Fan Stop Central

Dare I say … Friday Night Lights is a way better show than LOST ever was. LOST took us to a place that escaped reality through imagination and belief (or disbelief as some would now think), but Friday Night Lights is a show that hits us with real life scenarios and gives us an indirect outlet to laugh, get mad, be sad and come back to laugh.

I didn’t get into FNL until LOST was over (they started roughly the same time and we didn’t have a DVR then), but thanks to Netflix streaming on the Wii, I spent nearly 3 days straight watching the first 3 seasons and was instantly hooked. How could I have missed this show … and now how can it be over?

Friday Night Lights
Season 5
Friday, April 15 8/7c

Popularity: 6% [?]

O – M – G!!! How did this show slip under my radar?! Since the end of LOST we’ve been trying to find various shows to fill the void, and the ones we’ve found have been great (The Good Guys, Rookie Blue, Memphis Beat … i think the upcoming Detroit 187 will be good, etc) … but, a few promos have caught my attention on The 101 on Direct TV and Friday Night Lights was one of them.

I immediately fell in love with the show. Netflix (for the Wii) is a great resource, and starting from the beginning, I was immediately hooked. It was/is like an addiction. Up until 3 or 4 in the morning watching episode after episode after episode, almost afraid to turn it off or it would go away!

I love sports; played all sorts of sports since I was 3 up until after college (injuries and such) and then went into coaching. Sports is in my family from season tickets to for various teams to coaching high school football and baseball to golf outings to now my kids starting to play baseball, basketball and football, etc.

Friday Night Lights is coming up on its 5th and final (so they say) season. Again, just like LOST, this will be a hard one to see go. Heck I’ve only been watching this show for the past 4 weeks, but the show’s depth and addictiveness makes it feel like you’re such a part of the lives of these characters – so much so, that I’ve turned off the TV and on a few occasions wondered, “what’s coach Taylor or Street or Riggins or Smash or whoever doing now?”

If you haven’t experienced Friday Night Lights, I would encourage you to either buy the DVD sets or start off with the first season on Netflix. You will not be sorry you did. And, in its 5th and final season coming up, they have been nominated for numerous Emmys.

Kyle Chandler (Coach Eric Taylor)

Connie Britton (Tammi Taylor)

Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen)

Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins)

Popularity: 1% [?]