Friday Night Lights (2006–2011): Season 5, Episode 13 - Always - full transcript

ANNOUNCER: The East Dillon
Lions are going to State.

I went to prison for Billy.

Why would you do
something like that?

I had the opportunity to give
something to Stevie we never had.

I gave him his father.

Hey, Pop, what's up
with them jackets?

I'm bringing gifts.

Pretty little mama.

No, you didn't even make
enough money to buy these.

Hey! Come on, just...

(REGINA SCREAMS)



Hey, hey!
Get your hands off me, boy.

Get off me, boy.

VINCE: What's that?

This is grown man's stuff.
Don't you worry about it.

Y'all are ungrateful.

And then Tim moved in,
and he was friend to me.

And when everything happened with
me and you, he was there for me.

And I put him
on a pedestal for that.

That's really pretty.
You should put that in a little poem.

Go to hell.

Go to hell!

I miss you,
and I miss us.

And I feel like I just don't
fit in your life anymore.

No.



I've been wanting to do that
ever since you showed up.

We're offering you
the Dean of Admissions.

Well, we'd have
to move to Philadelphia.

Texas is where
I have my job.

There will be
one football program.

And that will be
the Dillon Panthers.

Picture this. You got
all the Dillon players.

With Vince.

You got the facilities, you got
all the money you'll ever need.

You got everything
you want.

I have been a coach's wife
for 18 years.

Every decision this family has made has
been based on your coaching career.

Might we be able
to speak with Eric?

Y'all come in.

TAMI: Eighteen years.

MALE REPORTER: Right here, gentlemen.
Let's cut through the BS.

How do you feel about the shutdown
of the East Dillon program?

That's a stupid question.
What do you think?

It's a conspiracy.

FEMALE REPORTER: Vince, Vince, Vince.
I've seen that Sterling kid play.

It reminds me a little bit of St.
Vincent's back in the day.

You two paired up in the same backfield
is gonna make a hell of a tandem.

He's a Panther.

I know, but I'm thinking more
along the lines of next year,

the formation of the
so-called super team,

the best of the Lions,
best of the Panthers.

VINCE: I don't really
want to talk about that.

I want to talk about how the East
Dillon Lions are going to win State.

Is that a promise?

It's a fact.

MALE REPORTER: What are
your plans for next year?

I hear they're taking the cream of
the crop for this new super team,

so I'm going to be honest with
you, what are you going to do?

You are a total jackass.

LUKE: Yeah.

MALE REPORTER: Come on, man.

LUKE: It'd be a mistake
if he didn't play.

Do you consider yourselves
to be in the running

for the next head coach
of the super team?

I would think that I'd
probably have a good shot.

I'm not meant
for the spotlight.

How do you address the future of this
team beyond the State Championship game?

I'm not looking
beyond the State.

Knowing him, that's probably all he's
really thinking about right now.

Excuse me, Coach,
we've all heard a rumor here

that you've been offered
a hell of a deal.

You got to address that.
We want to know.

I have no comment
on that, fellows.

I have no comment.
I don't want to make a comment on that.

I apologize. I'll end it
with this, no comment.

TAYLOR: Five-year contract.
That's not something that comes along every day.

I'm not saying that.

Five-year contract
means security,

it means you can have that his-and-her
closet that you wanted so much.

Remember that little house over
on Graham Street that you wanted?

Now you can afford
something like that.

I appreciate that.
But you know what?

I bet they'd set us up pretty
nicely in Philadelphia, too.

College-style.

Five years is something that
you have to pay attention to.

TAMI: But don't forget, the
people offering you this contract

are also the people who fired you
for no reason two years ago.

No, they are
not the same people.

(STAMMERING) That's an entire
different situation. You're wrong.

No, it's not a whole
different situation.

It's a completely
different situation.

Who has changed
in this town?

Listen, you've always said that you
could coach football anywhere.

I don't see
why Philadelphia is...

Because here is where we put
our tree, not Philadelphia.

What does Julie think? Jules, I'd love to hear...
That's a Texas tree.

I am not getting involved in this conversation.
Don't raise your voice.

