Friday Night Lights (2006–2011): Season 4, Episode 4 - A Sort of Homecoming - full transcript

Coach Taylor tries to foster community interest in the East Dillon Lions by staging a pep-rally while dealing with the increasing friction between Vince and Luke, his two star players. Tammy is still suffering the repercussions of making Luke Cafferty attend East Dillon. Riggins finds himself pageant dress shopping with his landlady's daughter and hunting with a trigger happy Matt Saracen. Meanwhile Julie accompanies Devin to a gay bar and runs into someone unexpected.

Yeah. You got
a boyfriend?

No, why?

TIM: Because that's the guy that should be
doing all this, giving you rides everywhere.

Maybe it would be more efficient
if you were my boyfriend.

We got Luke here,
new player.

Y'all make sure
that he's welcome.

You a long way
from home, boy.

I guess so.

I'm Julie.
Matt's girlfriend.

So you're the ball and chain
that keeps dragging him down?

Do you think
I'm holding you back?



No, you're the most important
thing in my life.

If you can't finish games, I
can't keep this program going.

You turn it around
or we gonna shut it down.

ANNOUNCER: And Vince Howard puts the Lions
on the board for their first touchdown.

(ALL CHEERING)

SAMMY ON RADIO: It's still a sad
state of affairs for the Panthers.

In a single week, the team got
a forfeit on the books

and a great player, Luke
Cafferty, shipped out of school.

Callers, you say what?

CALLER: Sammy, I got to
correct you on something.

That Cafferty kid
wasn't shipped out,

he was hand-delivered by
Principal Taylor to East Dillon,

her husband's team,

and everybody knows it.



(SIGHING)

Taylor.
Morning, Levi.

I see you finished
the game last Friday.

Way to go. Sis-boom-bah.
Rah, rah, rah.

TAYLOR: Hey, Levi?

Mmm-hmm?

Pep rallies.

Mmm-hmm.

They build excitement. They're good
for the school, good for the team.

Pep rallies don't
cost, correct?

Nope.

Good. Don't let me
get in your way.

(SIGHS) Come on, how much
retyping do you got to do?

Just put
your test scores in,

tell them how awesome you are,
and then we can move along.

It's too long. I have to
cut it down at least by half.

(SIGHING)

Did you hear that Brown used to
make you handwrite your essays?

Wow. Well, that's so that they
could weed out the serial killers.

(SNORTS)

So, what's the, uh... What's
the final list of schools?

Mmm...

UC Berkeley, UCSB,

Brown, Amherst.

Umm...

Mount Holyoke, NYU.

UT Austin,
hook 'em horns.

(GROWLS)

(LAUGHS)

STAN: Get back! Get back!

CROWLEY: Good splits. Good
splits. Come off the ball.

TAYLOR: Step up, Vince.
Come on up.

(ALL GRUNTING)

CROWLEY: Ball, ball, ball...
Come on now, Five.

Let's get it together out
there. CROWLEY: Let's go.

What are you doing? Do you
know how to read the D, man?

That's me, D in, dude. The
defense end didn't move.

He did move. You're
supposed to take him into...

All right. All right. Next time, give
me the ball and get out of my way.

Vince, come here.
Come here. Shut up.

You shut your mouth.
Come here.

You read the end,
you stay in the pitch lane.

You keep your personal crap
off this field,

and you quit letting me down
and quit letting the team down,

'cause we are all getting
tired of it. Is that understood?

Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.

Let's go, now.
Come on.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

CROWLEY: All right, huddle up.
Let's go. Get in the huddle.

Good jab step. Good jab step.
Good fake in there.

Now, let's go.

(LIONS GRUNTING)

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

What the hell?
You trying to be funny?

I didn't even have time
to make a move out there.

I don't understand. Why
aren't you in the end zone?

I got out of your way.

I will break you up, boy.
CROWLEY: That's enough.

VINCE: Next time
you give me the ball,

you make sure you mean
to give it to me.

(ALL SHOUTING)

VINCE: You. You. You're my
problem. No, you're my problem.

