Friday Night Lights

Coach Taylor's contract

is up for discussion at the board meeting this Saturday.

I love my job, I'm good at it, and I'd like to keep it.

I love you. I just think we should break up.

You're the only person who's never left me.

I'm not gonna leave you.

I'm gonna stay here for good.

You're gonna go to college, and you're gonna go get a degree.

Do you hear me? Yeah.

They offered the job to Wade Aikmen.

The board would like to offer you the position

of head coach at East Dillon High.

I'm Sammy Meade and, folks, let me tell you,

the sky is dry, the fields are brown,

the drought is long and it has happened.

This town has been divided.

TAMl: You want to get on? You want to get on?

On the motorcycle. Then we'll go on the swings.

Thanks, babe.

Bye. Good luck.

Bye-bye. Goodbye. Love you.

I love you.

One, two, three! One, two, three!

We need to talk about it now!

Wade! Listen to me!

Buddy, I know. Look...

We need to talk... I know, Buddy.

Buddy!

One, two, three! (WHISTLE BLOWS)

Hey!

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Coach Taylor.

Coach Taylor... Football team. Coach Taylor. I'm trying...

We no have football team.

No, I'm the new coach of the football team.

New football team?

That's right.

Okay.

Don't kick my door, por favor.

You know there's a raccoon in here?

(DOG BARKING)

On the ground! On the ground!

On your stomach! Okay? On your stomach!

Right now, on the ground! Come on, It's over.

On the ground! On the ground!

Next. Let's go. Come on. Name?

Calvin. Take the chain off.

Hey, take the chain off.

You see this, man? It's 18Gs right here, dog.

Take the chain off. You're gonna call me Coach Taylor.

Landry. Hey, man, What's up?

Kenny... Hey.

Olson, from JV. Yeah.

What position do you want to play?

Quarterback.

What are you going out for? Kenny.

Let's go. Next.

Oh, I'm probably...

You're going out for quarterback?

All right, what position do you want to play?

Quarterback. Quarterback.

Quarterback.

I'm a quarterback.

All right, we found our quarterback, gentlemen. Step off. Next.

Let's go. Come on, let's run. Go!

Come on.

You Don't run with your hands.

All the way up.

Put your foot in the hole and run on.

All the way down.

Let's go, ladies! Come on, let's go. Come on.

Knees up, like this!

Put your foot in the hole and you run on.

One.

Two.

Three.

Listen up.

I called y'all out here today to see what we got.

And after 18 minutes, I think I've seen enough.

I want y'all to go home tonight and think long and hard

on how much you want this,

on whether you want this.

If you don't, That's fine, no shame in that.

I Don't want you wasting my time

and I Don't want to waste your time either.

If you do want it,

then be out here tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. And we'll get after it.

But get your rest tonight because, gentlemen, I promise you,

you are going to need that.

Hey, Coach.

Good. Good, good.

Ken Shaw, 12th Precinct over in Kilroy.

Ken Shaw... Your brother used to play ball for me, didn't he?

Sure did. Mike Shaw.

That's right, Mike. Yep.

Linebacker. That's right.

How's he doing? He's doing pretty good.

Speaks very highly of you. Yeah?

Yeah. He ended up playing, didn't he?

He played for a couple years,

but he, uh, got hurt, so he had to step out.

Tell him I say hello, would you? I will.

What you got here?

Well, you've heard of Cops 'N Jocks, right, Coach?

Yeah, second chance...

Yeah, second chance program.

Yeah, well, we just brought this kid in this morning.

You know, he's a decent kid, but he's got a record now.

Next stop is juvie for him, and That's a bad path.

What kind of trouble you talking about?

Minor stuff, nothing major.

I'm talking about breaking and entering...

He didn't kill anyone? ...Fighting... No, no.

Not bad to animals? No, no, no.

Like I said, these are mostly nonviolent offenses.

What do you mean, "mostly"?

You can help him out.

You want to meet him?

Well, since you brought him all this way, I guess I should.

Yeah. I hope so. Yeah.

How you doing, son? Coach Taylor.

Vince. How are you doing?

Vince? Vince.

Vince, you ever play any football?

Yeah, all the time.

Yeah? Madden.

How's that?

Madden. Mad?

Madden. Madden?

Madden. Yeah. It's a video game, Coach. Madden.

Oh, Madden Football.

Mmm-hmm.

You ever play any real football?

Throw the ball around with my friends.

You like to run?

Oh, he can run, Coach. The boy's fast. He's real fast.

You like to hit?

Hit what? People.

Yeah. I like that.

What would you say if I need you to be here

tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. Sharp?

6:00 a.m. Sharp means 5:45.

I'll be here.

Buddy, you know those people.

You can just get them to re-file the papers, can't you?

Well, we can handle that. That's not a big deal.

We can fix that like we can fix anything else. (KNOCKING)

Ladies and gentlemen, Tami Taylor.

Not necessary. Thank you. Thank you very much.

No. No, no. We need to acknowledge

the huge part you played in this redistricting effort.

Yeah.

Because of it, our athletic program

is already seeing the positive effects.

Well, good, good.

I hope y'all get everything you deserve this year.

Yeah, thank you. Thank you for stepping up and doing the right thing.

Good. Good.

Um, all right.

We gonna talk about football?

Y'all called me... JOE: Were your ears burning?

'Cause we were just talking about you.

Yep, yep, we were.

We were talking about Friday's festivities.

Yes. We would love for you to do the coin toss this Friday.

Uh... Oh, the coin toss?

Isn't that Mayor Rodell's... doesn't> she usually...

I'll handle Lucy. I'll handle her.

We want you, Tami. Uh-huh.

We think it is very important that all of us show

that we are all in this together.

So, it would be an honor

and it would mean a lot to us,

and we're thinking maybe that you should call heads.

I'm just kidding.

You call whatever you want to call.

Call the coin toss.

Okay, well, I'm honored, thank you.

Make sure you think about it.

Okay, I'm... I'm thinking about it.

Your thoughts are my own thoughts. My daughter should be yours,

and you, my son-in-laws, so he's entreating there, if you remained.

See, That's the difference from going home.

Every hero has a journey.

Early literature is obsessed with the journey of the hero.

Odysseus' journey is like a process

to help him appreciate his earlier life,

his love, Penelope, right? The home he left.

So why Don't we pick up, then, with where we left off yesterday,

lines 302-327.

Come on, now. Look alive! Look alive!

No, no, no, no, no, no, no! That's awful!

Get them in a huddle, right now.

Hey, you got to flip your hips now coming around,

and keep your cushion up, right?

Come on, man, put your hands down on your knees.

Heads up, all right? This is called a huddle.

You got to understand what a huddle is.

This is your quarterback right here, he's going to tell y'all what to do.

Toss the rock, man, for real.

This is boring as hell, man.