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About FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS & Episode Guides

Every day counts. One night matters!

Friday Night Lights Aired From October 03, 2006 - February 09, 2011 On NBC



Plot:
Expanding on the hit feature film and best selling book "Friday Night Lights," this poignant series centres on the small rural town of Dillon, Texas, where the coveted state football championship rings are held in the highest regard. The Dillon Panther's faced many challenges their first season with Coach Eric Taylor at the helm, but after much hard work, determination and a victory at the State Championship Game, the team's fate at the start of yet another new season and the Taylor family's future with them, continues to remain uncertain.

Cast:
Kyle ChandlerEric Taylor
Connie BrittonTami Taylor
Gaius CharlesBrian 'Smash' Williams
Zach GilfordMatt Saracen
Minka KellyLyla Garrity
Aimee TeegardenJulie Taylor
Taylor KitschTim Riggins
Adrianne PalickiTyra Collette
Jesse PlemonsLandry Clarke
Blue DeckertMac Macgill
Scott PorterJason Street

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Season 1



Episode 1. Pilot
A newcomer coach Eric Taylor finds himself helming a promising high school football team, the Dillon Panthers, that has a real chance to make it to the top.

Episode 2. Eyes Wide Open
As the team pulls together and tries to help Matt get used to his new role as quarterback after Jason's injury, Lyla offers her support to Tim. Jason learns about the extent of his injury, and Tami gets a job as the school guidance counselor.

Ep 3. Wind Sprints
The situation in town begins to get ugly as Coach Taylor and his family is forced to endure heat from a difficult loss against the San Marco HS Rattlers.  Tim and Tyra break up after he confronts her about Smash, and Lyla, after having an argument with Jason, vents her anger onto Tim.

Episode 4. Who's Your Daddy
As the Panthers prepare for a match against the Tigers, who are their biggest rival, Jason's new roommate tries to help him understand the potential he has for recovery. Lyla tells Tim of her regrets about what happened between them, and Matt hits an all-time low.

Episode 5. Git 'Er Done
The big game against the Tigers drawing closer, Coach Taylor must decide between Matt and the self-assured recruit Ray "Voodoo" Tatum for the starting quarterback. The feelings between Tim and Lyla grow stronger. Jason's newly-found motivation strives him to begin the rehab.

Episode 6. El Accidente
Ray Tatum faces the blame of his team mates after Panthers' win in the game last week might be overturned. Defensive tackle Bobby Reyes is arrested by the police during a practice for beating a student. Coach Taylor and Buddy Garrity are questioned by the Texas High School athletic administration. Lyla and Tim surprise Jason by taking him to the lake.

Episode 7. Homecoming
As the Panthers get ready to face the dominating Laribee Lions, the 2000 State Champ quarterback, Lucas Mize is set to join the team.
Smash catches his chance to convince a college scout of his talents. A focused Tim quits drinking. Jason's suspicions of Lyla and Tim's affair grow. Tyra and Billy set up an after game homecoming party.

Episode 8. Crossing the Line
Julie thinks about going on a date with Matt. A discouraged Smash turns to foul play to improve his on-pitch performance. Cheered by Lyla and Tim, Jason has his first quad rugby game. A dinner turns into a fight for Coach Taylor, Tami, Riggins and his brother.

Episode 9. Full Hearts
Smash continues to go the extreme to improve his performance. Rumors begin to spread about Tim and Lyla's relationship. Julie and Matt attempt to go out on a date but it is cursed from the beginning. The Panthers are in much anticipation for their upcoming game against the Gatling High.

Episode 10. It's Different for Girls
The cheerleaders prepare for Championship Classic. Lyla is picked on when people find out about her and Riggins. Coach Taylor tries to keep Matt and Julie apart. Jason goes home after being released from rehab.

Episode 11. Nevermind
The Panthers are preparing for another game they can't lose. Matt's father comes back from Iraq but his mother's condition is difficult to take in. Tami Taylor sees Tim Riggins regarding his grades. She believes he's not doing his homework by himself and asks Landry to tutor him for his next oral exam. If he doesn't pass, he won't play in the football team.

Episode 12. What to Do While You're Waiting
The Panther's fate is hung up on the result of a game between two other teams and there is nothing they can do about it. Meanwhile, there is tension at the Street's house because of the lawsuit they introduced against Coach Taylor. Matt's father has a hard time adjusting back to real life.

Episode 13. Little Girl I want to Marry You
The Panthers have only one more game to win in order to qualify for the play-offs. Smash's mother discovers something that could end his football dreams.

Episode 14. Upping the Ante
The Panthers prepare for their first playoff game.
Coach Taylor gets distracted as he has to come up with a solution to Smash's use of drugs. Tyra and Julie befriend while Riggins bonds with his alienated father. Buddy learns about Jason and Lyla's engagement.

