Deep in the Heart of Texas

Friday Night Lights

I think this is a pretty good show. I've heard rumors about it struggling with ratings, and maybe next week's new time will help, but I really hope they give it a chance. NBC in general is having some major issues, but at least moving time slots to after Heroes (the best thing NBC has done in a long time) might actually save this show.

I must say, I get frustrated with this show though. Not exactly the show, but the coach on the show. Now, maybe I just have no idea what I'm talking about because I don't come from a huge high school football town, but this coach has no balls! I take that back though, he's growing some. I just find it so strange that an entire town only hates or loves this guy depending if the football team lost or won the football game. And when I say the coach has no balls, it's because he just bends over and takes what the town says. At least in this last episode he actually shoved some discipline down these kids throats and at least gained respect from the players...but like all schools these days, the coaches/teachers just need to tell the parents to shove it so they can do their damn jobs!

At first I wasn't sure about this show. It was literally minute 8 into the first episode that I knew exactly what was going to happen. The head QB gets injured, the poor hardly-noticed back-up QB has to fill in and take over QB1, the town blames the coach for no reason, the cheerleader girlfriend stays by her injured man's side, etc etc. But, with this type of story there is always good drama. We see that the "good girl" loyal girlfriend to the fallen QB is really a slut in disguise and ends up hooking up with the QB's best friend, the fill-in QB gets beat up and terrorized by everyone because he hasn't won a game yet, and because he's only started in one game after the injury, and lost, they are already bringing in another QB to take his place. So now, it's the typical game of "who is going to start on Friday coach?" So for me, it's a great equation for a winning show. Let's just hope NBC doesn't screw it up by moving it all over the place and losing their fan base.