Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose
It seems like every summer Megan and I start watching a new show. Let’s face it, the summer tv selection is pretty dim. Outside of So You Think You Can Dance and Wipeout, you’ve got nothing. And we all know the new format of SYTYCD is pretty lame. I mean, there’s no reason to have a top 10 rather than a top 20, just to bring back has-beens from years past. Dominic was creepy during his original time on the show. We don’t need more of that. Less Dominic, that’s what we need. Wait, guys don’t watch SYTYCD? Me either.
Last summer, we started Heroes. We got hooked, got caught up on past seasons, then they cancelled it. Time, wasted. This year our summer show is Friday Night Lights. We watched one of the new episodes and decided, “Hey, this is pretty legit. We need to get caught up on this.” Three weeks later we are almost finished with Season 3 (thank you Netflix streaming on the Wii.). One word: dominating. This show might be my all-time favorite. Better than Seinfeld. Better than House. Better than LOST. Did I just say “better than LOST?” Believe it kids. Look, I went to High School at one of the top football schools in the country. We won the state championship every year from my 8th grade year until a year after I graduated (that would be 6 years in a row). We have multiple players playing Division 1 football and in the NFL. High School football was kind of a big deal for us. And everybody hated us for it (which I am still, amazingly enough, reminded of to this day every time I say where I went to HS). For the record, I weighed approximately 72lbs in high school, so no, I wasn’t collecting rings. My high school memories are part of what draws me to Friday Night Lights. Outside of that, the characters (and actors) are amazing. Anybody would want their kid to play for coach Eric Taylor. His motto is: Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose. Freaking love that. It also makes me rethink High School. I look back on it and think about the people I judged without knowing their situation. Who did I make fun of who was living at home, without any parents, having to care for their sick grandmother? Who did I ignore that lived with an alcoholic waste of a mother? We all knew these people. We stayed away from them because they were “dirty” or “bad influences” or “not going anywhere with their life.” Really, we just didn’t take the time to know their stories. Hopefully I can convince my son to do it differently.
Check out this clip from the end of Season 1. The star QB, Jason Street (think Peyton Manning, JR), takes a nasty hit during a game that puts him in the hospital. The team, and the town, is trying to figure out how to cope.
Are you a fan of Friday Night Lights? What is your favorite show?
Adriane and I just finished season 4 last night night, great season, great show! One of our favorites. We started several years ago but took our time going through it, we didn't want it to end quickly so we took the seasons slowly on Netflix and then since DirectTV aired season 4 last fall, found it on several, albeit a little shady, sites online. I know season 4 is currently on NBC too. Great show and I am sad that it is over for us for now, I did hear they are signed on for at least one more season – so for now we wait.
yeah we are in a waiting mode too. season 4 isn't livestreaming on netflix, so we've gotta wait for the dvd's to arrive one by one. we end up watching 2-3 episodes a night if we are home. so great.
Man — that's good stuff. HS was kind of a blur to me. If I knew what I knew now — that its all about people…It's crazy to think how HS would've been..
Favorite show: Locked up — The fiance and I can watch that for hours! Although doesn't really provide much inspiration.
never heard of it. gotta chack it out. or check it out. whatever the heck chack means.
Dang, I keep hearing great things about it. I suppose I need to get on the ball and start watching!
heck yes you do!
1. Great post! I've never seen this show, but now I want to.
2. I went to Owasso. I didn't know until this very moment that I hate you, you state championship monopolizer (by association).
haha believe it! my sport was basketball, which was the only sport we've NEVER won a state championship in. ridiculous.
We can't stop watching either, like we're embarrassed at how much we've watched. I could write an entire post to supplement your post but I'll get off before things get heated up (twss)
Royal Pains – USA Network, Covert Affairs – USA, River Monsters (man I love that show) – Discovery
At least you didn’t say Felicity…