe go to college. Except for Tim Riggins who needs to go to an AA meeting or dozen. Preferably shirtless.

I do have a bunch of serious metaish thoughts but too exhausted so that will have to wait for another day.

Comments

[morwen_peredhil]

I agree with every word of this post. Especially the part about shirtless Tim Riggins.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I have resigned myself to going to hell but I am largely watching this excellent and meaningful show to see Tim Riggins angst and make out with his best friend's girl.

[bzoppa.livejournal.com]

I've actually not watched this show, but I do read some people's meta and read the first season's recaps on twop.

Not that I disagree with you about it's just football, but I know some people from Texas and football is everything down there. I don't get it either, but it is what it is.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I've heard that it is accurate. Yikes.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Having grown up in a Texas community all but obsessed with football, this is one show I could likely never watch. One part of high school I never want to revisit.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine being in a place that obsessed with football - yikes.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Imagine 12 years of not liking football and going to school in that environment (Texas colleges are also really into football, but it's easier to escape...there aren't school mandated football things) and you may understand being terrified that this show even exists.

[itshelene.livejournal.com]

It's so funny that you are watching this show now (are you not American? LOL). I have a recollection of watching the first 2 seasons of it years ago (it's probably not that long ago...) But it was nevertheless before I completely gave up on Western dramas. The only American show that I've been as obsessed with as I am with kdramas and certain jdramas is Veronica Mars (1st season). My friends have given up on me, but when you've first given candy to a kid, you can't take it back. ^_^

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am American but I watch basically no American scrpited TV (I love Travel and Food channel stuff) so yeah :)

Dramas basically fill all my tv needs.

[artic-fox.livejournal.com]

So do I need to watch this, Y/N?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes - I don't watch much American TV but this gripped even me :)

[artic-fox.livejournal.com]

Noted! I'm looking for something to fill in my time considering all my other shows are on hiatus.

[astrothsknot.livejournal.com]

I don't care what Tim does as long as it's shirtless.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

A++

[queenofthorns.livejournal.com]

Man, I SO did not want to spoil you and morwen_peredhil about the Riggins/Lyla thing because I KNEW you guys would eat that up like really yummy ice-cream sundaes or something :P (But I'm so glad you watched till this point!)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes - it is like something out of my beloved kdramas - I love my melodrama so very much :)