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

Are you drunk?

This ain't the way
it's gonna be.

Can he play? He loves football.
He just doesn't know it yet.

I came here
to tell you

that the whole thing
between you and me...

TAYLOR: You know Vince's dad?

He was a drug dealer.

Used to be one of the baddest
cats we had in town.

Tell me you're done
with the drugs.

I will never
let that happen again.

Luke, this is Karl Gage
from over at TMU.



I'd like to sit down
with you sometime.

Why don't we bring
you over to TMU?

You can look around the
campus, meet the coaches.

Hello, Vincent.
I'm the head coach here.

Set, hut, hut.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

What are you doing?
What are you doing?

I was gonna
take it up the gap.

What are the
corners playing?

Cover two.
Cover two.

And in cover two, the tight end
is open between the safeties.

So what the hell
are you doing?

I was gonna
take it up the gap.

I don't want you
taking it up the gap,



'cause I don't want you running
eight yards and getting hit,

'cause I'd like to go
to the playoffs this year.

Would you like to come with me?
Yes, sir.

Then don't take it
up the gap.

Do it my way,
stay in the pocket,

make the read,
look for the slant.

And if the slant's not
there, what do you do?

I dump it off to Luke.
That's right.

That's good, so let's do that.
Line it up.

Hey, you know what way we're
gonna do it, don't you?

Your way, Coach.
Every time.

My way!

Hut, hut.

TAYLOR: There you go.
Way to hang on.

That's nice, because what is that?
What way is that?

That's your way.
That's my way.

The right way, Coach.
My way is the right way,

the good way,
the smart way.

It's the path to salvation,
gentlemen.

Three-step drop, Coach?

Boy's a natural scrambler.
I don't know why you want to put a leash on him.

You're slipping, Karl.

They said they've been watching
me since summer league.

They wanted
a verbal commitment.

They shouldn't even be talking directly to you.
You're a junior.

I didn't know that.

That guy Karl said,
"Come in the room,"

and when I walked in they were all
just sitting there waiting to meet me.

I said, "I thought you
wanted Cafferty."

He said, "We do.

"We're talking
to you right now."

It's a calf-cow.

A what?

Does anyone else
know about this?

No. Well, my mom
and my dad.

I guess that's it.

How's that
going with your dad?

Found some middle ground.

Good.

Are they gonna be
up there for the game?

No, my mom's gotta work,
but my dad'll be there.

I'll tell you what,

once we all get up there,
you, me and your dad

are gonna get together
and we're gonna

have a little talk,
how's that?

Sounds good.

Does Luke know about this?

No, it's his moment.

Didn't want to take it
away from him.

Keep it that way.

STAN: Everybody
have a seat!

Have a seat now!
Let's go!

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Sit down!

Let's go!
PLAYER: Sit down!

CROWLEY:
Thank you, Coach.

We're gonna take a little
road trip, gentlemen.

(CHEERING)

South King High School
is 250 miles

south and east
of where we are.

It may sound like fun now,

but five hours
down highway 40,

your butts
are gonna be screaming.

My butt is strong.

I've been working
on my butt crunches.

(PLAYERS LAUGHING)

STAN: Sit down.

Sit down, sit down, sit down.

All right,
your newest teammate,

Buddy, Jr. here,

is passing out
your full itinerary.

You'll notice there's
a lack of down time.

You'll also notice we've
carved out study time.

You good?
Yeah, we're good.

Hey, guys.

Hey, good work
this week so far.

Let's keep it up, yeah?

ALL: Yes, sir.

Listen, I hear everything
that goes on around here.

There's nothing
that misses my ears.

I know who it is doing
the talking around here,

and I know who's not
doing the talking.

I hear talk
about last year's forfeit,

the season opener.

I don't mind that.
Go ahead and say it.

But I don't want any talk about
revenge going on around here,

'cause when you talk
about revenge

and you're playing
football with revenge,

you're playing stupid football,
and I'm not gonna have it.

Understood?

ALL: Yes, sir.

Success is not a goal.

It's a by-product.

So we'll put the work in,

we'll stick to
the game plan,

and we will play
the way that...

Play Taylor-ball!

(CHEERING)

Coach Spivey is gonna
be with the defense.

Coach Crowley will be
with the offense.

Coach Riggins will be
with special teams today.

Understood?

ALL: Yes, sir.

Thank you.
STAN: Get geared up, let's go.

Let's go.

(SIGHS)

Busted.
Who's the guy?

I want a name.