(ARGUING INDISTINCTLY)

(LAUGHING)

What are you doing?
Yeah.

Deer and beer, here we come. Two
days away. Let's get after it, Billy.

What the hell are you doing?
This is how accidents happen.

Minds, I don't think
they're loaded. We're fine.

Right, Tim, just put them in the
corner or something, all right?

She's not supposed to
have any stress right now.

Where's the gun cleaner?

MINDY: Why do you have
to clean your guns?

What? Wait.

What are you doing?

You didn't tell her,
did you?

I totally see now.

So y'all just get to
go hunting and get drunk

and leave me here
by myself?

No, no, no,
no, no. I...

I have an ultrasound
this week.

I understand that, and I want
to be there for that ultrasound.

So I just get to shove this fat
ass behind the steering wheel

and drive myself to the doctor?
Is that what's going to happen?

Baby, I will be there
for that ultrasound, okay?

Timmy and I can
go hunting anytime.

No, we can't. That's why it's
called hunting season, Billy.

Seriously, I'm going to put
your head through a wall.

Would you shut up?

(SIGHS)

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

(LIONS GRUNTING)

TAYLOR: Right there. Let's go.

Let's go. Keep going.

(ALL CHATTERING)

All right, jokers,
who took my wallet?

LION: I don't know, man.

Seriously, it's not funny.

You know what I do
when I lose something?

I retrace my steps.

Maybe that's what you
should do. Retrace them.

I didn't lose it. It was in my
locker, and now it's missing.

I mean, you want us to get together? We
can help you look for it, if you want.

LUKE: All right, cut
the crap, seriously.

I'm not going to tell you
again. Give me my wallet back.

And you're so sure
I took it.

LUKE: Mmm-hmm.

Go on and get it, then.

(ALL CLAMORING)

TAYLOR: I got a pep rally
to organize this week,

I've got papers to grade,
I've got a family to raise,

I've got a wife to love, and
then I've got you two bozos.

Trying to teach
you two something

you seem just damned
determined not to learn.

What makes you think
he took your wallet?

It's obvious, Coach.
It's obvious.

Well, you're going to make a
hell of a lawyer, aren't you?

Do you know where
his wallet is?

No, sir.

TAYLOR: You don't know
where his wallet is?

That's a bunch
of bull, Coach.

Hey, Coach Crowley.

CROWLEY: Yes, sir.

TAYLOR: Coach, would you take these
two gentlemen to the gymnasium?

Have them run those stairs for the next
30 minutes or until a wallet shows up,

whichever one
might come first.

CROWLEY: You bet.
TAYLOR: Thank you, Coach.

CROWLEY: Let's go, boys.
Y'all enjoy.

(TAYLOR EXCLAIMS)

(MATT SIGHING)

TIM: What's happening?

Riggs, what's up?

Slinging dough instead of
60-yard bombs now, huh?

No Chicago?

No, I kind of felt like I should
stay here and take care of my grandma.

Right.

No San Antonio?

Negative.

What else is new?

Oh, hang on.
You playing any ball?

No, not really.

Been working with this artist on some
art stuff and then working here, you know.

Right, art.
Forgot about that.

You gonna be watching
any football this weekend?

TIM: No, I'm going hunting
this weekend, my friend.

MATT: Oh, yeah?

Get me some white tail,
maybe wrestle down some boars.

Nice.

Good.
TIM: That's my weekend.

All right.

Anyway, it was good
to see you.

You too, buddy. Let's
go for a beer sometime.

Yeah, sure.

Hey, Riggins,
actually, um...

Is it cool if maybe I go
hunting with you this weekend?

You hunt?

Well, I mean, my dad took me a
couple times when I was little.

Thursday morning, 5:15.

All right.
See you there.

Yeah, man.
Thank you.

Mmm-hmm.

Uh-uh. That's nasty. Nothing
but used goods. Whatever.

JESS: Oh. Landry!

LANDRY: Hey. What's going on?
Hey.

You know Devin.

Hi.
Hello. Hi.

How you doing?

You have a car.
He hit me with it.