This is a family decision.
I'm very happy. It's jolly.

(DOORBELL RINGING)
Someone's at the door.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hang on! There's
someone at the door.

Are you serious
right now?

Well, I can hear it.
Can you hear it?

Would you like me to help you get the door?
I'll get the door.

I'll get it.
No, I'll help you.

I'll get it! No, I don't
want you to strain yourself.

Hey, Matt. How are you?

I'm well. Thank you.

Merry, merry, merry Christmas.
It's Matt Saracen, honey.

TAYLOR: I see who it is, sweetheart.
MATT: Happy, happy Christmas.

(STAMMERING) Is Julie...
TAYLOR: What?

She sure is. Julie.
Your daughter. Is she here?

She's here.
Yeah, she's here. What?

Come on in, sweetie.
We're decorating the tree.

Hi.
JULIE: Hey.

Hi.
Come on in. Join us.

We're decorating the tree.
We're having a fun family time.

Oh, thank you.
Yeah, it's been great.

I wish you would have at least told me
you were coming home for Christmas.

I mean,
the surprise was nice,

but at least we could have planned
something or gone somewhere.

Hey, Julie...

Look, ever since
you came to Chicago,

(CLEARS THROAT)

I've been thinking about
you all the time, and us.

And it's just
that was perfect.

And

I know how much
I love you.

And I know

that I want to
be with you forever.

So...

This is Grandma's.

Julie Taylor,

will you marry me?

Yes.

Yeah?

Really?

I love you.

I love you so much.

It's beautiful.

(CHUCKLES)

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.
My dad must have flipped.

What do you mean?

When you asked him
to marry me.

You're kidding, right?

No, you asked him,
right?

No. I thought that was like
old wives' tale or something.

Okay, okay. Um...

Why don't we just pretend
that you never asked me

and I never said yes
and you can ask him.

Why don't we just go there
together and tell him,

"Hey, we're getting married"?

You need to do it
man-to-man.

Okay.

Man-to-man.

Could you please
not throw my tools around?

I thought you said you were gonna take
care of my truck, Billy, while I was gone.

Well, I did take care of it.

If you didn't drive around
like an idiot all the time,

maybe it'd be
running fine still.

I hate your tools.

I don't even know why
you care about this truck.

You're not even going to be here.
You're going to Alaska, I thought.

I may or may not
be going to Alaska.

Is it 'cause you raw-dogged
Tyra the other night?

I heard.

(STEVEN CRYING)

Hey, buddy.

Tim, don't sleep with my sister.
That's like incest now.

BOTH: It's not incest.

No, there's no
bloodline, so...

TIM: No bloodline.
Yeah.

It's really, really creepy.

Well, maybe,
but it's not incest.

Hey, what do you think about me
taking Stevie for a bit? For the day?

Really?
Yep.

I got him.
Some bonding time.

I'm fine with that.
There's no going back.

All right.
I'm getting a bag.

Well, you're working
on the fuel line.

It's not the fuel line.
It's got to be the accelerator pump.

REGINA: This is our
high-dollar tree, 30,

25, and then right here
we got 15.

And then over here,
we have...

We have...
Hey, baby.

What's up, Mama?

Excuse me.

(BOTH EXCLAIMING)

What you got for me?

I brought you
some food to eat.

Wait, aren't you supposed to be at
practice throwing a ball or something?

You gotta eat, right?
Yeah, I gotta eat.

Oh, I gotta tell you, I'm riding
with Moody's parents to the game.

Going to State, how about that?
That's what I'm talking about.

That's what
I'm talking about. (LAUGHS)

So proud. Ah!

Have you heard from Dad?

You know,
you don't want him there.

Mama, the State,
once in a lifetime.

Yeah, I know it's
once in a lifetime,

but this is your moment.
All right?

And I don't want him
taking that away from you.

All right, get out of here.
Go throw some passes.

Do what you do.
I'm trying to win State.

Okay, Ma.

Number five!

And so for
those reasons, sir,

among many others,

I'm asking for your daughter's
hand in marriage, sir.

(LAUGHS)

What?

Thank you.
Thank you so much.

No, I think
it's really good.