I want to sleep.

You need a shower.

Ah, ah, ah,
no time for naps.

We have class.

How about you go for me

and take some notes,
and I owe you one?

Sign in for me at
poetry reading tomorrow?

Okay, deal.

And your mom called.
Twice.

I think you need
to go to school.

Go.

(DOOR CLOSING)

(MARCHING BAND PLAYING)

You know,
it's very controversial,

we don't even say it,

but hazing is
an important ritual.

You know,
back in the old days,

it used to be
shave the whole body,

adhesive tape,

leave us out
in the country naked

just to find our way home.

So it's a lot kinder now.

Don't worry, you can handle it, baby.
You can handle it.

They can kill you, but
they can't eat you, okay?

I see you made
the roommate list.

I sure did.
I put you with Luke.

Me and Luke. No, no, you should
have put us in the same room.

Baby, please.

But I am glad you got
your own room.

Yeah, there ain't no other
girls on this team.

You're right.
There's no girls, there's no moms,

no aunties, no little
brothers, no nothing.

Just you and me.

So after the game, I'm coming by to...
You know.

Win the game,

and we'll see what kind of
doors open for you, okay?

Are you trying
to motivate me?

'Cause it's working.

It's working, mmm-hmm.

(BAND PLAYING)

HASTINGS: Hey, Coach.

Are we there yet?

(LAUGHTER)

TAMI: I miss you so much.

Just dying
to talk to you,

but I know you're off
getting smart somewhere.

And your dad just went off
for an away game,

so I'm all by myself with Gracie
Belle this weekend, missing you.

Anyway, call me when you can.

Hope you're having
a great time.

And I love you so much.

Bye.

Hey.
Hey, I'm sorry to interrupt.

That was something, huh?

Yeah, it was.
Pretty awesome.

So it looks like
it's a guys' weekend.

So maybe a girls' weekend.

Why shouldn't there be?

So let's go see a movie
tomorrow or something.

Oh, you're so sweet.

Golly, I haven't seen
a movie in forever.

Well, we should. Well, I would love to.
I can't 'cause of the baby.

Oh, right, right, right.

Well, what if I brought over
some white wine and Chinese?

That would be great.

Yeah, really?
Yeah.

Okay, I'm gonna
call you tomorrow.

All right. Thanks.
Okay, great.

All right, well,
have a good night.

Go Lions.
Go Lions.

See you tomorrow.
Have a good one.

PLAYER: Yeah!

SPIVEY: Give me this beat
old school.

(RAPPING)
My name is Spivey

You know I'm the best

I get all the ladies

And I hit 'em with the flex

I come down
And I'm coming through

I'm-a shut my mouth,
and I'm gonna pass it to you

ALL: Go, Luke! Go, Luke!

I like country
But this is rap

You put 'em together
It sounds like crap

You better look out
'Cause I'm Luke Cafferty

If I start rappin'
Y'all might laugh at me

ALL: Go, Tink! Go, Tink!

Go, Tink!

Taylor and Riggins
And Coach and Spivey

Coach is on your ass
So you better look lively

(CHEERING)

Hold on, keep it going.
Come on.

TAYLOR: Look, Billy,
let's just call AAA.

It'll probably save us time by
the time you get done there.

Coach, we're not calling AAA.

AAA is for women,
all right?

We're men.
We don't ask for directions,

and we fix our own cars.

Don't worry, I got this.

(EXCLAIMS) Son of a...

I'm kidding, I got this.
Don't worry about it.

It's good.

That's funny.

So what's a Baptist like yourself
gonna do at a Methodist university?

Play football.

They got you at
running back or on D?

I don't know,
they didn't say.

I'm gonna ask Karl.
He's coming to our game tomorrow night.

You mind if I take
a look at the pamphlet?

No, go for it.
Cool.

I mean, didn't I tell you
that when we first started?

Didn't I tell you, I said...

So, that's your dad
out there?

Yeah.

He's one of those

"I'll tell you something"
types, huh?

Yeah.

He's a chatterbox.

You a virgin?

No.

I mean, what's the wait?

I said that I wasn't.

Ah, you'll be fine
when it happens.

It's all right.

"Soul-detonating
joy bubble of a montage

"Doormats rising up

"Busting down the front door"

Hey, how do you feel
about sopapillas?

Sopa what?

Fry bread.

Actually,
not just any fry bread.

Possibly the greatest fry bread
in the history of fry bread.

Come on,
hop in the car with me.

