Friday Night Lights (2006–2011): Season 5, Episode 7 - Perfect Record - full transcript

I kind of was messing around
with this TA who is married.

We're gonna get you
a scholarship

to any school you want to
go to in this country.

And you two can stay here
and screw like bunnies,

but use protection.

Anyone comes to you opening
their mouth about anything,

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

You got two days to
come up with my money.

I'm gonna
take care of it.

DEACON: You know he
was in prison, right?

Aggravated assault.
He was a drug dealer.



Aggravated assault
and drug dealing, huh?

Red, set, hut!

TAYLOR: Y'all punch
this in, you go home.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

Good work, fellows.
Good work.

Hey, Coach.

Good hustle, buddy.

Hey. Excuse me.

You know Baylor's staffing up for their
football camp this summer, and I got...

Baylor?
Yeah, Baylor.

I've gotten really good
at, like, washing towels

and fixing things
around here.

Can you give me
a recommendation letter?

Recommendation?
Well, all right.



Write something up,
put it on my desk.

Well, but...
But, Coach, I can't recommend myself.

TAYLOR: Sure you can.
Well, write...

You're asking me,
I'm telling you.

Oh, okay.
You sure?

Yes.
That's legal?

Oh, okay.

Hey, Coach, great practice.
Hey, is there an outlet?

You got an outlet
around here?

Buddy, what the hell
are you doing?

We got to hook up
a bunch of stuff.

You got an outlet
out here?

An outlet?

Well, we're going
to keep watch.

It's rivalry week.

We're not going to have
any Dillon Panthers

coming out here
messing up your field.

I guarantee you that
right now.

Come out here and join us. Come on.
We're going to have a cold one.

Got your name
on it.

BUDDY: We'll be
out here all night.

TAYLOR: Colonel, what you
plan to do with that shotgun?

BUDDY: Nobody's going to mess
with this field, Coach.

The safety's on.
I still got the bullets in my pocket.

All right, take that
gun away from him.

BUDDY: All right. All right.
I will. Don't worry.

I'm not kidding.
Take that thing away from him.

All right,
it'll be safe.

We're going to get that Oil
Rig trophy again, baby.

All right, guys, let's
get that charcoal ready.

I'm hungry.

JASON: Coach!

How you doing?
Sorry I'm late.

Hey. Looking good.

Hey.
Looking good.

Thank you.
Thank you.

Good to see you.

It's good to
see you, too.

There he is.
Noah.

Look at him. He's a big
football fan already.

I got a little Panthers football
I have him throwing around.

Look at that.

Loose spiral,
but he's working on it.

I'll be damned.

I'm teaching him everything
you taught me. Yep.

Here.
Oh, no.

Got a little spit-up on it.
Gracie got that on there.

Coach, I really
appreciate the gesture.

I just... I do got to tell you that
the Streets look better in blue.

You can go to hell if you're
going to be a smart ass.

He'll wear red.
Red's the color these days.

No, thank you very much, Coach.
You're welcome.

You know, it took
some convincing

to get the wife to have
him in the first place

but now that we do, she can't
wait to have another one.

I didn't know that
you made it legal.

Sure did.
You got married.

I did. You got married and
you don't tell me about it.

Coach, I didn't want to
tell you over the phone.

I could have
saved you the trouble

if you asked me whether you
should get married or not.

How am I supposed
to send something

if I don't know
you're married?

I'm sorry I didn't call.
I've been super busy.

I'm very happy
for you.

I've been busy
because I got a...

I also got a
promotion this year.

I'm a big-time,
full-fledged agent, now.

You can take that.
That's yours.

Is this the firm Frank Shore's at?
It is.

Arrow.
Yeah.

Not too bad
though, huh?

No, it's not.
One of your former prot?g?s.

Hey.

You did good.

You know,
people talk about you.

WAITRESS:
Y'all ready to order?

We haven't even
looked yet.

Five minutes, please.
I'm sorry.

I got a phone call
today about you.

They know I know you.
Colleges are interested in you,

so I just got to ask.

College a consideration
for you again, or...

I couldn't be happier
where I am right now.

Got an undefeated team.

Family's doing good.
The wife is happy.

We almost got the daughter
out of the house.

Got the other daughter
coming up.

I've got a hell of a team.
I love the school I'm at. Things are good.