Yeah, everyone knows
about... I heard about that.

We all know about it. JESS:
Yeah, it's gotten around.

I think you should
use that car

to drop me and my friends off
to this party in Kilroy tomorrow.

Yeah.

That's an idea. Huh...

Yeah.

Um, although, I think
I might have to decline,

because I've kind of been
down that road before.

A girl asks me to do something
and I just kind of say yes,

and all of a sudden, everyone's calling
me a word that I don't like to use.

You're invited to the
party. You are, too.

Oh, why didn't... You could have
just said that to begin with.

That changes things.
Thanks for the invitation.

So are you cool?
You want to come?

Yeah. I think that sounds great. Yeah?

It's going to be a lot of fun.
It's going to be fun.

All right, see you later.
Okay. Bye.

Okay.
All right.

So, you're going to
go to a party in Kilroy.

Yeah, I am. What is
that... Why with that tone?

But I have to tell you
that when I die,

I hope people will say that,
"She gave more than she took."

That would be
true success to me.

Mom, I'm in.

(SCREAMS) Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

CHERYL: I couldn't be
any prouder of you, Becky.

You make it look so easy,
and it's not.

It is not easy at all.
It's such hard work.

Thanks, Mom.
You know what?

You need a new gown.

Yeah?
Absolutely. A...

A portrait neckline. I know. How
about tomorrow, before my shift,

we could go find the perfect
dress, the perfect shoes,

and then get
a bite to eat?

Yeah.
Yeah?

Yeah, sounds great.
Okay.

I can't wait to watch those
other girls eat your dust.

I got to ask you something, and I
need you to not be weird about it.

What's up?

There's this place right
outside of Dillon called Steers,

and I was wondering
if you'd go there with me.

Steers?

It's...

It's gay. I mean,
it's a gay place.

Are you hitting on me?

No, you're not my type.

Oh, I'm not your type?

Look, I just need somebody
to go there with me.

This is a new experience
and it's kind of weird.

It'd be nice to have
a friend go with me.

I'll go.

See what
your type is like.

(ENGINE STARTS)

Well, I think where we need to
focus all our attention right now

is library,
library, library.

It's been since 2005
since we've had any updates.

It's where we should
focus our funds.

Yeah, but you know, I'm really sorry,
our budget is already tapped out.

Maybe we can
do this next year.

But no. I mean, you know, we
had actually pushed it last year,

and we had talked about
that this... This...

This would be where our
focus was this year, so...

Look, there are a lot of people who
are pretty angry out there, Tami.

I mean, you realize that a substantial
portion of the school's revenue

is generated by football,
don't you?

Oh, so you mean
people are angry

because I told
Luke Cafferty

that he had to go to the
correct school for his district?

That's why we're not
going to get our library?

That seems like
a shame to me.

Look, after what
you did with Luke,

we're going to be lucky to reach
half the normal amount this year.

I mean, you cost yourself
and the school

any chance we might have had
to improve that library.

Now, I'm sorry, Tami, if you'll
excuse me, I do have another meeting.

(GASPS)

What?

Hello, uh, Mr. RC Collins, class of '79?

Mr. Collins, I would like to
talk to you about football.

I would like to talk to you about
East Dillon High School football

and Coach Eric Taylor.

Hello?

(PHONE BEEPS)

Well, try the next one.

TAMl: How's it going?
Good.

What are you
doing, exactly?

Looking up alumni from the
East Dillon Lions of past

to try to get them
to join the pep rally.

Yeah, your husband
had the inspired idea

to make the pep rally
a sort of a... A homecoming.

That is inspired.

The Lions of East Dillon
are not roaring.

He's not home.
I'm going to try...

Try the 934...

Honey. Honey, come here. STAN:
I got this one here, 819...

Hello. Is this Mr.
Eddie Boar, class of '79?

Honey, you need food.
(STAN CHATTERING ON PHONE)

Huh? You need food for these people.

If you want to bring people in,
you got to make them some food,

just like we do,
just like we've always done.

You offering
to cook dinner?

Oh, Lordy.