Let's drive the 90 miles
it takes to get

to Curvy Irma's unbearably
brown fry bread shack.

You won't regret it.

"Running, splashing,
chicken fighting

"The mother
gathers her kids..."

Meet you in the car
in five.

See you in
the parking lot.

"...as fast as she can
Now these are the facts"

Why don't you do
that thing you do?

(BLOWS WHISTLE LOUDLY)

(PLAYERS CHATTERING)

PLAYER: I'm up.
I'm up, Mama.

I love doing that.

You're welcome.

PLAYER: East Dillon Loins?

Nah, man.
What's up with that?

STAN: Wake up.
Wake up. We're here.

I'm Randy
if you need something.

Nice to meet you, Randy.
Pleasure.

The sign outside
says "loins."

You want to take
a look at that, huh?

I'm gonna look into that.

TAYLOR: What are these?

Your block of room keys.

If you could just stay
in your block...

TAYLOR: You don't have
regular keys, do you?

Those are
our regular keys, sir.

You don't have the regular
ones you put in a lock and...

They don't make those
anymore in hotels.

What's that?

It's a macadamia,
white macadamia.

It's complimentary
from the...

Macadamia?
Yes, sir.

You don't have
chocolate chip, do you?

Enjoy that.
No, we don't.

Just as an aside,

can you keep an eye
on your crew out there?

Would you do me a favor
and change that sign, though.

I'm gonna do it right away, sir.
Thank you very much.

CROWLEY: Hey, remember,
helmets and shorts,

on the bus
in 15 minutes, let's go.

PLAYER: Come on, Buddy, Jr.
Come on.

Tell the front desk
we need more towels.

Where's my bag?
Where's my bag?

CROWLEY: Keep this. Make sure you get back in.
PLAYER: Yes, sir.

Special teams first.
You guys are gonna be impressed, I promise.

Hey, Coach.
Coach, hey.

This is my dad.

Coach Taylor, right?
Yes, sir.

Yeah, Ornette Howard. Pleasure to meet you.
I've heard a lot about you.

Oh, hey, I wanted
to meet the man, you know?

Appreciate that.

I'm just here
to see the game.

I don't wanna
mess up anything.

No, you're not
messing up anything.

Haven't messed up anything.

Yeah, this is Coach
Riggins and Coach Spivey,

Coach Crowley, and that's
Coach Stan, over here.

Nice to meet you,
Mr. Howard.

Hey.

All right.

BILLY: Can anybody tell me what
special teams is all about?

Protecting field position?

No.

Team unity.

Special teams is about the
real players taking a breather

and the people in the stands getting a
chance to drop their kids off at the pool.

Special teams.
(SCOFFS)

More like special ed.

All right, kickoff team,
let's line it up.

From now on, filler time
is Billy time.

When we punt, we will down
the ball inside the five.

When we kick off,
we will not let the other team

return the ball
past our 20-yard line.

We will run with hate
in our hearts.

You'll forget all your hippy, zen, Buddhist,
happiness, peace, love, bull crap,

and you will run
with hate in your heart.

You don't leave your lane
until you see the zits

on that ball-carrier's face.

Do you hear me?
Yes, sir.

Do you hear me?

That's what
I'm talking about, Buddy, Jr.

You will not get the girl.

You will not be written about
in the paper.

You will be lucky if your own
parents remember your name.

You don't like it?
Good!

Get pissed.

Put my face on every
South Kinger that you tackle.

But know this, gentlemen.

Tomorrow night,
I will be given satisfaction.

Is that understood?
ALL: Yes, sir.

Hey, Coach.
Is that understood?

ALL: Yes, sir.
Coach!

Yes, sir?

This is supposed
to be a walk-through.

My bad.

We're done!

PLAYER: East side!

ALL: (CHANTING)
Tink! Tink! Tink!

(CHEERING)

ALL: East Side! East Side!
East Side! East Side!

You know, my boy, he got
one year left of school.

So why they coming
after him now?

Southern Cal just
recruited a 13-year-old.

Come on, man, 13?

13 years old.

Yeah, they're looking
for the verbals.

That's why I'm suggesting,

if you feel
comfortable with me

and you have
your trust in me,

things come through myself,
and that way

we have more control
over the situation.

Let me ask you something.

Do you think
he can play D-1?

TMU is the first one.
It's not gonna be the last.

VINCE:
He used to coach at TMU.

Really?
I did.

I was a quarterback coach
for a short stint.

Didn't last long.

All right, so...