Episode 15. Blinders
The Panthers savor their crucial playoff-win—until race issues emerge and sorely test their bond after Mac makes racial statements.
Tami frowns upon Julie's newfound friendship with Tyra. The girls play a powder-puff football game.

Episode 16. Black Eyes and Broken Heart's
Due to racial comments from Coach Mac, the black players on the team refuse to play unless he is sacked. Julie is sucked deeper into the vortex as her friendship with Tyra develops. Matt tries to win Julie back.

Episode 17. I Think We Should Have Sex
After Julie reveals to Matt that she wants to have sex with him, Matt feels the need to put together something special. Tim clashes with his father. The Panthers are into the next round of the playoffs and looking solid.

Episode 18. Extended Families
Lyla makes a surprise visit to the quad rugby camp where Jason is playing at, but she doesn't find the comfort she came looking for. Buddy Garrity's affair with Tyra's mother comes out. Consequently, Buddy decides to move in with the Taylors. Smash becomes suspicious about Waverly when she goes for a midnight swim with him.

Episode 19. Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
With TMU trying to recruit Coach Taylor, Julie insists that she will not be moved away from Matt and Dillon. The quad rugby recruiters in Austin deliver some bad news to Jason. Riggins becomes friends with a single mother and her son.

Episode 20. Mud Bowl
A chemical spill near Dillon High School forces Coach Taylor and the Panthers to seek another facility in which to play the crucial State Semi-Final game.

Episode 21. Best Laid Plans
Coach Taylor buckles under the pressure from Texas Methodist University. The news of his decision is not taken lightly by his family.
Riggins faces the impending consequences of his relationship. Landry wonders whether he should tell someone about Tyra's situation.

Episode 22. State
The rumors about Coach Taylor leaving the team at the end of the season get a boost when an inside source decides to speak up. Meanwhile, the Panthers are preparing themselves for the state championship.

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Season 2



1. Last Days of Summer
The Dillon Panthers have to work twice as hard as last year if they want to win another championship since so many things have changed. Can they adjust without Coach Taylor and can Coach Taylor adjust to being separated from his family? Matt and Landry fight to make their new lifestyles easier to handle.

2. Bad Ideas
So many things have changed at Dillon High and the first day of school is the real test. Matt stands by as his world comes crashing down, while Landry still copes to make sense of his. All eyes seem to be focusing on Smash, while Tami tries to adjust to having a teenager and a newborn.

3. Are You Ready for Friday Night?
Matt and Smash have a hard time listening to their coach as they prepare for their first game of the new season. Coach Taylor heads back to Dillon to check on his family and finds out just what is happening to the Panthers since he's left.

4. Backfire
Street strongly desires experimental surgery to help him recover as Tim and Jason head to Mexico. Coach Taylor accepts an offer that changes his life. A development in a police search deeply affects the lives of Tyra and Landry. Lyla is too busy helping a newcomer to Dillon, to see that Riggins is worried about Street.

5. Let's Get It On
Coach Taylor understands that life is falling apart in Dillon without him, so he goes back to being the head coach for the Panthers. He first realizes that he needs to fix the problems between Smash and Matt. Riggins asks Lyla to help him in stopping Street for undergoing the experimental surgery.

6. How Did I Get Here
Landry's dad is put into a tough position when he has to choose whether to be a cop or a father once Landry confesses to what he did. Shelley, Tami's free spirited "green" sister comes to help out, but instead makes Tami rethink her choices and questions Dillon. And if Riggins wants back on the team, he first needs to prove it to Coach Taylor.

7. Pantherama!
The day Smash has waited for has finally arrived...the first day he can talk to recruiters. Coach Taylor eyes a new potential asset for the Panthers. Lyla and Tyra are asked by Tami to run the annual Pantherama. Matt wants his cake and he wants to eat it too when he is fond over his grandma's caretaker and his new girlfriend. Julie is jealous about the situation and turns to her writing teacher for someone to talk to.

8. Seeing Other People
Matt decides he wants an open relationship because he likes his grandma's caretaker and his current girlfriend. Things explode at the Taylor house when Eric goes off on Tami for relationship with someone at work, after Tami goes off on one of Julie's teachers. Landry contemplates turning himself in after he goes in place of Tyra to meet her attacker's brother. Smash's first recruitment trip leaves him thinking twice about college.

9. The Confession
Landry finally comes clean about his role in the murder of the man who assulted Tyra. Herc decides that it's a good idea to find Street a date on an online dating service. There is termoil between Julie and Tami as they prepare for baby Gracie's christening.

