Sunday, May 3, 2020

Friday Night Lights (serial)

Five seasons of teen romance drama based on high school football in Texas. Season 1 is perhaps one of the greatest TV seasons of sports drama I have seen, containing all the appropriate pieces. Seasons 2-5 are tolerable, moving at times too far into the teen drama and forgetting that the football is the reason for existence. And only once in awhile do we see a glimpse of an actual teenage action or emotion, with most of the plot asking the 15 year old kids to function as 25 year old adults. The problem is that after a stellar season 1, you are hooked enough on the characters to watch all the way through. As a show, it'll get 3 stars, with Season 1 better and the others less so.
3 stars (out of 5)

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