Well, perhaps I am. Perhaps I
am offering to cook dinner, babe.

Yeah. Mmm-hmm.

Thank you.
Mmm-hmm.

Thank you.
You're welcome.

STAN: That's real sweet.

It's okay, thanks.

Okay.

All right, well, I'm going to get myself
ready for school. Y'all, good luck.

Hi.

I'm Stan Traub,
assistant coach.

Uh, Julie, daughter,
nice to meet you.

Mom?

Mom, are you ready to go?

TIM: What?

Can I borrow your truck?

No, you can't borrow...
Please?

You don't even
have your license.

I know how to drive.

I don't care.

Yeah, thanks.

What's wrong?

My mom blew me off again.

MATT: There is
a gay bar in Dillon?

JULIE: It's not in Dillon,
it's outside of Dillon.

Well, it's the
same difference.

Mr. Matthew,
"Z- A" is not a word.

Z-A is a word, and if you
look at it, it spells "Za,"

as in pizza. It's vernacular in certain
places. But wait, you're trying to...

You are such a liar.
Wait. No. No...

Just because a "Z" is worth
10 points, you cannot use it.

Don't try and distract me
from the fact that

you're going to a gay bar. What
are you gonna do at a gay bar?

Dance and make out
with some chicks.

I knew it.

I knew you wanted to
experiment. (GIGGLING)

No, I'm going for Devin,
to be her moral support.

Whatever, I don't even care. I'm
going hunting with Riggins anyway.

That's a joke. You're
going hunting with Riggins?

It's not a joke.

So, you're just going to go shoot
some poor defenseless animals

for the hell of it?

Uh...

Yeah, well, to eat.

You are so much better than that.
Why would you stoop to that level?

No, I'm not.
I'm not better than that.

It's barbaric. It's disgusting. Hold on.

Hold the phone. I live in
Dillon, and people in Dillon,

what they do is they go hunting and
shoot animals. It's just the way it works.

That is an awful excuse,
first of all.

And second of all, I live in
Dillon, I don't go hunting.

You won't live in Dillon
for long.

(MUTTERING) I need a
word. I need a word.

Is this about
my college applications?

No, it's not about
your college applications.

It's not even about you. I don't know
why you think everything is about you.

BECKY: No.

No.

All of this says runner-up.
None of this is good.

I'm sure your mom wanted
to be here for this.

Yeah, or she hooked up with
some dude, you know, whatever.

Hey, look, cut her some
slack, I'm sure she...

Don't, okay, because every time
something really important comes along,

every time,
she does this.

She has an emergency,
or a date,

or she takes another
shift at that stupid bar.

Hey, look, this one's nice.

It's pretty.

You think it's pretty?

Yeah.

Is that
a portrait neckline?

Yeah.
Oh, God, this is stupid.

You don't even know.
Can we go, please?

(CLEARS THROAT)
No, hey... We can't go.

We're here,
we gotta pick something.

And what's that saying?

Doesn't the dress find you?

Can we please just go?
This was a dumb idea.

(SIGHS)

TIM: I'm going to tell
you something, all right?

And you can't tell it
to anyone else.

(CLEARS THROAT)

My mother never took me
shopping for a pageant gown.

And because of that,

I never placed
at Miss Texas.

That's why
I got into football.

That's fact.

This is what
we're going to do.

We're going to start
with the wheels,

and then
we'll work our way up.

By then, hopefully they'll have
a new shipment of dresses in.

(RADIO PLAYING COUNTRY MUSIC)

Hey, Landry.

Hey.

CHANTE: Y'all,
look at his shirt.

Oh, my God, what
does he have on?

How's it going? Y'all ready for
some good old-fashioned revelry?

(GIRLS EXCLAIMING)

What's this music?

Oh, I'm glad you like it.

This is actually...
It's this local band,

their name
is Crucifictorius.

Do we have to listen to this
the whole ride? I'm just saying.

Wow. You look...
You look nice.

Oh, thanks.
What's this music?

Here, hold on.
Just give it a second.

(RADIO PLAYING HIP-HOP MUSIC)

Feel his hair,
it's like grass.