I have no interest
right now.

All right.

But I appreciate it.

(CHUCKLING)
All right.

JESS: Yeah, but how am I supposed to
write a letter recommending myself?

I mean, you talk about yourself enough.
You should know.

Oh, shut up.
I mean, you might as well.

Well, I'm your girlfriend,

you should be bragging about
me more than anybody else.

You want me to
write your letter?

I want you to write it.
I think you'd be good to write it.

Uh-oh.
Hey. Hey.

Oh, sookie, sookie.

Oh, oh, oh! There they are.
There they are.

The king and queen of
East Dillon High.

How you doing, Jess?

Come on, Son,
I got something for you.

He just
moved back in.

He... He moved in?

ORNETTE: I got
something for you.

VINCE: Why is
he all excited?

Because I'm bearing gifts, Son.
I'm bearing gifts.

I ain't come empty-handed.
Look here.

(EXHALING IN AWE)

Wow.

Yeah, brand spanking new.
Now, come on, come on.

Yo, Pa, where'd you
get these from?

Oh, you know,

from a friend who wants
you to look sharp.

Look, I got something
for you, too, Jess.

Wait, wait.
Where'd you get all this stuff?

It says "TMU" on it.

Yeah. TMU.
(CHUCKLING)

Wait, is it from someone
who's from TMU?

(STAMMERING) It's not from TMU.
A friend at TMU.

Damn!
Oh.

Because I think my boy about
to get a scholarship. Huh?

Pop, these are
fly right here,

but, um...

I can't take them.

You know,
Coach would be upset.

With the whole recruiting thing, he's
not going to like that too much.

I can't.

All right, man.

REGINA: Jess, you staying
for dinner, hon?

(STAMMERING) Yeah.
I'd love to. All right.

Yeah. You don't want no free
stuff, man, it's up to you.

Yeah, I mean, it's dope.
Come on.

REGINA: We going to
have us a celebration.

(ORNETTE LAUGHING)

REGINA: Mmm-hmm.

Hey, he's moving in?

Permanently?

I mean, yeah. Look at my mom.
She's never been happier.

I'm happy.

And he took care
of our problem.

Yeah. I mean...

It doesn't matter
how, Jess. He did.

(REGINA CHUCKLING)

He's been showing improvement
ever since he got out.

All right? Come on.

ORNETTE: Y'all ready to eat?
VINCE: Pork chops!

BUDDY: Hey, Colonel, did
you ever load that gun?

Not yet, Buddy.
I'm getting ready to.

(LAUGHING) I hope we
don't have to load it!

Hey, don't be
getting that...

Hey, don't spray that
around by the fire.

(ALL CHATTERING)

SAMMY ON RADIO:
Is LionHater. com. Hey, wait.

I don't know where all this
stuff came from...

Listen to that.

But all I can say is,
it turns out 6-0 isn't...

Turn that up.
... East Dillon's only record.

Tell you all about it
after a quick break.

What the heck
does that mean?

I don't know
what that is.

DEACON: Anybody
got a laptop?

MO HALL: Deacon, you can't
get no Internet out here.

DEACON: Where you
going, Buddy?

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hey, Buddy,
how you doing?

Sammy Meade.
Turn on Sammy Meade.

Here, listen to this.
Can you hear this?

SAMMY: We are back, and
according to this website,

some of these Lion players
have quite a background.

Aggravated assault, sale
of a controlled substance.

(ON CAR RADIO) Looks like
quarterback Vince Howard

doesn't just evade
defenses either.

He's got
two resisting arrests

and on top of that
a theft charge.

Anyone wondering how Coach
Taylor turned his program around

has got their answer.

He's got a football team
full of violent criminals.

(VOICE ON COMPUTER LAUGHING)

Busted!

LUKE:
This is unbelievable.

What are you worried about, choir boy?
You're not even in it.

My thing is, how did
they get our records?

It's supposed to be under lock and key.
Under wraps, you know?

LUKE: Yeah, well,
somebody leaked it, I guess.

DALLAS: I'll tell you who leaked it.
It was those damn Panthers.

Dang, Tinker.
Why were you breaking into a pawn shop?

Dude, it wasn't even my idea.
It was my cousin's.

This ain't right.
It's messed up.