Really? Really?
No.

Landry, this is serious, okay?
You're not helping.

Do you have any suggestions?
Any constructive criticism maybe?

Should I talk
about Chicago more,

you know, and how I got
promotions at the art gallery?

No, whatever you do, do not mention the
fact that you work at an art gallery.

That's not gonna be
assuring for a football coach.

That's true.

I think you need to walk in there,
you need to plant your feet,

and you need to be
assertive and you say,

"Coach Taylor, I'm gonna
marry your daughter."

"Marry your daughter."

"I love her..." You can fill
in the blanks with all that.

Right. Right.

"She's the light
of my life..." Whatever.

Exactly. That's what
I was trying to do.

Or you go in,

plant your feet
and you just start crying,

and you just say...

Great. You want me to
just cry to Coach.

That's really helpful.
That's really, really helpful.

I'm just saying you can't just be
wishy-washy like you're doing right now.

This whole thing is crazy, okay?
So, if you can give me some real help...

Please. The crazy part is
that, just a few years ago,

we were trying to figure out how we
were going to talk to Julie Taylor.

And now, here you are,
you're about to marry Julie.

I know.
See what I'm saying?

So this is just one little,
you know,

this is one little
roadblock.

That's just... I think
you're over-thinking it.

I mean, it's just
Coach, right?

Yeah!

Coach and I,
we go way back.

Yeah, he's always
loved you.

Yeah.

All right, look, we cut everything
in half today, all right?

We're going quick,
we're going hard.

STAN: What do you say we go
win a championship?

COACH: Let's go win a championship.
CROWLEY: All right.

BILLY: Are we gonna have
a bar in the hotel?

COACH: Yes. Excuse me.

Coach. Yes... Yes or no?
Am I going with you or not?

Going where?

To the Panthers,
the super team.

Who said anything
about that?

Coach, everyone's
talking about that.

That's just rumors.
I wouldn't be listening to rumors.

Well, if the rumors happen to
be true, will you consider it?

I'll tell you what,
I hear what you're saying,

but you couldn't be picking a worse
time to be bringing that up.

It's already
under consideration.

BILLY: Let's go.
Move it out. Let's go!

On the line!
Line it up on the 40.

Boosters. They could be your worst
enemy, yet your best friend.

Even more importantly,
right there.

You see that? Yeah.

Never turn away
a mammary.

Yeah, that's
your old man yelling.

Special teams
doesn't get water.

Line it up.
On the 40 right now.

Tink, what's wrong
with you?

It's gonna be
my last game, Vince.

I'm done. I'm not going
to the super team.

Who told you that?
Somebody tell you that?

What they gonna say?
"Come on"?

Look, I got some pull over there
at the Panthers, all right?

I gonna talk to Coach.
I got you. All right.

Keep your head up.
Keep working hard.

We got State to look
forward to, you hear me?

BILLY: All right,
let's stop lollygagging

and let's do something
out here! Come on!

Brian, Ed, move your asses.
Come on, now.

TAYLOR: Look what
we got here.

Hey, Coach.

How are you?
Good.

Hey, there.
This is Stevie.

Stevie, Coach.
Coach, Stevie.

Billy's young'un.

How are you, son?
Coach Eric Taylor, nice to meet you.

BILLY: You sure as hell ain't acting like it!
Screaming like your brother.

TIM: I know.

Well, nah,
he's a good guy.

TAYLOR: Hey, let me
ask you something.

You doing all right
working over at Buddy's there?

It's a job right now.

If there's anything
that you need,

you damn well know
to call me, yeah?

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

You getting yourself
another ring this year, huh?

Got a damn good chance.

BECKY: Oh, don't make me
do it.

What are you doing?

It's Tim's laundry.

Ew! It's Riggins' underwear!

Don't touch me with it.
Don't touch me with it. Ugh!

You know what?
This is Tyra's job now.

She should be
the one doing this.

Yeah, yeah.
Just shut it.

But everyone else can
talk about it but me?

Nobody talks about it, and it is
gross and weird anyway. Yeah, okay.

And you have Luke
and that is all that matters.

Well, they can have
my room when I'm gone.