(GIRLS LAUGHING)

I don't...

(HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING)

(ALL CHATTERING)

Jess, you are looking
really good tonight.

I'm surprised
to see you here.

Really?

What's up with you?
What's your problem with me?

I ain't got a problem
with you. Mmm-hmm.

I think I'm the only person who
sees how disposable you treat girls.

Well, I can only treat a girl
how she allows me to treat her.

Maybe I've been talking
to the wrong girls.

Okay, see, now you're
trying to piss me off.

You're sitting here, fronting like
you don't... You don't think about me?

Not even a little bit?

You wish I thought about you.

I have a boyfriend.

Oh, you got a boyfriend.

What's up with that, man?

I know that ain't
that Opie-Iooking dude

I hit in football practice,
is it?

Yeah, that's him.
Looks to me

like Jess hitting it now.

(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING)

(GROANS)

It's over.

I'm not a Panther
anymore, and it makes me...

(LAUGHS) I feel ill.

I don't know why
I'm saying this to you,

you know what it's like to be a
Panther and have it taken away from you.

I'm sorry about it.

I'm sorry about
all of it, Eric.

(BUDDY SIGHS)

Tami and I are having some East Dillon
alumni over this week for dinner.

Why don't you come over
and join us?

You can't fake
boosterism, Eric.

It comes from the heart.

That's the beauty of it.

(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)
VINCE: Hey, what's up, Landry?

I was surprised to see you at the
party last night. You have fun?

That was fun.
That was a lot of fun.

Someone spilled
something on my shoes.

That's too bad.

But other than that,
it was fun.

You have a good time?
You was dancing and stuff?

Yeah, I had a good time.

Yeah, you had
a good time with Jess?

Yeah, I mean, you know,
just as... You know.

I was just her ride.

Really? 'Cause she told me
you were her boyfriend.

(LAUGHS) No.

I'm definitely not her
boyfriend. She said that?

Yeah, she did.

Well, that's crazy.

You're not lying
to me, are you?

No, I'm not.

That's news to me.

(LAUGHS)

All right. You're good. Be safe, man.

Okay.

Hey, how you doing?
Hey.

Uh...
What'll it be?

You're not, by chance, Virgil
Merriweather, 1983 State Championship,

quarterback,
East Dillon Lions?

What'll it be?

Oh, I'll have a pound of
brisket, if you would, please.

I'm Eric Taylor. I'm the new
coach over at East Dillon.

$8.50.

TAYLOR: You don't by chance rent this
place out for events or anything, do you?

Nope.

Well, that's too bad. We got our
first pep rally, homecoming, coming up.

That's nice.

Look, this may sound odd,

but my wife and I are having a dinner
party for some ex-Lion players...

Nope.

I got some really
great kids on my team.

They're good kids, and they
could sure use someone like you

to come over and speak
some words to them.

Brisket will
be out in a few.

(HIP-HOP MUSIC
PLAYING ON RADIO)

KEVIN: Hey, Luke, let me
get this straight, man.

This guy steals your wallet and
you don't do anything about it?

What do you
want me to do?

Get your wallet back.
Yeah.

Look, Luke, I know East Dillon's
like a prison or whatever,

but I didn't think you'd
become someone's bitch.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Hey, I know, right?

LUKE: Stop the car.
J. D: What?

Stop the car.

I see you brought your
boyfriends with you

to help you look
for your wallet.

Why don't you shut up
and give it back?

You don't know
when to quit, do you?

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(POLICE SIREN WAILING)

Go. Go.

Come on, man,
let's go.

(ENGINE REVVING)

OFFICER: Break it up.
Break it up. Come on.

Get up. Get up.
Break it up.

Hey, Deacon, how long have you
been over there at Bethel Baptist?

Eighteen years.

That's a long time.

Coach Taylor, can I
ask you something?

Yes, sir.

DEACON: Why are we here?

Oh, Lord have
mercy, Deacon.

I'm trying to enjoy
my meal here.

Damn.

No, that's a
good question.

Listen, I just started
coaching at this school.

