Texas Forever: A Friday Night Lights Podcast

Friends Meryl and Liz review every episode of NBC's critically-acclaimed mid-aughts darling, Friday Night Lights. Neither of them live in Texas.

S5E13 – Always 09/10/2021

S5E13 – Always Meryl and Liz wrap up the series finale of Friday Night Lights, rightfully acknowledged as one of the best TV finales ever. The Lions win state! Tim and Tyra plan their futures, as do the newly engaged Matt and Julie. Vince, Tink, Buddy Jr., and all of the Lions assistant coaches are off to the Panthers, where Billy reigns as supreme booster again. Coach chooses Tami’s dreams over football, so the family moves to Philly where she becomes a college dean. And Coach Eric Taylor is still coaching high school football, melding the hearts, minds, and futures of young men and their families in Philadelphia. Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose. Thank you to everyone who listened and supported our podcast over the years. Texas forever, y’all. --- Texas Forever is a Friday Night Lights re-watch podcast. Follow us at , , and . Theme song: "Devil Town," Tony Lucca. Editing by /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/20427200

S5E12 – Texas Whatever 09/03/2021

S5E12 – Texas Whatever The school board eliminates the East Dillon football program, leaving everyone’s futures in flux. Will Coach move back to the Panthers, or will the family move to Philly for Tami’s college job? Tim threatens to move to Alaska, Luke has mediocre college plans, and Mindy’s pregnant with twins. --- Texas Forever is a Friday Night Lights re-watch podcast. Follow us at , , and . Theme song: "Devil Town," Tony Lucca. Editing by /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/20326139

S05E11 - The March 08/27/2021

S05E11 - The March The Lions are going to state! Plus Tami’s offered a job interview at a prestigious Philadelphia university, East Dillon faces massive budget cuts, and Tim struggles to find himself, culminating in a heartbreaking fight with Billy. --- Texas Forever is a Friday Night Lights re-watch podcast. Follow us at , , and . Theme song: "Devil Town," Tony Lucca. Editing by /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/20264237

S05E10 - Don't Go 08/20/2021

S05E10 - Don't Go Coach may take a college job, so East Dillon throws a banquet honoring him; Vince’s dad continues to suck; and Tim and his greasy hair are free on parole, following moving speeches from Billy, Coach, and Buddy! --- Texas Forever is a Friday Night Lights re-watch podcast. Follow us at , , and . Theme song: "Devil Town," Tony Lucca. Editing by /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/20201108

S05E09 - Gut Check 08/13/2021

S05E09 - Gut Check Following a contentious loss, Coach Taylor decides to bench Vince for a game and start Luke at QB. Becky and Luke try to start their relationship over but the Seniors recognition night scheduled for Friday's game makes that difficult. Julie continues here hiatus from school and visits Matt in Chicago. Epyck crosses a line during a tutoring session with Mrs. Taylor. --- Texas Forever is a Friday Night Lights re-watch podcast. Follow us at , , and . Theme song: "Devil Town," Tony Lucca. Editing by /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/20128100

S05E08 - Fracture 07/23/2021

S05E08 - Fracture Everyone lies to the Taylors: Vince lies to Coach about his college visit, TA Derek lies to Julie, and Epyk lies to Tami about her foster home. Plus Julie lies to her parents and runs away to Matt in Chicago instead of finally heading back to school. The only people you can depend on are Becky's new stripper friends. Texas Forever is a Friday Night Lights re-watch podcast. Follow us at , , and . Theme song: "Devil Town," Tony Lucca. Editing by /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/19861994

S05E07 - Perfect Record 07/09/2021

S05E07 - Perfect Record It's cross-town rivalry week again in Dillon and things get heated when an anti-Lion website appears highlighting the boys' juvenile records. Coach Taylor is concerned when Vince's dad gets more involved in his college recruitment prospects. Billy Riggins works privately with Luke and gets him pumped up for the game but gives him one or two pieces of bad advice. Meanwhile Julie is still hiding out at home and Tami goes up to her school to collect her schoolwork. Texas Forever is a Friday Night Lights rewatch podcast. Follow us at , , and . Theme song: "Devil Town," Tony Lucca. Editing by /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/19739096