Where are you going?

My mom called.

And she's coming back
into town this week.

So I'm going to be
staying with her.

I figure it's kind
of a good thing 'cause

it's getting really
crowded around here and...

No, that's awesome. Your mom...
Your mom's coming home.

Yeah.

So, when is that happening?

Thursday.
Thursday.

Or Saturday or Sunday.

I don't know.
I'll find out tomorrow.

Cool, Thursday sounds
really great.

Hey, if you need help
packing your stuff up,

that is exactly what
Billy is here for.

Okay.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Sir, I have known
your daughter

for a very long time now.

(CLEARING THROAT)

And I know

you've known me for a long
time, too, since I was young.

TAYLOR: Mmm-hmm.

I mean, not that I'm old.
I'm not old now.

But I'm very mature
for my age.

I'd like your permission
to marry your daughter, sir.

(LAUGHING) You...
You what?

You what?

Say again?

I would like
to marry Julie.

I love her completely,

and I'm going to take care of
her for the rest of her life.

So, I'd just
really like...

I'd like your blessing
to ask her to marry me...

Sir.

Matt, how old are you?

Nineteen.

You're only 19 years old.

Yes, sir.

Matt, how old
is my daughter?

Eighteen.
She's 18.

Yes, sir.

I've got a job
up in Chicago at a...

I've already gotten
two promotions.

The answer
to your question is no.

And the answer to your question
is going to be no today,

it's going to be no tomorrow,

and it'll probably be no
until the sun burns out.

Is that clear?

Well, the thing is, sir, we don't
actually need your permission.

You damn well
do need my permission.

No, we actually don't.
I already asked her, she already said yes,

so, you know, this is really
just a courtesy.

I was just hoping
for your blessing.

Let me do you the courtesy

of telling you that my
daughter's answer to you is no.

TAYLOR: Tami!

Hey, honey.

You know, I wanted to talk
to you about what you said

about us not being
East Coast people.

I mean, you know
how much I love Texas.

I love it here so much,

but we will never know if
we're not East Coast...

We've got
a really big problem.

We can always come back.

We have got a much bigger problem
than what you're talking about.

What?

Matt Saracen asked
your daughter to marry him.

Julie?

What are you talking about?
No, Gracie!

Yes, Julie.
He came into my office today

and he asked for
Julie's hand in marriage.

He asked me
for her hand in marriage.

At least he had the decency
to come talk to you about it.

No, he didn't have any
decency to come talk to me

'cause he already talked to her.
And you know what your daughter said?

Your daughter said yes.

No.
Oh, yes.

No.
Yes.

No.
Yes.

No.
Yes.

They're too young.
That's what I said.

That's crazy. Honey,
what did you tell him?

I said, "Oh, great, let's
break out some champagne.

"This is going
to be fantastic."

I don't know why
you're yelling at me!

I think we agree on this!

(DOOR CLOSES)

(KNOCKING)

Hey.
Hey.

(JULIE SIGHS)

So your dad
told me the news.

Did Matt talk to Dad?

Mmm-hmm.

Did Dad flip?

Mmm-hmm.

(LAUGHS)

Honey...

Did you see the ring?

It was his grandma's.

That's beautiful, hon.

It's just y'all
are so young.

I know that it
seems like that,

but I love him
more than anything, Mom.

Well, your dad and I would love
to take you and Matt to dinner.

As like a celebration dinner?

Like a conversation dinner.

Okay.

(DOOR CLOSES)

ANGELA: (GASPS)
What's that? Who...

What's that?

Look at who's here!

Hi!

Hi, my boy.

Hi, there, sweetheart.
Thank you for my little Christmas present.

Hello.
Thank you.

Tyra? Tyra,
come on out here.

Come on out here.

(TYRA GASPS)

No! Hi! Hi, Tim.

Hey, baby.

Yeah, we were in
the neighborhood,

so we just decided
to stop by.

ANGELA: Good, I'm so glad.
You want a beer, honey? Sit down.

TIM: Sure. Thank you.

What are you doing
tomorrow night?

I'm actually supposed
to go to Buddy's

with Matt and Julie.