I would imagine that you would
think of it as your high school, too.

With that said,

we are facing...

I'm facing a lot of
challenges over there.

And we've got some
problems that I want to...

Listen, with all
due respect,

people from your
part of town

pretty frequently
tell us about our problems,

our crime problems,
our education problems.

You know how we got
these problems?

Back in the '80s, the west
side of Dillon got developed.

They got the mall,
they got the hotel.

The west side of Dillon
got the money.

What did we get?

DEACON: We got forgotten.

We got our high
school closed.

So, listen, we thank
you for your hospitality,

but I think I'm going to skip
that lecture about our problems.

TAMl: Well...
Well...

I know nobody needs a
lecture here, that's for sure.

No, that's right.

I think the truth is we just wanted to
get to know y'all a little bit better,

and I was just hoping
y'all would get to know

my husband a
little bit better,

because if there's one thing
about this man, he loves football.

He loves football,
he loves those boys out there,

he lives and
breathes it, you know?

It's family to us.

The fact of the matter is it's
pretty damn hard playing football

when you've got
nobody out there

appreciating the effort
that you're putting into it.

You like losing with
everybody watching?

(MO SCOFFS)

Well, Deacon, that's
what we're trying to fix.

We're trying to fix that.
(DOORBELL RINGING)

BUDDY: Hello?
TAMl: Oh, hey, Buddy.

BUDDY: Hey, Tami.
TAMl: How are you?

BUDDY: How are you, baby?
Is that Buddy Garrity?

BUDDY: You look beautiful.

You know Buddy? MO:
(LAUGHING) Do I know Buddy?

Oh, oh, oh.

Y'all, this is
Buddy Garrity.

Buddy Garrity!
(ALL CHATTERING)

(ALL LAUGHING)

Mo Hall, you got to
be kidding. Big Mo!

DEACON: You've
lost some weight.

Ain't nobody never hit
harder than Buddy Garrity,

I'll tell you that.
GASTON: Come here, boy.

(ALL CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)
Hey, Buddy!

Damon Gaston.
GASTON: What's up, brother?

Good to see you. Good to
see you. (GASTON LAUGHING)

Honey, Buddy's here.
TAMl: Buddy's here!

Hello, Coach.
Hey.

How you doing, Buddy?
How are you?

I'm doing fine.
What's going on, Buddy?

Good to see you.
What's happening?

Hello, Deacon.

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)

So, is this what you
expected it to be like?

Not exactly, but I really
like the lighting in here.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

I just don't know
how anybody meets anybody.

You are asking
the wrong person.

But you've got
the forever-boyfriend, though.

Yeah, well,
forever-boyfriend is...

I don't know. It's like,
he seems pissed off

about, like, the
stupidest things,

and then we get into these ridiculous
arguments that go absolutely nowhere.

And it's like... It's like,
I don't know how to fix us.

It's like something
that's broken, or...

I don't know.

You're not even paying attention.
What are you looking at?

Psst. Don't look over there.

Is that your type?

She's cute.

I'm going to go
to the bathroom.

Don't flirt while
I'm gone, okay?

You know me.

STAN: Almost what?

(LAUGHS)

I was going to help
you with those dishes,

but I somehow got
stuck to the couch.

TAMl: Mmm-hmm,
so it seems.

Mmm-hmm.
Thank you so much.

I think I got it. I almost
made it back in there.

I just got a little
tired here.

(SIGHS) I heard Deacon Malone say he
was going to make some calls for you.

That's because you make a
damn good steak, is what it is.

Hey?
Hmm?

Thanks for tonight.

Don't thank me,
thank Buddy Garrity.

Buddy Garrity ate
all my damn steak.

(LAUGHING) He sure did.

(TAMI SIGHS)

Hey, you know what?

Hmm?

You're good at what you
do, wear a lot of hats.

Thank you.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

TAMl: Goodness gracious.

It's not Buddy. Hello?

Yes, sir.

The white kid,
he's got no record. He can go.

The black kid,
he's going to juvie.

His name is Vince.