RANDY: and her dress
was stuck in her backside,

so I plucked it
out for her.

She turned around
and punched me in my eye.

He said, "Well, how'd you get
the other black eye then?"

Kid said,
"When she turned around,

"I stuffed it back
in there for her."

(ALL LAUGHING)

Hey, good morning, Coach.

TAYLOR: I just want
to ask a simple question.

Who is it that released the
records of players online?

We're all as shocked
as you are, Coach.

Y'all realize
those are just kids.

I agree, Coach, and I'm here
to personally assure you...

Who released
the records, Randy?

Well, I'd like to help you,
Coach, but we don't know.

It needs to be shut down.
I know you all can do that.

Shut it down.

Y'all want to go after someone, go after me.
Don't go after my players.

RANDY: Coach, we didn't do it.
Mac.

TAMI: Well, you know,
it's a personal situation.

I think she's just having
a hard time adjusting, and...

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

Well, you know, I think we can
handle it from here, but I just...

We're just real committed to her
not letting a semester go, so...

That would be great.

I'll do that,
and I thank you so much.

All right,
I'll see you then.

All right, thank you.
Bye-bye.

Did Dad make a tofu scramble?

No. There's cereal.

There's cereal. Great.

Excuse me.

(SIGHING)
What are you doing today?

Um, just answering a few emails
and just doing some stuff.

Well, I'd like for you to take
Gracie to school this morning.

Why can't you take her?
You always take her.

If you're going to be here at
this house, you can help out.

I'd like for you to pick her
up this afternoon as well.

And while you're at it,
you need to start thinking

about how you're paying
your father back for that car.

Put your shoes on,
you got 10 minutes.

Awesome. And could you
clear that table, please?

Yep. I'm on it.

GRACIE: Mom!

(SIGHS)

CROWLEY: I'm telling you...
BILLY: There's no energy today.

Their minds are anywhere
but here right now.

All right, I need
everyone to come in here.

Everybody up,
let's go.

Everyone settle in
over here.

I want to have
a word with you.

Information released on
that website was personal.

The fact that that information
was released was criminal.

Whoever was involved
in releasing that information

will be found,
I promise you.

It doesn't matter who did it.
It's out there,

and everybody knows it.
Period.

You ought to be pissed.
I'm pissed.

You ought to be
damn well pissed.

But there's a reason someone
let that information out,

and that's to get
in your heads.

It's to blind you
with anger,

and I'm asking you...

I'm asking you to please
not let that happen.

Here's what
I'd like to do.

Today,

what do you say we focus?

Friday,

what do you say we punish?

(PLAYERS AGREEING)

Everybody in agreement?
PLAYERS: Yes, sir.

Let's do it. Let's go.
Break it into groups and begin right now.

Let's go. Break it out.
Coaches...

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

Vince.

How you doing?

You think if colleges see that stuff,
they're still going to call?

They're still going
to want me?

Let me
tell you something.

None of this information
is going to matter.

None of that crap
is going to matter one bit.

It doesn't matter
how many games we win,

how many
touchdowns I throw.

All they see is a bunch
of thugs, Coach.

Everybody thinks it,
but they never say it.

Real men don't use real weights.
Real men fender bench!

Two, three, four.

Hey, Billy?

Yeah.

Mindy wants to know what you
did with Stevie's blocks?

Underneath his crib,
where they always are.

Okay.

(IN BABY VOICE)
"Daddy."

Hey, Becky.

Hey, Luke.

You're looking good.

Thanks.

Really? Really?

"Hey, Becky, you look real pretty.
" All right.

Seriously?
That's your game? What?

That's, like,
your go-to line?

No game.
I just like her.

Your wife told me to go for it.
I'm going for it.

My wife is a woman,
dumbass.

Okay? Listen.

She doesn't understand
how men work.

Lesson number one,
if you're into a chick,

you can't pay
any attention to her.

What?
Trust me on this, okay?

Look, how do you think
I got Miss Riggins?

I went into the Landing Strip for
two weeks straight, all right?

And I got a lap dance from
every single girl in the place

except for her.

Miss Riggins works
at the Landing Strip?

Okay, look, the point is...

It's like Wednesdays
or Fridays?

No, it doesn't matter what day
she works there, all right?

Okay?
Okay.

