Review: Friday Night Lights - Toilet Bowl

(S04E08) Dreams. Tami and Eric have big dreams for Julie as she prepares to go to college. Tim Riggins has been dreaming of what he would do some day with 25 acres of Texas real estate. Luke's worried that his dream of getting a scholarship out of of Dillon is slipping away. And Buddy, well, he just wants to have football pride for the Lions like he did for his dream team, the Panthers. More on all that and more Friday Night Lights after the jump.

Julie and Tami go to Boston to visit Tami's dream school, Boston College. This wasn't in the show, but I have to wonder: how are the Taylors going to afford sending Julie to an out of state, private school? Even if they started her college fund when she was an infant, who could swing today's tuition on the Taylors' joint salaries? I'm just saying...

It may not matter because even after dazzling her admissions counselor with references to Truman Capote and Harper Lee, I get the distinct impression that Jules is going to wind up going to a closer-to-home Texas university. Still, I understood Tami's point of view very well; youth is wasted on the young. Julie couldn't see what a great opportunity was being handed to her. She was too busy resenting Tami's encouragement.

Back home, Eric was prepping the East Dillon Lions for a chance at victory by beating the only other team in the league without a win. Sports radio dubbed it the toilet bowl. Of course after Eric gave the team an "I'm proud of you" speech, they discovered a commode on the field.

More problematic, however, was Luke's health. Riggins hooked Luke up with a Dr. Feelgood. The fact that Luke ended up scoring the winning touchdown only makes it worse because Cafferty might be doing real damage to himself. But, yeah! The Lions finally won a game.

With a suit and tie, Tim pursued his dream of buying that 25 acres on the outskirts of town. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the money and after failing to land a job at a department store, Tim made a really bad decision. Any time he follows Billy's lead, Tim's in trouble. This chop-shop business will likely land both Riggins men, and their state championship rings, in prison.

I'd like to see Becky save Tim. I'd like to see Tim get the $85,000 for the 25 acres. I'd like to see a happy ending for Tim, but I don't know how that's going to happen. Do you?

Other points of interest

-- Landry wanted Jess to go on a real date with him, not picking up on any of the signals that she doesn't see him that way. She's still intrigued with Vince.

-- Vince's mom tried with the dinner, but it was sad how shaky she is.

-- Buddy got back on board with the Lions, committing to supporting the team like he had the Panthers, and getting their game on the radio.

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