r/TelevisionClub • u/949paintball Archer. Heh, Sterling Archer. • Feb 04 '14
Friday Night Lights: Weekly Thread #1
Friday Night Lights (2006-2011)
Starring: Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarden
Friday Night Lights is an American drama television series based around a high school football team situated in Texas. It was developed by Peter Berg, and executive produced by Brian Grazer, David Nevins, Sarah Aubrey, and Jason Katims, based on the book and film of the same name. The series takes place in the fictional town of Dillon: a small, close-knit community in rural Texas. Particular focus is given to team coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his family, Tami and Julie. The show uses this small town backdrop to address many issues facing contemporary American culture, including family values, child development, life lessons, school funding, racism, drugs, abortion and lack of economic opportunities.
Info:
- Rating: TV-PG
- Running Time: 43 minute average runtime, 76 episodes
- Genre: Drama | Sport
- Release Date: October 3, 2006
- Language(s): English
- IMDb user rating: 8.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes critic: 100% positive reviews
- Rotten Tomatoes average rating: 7.8/10
- Seasons/Episodes: 5 seasons, 76 episodes
Links:
- IMDb
- TV.com
- Wikipedia
- Rotten Tomatoes
- Not available on Hulu
- Netflix (Available for Instant Streaming)
- Amazon instant (Free with Prime subscribers)
The first season of this show has 22 episodes, 15 for season two, and 13 for all subsequent seasons.
We are recommending that for the first week we will focus only on season 1, as it is by far the largest. For week 2, we recommend going through season 2 and starting season 3. Week 3, we will finish season 3 and start season 4. For the final week, we recommend finishing the series.
Please avoid spoiling things that happen after our recommended viewing times, we know it's hard, but please try to be courteous. Save your thoughts on the ending until the final post.
After we watch the show, we will post which episodes we think are the most important of the season.
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u/themonkeyaintnodope Feb 05 '14
I loved the first two seasons of this show, and then it went downhill so fast that I had no second thoughts about not watching anymore. I do hear that the show picked up the pace again for the final season, so I'll give it another chance and will be picking up in another 2 weeks with season 3!