

And so we take our lumps along with the Taylors, Vince, and especially Tim Riggins this week. And yet because we love it so much we hide our eyes when terrible things happen and we wish desperately for happy endings - even though they would nullify what attracted us to the program in the first place. Also blame the complicated relationship we few, proud FNL fans have with our favorite show: the reason we love it is because of its unflinching honesty and respect for the truth of its characters. You’ll have to forgive us if we’re a bit all over the place: we blame the tension caused by walking all of the season’s various plot lines right up to the brink. Yes, this week was a rough one, kiddos, as torn up and messy as the East Dillon field after a fleet of Panther-driven trucks are done doing donuts on it. And we love it! But sometimes, like with this week’s episode “Laboring,” this love can be a very painful thing indeed. It was never Mayberry, but life in East Dillon is competely stripped of any Hollywoodian happy endings or gloss. Yikes, friend! And yet we share her suffering: unlike, well, just about any show we can think of aside from David Simon’s HBO masterpiece, Friday Night Lights this season has flexed its improved storytelling chops, its broader social milieu and impressive new cast members to tell stories that are bleaker and more heart-wrenching than ever before. This is God given talent.Before we wax rapturous about the intense goings-on in this penultimate episode of the fourth season of The Wire: West Texas Friday Night Lights, we thought we’d share an Instant Message we received yesterday from a fellow diehard Lions fan: “Can we talk about what a completely depressing, agonizing, joyless season this is?!?” she wrote, before adding a frowny emoticon. Coach Gary Gainesīrian Chavez: Hey Boobie, you didn't lift.īoobie Miles: I don't have to. Can you give me a great effort and just a little bit more. And I'll be damned if you're not gonna miss it. You got one year, one stinkin' year to make yourself some memories, son. This is the only thing you're ever gonna have. : He designed his offense around one player.You just need to start throwing the ball. Mike Winchell: He designed his offense around one player. Everything's all right as long as we win state.Įverything's going to be just fine. John Aubrey: Everything's going to be just fine. : I want you to take a moment, and I want you to look each other.And I want you to put that in your hearts. And he would die to be out there in that field with you tonight. I want you to close your eyes, and I want you to think about Boobie Miles, who is your brother. I want you to put each other in your hearts forever because forever is about to happen here in just a few minutes. I want you to take a moment, and I want you to look each other in the eyes. You gonna come visit my distinguished ass out in Cali. You gonna come visit my distinguished ass out in California? Boobie Miles : Boobie's gonna knock 'em out with black Nikes on his feet!.Thanks.īoobie's gonna knock 'em out with black Nikes on his feet! Boobie Miles

Do you like it?ĭon Billingsley: Yeah, I love it. What is it?Ĭheerleader: It's you as a rice krispie. Do you like it? Do you like it?ĭon Billingsley: Yeah. If you don't smile I?m gonna stick 'bout 4 jello.Ĭheerleader. If you don't smile I?m gonna stick 'bout 4 jello pudding pops up your white ass! Boobie Miles
