Friday Night Lights Review: "Don't Go" (Episode 5.10)
It was with a heavy heart that I loaded this screener DVD into my player — we’re down to the last four episodes of Friday Night Lights, and I’m down to my very last DVD.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsFriday Night Lights Review: "Swerve" (Episode 5.06)
Well, I’ll be honest. Up until the last 10 minutes of this episode (and still, even then), things were looking bleak in our favorite Texas town. Halfway through our final Friday Night Lights season, everyone — everyone — in Dillon is in trouble.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsFriday Night Lights Review: "Kingdom" (Episode 5.05)
If you want to learn how to make incredible television, if you want to understand what art is, if you want to see unparalleled acting and writing and music, and if you want to create something that will leave viewers so riveted they’ll be crying at the episode’s end without even realizing they’re crying, then watch this episode of Friday Night Lights.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsFriday Night Lights Review: "Keep Looking" (Episode 5.04)
So the title of this week’s episode is “Keep Looking,” and I’m assuming that the writers are using that metaphorically because at the episode’s onset, everywhere we turn, the kind folks of Dillon still haven’t found what they’re looking for.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsFriday Night Lights Review: "On the Outside Looking In" (Episode 5.02)
There are many incredible things about Friday Night Lights. You’ll no doubt read all about them throughout my recaps this season. But what struck me while watching this episode is that the writers have pulled off the unthinkable: unlike nearly any other TV series set during high school, the show has seamlessly transitioned the cast (no sixth-year seniors in sight) while making me care just as much about this second string as I did the first. In fact, with my tear count ratcheting up even higher than last episode, I’d say that I’m almost as invested in the lives of... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsFriday Night Lights Review: "Expectations" (Episode 5.01)
Friday Night Lights is advertising the return of its season as “The Fifth and Final Season,” and so, I was both heart-warmed and heartbroken to fire up the first episode. Heart-warmed because I am an ardent, crazy fan of the show, and because if there is one fictional universe that I’d like to inhabit, it’s Dillon, Texas (the fine dining of Applebee’s be damned). Also, because I wouldn’t balk at the idea of marrying Tim Riggins (or Coach Taylor). I am thus heartbroken for all of the same reasons. The silver lining, though, is that the cast and writers are... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsThe 20 Best TV Shows of 2010
TV has never been worse with an over-reliance on reality shows that seem to be in a race to sink as low as possible. But it's also never been better with more and more networks investing in original well-scripted, cinematic series and sitcoms that don't depend on tired gags and canned laughter. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCatching up with... Richmond Riedel
Richmond Riedel has worked the editing bay with directorial greats like Michael Mann, Peter Berg, and many others. He’s also a prolific screenwriter, having had quite a few scripts optioned and purchased over the years. One of those scripts eventually became Charades (1998), starring Erica Eleniak and Karen Black. This year Riedel finally took the leap into becoming a feature film director himself, and after a great festival run his film Target Practice hits DVD this week. Riedel took some time to talk to Paste about Friday Night Lights (the film and the TV show), editing with Berg and Mann,... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesFriday Night Lights Announces Fifth Season Will be Last
Looks like the Dillon High School Panthers will be hanging up the helmets in 2011.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsThe 10 Best (And 10 Wonderfully Worst) TV Dads of All Time
Bad or good, these are our favorite patres familias that keep us laughing, cringing, but—most of all—watching, throughout the history of TV. read more
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