tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post116805142481260093..comments2024-03-28T10:18:52.493-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: For a change of pace ...Billie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-90368101580209000352020-06-06T11:53:13.351-04:002020-06-06T11:53:13.351-04:00We are half way through season 2 and enjoy the sho...We are half way through season 2 and enjoy the show. I agree that Guilford and Porter are outstanding as are the Coach and his wife. I also agree with the last poster about how all of the families are train wrecks. I can’t believe social services would leave Matt S at 15 home without a parent and with a Grandmother Who has dementia. Seems like something the Coach and guidance counselor could get involved with.<br /><br />The coach doesn’t have a job besides coaching but ignores Matt’s home issues and Riggins being an alcoholic. Riggins comes to practice drunk. Also he isn’t involved with the college recruiting. He should be involved in Smash’s recruiting junior year. Most offered are made at the end of junior year. Senior year is too late.<br /><br />The injured QB just drove to Mexico For a week to get some treatment from what has to be a quack. He didn’t tell his parents. At 18, who does that. Riggins left school And practice for the week to go with him. <br /><br />Then there is the murder. It is a lot to believe <br /><br />Still, we like the show. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976979033441824813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-775449749179320782020-05-25T11:42:47.078-04:002020-05-25T11:42:47.078-04:00We just finished season 1 on Hulu. I liked the sho...We just finished season 1 on Hulu. I liked the show, but every family, other than the Coach’s family, portrayed is completely screwed up. By the end of the season, only the injured QB had 2 parents married and living together. Riggins and Sarazin don’t live with either parent. Siblings are strippers and alcoholics. I know it add drama, but there should be a couple families that are not train wrecks. Those families struggle with high school too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-53285614731426820742013-01-18T18:47:55.542-05:002013-01-18T18:47:55.542-05:00I just started watching...and now I am on Season 3...I just started watching...and now I am on Season 3. This is a GREAT show. Not usually what I go for, but I am truly enjoying it. My one quibble is that plot lines occasionally get dropped from the end of one season to the beginning of the next...like time has passed and stuff has happened that we don't see. In some cases it is no big deal to me, but in a case or two I really wanted to see what had taken place "in between".Soozenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-19127155557674706282012-06-23T02:04:01.452-04:002012-06-23T02:04:01.452-04:00Jess -- you've mentioned this show in several ...Jess -- you've mentioned this show in several things you've written that I've read and, frankly, I had never heard of it. A couple of months ago, a channel over here decided to run the entire series from the beginning and I've had it sitting on my DVR ever since. There always seemed to be something else that I wanted to watch more.<br /><br />Last night, after an absolutely horrible three days, I plopped (there is no other word) onto the couch with takeaway and a beer and thought, why not. Suffice it to say that I never got off the couch. I woke up this morning having fallen asleep in the middle of episode eight.<br /><br />I am a Scott Porter fan because I love his character in <i>Hart of Dixie</i>, but he has completely wowed me here. In some ways, he's better at playing a seventeen year old handicapped kid than he is a thirty year old lawyer. And, Zach Guilford just makes me want to break the fourth wall and cuddle him. What an amazing performance. The coach and Tami go without saying.<br /><br />So, I just wanted to thank you for this recommendation. This is the first show since <i>Supernatural</i> that has completely swept me away. Now, how to avoid the temptation of giving over my entire Saturday to Dillon football...ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843864158239536750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-3694878768813211772011-12-01T12:15:54.338-05:002011-12-01T12:15:54.338-05:00Normally, I would never watch a family drama (Not ...Normally, I would never watch a family drama (Not my thing), but this is one of the best (If not the best) show that I have ever seen!!!!!! I am extremely picky so that's saying something. It does have a cult following actually. People who watch it don't just like it, they LOVE it. I have heard critics say of the show that their are two types of people: People who love Friday night lights, and people who have never seen Friday Night Lights. The fact that so many people have not seen it or posed any interest in watching it, is the same reason that it never became a number 1 show when it originally aired: People were misunderstood about what the show was about. They wouldn't give it a chance because they thought it was a "Football Show" which it isn't. I particularly love the relationship between the Coach and his wife. Everyone should be so lucky......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-23000498012437644672011-09-25T14:44:33.636-04:002011-09-25T14:44:33.636-04:00Thanks for commenting all these years later, memz!...Thanks for commenting all these years later, memz! Re-reading my initial review now, I still feel exactly the same about <i>Friday Night Lights</i>. It went off the story rails occasionally, and I think it sometimes required some major suspension of disbelief regarding the plot mechanics, but it almost always got the characters and the emotional beats right. Coach and Tami are still the single best portrayal of a married couple I've ever seen on television, and for all five years of the series, I would occasionally rewatch episodes or parts of episodes just to enjoy their scenes together again.<br /><br />It's funny that I said the show wasn't likely to develop a cult following, because I think actually did. It never developed a wide audience, but those small numbers that watched it loved it passionately (myself included).<br /><br />So, I'll just re-say now: "But if you occasionally enjoy a good drama that is thoughtful and engaging, a drama that is alternately amusing, uplifting, and heartbreaking, then give <i>Friday Night Lights</i> a chance. You won’t be disappointed." Check it out on DVD! (And don't let some of the craziness in Season 2 deter you from continuing. It gets back on track in the later seasons!)Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-39475414344668598162011-09-25T14:01:09.614-04:002011-09-25T14:01:09.614-04:00"I know that Heroes and Ugly Betty are the ra..."I know that Heroes and Ugly Betty are the ratings darlings from this Fall’s batch of new shows, and they are certainly deserving." <br /><br />I think it's funny how things turned out. Both HEROES and UGLY BETTY were canceled and FNL turned out to be an Emmy-winning and critically acclaimed drama. The "freshness" that Heroes and Ugly Betty had went away fast.memz_https://www.blogger.com/profile/02122480005985575190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-72526198918934902922009-12-15T15:26:48.140-05:002009-12-15T15:26:48.140-05:00Yes. I can't see how someone could watch the p...Yes. I can't see how someone could watch the pilot and not be hooked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-1168902439064620722007-01-15T18:07:00.000-05:002007-01-15T18:07:00.000-05:00I am in complete agreement. This show is outstandi...I am in complete agreement. This show is outstanding. I think anyone could fall in love with it if they gave it a chance because most of the time football is just the backdrop to dealing with real issues such as the war in Iraw, Hurricane Katrina, paralyism (thats probably not even close to being spelled write), and life problems in general. You can catch up on nbc. com/video. Give it a chance!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com