Connie Britton Tami Taylor. Aimee Teegarden Julie Taylor. Brad Leland Buddy Garrity. Taylor Kitsch Tim Riggins. Jesse Plemons Landry Clarke. Zach Gilford Matt Saracen. Jurnee Smollett-Bell Jess Merriweather. Derek Phillips Billy Riggins. Matt Lauria Luke Cafferty. Minka Kelly Lyla Garrity. Adrianne Palicki Tyra Collette. Dora Madison Becky Sproles. Grey Damon Hastings Ruckle.
Scott Porter Jason Street. Gaius Charles Brian "Smash" Williams. Michael B. Jordan Vince Howard. Peter Berg Executive Producer. Jason Katims Executive Producer. Brian Grazer Executive Producer. David Nevins Executive Producer. Sarah Aubrey Executive Producer. Go back. More trailers. Dexter: New Blood: Season 1. Throughout the series, we laughed, we cried a lot , and we felt an almost real-life connection to the characters.
The show is lauded for its character development, so its no surprise how emotionally connected we felt with them. We rooted for Landry when he saved Tyra from being attacked, we sobbed when Matt Saracen broke down to Coach Taylor about his parents leaving, our hearts broke when we learned about Vince's Michael B. Jordan past, and we were pretty much inconsolable when Saracen's dad died. This show basically rips your heart out yet you still come back for more. Watch with a box of tissues handy.
This is kind of a given, but yes, football is a major part of the series. But it's not just any type of football, it's high school football, when not a whole lot else matters more to the players, the coaches, the classmates, and the community. It's a time in these kids' lives when they have a fighting chance at making their dreams come true. Each football game brings you back to the days of Friday nights spent in the bleachers rooting for your team, and you remember how much winning a simple football game can mean to so many people.
We may or may not have rooted for the Dillon Panthers and East Dillon Lions more than we have for most football teams in real life. The series gave us this inspirational, and dare we say, iconic, phrase. Even if you've never seen the show, you've definitely seen or heard this line quoted somewhere. Coach Taylor's locker room speeches left us feeling levels of inspiration that make you think you can do anything if you set your mind—and heart—to it.
He's the perfect mix of terrifying and motivating that makes us want to be the best we can be. How is it that a fictional character can make us feel that inspired? We're telling you guys, this show is magic. Not only did we get "clear eyes" and "full hearts" out of this series, we were also blessed with "Texas forever.
It's about friends who stay close no matter where life takes you, and the hometown that you'll always come back to—no matter how hard you try to leave them behind. That idea has resonated with a lot of people. Even Barack Obama has quoted it. They knew when they needed it, it would be there for them. And it always, always worked. There are many, many reasons to recommend FNL , but having a great catchphrase that never outstays its welcome is pretty remarkable.
How many other TV shows have managed that? Most small-town series offer up quirky wonderlands you might want to move to yourself. Most teen dramas are about either the sexy complications of the hottest teens imaginable think: Gossip Girl , or the weirdos and wannabes always watching those hotties and grousing about it think: Freaks and Geeks , Veronica Mars. And when it comes to TV sports dramas What Friday Night Lights accomplished tonally is hugely impressive.
Dillon, Texas, feels like a real place, complete with all the stresses that would exist in a small West Texas town, but it never goes so far into its realism that it becomes despairing.
Its teenagers have sexy complications and sometimes complain about the hotter teens around them, but they never feel defined by their confidence or their awkwardness. Honestly, if you know too much about football, you might roll your eyes at how many games are won on last-second plays. But you do have to know about a town where everybody cares about one tiny thing as though their lives depend on it. Dillon, Texas, loves high school football almost as much as it loves God or America.
Much of that can be attributed to the actors, a terrific collection of then-up-and-coming performers who included everybody from Michael B. As Eric and Tami Taylor, Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton are pitch-perfect as two people who love each other dearly and sometimes best express that by bickering affectionately with each other.
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