S05E06 - Swerve 03/12/2021

S05E06 - Swerve Rather than return to college where she's been humiliated, Julie wrecks her car. As the truth comes out, Coach Taylor is thrown, so much so that he leaves a practice early. Meanwhile Vince's past friend is pressuring him to repay the money that he borrowed. Luke reacts badly to the information that TMU recruiters were using him to get to Vince. Billy Riggins gets to step up for a locker-room speech when Coach is late. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/18283196

S5E5 -- Kingdom 03/05/2021

S5E5 -- Kingdom The Lions play dirty football, learn minibar etiquette, and make out with old ladies, plus Julie Taylor is a slut! /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/18178433

S5E4 - Keep Looking 02/26/2021

S5E4 - Keep Looking In this "Love & Support" episode Buddy manhandles his kid, Billy Riggins breaks out the Boggle set, and Julie Taylor, once again, makes bad choices. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/18079061

S5E3 — The Right Hand of the Father 02/19/2021

S5E3 — The Right Hand of the Father Vince ponders his college future, Julie sleeps with her TA, and Tami is uncharacteristically awful. Plus, bad dads! /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/17835146

S5E2 — On the Outside Looking In 02/12/2021

S5E2 — On the Outside Looking In It's not going great for the ladies: Jess slut shames drunk rally girl Maura, the Taylor women don't have any friends, and Mindy's jealous of Becky. Plus Coach thinks the Lions can go to state. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/17834534

S5E1 — Expectations 02/05/2021

S5E1 — Expectations Alex Steed (@WhyAreDads) guests on the show as we begin the final season by discussing Tim's anger issues, Julie's college plans, and WTF kind of name Hastings Ruckle is. Oh, and the Lions beat the state champs? /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/17710919

Season Four Retrospective 10/16/2020

Season Four Retrospective Liz and Meryl look back on season 4 of Friday Night Lights! They pick season MVPs, favorite and least favorite new season 4 characters, and season-long highlights and lowlights. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/16423946

S4E13 - Thanksgiving 10/09/2020

S4E13 - Thanksgiving It's the season 4 finale! The Lions take on the Panthers while Tami fights to keep her job. Tim and the Riggins family attend Thanksgiving with the Taylors. Matt is back in town! /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/16331363

S4E12 – Laboring 10/02/2020

S4E12 – Laboring Tami and Coach get threatening phone calls, Tim gets arrested, and Jess gets nothing (except a new bike), because she’s not allowed interesting storylines. Also, Billy and Mindy’s baby is born, Becky’s stupid infatuation for Tim lives on, and the East Dillon principal is beyond exasperated. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/16243415

S4E11 - Injury List 07/10/2020

S4E11 - Injury List We have some Dillon moms to talk about, from Tami's battle with the school board to Luke's terrible, meddling mother, Margaret. Don't forget Becky's mom's advances on Tim and poor Vince's mom, who gets an unexpected visit in rehab. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/15152717

S4E10 – I Can’t 07/04/2020

S4E10 – I Can’t Tim takes Becky to Tami, the smartest woman in Texas, for some advice on her unwanted pregnancy, which Luke has blabbed about to his parents, so you know that’s gonna work out great. Jess confronts her dad over his uncaring behavior, and Vince checks his mom into rehab. Also, Julie kisses a boring boy. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/15082016

S4E9 – The Lights in Carroll Park 06/26/2020

S4E9 – The Lights in Carroll Park Becky and Luke struggle over their unplanned pregnancy—she wants an abortion, and he maybe wants to be a dad. Coach and the Lions solve drug violence by hosting a football game in a dangerous park, and from then on, no kid was ever shot. Julie sucks up to college recruiters by doing some last-minute charity work and sucks face with a fellow volunteer. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/14973104