10. There Goes the Neighborhood
Not only do Coach Taylor have to adjust to their rivals Laribee High School sharing their lockers, football fields, and weight room with them after a tornado strikes, but he also has to adjust, along with Tami and Julie, to Tim Riggins living with them. After being cleared of murder, Landry and Tyra now must work on their relationship.

11. Jumping the Gun
Coach Taylor and Tim Riggins are at odds when it comes to Julie, and Tim needs some advice on the situation. The Panthers' biggest game of the season is coming up against Laribee High School and all the attention seems to be focused on what Coach Taylor will do to prepare for it. Smash is running into obstacles when everyone wants a verbal commitment to their college programs, except the one he wants.

12. Who Do You Think You Are?
Carlotta goes back to Guatemala, leaving Matt all alone and sad and Part of Santiago's past returns. Noel and Smash find out that their parents don't agree with their relationship. A Christian radio station hires Lyla as their new on air personality while Coach Taylor and Tami hunt for a new day care for Gracie.

13. Humble Pie
Tim needs to give the money back to his ex-roomate that he stole. Jason gets a job at a car salesman and instead of being criminally charged, Smash needs to make a public apology for what happened at the movie theater. Tami gets a job as the girls' volleyball coach.

14. Leave No One Behind
Matt Saracen has given up all hope on anything going right. Julie becomes jealous when she sees how close Tyra and Tami are becoming. Someone might be moving on on Landry and Tyra's relationship and during his three game suspension, Smash asked Coach Taylor for some advice.

15. May the Best Man Win
Jealousy starts to rear it's ugly head when Tami stays in Dillon longer than expected after running into her wealthy old high school boyfriend. While attempting to score scholarship despite his past, Smash might take up an offer from something out of the ordinary. Tim gets his own Christian radio show to impress Lyla. Some big news may change Jason's life forever.

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Season 3



1. I Knew You When
Tami gets frustrated when she sees the school's lacking money when it comes to education but not the football team. Tyra is advised that because of her poor freshman grades, she shouldn't try to get into a good college. Smash wishes he was as sure as everyone else about his comeback after his shattered knee.

2. Tami Knows Best
Tami becomes angry by Tyra's actions. In an effort to help his grandma, Matt stumbles upon his estranged mother. Coach Taylor tries his best to encourage Smash as he tries to make the college tryouts.

3.How The Other Half Lives
Eric begins to wonder about his job, while Tami makes nice with Katie McCoy. Julie and Matt connect again. Riggins and Billy work on a money making scheme, which worries Lyla.

4. Hello, Goodbye
Coach Taylor and Smash say goodbye. Tyra begins dating Cash while Julie comforts Matt during hard family times.

5. Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Cash exposes a new side of himself in front of Tyra, McCoy is getting even more of the limelight which puts Matt even further on edge, and takes it out on himself and those around him. Elsewhere, Jason is unhappy with Erin's actions.

6. It Ain't Easy Being J.D. McCoy
Coach is furious with Tim and the team for a freshman hazing. J.D. wins the respect of the town and team. A late night swim at the lake turns into more for Julie and Matt. Tyra is shocked when a woman shows up claiming Cash owes her child support.

7. Keeping Up Appearances
Eric and Tami try to calm Jamarca's angry parents; Billy helps Tim pursue a scholarship; and Jason, Herc and the Riggins brothers receive good news.

8. New York, New York
Tim is worried when Jason talks about leaving Dillon. Money troubles cause a riff between Tami and Eric. Tyra leans on Cash when things get tough, while Julie talks to her dad about Matt's idea.

9. Game of the Week
As if the stress of the playoffs wans't enough, now the Panthers are playing a televised game, after being chosen as the high school game of the week. Tyra finds herself in a dangerous situation, after Cash shows his true self. A college coach wants to meet with Riggins, but he has to decide if he wants to go or not.

10. The Giving Tree
Buddy opens up to Lyla about their money troubles, after he has a brief run in with the law. Coach Taylor catches Julie and Matt sleeping together. J.D.'s father worries about him losing focus after meeting a new girl. Tyra gets a little tutoring help from Landry for her SAT's.

11. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
Tyra goes to Landry for help; the team is endangered by a new development; Matt's grandmother has an accident; Tim sees changes in Lyla; and J.D. and Joe clash.

12. Underdogs
Landry helps Tyra write her college essay. Matt is dealing with the various reactions his grandma will have once he tells her about his plans for college. Lyla leaves Tim's house. Eric and Tami come to a decision about the McCoys. The Panthers get ready to face one of the toughest teams.

13. Tomorrow Blues
In the third season finale, Eric and his contract are up for discussion. Lyla and Tim talk about their future together. Mindy and Billy's wedding day has finally come. Tyra waits for some hopefully happy news about her waiting list status.

