Grid Effect

It’s been a long, arduous day and I really don’t feel like writing anything at the moment. But out of a sense of obligation to post about every episode of every series we watch here, we’re begrudgingly posting about last week’s FNL.

It was an extremely tumultuous episode last week. Well, every episode of this series is tumultuous, but a positive scenario here and there would be nice (remember Landry helping Riggins with his English paper, or the powerpuff game?) Apparently Eric Taylor was Dillon’s messiah, because the town’s collective morale is fucking plummeting. Even those who’ve never had the pleasure to speak with him. That’s how far his reach was.

His wife’s about to do something drastic set aside bitch slap their misinformed, spoiled daughter. Which was completely deserved. And Julie’s little speech afterwards about Gracie and Eric was pretty convoluted. I asked last week and I’ll ask again, is anyone feeling sorry for her? Cause, Yikes. At least Tami got some satisfaction out of Street’s dream confession, but in the wake of things it has to seem fairly insignificant.

Tim’s body water is about permanently 10% alcohol at this point, and he’s sort of at a crossroads after seeing his brother with former attractive older lady neighbor fuck buddy. Which…he uses to try and finagle Lyla into bed. To be honest, I really can’t blame him. An hour at her auditorium of worship would be more than worth the effort, even if it is fruitless. Buddy comes to Riggins aid at the hospital after he collapses from exhaustion, and its all an attempt to get the new coach fired. Later Riggins will imply that Street is a figurehead, sort of along the lines of how the new coach keeps referring to him as a mascot, which is kind of ironic since Riggins was the one being forced to parade around the entire team with a car tire above his head. They set aside there differences and hightail it South of the border after Street quits his job to seek out some new treatment for his paralysis, despite Herc’s advisement otherwise.

Even in the midst of his life collapsing, Buddy is downright Machiavellian about getting what he wants out of a high school football team. Including using coach Taylor’s own shaky homefront in his favor. I’m sorry, I know he’s a sleazebag with misguided interests and loose morals, but the character is damn great. He even drags coach Taylor out to a rendevous at a equidistant point between Austin and wherever the hell fictional Dillon is supposed to be. Essentially, he’s an It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia character.

Still, it would be in the teams best interest for Taylor to come back, as Saracen picks a fight with a growingly narcissistic Smash, after the star running back scored the winning play. On the field. Really, I’m not sure Matt has anything to complain about here. They have a presumably all-state, top-tier senior running back and a still wet behind the ears junior quarterback. I mean, Smash could certainly carry it better, which is primarily what he’s disgruntled with. That, or he wants some of the glory that comes with the “charisma” that Smash carries himself with. Clearly if Matt got some relief from his new grandmother’s new caretaker, he could enjoy the ride a little more. Instead he’s instigating unprovoked attacks on his teammates.

And, for the coup de gras, Landry and Tyra are going to continue the physical relationship, much to both of their surprise. And that of Landry’s father, who can’t believe his son has landed such a sexpot, which he brings up while ordering a quesadilla burger from her at the neighborhood bar and grille. They have a moment which she reassures him about the wonder of Landry, probably motivating her to bed him again.

A solid episode. Maybe a little melodramatic, but that comes with the territory for this series. Honestly, they just need to bring Taylor back to Dillon and be done with it, because it’s heading that way anyways.

That’s it for the week, enjoy the weekend and we’ll see you on Monday.