Four years ago, Sarah gave me the first season of Friday Night Lights for my birthday. I absolutely loved it. The high school football, the small town drama, the Texas setting, all brought back waves of memories for me. That's why I started watching. I kept watching because this show deals fearlessly with nearly every major issue of our society in mostly positive ways. (Season 2 is a little weak and soap-opera-esque, but my friend Matt wisely advised us that it gets better.)
Relevant Magazine published several articles on Friday Night Lights which are well worth reading:
Some of the highlights of the show for me:
Relevant Magazine published several articles on Friday Night Lights which are well worth reading:
Some of the highlights of the show for me:
- Without a doubt, the best part of the show is the honest, loving, committed, flawed, enduring relationship of the coach and his wife. They really love each other. They really hurt each other. They really find ways to forgive, to find healing, and to stay happy together. Sarah and I often caught ourselves laughing at the familiarity of their arguments: "Do not whisper-yell at me!"
- I love watching the coach's leadership process. He's way different than me - way more silent and way less encouraging, but he's very honest and very good at what he does. As a leader, I love watching a good leader lead.
- Honest struggles with friendship, faith, pain, family, failure, healing, injustice, loneliness, and nearly every other issue of life pepper the show.
- The dialog and artistry rivals that in any movie. I rarely, rarely ended an episode feeling my cheese-alert go off. That is a rare event in today's television market.
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