The point is
she was begging me,

begging me to go into the champagne
room with her. All right?

Wow.
Yeah.

So ignore her?
Just ignore her.

Hey, look, you got to let them know
they can't get this, all right?

This doesn't
come for free.

They got to earn this.
All right?

All right.
All right.

Does she still...
Does she still work there?

Yeah, she still
works there.

Like part-time,
like weekends?

You know what you're going to do?
You're going to fender bench.

All right.
Fender bench.

(VOICE LAUGHING)

Busted!

TAMI: (SIGHING)
Oh, lordy, lordy, lordy.

Baby's asleep.

Good.

What are you doing?

I'm looking at this
damn website.

It's supposed to be down.
It's still up.

Oh, honey,
stop looking at it.

Well, they're supposed
to be shut down.

(SHUSHING)

I know.

This stuff's
pretty harsh.

I'm sure it is.

Well, I mean, Tinker.
Holy cow.

But you know what,
it doesn't matter, honey.

They're your boys,

and you're doing
a great job with them.

You're changing their lives.
Don't forget that.

I know.

And all this is going
to be behind them.

Let's have a barbeque.

A barbeque?

Yeah. A morale-building
barbeque.

You said it. I didn't bring it up.
You brought it up first.

Barbeques build morale.
That's why you have them.

You want to have a barbeque? No.

Seems like that's what
we should do though.

We'll get Julie to help out.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)

You know, give her something
to do around here.

Well, that would be nice.

Well, I agree with you.
Let's do it just for that.

Hello?
MAN: Coach Taylor?

This is Coach Taylor.
Who's this?

John Aroldi, Shane State
down in Florida.

Yeah? Jason Street
gave me your number.

I'm calling about an opening
we have on our staff.

Well, there must have been
some sort of miscommunication.

We did have
that conversation

but the conversation
ended with me saying

that I was
not interested

in any assistant
coaching jobs. We did...

Well, I'm not
offering you one.

I'm looking
for a head coach,

and your name
is at the top of our list.

Well, I'm pretty happy where I
am right now to be quite honest.

Well, I don't doubt that.
A hell of a season you're having this year,

which is why
I'm calling.

Listen, John, you sort of caught
me at a bad time right now,

but I do appreciate
you calling.

Coach, I want you to understand
I'm very serious about this,

because I think you're about the
best damn high school football coach

there is
in the nation.

Thank you for having...
I'm going to call you again.

I don't think
we're done yet.

All right, John, thanks.

You bet.

What's going on?

Looking like you got
something on your mind, Son.

I feel like I'm playing
with a fixed deck, Pop.

I'll be out here
early mornings,

working hard for
my scholarships, Pop.

It just seems like overnight TMU probably
just deleted my number out of their phone.

Hmm.

(CLICKS TONGUE)
(CELL PHONE BEEPS)

2-0-5.

Hmm.

Oh, 3-5-2.

4-0-5.

What's all that?
(CHUCKLES)

Area codes.

For Alabama,
Florida, Oklahoma.

I've been talking to
these schools all day, man.

Wait, they still
want me?

Even after all that crap
they saw on the Internet?

They don't care.

Not since I told them TMU's
gonna be offering you.

Pop, we don't know if they're
going to give me an offer.

Hey, hey.

What?
They don't know that.

But I tell you what.

They all going to be at
the game on Friday night.

You got them to come
see me play Friday?

(CHUCKLING) They
coming to see you.

Uh-huh. See that
cannon of yours.

So look here.

Show off a 60-yard arm,
win yourself a scholarship.

Think you can do that?

I don't make the calls.
That's Coach's job.

Remember when
you was a little kid

and we went over
to Carol Park

and you wanted to climb
that big old tree? Hmm?

And I told you it was
too big, didn't I?

Yeah. You did.

Yeah, you didn't care.

I still went up there.

Yeah. You went.
You was loving every minute of it,

till it was time
to come down.

You didn't want to come
down, now, did you?

I didn't think
about that.

No, no. You was holding on to
them branches forever, boy,

scared.

You're funny, man.

And you know what I said when I
was standing under the tree?

"Come on, let go.
Fall into my arms."

"Don't worry, Son.
I ain't gonna let you fall."

"Don't worry, Son.
I ain't gonna let you fall."

I ain't going
to let you fall.