So everything's
gonna go through Coach.

Works for Vince,

it works for me.

All right then.

We all agree then,
anything happens,

anyone comes to you
talking about anything,

I don't care what it is,
you come to me first.

It goes through me first.

VINCE: You got it.

Yes, sir.

All right.

All right then.

Appreciate talking to you.
You betcha.

All right, appreciate it.
All right.

(LAUGHS)
Uh-huh.

It's good, right?

I will have to admit,
it's pretty darn good.

It's great.

I'll let you in on a great secret.
I don't take many people here.

Really?

So how'd you find this place?

I got lost one night.

Yeah, I just got lost.

I, um, took a left,
I took a right,

ended up here.

I'm good at getting lost.
I've kind of made it an art form.

Nice, so did you just
get lost today,

and make a left and right,

and found me
in poetry reading?

Maybe there's
an invisible hand

guiding me to all things
great and good.

Fry bread.

You.

You know what, I'm going
back for round two,

and then I got to
get home.

Thesis calls.
You want seconds?

Do it.

All right.

CROWLEY: Two per room.
Everybody...

PLAYER:
In the room, Fat Albert!

CROWLEY: Come on, let's go.

PLAYER: Oh.

CROWLEY: Everybody, hey,
two per room.

Who's smoking in here?

(LAUGHTER)
Really?

PLAYER:
You gonna be the bitch?

CROWLEY:
Take that chair back, go.

Buddy, get that cleaned up.
Two per room.

What's up, buddy?

What's up, man?

Taking in
the beautiful view?

It's not much better
on the other side.

At least it's quiet.

It's not that quiet.

It's not ranch quiet,
but...

DALLAS: It's too damn quiet.

I miss my cop cars

and crackheads.

LUKE: What's up, Twinker?

What's going on, Cafferty?

What's the matter,
you can't sleep?

No.

LUKE: You nervous?

Not really.
I'm just not used to hotels.

Yeah, Tink's a mama's boy.

You would be, too, if your
mom could cook like mine.

VINCE: Ah, you're right,
your mama can cook,

but she needs to feed you
more vegetables, all right?

And okra cooked
in ham juice don't count.

DALLAS: Oh, that's the best.

LUKE: I thought you were gonna
lay off on the pork, man,

after I gave you my pig,
come on.

Dude, pork and pig
is two different things.

VINCE: Wait, what?

Pork is on a plate,
and pig ain't.

All right.

HASTINGS: There's a lot of
dude talk going on out here.

Ruckle, that's what
got you outta bed?

No.

Buddy, Jr.,

he's a really loud snorer.

Like a lactose-intolerant
ass face or something.

(LAUGHTER)

HASTINGS: What are you doing?

LUKE: We're just taking in the
beauty of Kingdom, Texas, sir.

The beauty?
You mean no bars

and 9,000 churches,
that kind of beauty?

VINCE: Sounds like
you've been here before.

Yeah, my dad's worked
on a few rigs.

We never stayed here
that long, but...

As usual.

DALLAS: So, Vince, think we're
gonna win that game tomorrow?

Yeah, we got beat
pretty bad,

but we're not
the same team.

DALLAS: That's true.

I heard you guys forfeited.

What's up with that?

It was a bad feeling.

But Coach Taylor,
he's a, you know,

he's a straight-up guy.

He had his reasons.
Just don't know what they are.

LUKE: Dude, I can tell you...
I can tell you the reasons.

'Cause y'all didn't have
me on the team, so...

(CHUCKLES) Okay.

HASTINGS: Yeah, well,

maybe I can contribute
a little something too now.

Well, you had me.
I guess that didn't help.

(LAUGHS)

But I tell you what, you know
what I could get used to?

LUKE: What?

The free candy
at the minibar.

And the two pillows
that I got.

Hey, that candy's
not free.

(VINCE LAUGHS)

It's not?

HASTINGS: No.
And that porn ain't either.

Porn is not free?

No, in fact it's
pretty expensive.

Are you sure?

HASTINGS: Uh, yeah.

DALLAS: All right, 'cause my roommate's
in there having, like, a film festival.

So let me go tell him
to stop, all right?

Yeah, go do that.

Hey, dude, stop beating the meat.
Come on, now.

Crazy, man.

Yeah.

LUKE: Good night.

All right, I'm out.

You are?
Yeah.

Hey, tomorrow, buddy.

Tomorrow.

All right.

Tomorrow.