Has he made mistakes? Hell,
yeah, the kid's made mistakes.

You know what, though?
He shows up,

he gets the job done and he
works hard. I'll vouch for him.

All I'm asking is you
give him a second chance.

Coach, he's used up
his chances.

Can I see them?

Thank you.
VINCE: Coach, I can explain.

(TAYLOR SHUSHING)

Just listen.

We are at a crossroads
right now.

You are going to admit that
everything was your fault.

My dad...
Quiet.

You are going to cut
the tough-guy crap.

You are both going to say
exactly what I tell you to say,

and we are going
to fix this.

Understood?

BOTH: Yes, sir.

You get one chance
in life, fellas.

You either take
advantage of it,

or you piss it away.

You do the latter,

and you're going to regret
it the rest of your lives.

Get out.

Get out of the car.

He really took off.
He really did.

Hey, Howard,
it's this way.

You sure?

Yeah.

(CLICKS TONGUE)

Thanks.

Yeah.

(SCOFFS)

Go, go, go, go, go. Caleb,
don't let him beat you.

(KIDS CHATTERING)

JESS: Hey, be careful of that.

Lunches.

(ALL LAUGHING) Line
up, line up, line up.

Ah, ah, ah, ah.
Pop, pop, pop.

Hey, hey, hey, come on over here, boys.

Come over and
give me something.

(SCREAMS)
Go get them.

Bye, Dad.
Hurry up. Catch them.

Catch them now!
Go get them!

Daddy, they got Pop Warner
practice after school today.

Okay, you take
your brothers,

and I'll make sure they get a
ride from Mrs. Turner, all right?

Okay. You think maybe you could
stop by, just for a second?

Uh, look, go on before you miss the bus.

Dad, I heard what Coach Taylor was
talking to you about the other day.

That ain't your
business, Jess.

Daddy, okay, look, I'm
sorry, I like football.

Okay, Andre loves football, Darius
loves it so much, he throws up

because he gets
so nervous before each game.

But it's fine,
it really is.

It's not your thing anymore,
but it's still in us.

We're still a
football family.

Jess, that ain't
for you to decide.

Daddy, I'm not trying
to decide anything,

I'm just asking if we
could hold a pep rally here.

It would be fun, Dad.

Get on before
you miss the bus.

Go ahead, take
the boys to school.

Yes, sir.

I'm hoping we get something
over that fire tonight,

so keep the eyes peeled, light feet.

What kind of things
you think we gonna get?

(EXHALES)
White tail, boar.

(GUN FIRES)

Damn it, stop!

What?
What was it?

What?

(STAMMERING)
I don't know.

What do you mean,
you don't know?

The wind?
No, I thought...

Well, I thought
I saw something,

but I think it might've
been the wind.

So you're shooting...
Give me that.

No. Hey!
No gun. No gun.

Really? Come on,
let me have my gun back.

SAMMY ON RADIO: Well, this has
turned into the Slamming Tami Show.

Caller, go ahead.

CALLER: Sammy, this year the
Panthers were destined for greatness.

SAMMY: That is true. CALLER:
Now we got to run the table

just to make
the playoffs!

SAMMY: You may be right there,
as well, my friend.

CALLER: Let me tell you
something, if you ask me,

Tami Taylor should send her
resignation and a written apology.

SAMMY: Well, I can't disagree with
you on any of those points, caller...

CALLER: She's the one
that cost us that first game.

If it weren't for her,
we wouldn't have to forfeit.

SAMMY: That is true. That is
true. CALLER: That's on her.

SAMMY: Yeah, I agree
with you, she...

Come on, y'all.

(MEN CHATTERING ON RADIO)

I just did what was right!
I did what I had to do!

I'm sorry I messed up
football for everybody.

TAMl: Hey, I need some
chocolate, please.

Hey, Jess.

Hey.
How's it going?

So, am I your boyfriend?

(STAMMERING) 'Cause
it really seemed

like Vince thought that
I was your boyfriend.

He said that
that's what you said.

I didn't say that
to him at all.

I just said
I had a boyfriend.

