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Unless you have DirectTV, you’ve been waiting for “Friday Night Lights” to return to NBC. This week, that finally happens. I can tell you: it’s worth the wait.
By : SHAWNA BENSON
Unless you have DirectTV, you’ve been waiting for “Friday Night Lights” to return to NBC. This week, that finally happens. I can tell you: it’s worth the wait.
This show has continued to get stronger and better with each passing season. Sure there was that rough patch in Season 2, but nearly every show has some growing pains. I’m happy to see that NBC is becoming more vocal about the yearly oversight this show endures for Emmy recognition. “Friday Night Lights” has never been ‘sexy’ or particularly trendy, but it has always had good, solid storytelling and great characters, created with realism and truth.
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As season four begins, Dillon, Texas is now a town divided – two high schools, two football teams. East Dillon High School was resurrected from its long dormant state, and much to the dismay of parents and students, some of the kids (on the “wrong side of the tracks”) are being forced to hang up their Panther Pride and become East Dillon Lions.
As some characters depart, new ones come to the fore and are introduced. Landry is trying to move on from Tyra and it appears that running over Jess Merriweather’s bicycle may help him in that regard. That is, if Jess isn’t still interested in Vince Howard, a troublemaker Coach must try to keep on his football team and out of jail.
It looks like the focus of season four will be how everyone copes with the monumental changes and whether the town can survive. As “Friday Night Lights” has shown us for the past three years, this is not an easily answered question. If the first episode of the season is any indicator of what is to come, prepare for a roller coaster of heartache and triumphs. It’s what this show does best.
“Never Out of the Fight.”
The show returns to NBC Friday, May 7th at 8:00 pm.