ANNOUNCER:
Early in this contest, folks,

the Lions down by three,

and they are
getting no respect

from these Kingdom Rangers.

Tempers are running hot.

And this game has been filled

with trash-talking
and unnecessary penalties.

Rangers with the ball.

First and goal
on the Lions' nine.

Gives to Rich Roberts
up the middle.

PLAYER: Here we go!

ANNOUNCER: Stacked up for
maybe a gain of three.

Oh, and it's a delayed hit
on Luke Cafferty!

QB Andy "Spank-Spank" Miller
on a sneak,

and he gets in easy.

It's been a slogger
of a game, folks.

Neither team's offense
is setting the world on fire,

but South King's
just grabbed some big mo

before the half.
17-7 for the home team,

kicking off.

Kickoff return, let's go!

(CHEERING)

BUDDY:
All right, let's go, boys!

Let's go, BJ!
You get 'em, baby!

Chill out, Dad.

ANNOUNCER: Here's the kick.

A squib down the middle.

Number 42, Buddy Garrity, Jr.
, needs to just fall on this one.

Get on the ball!
Get on the ball!

Run with it, yeah!

Fall on it!
Fall on it!

ANNOUNCER: Oh, and Junior
absolutely laid out

by a monster hit.

And Coach Taylor is beside
himself, and I don't blame him.

Come on, ref.

Not cool. Mess with 42 again...
That's my boy.

Don't tag him, don't tag
him, or I'll tag you back!

You're calling that
a clean hit?

What rule book are you
playing from tonight?

ANNOUNCER:
Sure does seem like these refs

aren't calling it
both ways tonight, folks.

Take a knee.

We're on the 40.
I can...

Just take a knee.

ANNOUNCER: Still two
seconds on the clock.

Let's see what Taylor's
got in his bag of tricks.

New year, same team!

Bunch of doormats!

Yeah, I'm talking
to you, Howard!

You're in Kingdom now, baby!

That ain't saying...

Take that knee
like I know you can!

Hut, hut.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

BILLY: Let's go,
let's take it in.

ANNOUNCER: And that'll do it,
17-7, Kingdom at the half,

in a game these referees
need to get under control

and I mean right quick.

BILLY: You all right?

I'm gonna rip
somebody's head off.

They want to play dirty,
we're gonna show 'em dirty.

LUKE: They're out there
chop-blocking.

I got horse-collared by 56.

All right, we're getting a
little home-cooked out there,

but we gotta
rise above that, guys.

No, we got to change it up.
We gotta change all this in-the-pocket,

one-step, two-step
ain't working.

Listen to me.

This is exactly what I meant
about playing with revenge.

That team out there
is not a better team.

They are not a better team.

You take away
the mental mistakes,

and we are back in this thing.

Otherwise, they are gonna
keep playing us

for a bunch of fools.

Stay away from dumb,
gentlemen.

Coaches,
break them into groups,

I want to talk to you.

CROWLEY: Offense,
over here, let's go!

Are you boys
ready to forfeit?

If we win,
can I have your number?

You gotta win first.

You got it.

(CROWD CHANTING)

What's up,
gorilla boy?

I see you decided to join us
for the second half, huh?

You sure you don't want
to go back to Africa?

No, we here.
You a long way from home.

I'm gonna be
on your ass all game.

I got some bananas
for you.

Yeah, yeah, we right here with it.
We right here with it.

Yeah, we right here with it.

Let's go, come on.
We'll see, we'll see.

We here.

(CHEERING)

Hey, don't worry, I got him.
I got the kicker.

The kicker's gonna get
his ass fired up.

I'm gonna fire him up.
I'm gonna fire him up.

VINCE: Wait, wait...
I got your spot over there. I got it.

What the hell's
he doing out there?

ANNOUNCER:
And this is strange,

Howard taking the field
on a special team.

Maybe he wants
to send a message.

Here it comes,
and it is a beauty.

(GRUNTING)

Gracious me, Vince Howard
with a smack on number 23.

That's my boy!

ANNOUNCER:
And here we go again, folks.

Flags flying,
pushing and shoving.

One more shot by 5,
he is gone.

That was a clean hit.
What are you talking about?

I watched that! I saw it!
It was a clean hit.

One more, he's out of here.

Apparently,
you are blind tonight!

You gotta be kidding me!

You are full of crap!

(CHEERING)

Hey, I'm Karl Gage,
I'm a recruiter for TMU.

ANNOUNCER: And Coach Taylor
getting more and more upset

with the officiating here.

Listen up, we are not gonna
win playing by the rules.