Seven's in town.

Yeah. Yeah, he and Julie
got engaged.

Are you serious?

Yep.

ANGELA: Oh, somebody has
a poopy diaper. Honey?

I got it, Mama.
Will you come and take him?

Mmm-hmm. Yeah, my days of
changing diapers are over.

Here, little fella, little man.
Yeah.

Come here, beautiful boy.

But bring him back.

So, I guess I'll see you
there tomorrow night then.

Yeah, of course.

So the kid was doing
the three-step drop.

I said, "No. No, no, no.
You got an arm, right?

"You gotta use that arm."

Now, he let out a bullet
right in the numbers.

Yo, Pop.
The crowd went...

Can I talk to you
for a second?

What are you doing on this
side of town, boy? Hmm?

I heard you all west side.

Huh? (LAUGHS)

Super team. Right?

You don't got to come out
here checking up on me, boy.

How your mama doing?

She all right.

Tell her I said, "Hey."

I'm sorry.

Yes, sir.

What you want, man?
You just going to stand here?

We got State on Saturday.

Yeah, I know you got State on Saturday.
I live here.

I heard all about it.

I got you a ticket.

I want you to be there.

I got things to do
on that day, man.

You know,
a lot of things.

I'll be watching.

Thank you. See you soon.

All right.

BECKY: Hey, Tim Riggins.
Yes. Yes.

(LAUGHS)

Miss Sproles.

How's it going?

Hi. (KISSING) I'm gonna miss
this little guy.

What do you mean, "miss"?

Where are you going?

Home.
Home?

Yeah, my mom's
coming back, so...

I don't know,
it's probably for the best.

I think I wore my welcome out
with Mindy.

I doubt that.

She's probably gonna miss you
more than you know.

Yeah?
Yeah.

What about you?
I hear you're moving to Alaska.

What do you think?

We don't know yet.

(LAUGHS)
I don't know.

So I did the whole
high school thing.

Right.

And you were right,

and I'm really glad that
I made these memories.

Me, too.

And...

I'm finally
over my crush.

Okay.

So, friends?

Let's say family.

I'll see you, Becks.

See you.

(ALL CHEERING)

BILLY: Listen up,
ladies! Ladies!

Coach Traub here has your tickets to
the State Championship game this week.

(PLAYERS CHEERING)

There's two tickets
for everybody.

For your family, for your friends,
whoever you want to bring.

So when I call your name,
get your ass up here.

Tinker.
STAN: Tinker!

Rodriguez!
Rodriguez!

Olson!
Olson!

Moody.
Moody.

Martinez.
Can I get two more?

No, you can't get
two more. Go sit down.

Rocko!
Rocko!

Garrity!
Garrity!

Howard!
Howard!

Garcia!
Garcia!

BILLY:
Two tears in the bucket...

I only need one, Coach.

What?
I only need one.

All right.

Ellis!
Ellis!

Eatin!
Eatin!

Cafferty!
Cafferty!

Foster!
Foster!

Davis.
Davis.

Hernandez.
Hernandez.

TAMI: We just don't want you to rush
into anything 'cause you don't need to.

Right. And we're not
rushing into anything.

It's not like we're
getting married tomorrow.

And you guys were our age
when you got married.

That was a different time.

Well, and we were
a little bit older.

You were still in college...
It was a different time.

JULIE: It's just...

MATT: I love your daughter.

I love Julie and I want
to marry her, that's it.

TAYLOR: Maybe you don't understand
exactly what I'm saying, Matt.

Marriage requires maturity.

Marriage requires two people

who, for the rest
of their lives,

are willing to listen,

to really listen
to each other.

And that marriage requires
the greatest of all things,

which is compromise.

We're willing
to make it work.

Yeah.

Look at you guys.

You guys were married
when you were our age.

How many different
jobs have you had?

How many times
have you moved?

And how many difficult things
have you gone through?

And you guys have
made it work.

So, uh...

You guys
are my inspiration.

Would y'all excuse me
for just a quick second?

(SNIFFLING)

It's my turn, babe.

I have loved you
and you have loved me

and we have compromised.

Both of us.

For your job.