Oh, okay. Just wanted
to clear that up.

But it's not like
we're dating,

No. So what does it really matter?

Okay. 100%.
We're not.

Yeah.
We're not.

All right. All right. See you later.

TIM: College.

I'll tell you what
college was like.

7:00 a.m. Mandatory wake-up.

Then these fantastic one-on-ones
with this robotic coach

that tells you what you're
doing wrong every single day,

nothing like
Coach Taylor.

We were spoiled.

Plus college was boring.
You get a curfew every night.

Did you miss
Lyla, though?

I think we had
different paths.

So does that mean yes?

Yeah.
Yeah.

Yeah. What about you?
How's Dillon?

It's okay.

Not as bad as I
thought it'd be.

I mean, I'm getting to spend
a lot of time with my grandma,

so that's good.

And I make a lot more
money delivering pizzas

with tips and stuff than I used
to make over at the Alamo Freeze.

So, basically, you stayed
in Dillon 'cause of Jules?

Yeah.

Yeah.

And now, she's applying to
colleges and stuff, right?

Mmm-hmm. And I knew
that was going to happen.

Obviously, I knew that she
was going to go to college,

but I guess I just never
realized the fact

that all the colleges she was
going to be applying to were,

like, on the other side
of the country.

And now, you know, I started just
getting mad at her for no reason.

It's like I resent it,

but she never asked me
to stay here, you know?

Mmm.
That was my decision.

I decided to do that.

I decided that.

Well, Texas
forever, right?

Yes. Absolutely.
Texas forever, Saracen.

(GRACIE COOING)
Oh!

I don't know why
he changed his mind.

Well, I think it's going
to be a great pep rally.

We'll see about that.
Watch your step.

Hey, if it's not great,

you still get to
come home with us.

There's always that.

There's always
that. Right?

Let's go in.
We're gonna go have fun.

MAN: (SINGING)
You got to believe it

If you want your dream
to come true, yeah

You got to believe it, baby

Good things will come to you

When your heart
meets your mind

The dreams you design
come through

I never could find it

No matter where I went

Let it slip through my hands

The hopes and the plans
fell through

Hey.

Hey, where's your brisket?

Oh, I don't eat meat.

Oh, come on. Let me go get you a plate.

Um, it's okay.

I actually kind of wanted to
talk to you about the other night.

Um, I just want
to let you know

that I'm not going to
tell anybody or anything.

Tell anybody what?

TAYLOR: I want to thank everybody
for coming out today to East Dillon's

first pep rally of the year. (STAMMERING)
Uh, it's okay. I'm going to...

(ALL CHEERING)

I'd like to introduce one of Texas's
great high school football teams,

1983 State Champions
from East Dillon High,

and what they brought home
to this school 26 years ago.

Come on up, guys.

DEACON: Let us pray.

Lord,

we are gathered here
today for a reason.

We ask you, Lord,
what is a group of lions?

It is a pride.

And we stand before
you today, Lord,

your pride.

We need pride in this world.

And what do we have here?

I said, what do we have here?

CROWD: Pride.
Yeah, we do.

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

DEACON: We are the Lions

and we stand together.

Who are we?

ALL: Lions!
Who are we?

ALL: Lions!

(ALL CHEERING)

JESS: Put this...
Yeah. Put this somewhere.

I never really washed this.
It's kind of weird, I just...

(EXHALING)

We're not dating, right?

Definitely not.
Not.

No.

Lorraine, I'm tossing
this half and half.

Well, all right, but we're
going to have to go to the store.

I cannot drink
coffee without cream.

Well, me neither.

Oh? I didn't remember
how you took your coffee.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Well, who could that be?

I don't know.

(MUMBLING)

Mrs. Saracen?

(INAUDIBLE)

Hey, man, thanks.
You got it.

Hey. Look, I'm sorry. I know
I just stopped by, but I...

What's the matter?

Have you talked
to your mom?

Why?

Is it... Is something
wrong with Grandma?

(SOFTLY) I'm sorry.

(CRYING)

What's the matter?

It's your dad.

He was killed.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.