Do you understand
what I'm saying?

So we're gonna play
by our rules.

Our rules?

Do you understand
what I'm saying?

I understand.
You understand?

Yes, sir.

Well, go share that.

Yes, sir.

CROWLEY: Let's go, 5.
Here we go now!

You saw that hit, though.
Yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

Listen, I don't wanna
be touched, all right?

I don't wanna
be breathed on.

We're gonna go
slot left 91.

They wanna take it
to the streets,

they wanna play dirty,
we're gonna show them

how we get down
on the East Side.

All right?
On one!

Ready?
ALL: Break!

Hut, hut.

(GRUNTING)

ANNOUNCER: Looks like the
Lions are finding some rhythm

for the first time
here in Kingdom.

There's some soft spots
in that South King zone,

and Howard is finding
every one of them.

(ALL GRUNTING)

And there's another Kumbaya
sing-along for South King sidelines.

Offsets the penalty, and a big
stop by the Lions secondary.

(GRUNTS)

Luke Cafferty running
for daylight.

Some vicious
downfield blocking

as he takes it in
for the touchdown.

East Dillon making a statement
here, folks. Hello!

Thou shalt not lean
into my roommate, 42,

anymore, baby!

ANNOUNCER: A little swagger creeping
into them red jerseys, folks.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

(GRUNTING)

(CHEERING)

East Dillon has taken control
of this game.

The Rangers are
on their heels.

Vince Howard and the Lions

feeling their oats
here, folks.

Hut, hut.

ANNOUNCER: Don't fly white
cotton in front of a Lion.

He don't like it.
38-17, East Dillon.

Kingdom come,
Kingdom conquered.

(CHEERING)

A big win to stay
undefeated for these Lions.

But more importantly,
the team stood up and said,

"We will not be disrespected.

"Not tonight. Not ever."

I wonder how
he explains this one.

Real quick before you go,
couple of questions.

Coach, 24 total penalties
for 245 yards.

Now, that's got
to be a league record.

There were penalties
on both sides.

Yeah, but most of them were
for unsportsmanlike conduct,

and most of them
were on your team.

They started this whole mess.
You guys just finished it, right?

Is that the style you're gonna
play this year, thug ball?

(LAUGHING)
You know what?

It's always good
talking to you two.

Hey, hold on, hold on.
Come on, Coach.

We got a long bus ride.
We'll see you.

Why are you guys
so undisciplined, Coach?

(LOUD MUSIC PLAYING)
(CHEERING)

Are you in charge?

I'm glad you won
your soccer game,

but I need you
to tone it down.

PLAYER: Turn it down!
I can't accept gifts.

(VOLUME LOWERS)

I need y'all to please...

Hi, hi. It's okay.
Go on through, thanks. (INAUDIBLE)

If you could get into your rooms,
though, that'd be great,

and just keep
the celebration down.

Thank you.
Sorry about that.

We'll get the boys to bed.

Thank you so much.

Just dial zero.

(LOUD MUSIC STARTS)
(WILD CHEERING)

Give me a kiss.

Good game.
Thank you.

(CHUCKLING)

(KNOCKING ON WINDOW)
You had such a good game.

Huh?
Uh-uh.

Don't even
look over there.

What?
Y'all get away.

Stop being nosy.

What are they doing?
Get away from the...

They're just a little
early, that's all.

Early?

Yeah. They think we were
gonna go out and...

I thought we were
supposed to hang out.

We were.
We are gonna go.

But they...
Look at 'em.

They need their quarterback.
And it's only gonna be for an hour or two, I promise.

I'm coming right back.

Okay?
Mmm-hmm.

Give me a kiss.

Mmm. All right, just...
Can you just not lock this?

Just leave it unlocked.
I'll be back in just an hour or two, okay?

I'm...

Mmm, yeah.

So are we just gonna
drive around all night

or are you actually
gonna take me somewhere?

I'm showing you
how to get lost.

Well, you seem
to be succeeding.

I'm not gonna be able
to stay out much longer.

I gotta get home
and work on my thesis.

So what are you doing
at Burleson?

What are you
doing at Burleson?

That's not fair.
I asked you first.

All right, same time.

One, two, three.

I'm here because
no Ivy League school...

I'm at Burleson because
I couldn't hack it

at Habitat for Humanity...

wanted to give me a shot,
and Burleson offered my wife

an adjunct professorship,
and they wanted her so bad

that they allowed me
into the doctoral program...

and I guess it's far
enough away from Matt.