And now it's time to

talk about doing that
for my job.

Because otherwise what
am I gonna tell our daughter?

You just can't...

Let's just go
back inside. Come on.

How do you propose
we're gonna make a decision

if you're not gonna
talk to me?

I believe I have
talked to you.

And I have decided I'm
gonna say no to Braemore.

I'm never gonna
win this fight.

All right.

You guys still awake?

Hey, sweetie.

(SIGHS) Hey.

How are you?
Pretty good.

I know you guys think
that I'm young,

and that I'm making
the wrong decision,

and that I'm gonna drop out
of college, or whatever,

but that's not me, and you
guys should know that.

It's about getting to spend the rest
of my life with my best friend.

I want you to be on my side,
and I want you to trust me

that I'm making
the right decision.

We do trust you.

And we want you
to be happy.

BECKY: You know, Billy,
I really...

I want you to know that I
really do appreciate you.

Don't worry about it.

Really.
Don't worry about it.

BILLY: I'll get that.

Mindy.

I feel like you think
that I'm just gonna leave

and forget everything
that you guys did for me.

But that's not happening.

I love Stevie.

And I'm gonna love the twins
just as much.

And I'm gonna be over at y'all's house all
the time, whether you like it or not.

We're family.

I'm a sister.

(CRYING)

CHERYL: Becky!

(SCREAMING)

Hey, big girl!
Mom.

It's so good
to see you!

Did you have fun?

I had fun,
but I missed you so much.

BECKY: You look really pretty.

I do?
Yeah.

(LAUGHING) You look beautiful.
Oh, baby.

Last one is a rotten egg!

(ALL SHOUTING)

Okay, okay, really?
Who'd y'all make this mess for?

We're going to Dallas.
Yeah! We're going to Dallas!

What are y'all
talking about?

Your dad called. You know the
franchise he started in Dallas?

Well, that thing took off, so he's
starting another Ray's down there.

And he's moving you all
to live with him.

(ALL CHATTERING)

BOY: Oh, yeah? Freeze!

(BOY LAUGHING)

(SCOFFS) You ain't
gonna make that.

Mmm-mmm. Mmm-mmm.
Mmm-mmm.

Too much greens, huh?
Too much green.

Young man gets a chance at
that maybe once in a lifetime.

No, I don't want to hear it.
I'm sorry.

No.
Well, it's the truth.

(LAUGHING)

What is he doing here?

Who's that?
Is that that Luke kid?

That's Luke.

He's a little hottie.

Mom.
Well, he is.

Well, yes.

Be cool.
I'm cool.

(LAUGHS)

What are you doing here?

What's all this?
Good evening.

How you doing?

I miss you. I'm crazy about you.
I was stupid. I'm really sorry.

Hi. I'm Cheryl.

It's very nice to meet you.
It's nice to meet you, too.

Welcome back.
Thank you very much.

Such a sweetheart.

As long as he learns
how to wear a condom.

I'm serious.
Yes, ma'am.

I'll kill you.
Yes, ma'am.

BECKY: Thanks, Mom.
Nice to meet you.

LUKE: Very nice
to meet you, ma'am.

Hey.

I love you.
I'm so sorry.

It's okay.

I want to be with you.

You are with me.

I want to be with you
forever and ever and ever.

(TYRA LAUGHING)

MATT: All right.

TYRA: Ah, there he is.

Really?

All right.
To Mr. and Mrs. Saracen.

Cheers, guys.
Congratulations.

MATT: I always thought you'd be
the first person to say that.

TYRA: So, where'd you do it?
Um...

JULIE: The Alamo.

TIM: The Alamo Freeze.

Are you serious?
Wow, that's amazing, actually.

It was amazing.
It's sentimental, is what it is.

TYRA: Of course, of course.

Whatever.

This is crazy.
Look at us.

Y'all are engaged.
I'm halfway through college,

kicking ass by the way.

And I'm out
on good behavior.

Hear, hear to that!
MATT: Sweetness.

TIM: Cheers on that.
MATT: Here's to that.

(SLOW COUNTRY SONG PLAYING)

Let's dance.

Let's do it. Come on.

