Comments on: “Friday Night Lights” — State (Season Finale) http://www.magneticmediafed.com/nbc/friday-night-lights-state-season-finale News, reviews and commentary for the TV obsessed. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:41:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kevin http://www.magneticmediafed.com/nbc/friday-night-lights-state-season-finale#comment-3622 Kevin Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:39:16 +0000 http://www.magneticmediafed.com/?p=628#comment-3622 Agreed--definitely not the best FNL episode. Still very good, but to me, the whole thing felt a bit rushed. At the beginning of the hour, I was talking to the roommates saying I just didn't see how they could tie up things in a satisfying way over the hour. The result was that they crammed a lot of info into the usual hour, which took away from the drawn out little moments in between the big ones that makes this show something that makes me want to hug things and weep, if I had the emotional depth to do either. But it felt like none of the scenes really took their own time--except for the Tami/Eric on the balcony scene--perfectly paced, and a dap on the Connie Britton call, even though I barely know what a 'dap' is. The game felt rushed, and I felt like this game wasn't close to the most intense, dramatic football game of the season, even though it should have felt that way. Also, I feel like if they knew they were coming back for a second season, they would not have won the championship this year. But if this is it, what the hell, let's go home happy, you know? But I'd imagine it'd be almost impossible to write something exactly the way you want it without knowing yourself what was coming up next, as I'm sure the Arrested Development writers would attest to. Agreed–definitely not the best FNL episode. Still very good, but to me, the whole thing felt a bit rushed. At the beginning of the hour, I was talking to the roommates saying I just didn’t see how they could tie up things in a satisfying way over the hour. The result was that they crammed a lot of info into the usual hour, which took away from the drawn out little moments in between the big ones that makes this show something that makes me want to hug things and weep, if I had the emotional depth to do either. But it felt like none of the scenes really took their own time–except for the Tami/Eric on the balcony scene–perfectly paced, and a dap on the Connie Britton call, even though I barely know what a ‘dap’ is. The game felt rushed, and I felt like this game wasn’t close to the most intense, dramatic football game of the season, even though it should have felt that way.

Also, I feel like if they knew they were coming back for a second season, they would not have won the championship this year. But if this is it, what the hell, let’s go home happy, you know? But I’d imagine it’d be almost impossible to write something exactly the way you want it without knowing yourself what was coming up next, as I’m sure the Arrested Development writers would attest to.

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