Even though I had
a ridiculous thesis.

(CHUCKLES)

(DEREK SIGHS)

Her name's Alison.

She's very smart and very
good at what she does.

We like each other, but
we don't love each other.

Or it's the other way
around, I don't know.

Who's Matt?

He's, uh...

Just this guy in Chicago.

BUDDY: Okay, quit getting
grease on the cards.

You keep saying that.
There's no grease on the cards.

BILLY: Everybody, hey, seriously,
I just wanted to say real quick,

hell of a freakin'
game tonight.

Coach, congratulations.
Congratulations to everybody.

Old-school football.

We beat the piss out of them,
and I loved every minute of it.

And I liked
the revenge sticks.

There were some good sticks.

SPIVEY: There were.
Sticks.

We let that game get
away from us.

BUDDY: What?
What do you mean?

TAYLOR: Game got away
from us a little bit.

SPIVEY: That's how
it should be played, Coach.

TAYLOR: No, I didn't like all that.
I didn't like all that.

No, no, Coach,
they were late-hitting us

the whole entire time
in the first half.

I understand that,
I'm just saying

it got away a little bit.
BILLY: They were playing dirty.

See y'all
in the morning.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

Are you in?

TC, you come back.
We need some more of your money.

I gave it to Stan.

Your G-string's
sticking out.

LUKE: It was an amazing game,
dude. That was amazing.

I could have frickin'
died out on that field.

I was so happy, I could
have died and been happy.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

You boys legal?

Hey.
Listen up, listen up.

Chill, all right?
We're here.

Hastings.
I know you're into that.

Yeah, you gotta
be kidding me.

HASTINGS: No, we're here.
This is it. It's nice, right?

I'm thinking we're all on the way to Dillon.
That's why...

Big Owney!

Ruckle!
Look at you, man.

Your daddy called.

Says you's back in town
playing football.

What's up with hoops?

HASTINGS:
Oh, I got converted.

OWNEY: Don't be looking too much.
Huh?

Eyes back in your head.

And how 'bout some drinks?

SPIVEY: Let's do this again.
Let me have all your money.

TAYLOR: I don't care for all
that celebrating all that crap.

And I don't like that damn dance
that Tinker does out there.

I think it's foolish.

I know, but the boys
were having fun tonight.

They were having a good time.

BILLY: And, plus, we won!

I understand that.
I was there, remember?

Yeah.
Well, how 'bout you guys?

Did y'all have fun tonight?

A lot of fun.
BILLY: I had fun.

You're starting to get pissy
is what you're doing.

I'm not being pissy.

Everybody had fun.
What's wrong with you?

I had fun. TAYLOR: There's
nothing wrong with me.

Hey, my son
played football tonight,

and he got his ass kicked
all around the sun and back.

No, no, no,
he's gonna be fine.

He was awful, Billy.

I'm tired,
and I'm going to bed.

BUDDY: Just wait, wait, wait,
let me say one thing.

Well, say it, say it.
For God sakes, just say it.

Here we are, friends, sitting
around here having fun,

playing cards,
good whiskey,

and you've been nursing
that drink all night.

You haven't been
having any fun.

I've been having
plenty of fun.

It'd be a lot more fun
if I could beat this guy.

He's taking all my money.

Hell, I've been cheating
all night,

looking at his cards
and everything else,

I still can't beat him.
Cheatin'?

I'm going to bed.
Good night.

I love you very much, Coach.

Show me the money.

Hey.

Um, I really like the way that
you're putting your lipstick on.

It's like you're
from a commercial.

Mmm, okay.

TMU, they didn't
want me to say anything.

And Coach, he didn't
want me to say anything.

I just felt bad, so...

Why wouldn't Coach
want you to say anything?

If they want both of us,
that's great.

Yeah, that's what I thought.
That's like right now.

Just like tonight, man,
you and me together,

who's gonna stop us?
That's what I'm talking about.

Who's stopping that?
Dude, we threw up 38 on those punks.

Thirty-eight.
All the way to state, man.

Yeah, buddy.
All the way to state.

Cheers that.
Let's do this.

All right.
Good game.

TAMI: I miss my baby girl.

And that's the thing,
you know?

That's the thing
with having these kids,

it's just such a sense
of loss, you know?

She's my girl.

We've been... You know,
you raise somebody

till they're 18 years old,

and then they're suddenly
just gone.

Mmm-hmm.

And she's just been my life

for so long,

and it's just emptiness.

