This is what FNL is all about

The show last night (still available for viewing thanks to the magic of the Internet) was a nearly perfect Friday Night Lights. So many plot developments, and none of them strained credulity. No time wasted on stupid crime subplots. Lots of screen time for all the best actors on the show.* More good local color: rodeo, country club, diner, honky-tonk. The scene where Coach Taylor is driving his former star running back to a college tryout was stunningly realistic, with natural light and this amazing road noise unlike anything you hear on conventional shows.

* Connie Britton, Kyle Chandler, Gaius Charles, Jesse Plemons, Adrianne Palicki, and Zach Gilford. OK, yes, I just named all those people off the top of my head. Is that scary? However, I couldn't name Louanne Stephens, who plays Grandma Saracen.