S4E8 – Toilet Bowl 06/19/2020

S4E8 – Toilet Bowl Julie’s a brat on her college visit, Luke begins drug addiction while Regina seems to have recovered from hers, Billy’s chop shop is booming at the expense of taking care pregnant Mindy, and Tim open-mouth kisses Becky in what perhaps was the most disturbing 20 seconds of this show. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/14885486

S4E7 – In the Bag 06/05/2020

S4E7 – In the Bag Bad dads abound: Becky’s has a secret second family, Luke’s makes him skip school, and Billy is probably too dumb to keep his future kid alive. Plus: we learn all about the Fourth Amendment when the cops search Vince’s locker for gun, Glen kisses Tami, and Tim adopts a dog! /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/14705945

S4E6 – Stay 05/29/2020

S4E6 – Stay Matt has one last fling with Julie before leaving for Chicago, Lyla has one last fling with Tim before going off to star in an ill-fated Charlie's Angels reboot, and the Lions play the best team in the league in a televised game and somehow don’t get completely slaughtered. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/14610851

S4E5 - The Son 05/15/2020

S4E5 - The Son Special guest Margaret H. Willison joins Meryl and Liz to discuss the aftermath of Matt's dad's death. CW: A wide discussion of grief takes place starting around the 29-minute mark! /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/14425106

S4E4 – A Sort of Homecoming 05/08/2020

S4E4 – A Sort of Homecoming Coach throws an impromptu Homecoming at Ray’s BBQ, Tim mentors Becky and Matt, and Vince and Luke end up in jail. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/14333246

S4E3 – In the Skin of a Lion 04/24/2020

S4E3 – In the Skin of a Lion Vince and Luke continue to butt heads, but the Lions score their first touchdown! Coach steals $3,000 from his family, but meets the world’s most handsome Under Armor salesperson! Tim doesn’t want Becky’s flirting with him, so he directs her attention to Luke instead! /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/14123990

S4E2 – After the Fall 04/17/2020

S4E2 – After the Fall Shamed by their forfeit, the Lions burn their jerseys as a symbolic fresh start, Tim moves into Becky’s backyard, Matt interns with a naked artist, and Tami gets her revenge on Joe McCoy. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/14028497

S4E1 – East of Dillon 04/10/2020

S4E1 – East of Dillon Meet the East Dillon Lions: Michael B. Jordan, Bug-Eye, Opie, and a bunch more kids that quit when Coach wouldn’t let them punch each other anymore. FNL manages to bypass a creative slump with most of the original cast gone by moving the action to East Dillon, a rundown school/raccoon sanctuary. Back at West Dillon, Tami and Joe McCoy feud. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/13913519

Bonus Episode – John Carter & Buzzfeed Quiz 01/08/2020

Bonus Episode – John Carter & Buzzfeed Quiz Liz and Meryl had plans to talk about “John Carter,” a movie that lost Disney so much money that Taylor Kitsch’s career never recovered. TK has terrible hair, plays a Confederate soldier, and doesn’t take off his shirt for 38 minutes, so don’t waste your time. So instead we took this Buzzfeed FNL quiz: https://bzfd.it/2Fz899M. We’ll be back recapping S4 soon! /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/12668228

S3E13 - Tomorrow Blues 11/15/2019

S3E13 - Tomorrow Blues Liz and Meryl recap the season three finale of Friday Night Lights, in which we find out where a bunch of the kids are going to college! Plus, there's a small town wedding and some baby news. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/12037298

S3E12 – Underdogs 11/05/2019

S3E12 – Underdogs The Panthers lose state, despite Matt taking over as QB1 again and no thanks to JD’s temper tantrum. Tami reluctantly calls child protective services down on the McCoy family, causing Katie to break off their friendship. Tyra writes a love letter to Applebee’s. Julie has a meaningful conversation with Grandma about Matt’s future. /episode/index/show/texasforever/id/11910800

Texas Forever: A Friday Night Lights Podcast

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