(JULIE LAUGHS)
Let's dance.

What do you say?

This feels right.

You're just lonely, Tim.

No, I'm not.

I can't do this
again with you.

I've got plans.

I don't.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

What?
Stop that.

Honey.
Stop.

Please turn that off.

TAYLOR: Mmm-mmm.

(GROANING)

TAYLOR: What?
Morning.

Hey. Hey,
Buddy, Jr.'s staying

with me el permanente.

What the hell
are you doing?

Yes, the cast comes off in four weeks.
Who's that?

He's rehabbing.
He's getting ready for summer ball

and then he'll be ready
to be on the super team.

Yeah, that's great.
Why are you calling this early,

waking the whole
damn family up?

I mean, I just needed to talk to
you before you left for State.

Can you believe it, Eric?
State Championship.

Yeah, I know.

Listen, anyway, they wanted me to get you
to sign before you left for the game.

Sign what?

The contract with West Dillon,
with the Panthers.

So I thought maybe I could
just stop by the field house

and you could look over
the contract and sign it,

and then that'll just
clear your mind.

You can just focus
on the State game.

You don't have
to think about anything.

Sound like a plan?

Hey, you know what?
Do me a favor.

Don't ever call me at this
time of morning again.

I don't care what you've got to talk about.
You hear me?

Oh, okay. Sorry.
Sorry I called so early. Bye.

Who is that?
Who do you think?

I don't know.
Buddy, that's who it is.

They want me
to sign the contract

before I go up to State.

Today?

I'm taking Gracie Belle
to see Santa Claus today.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Good? LUKE: No, no. No, no, no.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Mmm-hmm?

JESS: Coach?

My dad's starting
another business in Dallas,

so after this semester I'm
going to be living in Dallas

and won't be a part of your...
Your super team after all.

You'll be missed.

I mean that sincerely,
you will be missed.

Coach, I can't tell you how
much this season's meant to me.

Being a part of the Lions has been
the greatest experience of my life.

I think it's been mine, too.

I happen to know the coach down there
at Dallas, Walker, if you have any...

Any interest in me giving him a call
and putting the word in for you.

Thanks, Coach.

Consider it done.

Appreciate you. Thanks.

It's for the tree.
(LAUGHING) I'm not the tree.

Kids, come here.
I found it.

I knew I would. It was in that
back bedroom under all that junk.

Oh! Julie, you got
to see this, honey.

I'd forgotten
how pretty it is.

It is.
(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)

I can't believe it's this white.
Look at it.

Oh, me.

You know, I think Julie might actually
want to get her own dress, Grandma.

Oh, nonsense. This might need
a little washing. "Nonsense."

But I can do it.
I think I can do it in the kitchen sink.

Oh, I'm so glad I found it
for you, honey. Could I...

Could I look
at the ring on you?

Yeah.

You like it?

It's beautiful,
Mrs. Saracen.

Honey...

You can call me "Grandma" now.
You know, we're family.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Now, I've got to look
for some shoes and veil.

I don't know. I don't think...
My feet have always been extra small.

Well, you just find them, and
then we'll check it out, okay?

MRS. SARACEN:
Yeah. We'll have to see.

Hey, what's the matter?

Do you think we're making
the right decision?

I mean,
we're still really young

and everything
my mom and dad said...

And we don't even live
in the same state, Matt.

Julie, it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter
if we live in the same state,

it doesn't matter
how old we are,

we know we love each other.

And we know... We know
we're perfect together.

You really believe that?

Yeah. It's going
to be perfect.

MRS. SARACEN:
(EXCLAIMING) Look!

Lookie here!
MATT: Oh, wow.

What do you think?

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Miss Merriweather, can I
talk to you for a second?

Yeah. What's up?

What?

What are you smiling for?

At first, I hated you
on this team.

Look how far we've come.

We're getting ready
to go to State.

I feel like one of the
luckiest men in the world.

Who gets a chance to...

Who gets a chance to share
it with his girlfriend?

I love you.

I'm so glad that you're
a part of this team.

I'm not sure what I want to
do yet, but don't laugh,

I'm thinking politics.