(PHONE RINGING)

I don't know.
It's strange.

Hey, hon.

We won.

(GASPS) Y'all did.

That's such great news.
Honey, I'm so proud of you.

I'm so proud of you.

I've been drinking.

We have been drinking.

Honey.
(CHUCKLES)

So... (CLEARS THROAT)

So what are y'all wearing?

I gotta go now.

Do me a favor.

Give Gracie a hug
and kiss for me.

Oh, honey,
I love you so much.

I love you.

I'll see you tomorrow.

All right.

LUKE: Listen to me,
listen to me, listen to me.

Look, look.
Look at that man.

Look at that man.

That man called me
his brother just now.

I did.

And last year, he
punched me in my face.

He didn't just punch you.
He knocked you out.

And your face
looked like...

(EXCLAIMS)

DALLAS: Your face...

You know, that's how
you fell when he hit you.

And, Tinker,
don't go crying on me now.

You traded
Maribelle, my pig,

for Becky, my girl.

And I love you for that.

It's a great pig.

Hastings, I bet
he could be my brother too,

'cause his hair is like...
(MAKES STRANGE SOUND)

And then, like...
(LAUGHS)

And Buddy, Jr.,
where are you, girl?

Buddy, Jr?

Buddy?

This man... Don't look at me.
Look at her.

You are not gay.

That man is sucking face
with someone's mom.

You do it.

He could be
my brother, too.

And I will do
anything for you.

HASTINGS: Like what?

I will walk...

I will walk on fire
for you guys.

That's love.

Really?

You'd walk on fire?

Mmm-hmm.

All right, prove it.

LUKE: What?

Hmm?

HASTINGS: Yeah.

Is one of you
Julie Taylor?

KIM: Excuse me?

I'm looking for Julie Taylor.
Is she here?

I'm Julie.
Who are you?

Oh, my God,
what the hell?

What the hell
is wrong with you?

I'm Alison!
Derek's my husband.

Look, you need to work
issues out with...

No, no, no, no, no.
You're not special.

You're not the first.

What you are is a frickin'
cliche and a slut.

You stay away from him. Do you hear me?
You stay away from him!

Julie Taylor is a slut!

She is sleeping
with Derek Bishop,

TA of the History Department
and my husband!

Julie Taylor is a slut!

Julie Taylor is a slut!

HASTINGS: Yeah.

LUKE: I do it,
we all do it, okay?

Okay?

I just joined the team.

No, all of us,
Buddy, Jr., all right?

Okay.

Okay, all right.

Do it, brother.

Do it, do it.

You're pinching me, biatch.

(SCREAMS)

(GROANS)

Doesn't look
that fun, actually.

HASTINGS:
All right, who's next?

LUKE: You, QB.
You do it, man.

That's the badge
of our pride.

It's, like, pride,
and, like, pride.

You know, like...

That's right.

Idiots.

Feels so nice on my cortex
every time you say that.

Do you have to
be so rough?

Stop moving. If you wouldn't
move, I wouldn't be so rough.

HASTINGS: And she
probably wouldn't yell.

JESS: So much fun for me,
you know?

Wait up, watch the sun rise
until 5:00 in the morning.

VINCE: Jess.

I am sorry.

I will do whatever it takes
to make it up to you.

'Cause I love you so much.

Get that all cleaned up?

She's standing up.
I know.

I see that.

(GASPS) Daddy's home.

Hey, honey.

(GASPS)

Hey.

Come here!

Hi!
How are you?

I don't believe it!

Hey, how are you?

I'm good.

Good, good.

Welcome to your home.
Hi, Gracie.

What are you doing here?

Gotta do some laundry.

Hi! Hi!

(CHUCKLES)
Did you miss me?

Good job, Son.
Here.

Dad, I got it.

All right.
All right.

Good boy.
I'll see you later.

All right, be safe, okay?

I'll see you back home.
All right.

Proud of you.
Thank you.

STAN: Take care.

Hey.

If you wanna ride home with him, you can.
It's all right.

Coach, this is my team.

I ride with the team.

Mmm.

All right, is that it?

CROWLEY: Got everyone?

We're good, Coach.

CROWLEY: Who's that?

Whoa, wait!

Wait!

Wait, Coach!

Coach!

STAN: You wanna join us?

PLAYERS: Buddy, Jr!

(CHEERING)

HASTINGS: Hey, Coach.

Are we there yet?

Nope.

But we're getting there.

Slowly but surely,
we're getting there.