One minute, best friends Street and Riggins are living it up in Mexico with a late assist from Lyla, and the next minute, Lyla is dating Street but sleeping with Riggins.
What the heck is going on in Dillon, Texas?
This is what happens when you get hooked on a show in its second season then spend the rest of the week trying to catch up on the first season. Let this be a lesson to all: Don't cross the TV season streams!
Back in September, I set my DVR to record the second season of "Friday Night Lights," figuring that it would give me something to do if and when all my other shows went off the air because of the writers' strike.
In December, I started watching the show. Within the first 30 minutes of the first episode, I was hooked. Once I caught up on Season 2, I decided to get completely caught up with the Dillon Panthers. Enter Netflix and Season 1 on DVD. Bad move!
Now, as I watch one from Column B on the weekend and then a few from Column A on other days, I have no clue what is happening. Why are Matt and Julie dating when they already broke up? How is it that Landry bedded Tyra when the two of them have yet to say anything to one another? Why is UT calling Coach Taylor when he already left TMU to return to Dillon? The Panthers are defending state champs but were on the brink of playoff elimination?
Let this be a lesson: Wait until one season of a show is completely over before watching previous seasons. Otherwise, you will go crazier than Michael J. Fox when he used different-colored boutaniers to help remember which girl he was with at the time when he had two dates to the same prom.
- Mark La Monica
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FNL is a fabulous show; well written, interesting and it has a little bit of something for everyone. It probably won't last past this season because it isn't stupid enough for the American public. Watch it in sequence. It sort of veered off track at the beginning of this season but it has definitely gotten back in the groove. I wish more people knew about this show....