Are you laughing right now?
Inside? No.

No.

Yes. Yes. Tim Riggins, you are.
No, I'm not.

You are laughing.
I'm not laughing inside.

You are lying to me
right now.

Okay, when you say,
like, politics,

do you mean like Sarah
Palin kind of stuff? Or...

No, you ass.
Out of all people, really?

No, I'm thinking more along
the lines of Mrs. T.

Yeah, except bigger.

I can see that.

Tim,

I've been in love with you
since I was five years old.

And being here with you,

it's the greatest feeling I've
had in a really long time.

Me, too.

It scares the hell
out of me.

I have dreams, Tim.

I know you do.

I have dreams, too.

I'm going to build a house
exactly where we're sitting.

I will get a job.

And I'm never going to do anything
illegal for the rest of my life.

Guaranteed.

Maybe one day our dreams
can merge together.

TAMI: Are you gonna
say "Hi" to Santa Claus?

Hi, Santa.
This is Gracie Belle.

Hi.

There you go, honey.

Smile, honey.

Oh, smile, Gracie Belle.
Tell Santa what you want for Christmas.

Oh, your daddy's
going to love that.

Smile, Gracie.
Oh, my Lord!

Oh, my Lord!
Hey, kiddo.

Get her picture now.
Hey, Santa Claus.

My hands are shaking now.
Come on, smile.

Smile. There you go. All right.
All right, smile. We got it.

Okay. We got 'em.
Thank you, Santa Claus.

Come here, sweet girl.
Can I talk to you real quick?

What in the world?
You scared me half to death.

Is everything okay?
You're supposed to be on your way to State.

What's going on?

I turned the contract down.

It's your turn.
I want to go to Philadelphia.

Really, babe?

Will you take me to
Philadelphia with you, please?

(CROWD CHEERING)

(COACH MUTTERING)

(CROWD CHEERING)

Do you have
the time here?

CROWLEY: Yeah, we got
eight minutes, Coach.

They're ready.

You may never know
how proud I am of you.

You changed my life, Coach.

TAYLOR: Y'all ready?
PLAYERS: Yes, sir.

TAYLOR: Dear heavenly Father,

keep us and protect
us tonight.

Please allow us to take the
talents that you've given us

and use them to the
very best this evening

as a family,

as one.

Thine is the kingdom
and the power

and the glory
forever and ever.

Amen.
PLAYERS: Amen!

(PLAYERS SHOUTING)

the second they come
off that clock...

(PLAYERS CHEERING)

(PLAYERS CHATTERING)

(INAUDIBLE)

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

(INAUDIBLE)

ANNOUNCER: This has been
absolute war tonight, folks.

The Lions of East Dillon
have one last shot.

Coach Taylor
is out of time outs.

Sixty-three yards.

You've got to give
the receivers time.

Yes, sir.

ANNOUNCER: And here we go, ladies and gentlemen.
Vince Howard to the line.

If the dream is going to happen,
it has to happen right now.

This is for everything.

Attaboy, attaboy!

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

Let's go, fellows. Let's go.

Bye.

COACH: Hit me. CROWLEY: Good.
Come on! Come on! Hit!

(CHATTERING)

Good. Good. Good.
Let's go.

Hey. Come on. Hey.
Concentrate. Up! Get ready.

(SPIVEY CHATTERING)

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

(INAUDIBLE)

(INAUDIBLE)

Texas forever.

Texas forever.

PLAYERS: Stop! Go!

Stop! Go!

TAYLOR: Do you know what
I just realized, fellows?

That is we got
a long way to go, gentlemen.

A long way to go.

And you know what?
I'm looking forward to it.

Tonight you go home,

you get your studies done,

you get your rest 'cause you're gonna
be back here tomorrow at 6:00 a.m.

That means no later
than 5:45.

Understood?
ALL: Yes, sir.

Clear eyes, full hearts.

Yeah, we'll deal with that later.
Grab a lap.

Have a good night, gentlemen.
Good work today.

Have a good night.
Good job.

Thanks, Coach.

COACH: Come on.
Let's go! Let's go!

You ready to go home?

Yeah. Let's go.