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Season 4



1. East of Dillon
Coach has difficulty trying to unite his new team, the East Dillon Lions;. Matt lives as a townie for the first time and Tim finds his calling after a college lecture.

2. After the Fall
One of the star player ends up on the Lions' list. Coach attempts to build team spirit. Meanwhile Matt goes to visit an artist and Tim finds somewhere to live.

3. In the Skin of a Lion
Vince and Luke have a hard time getting along which could create a problem for the team. Tim tries to get the team to improve their game.

4. A Sort of Homecoming
Landry and Vince have feelings for Jess. Matt and Tim go on a hunting trip. Julie goes to a gay bar with Devon. The Coach does some research on East Dillon.

5. The Son
The Taylors and other familiar faces rally around Matt as he deals with the untimely death of his father.

6. Stay
Coach tries to look for a new approach to take down their toughest opponent. Tim and Lyla are reunited until she has to go back to college. Julie and Matt go to a concert.

7. In the Bag
Julie struggles with her loneliness while Vince gets promoted to a leadership position on the Lions. Matt's family responsibilities begin to take their toll and Tami shares an awkward moment with a co-worker.

8. Toilet Bowl
Tami and Julie travel to the East coast for some college tours while Coach Taylor deals with the Lions' upcoming game "The Toilet Bowl" against the other worst team in the league.

9. The Lights of Carrol Park
After witnessing a crime in a local hangout Coach Taylor teams up with Buddy to turn the lights back on at Carrol Park. Julie begins a new hobby while Becky reveals some startling news to Tim and Luke. Landry and Jess explore their relationship.

10. I Can't
Becky continues to struggle with her situation, and at Tim's suggestion seeks help from Tami. Vince makes some tough decisions in the wake of a family crisis and Julie contemplates life outside of Dillon.

11. Injury List
The team can't focus on their next game. Tami gets involved in a controversy. Vince wants to end his deal with Kennard. Julie gets an unexpected phone call from Matt.

12. Laboring
Eric faces drama about the upcoming Lions and Panthers game; Tami attempts to pacify her critics; the Riggins brothers adjust to new family developments.

13. Thanksgiving
The Taylors host Thanksgiving dinner; A visitor surprises Julie and Landry; Tim is faced with a tough decision.

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Season 5



Episode 1: Expectations
Coach tempers high expectations for East Dillon's impending season; Vince and Luke work to recruit a new player for the Lions' squad; Dillon bids farewell to two alumni as they prepare to leave for college

Episode 2: On the Outside Looking In
Eric realizes that the Lions' performance in the first game of the season hasn't satisfied everyone; Vince receives unexpected benefits from his status as a football player; and Luke's aggression on the field has repercussions.

Episode 3: The Right Hand of the Father
Someone from Vince's past resurfaces. Julie connects with a faculty member. Eric tries to instill discipline in the team. Buddy is troubled after learning something about his son.

Episode 4: Keep Looking
Coach is forced to play mediator as tensions erupt in the locker room. Luke gets recruited. Buddy deals with the trials and tribulations of fatherhood. Tami deals with a troubled student. The Lions welcome a new player.

Episode 5: Kingdom
Coach discusses recruitment regulations. The Lions take a road trip. East Dillon's four stars make a pact. Julie's relationship becomes more complicated.

Episode 6: Swerve
A popular magazine hails Coach as the "Kingmaker." Vince's past catches up to him. Luke reacts to the truth. A suspicious accident delays Julie's return to college.

Episode 7: Perfect Record
Rivalry week stirs up controversy. Vince is caught in the middle between Coach and Ornette. Billy takes Luke under his wing.

Episode 8: Fracture
Coach fears he's beginning to lose his grip on the team. Tami worries that one of her students is being neglected. Vince alienates his teammates. Becky enters a beauty pageant.

Episode 9: Gut Check
Coach threatens to suspend Vince. Luke faces pressure. Billy learns some surprising news from Mindy. Becky starts a surprising new job.

Episode 10: Don't Go
An elite college football program attempts to lure Coach away from East Dillon. Vince vows to earn his spot back. Friends and family speak at Tim's parole hearing. East Dillon holds a Fall Sports Banquet.

Episode 11: The March
Tami fields a potential job offer in Pennsylvania while the Lions' football program faces budget cuts and their first playoff game in 25 years.

Episode 12: Small Town/Texas Whatever
Coach Taylor is offered a deal he can't refuse. Tim assesses his future plans when an old flame returns to Dillon. The future of High School Football in the town of Dillon is decided.

Episode 13: Always
The Taylors face several decisions that could change their lives forever.

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