Y'all, we're going to have 300 people
at this house and it's a mess.

I need everybody
to pitch in.

Jules!
(GROANING)

I'm going to need you
to go shopping today

for the whole
barbeque, okay?

Well, make a list.

Did you hear me?

(SIGHING)
Do you have a list?

Yeah. We're going to make a
list in two seconds, all right?

What the hell
is this?

The day
of the barbeque.

You are responsible for setting
up and for your sister.

Do you understand me?
Right.

But you're going to watch her
during the barbeque, right?

Who eats this stuff?

What did I just say?

You are taking care of Gracie Belle
and setting up for the barbeque.

That's your responsibility.
Do you get it?

Since when has my closet
become a storage unit?

Come with me
right now.

TAYLOR: Julie, if you're
going to drink juice,

don't leave an inch of it
left in the bottle

when you stick it back
in the refrigerator.

All right! All right! Sledgehammer!
Sledgehammer! Five more.

Lift that! Come on!
One, two, three, four, five.

Let's go! Quick feet!
Let's go! Let's go!

You keep talking about
scholarships.

You don't look like you
want to get one right now.

There you go.
Look at that.

Over your head.
And down.

Stevie gets angry
when you don't run hard.

That's right. Come on,
give me five more.

Let's go. Pick it up, get the legs moving.
Keep your legs moving.

Three, two, one.

All right,
come drink up.

(LUKE GROANING)

You thirsty?

What the hell
is that?

Goodness in a glass.
Suck it down.

It's good for you.

Coach, this is nasty.

Just drink it, all right?
I know what I'm doing here.

All right.

What are all those chunks in there?
What is that?

Oh, some of it didn't
blend, I don't think.

That's all right. I used to make
those for my brother, occasionally.

That's what got him
a State Championship,

if I do say so myself,

and it also got him
into college.

The difference
between you and Tim

is that Tim actually
liked to hit people.

I don't get the vibe
that you do.

I do, Coach.

Well, I never seen it.

You tell me you
like to hit people?

Hell, yeah.

Well, let me tell you about
a guy named Tommy Larkins.

6'3", 215-pound receiver
for the Dillon Panthers.

This is him
right here.

You tell me
you like to hit,

then I want you to go out on
the first play of that game,

and you knock
that kid on his ass.

You get a bead on him
and you take him out.

You think
you can do that?

Hell, yeah,
I can do that!

Why don't
you prove it to me?

(GRUNTING)

Hard! Hard! Harder! There we go!
There we go! There we go!

Hey, hey!

Hey.

My baby's crying.

Hey, Stevie!

ORNETTE: Oh, look at that.
Look at that. Look at that.

Watch this. See that, see that.
Look at that.

I mean, he on his toes, baby.
He on his toes.

Yeah, you know he can,
he got the feet.

He got a 60-yard
cannon, right?

And I'm afraid that if we don't
get the chance to see it,

he going to be
a running back, man.

Hey, let's grab
some water!

(WHISTLE BLOWS)
Hydrate!

TAYLOR: Let's grab
some water, gentlemen.

Hydrate!

Hey, Coach.

I keep rewriting that
recommendation letter,

and I'm trying
to get it to you,

um, but...
Recommendation letter?

Oh.
Yeah, the...

Oh, recommendation letter.
Yeah, I called Coach Briles over there.

Are you... Wait.
You called the head coach?

For me?
Yeah. I called the coach.

Are you serious?
Hey, let me ask you something.

How's Vince doing?

He's better than ever.
Why do you ask?

You don't notice
anything about anyone

getting in touch with TMU
on his behalf, by chance?

No, I don't.

All right.

Let's be honest, man.
You think he can make it in the pros?

You know what I mean?
He has potential.

He say
you got potential.

Potential. That's what
I'm talking about.

Let's go. I said get some
water, not drink all of it.

Let's go!

What school do they get the
kids to the pros quick, man?

Big school.

Like Oklahoma,
Florida...

Somewhere where you're
comfortable, though.

Somewhere
that's a good fit.

VINCE: Someplace
close to home.

Look, I want Mama
to see me play.

ORNETTE:
You got to figure out...

'Cause I hear East Coast is where
you get most of the TV time.

Honestly, I wouldn't worry
about TV time for now.

