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One of the greatest TV dramas of all time continues with
13 gripping fourth season episodes of the critically accled
series Friday Night Lights. Small-town life in Dillon has changed
irrevocably with the dramatic split of the school district. Coach
Taylor (Kyle Chandler) finds himself fighting for the respect of
the East Dillon Lions, while his wife, Tami (Connie Britton),
faces her own battles as principal of the Dillon High Panthers.
Across town, it’s a season for change as graduating students face
life after high school, and new students deal with hostile
rivalries. From executive producers Brian Grazer, Peter Berg and
Jason Katims comes the show that critics rave “may have the
greatest emotional range of any series ever on television” (Neal
Gabler, Los Angeles Times).
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The fourth season of Friday Night Lights begins with
Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) in what appears to be a lose-lose
situation. Fired from Dillon High School as the Panthers'
football coach, Taylor is offered a position coaching the East
Dillon Lions. No matter how the school board tries to spin it
with platitudes about both schools being equal, East Dillon is
rundown, has no funds, and has a football squad that's a team in
name only. Of course we all know that Coach Taylor being who he
is, it's only a matter of time before he turns the team around
and gets a little vengeance on the snooty Panthers. Meanwhile,
his wife Tami (Connie Britton) is principal of Dillon High
School, where their daughter Julie (ee Teegarden) is a senior.
Her boyfriend, Matt (Zach Gilford), who had the chance to go to
art school in Chicago, stayed behind in the small Texas town
because he didn't want to leave behind his grandmother--who's
suffering from Alzheimer's--or Julie. Though some of the plot
points may sound melodramatic, they play beautifully in the 13
episodes, which originally aired on television during the
2009-2010 season. There are cast changes, reflecting the
graduation of some of the characters. Lyla (Minka Kelly) briefly
returns from her studies at Vanderbilt to attend a funeral, while
Tim (Taylor Kitsch)--the boy she left behind--struggles with his
ambivalent feelings for college and his need to help take care of
the only family he has: his older brother, sister-in-law, and
infant nephew. And new characters like Vince (Michael B.
Jordan)--a central part of at least half the story lines--easily
fit into the ensemble cast. Meanwhile, Lyla's dad Buddy (played
by Brad Leland with just the right combination of sleaze and
pathos) turns out to be instrumental in helping get the football
program off the ground at East Dillon. Landry (Jesse Plemons)
realizes that his on-again, off-again girlfriend is never coming
back to him. And he's OK with that as he tackles the challenges
of being the new kid at East Dillon. But, as his best friend Matt
notes, "he's like a girl" when it comes to holding grudges. There
also is major fallout for Tami, who is accused of telling a
teenager to end her pregnancy, and trouble for a football player
who gets hooked on drugs after an injury. When his religious
parents tell him to pray, he does: "Dear Lord, please let me get
some more drugs before Friday." There are a few scenarios that
ring false, like when the Panthers' star quarterback J.D. McCoy
(Jeremy Sumpter) seemingly turns into a malicious, spoiled brat
overnight. But overall, Friday Night Lights scores just the right
touch. --Jae-Ha Kim