TAYLOR: Hey!
But you're Jason Street, you know...

Vince,
you going to join us?

Yes, sir, Coach.
Yeah, he coming, man.

We just talking
a little strategy, man.

A little football.
That's all right.

If I can have
my quarterback, please.

Your quarterback?
Okay, man.

Yeah, that's it.
Your quarterback. All right.

Can you let him air it out
a little bit, though?

I mean, just once.

You know, I mean, let him
throw that 60-yard bomb, man.

Just once.
Pop, Pop, Pop!

It's okay, man.
It's cool.

Sixty yards
right on the button.

Come on, you
the Kingmaker, right?

So make him the king.
That's all I'm saying.

All right. All right.

I know you got the play. I mean, you the
mastermind, you know what I'm saying?

I mean, I'm just
talking about, "Bam!"

And he going to hit it
on the button.

You know what I mean,
everybody going to cheer.

They going to do
a pep rally for you.

Just for you,
not the team, man.

You know you got
a problem there, right?

I sure do.

ORNETTE: You got plays
coming out your head.

Just pull one of them out
that say "60 yards" on it.

(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING)

Hey, get away
from that grill.

You're going to burn yourself.
(GROWLS PLAYFULLY)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Hey, I just want to make sure
that's not poisoned, all right?

It's not.
You're good.

Lions.
Let's have a prayer.

(MUSIC FADES)

Father, we're always mindful of the
words of James Russell Lowell.

"The truth is forever
on the scaffold

"And wrong is forever
on the throne

"Yet that scaffold
sways the future

"And, behind
the dim unknown,

"Standeth God within the shadow,
keeping watch above his own"

Additionally,
Heavenly Father,

give strength to this
community of brothers

and commit
their focus to Friday.

In your name we pray...

Lions, say "Amen."

ALL: Amen.

Let's eat.

I recommend the brisket.
It's pretty good.

JULIE: Hey, Luke.

Hey, Julie, what's going on?
Can I...

Yeah, put it
in there.

Looks like
your hands are full.

Can I help you
with this stuff?

Sure.

College...
College is out right now?

Um, yeah, we're kind of in the
middle of our finals, sort of.

Oh, nice.
Mid-termy things. Yeah.

Is it cool?
I... Yeah.

College is...
College is great.

JESS: He's
a basketball player.

REGINA: (LAUGHING)
He is not. He's not.

Y'all let these boys
have the ball,

these little kids have
the ball for a while.

Leave them alone!
Let them have the ball!

That's so tacky.

They're a bunch
of grown men.

Little... Nothing
but little boys.

Oh, I know.

And Vince is
catching his dad up

on all the sports shows
and TV shows,

and just seeing them
interact, it's too much.

That's nice
to hear.

You know, especially 'cause they
didn't start off on the greatest foot.

Yeah. That's true,
they didn't.

But, you know, they got
some time apart and...

I mean, look at them now.
My boys.

You see that?
That's everything a girl could want.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

I'm happy for you.

I'm happy for you.

Oh, yeah, man.
Hey, I'm glad you called.

What's there
to talk about?

ORNETTE:
So when can we come by?

Give him
the ball, baby.

Yeah, yeah, man.
We interested in your school.

We had talked about it.
We wanted to see what you're working with.

I like
the sound of that.

Hey, hey, listen, man, I got to go.
Yeah, I'll call you later.

All right.
Thanks for your help. Okay.

You doing good?
Yeah, man.

You having
a good time?

Yeah. It is
a nice party, man.

Mmm-hmm.

I have been
getting phone calls

from different scouts wanting
tickets for the game tomorrow.

You don't know anything
about that, do you?

I know that they
interested in my boy.

Yeah. I can't say
I'm surprised, though.

I thought
we agreed that...

I thought we agreed that everything
was going to come through me,

and that there was going
to be a process to it.

Uh...

No. That's not
how I remember it.

Would you do me the honor of
informing me how you do remember it,

so I can be filled in
on what's going on?

I remember sitting there, listening
to everything you had to say.

Hey, ain't nobody put you
in charge though, man.

I mean,
you the coach, right?

See, this is my son we're talking about.
His future.

So go ahead, man,
you can be the coach.

You know,
you be the big man.

You can boss all these little
bitch-ass parents around, you know.

But that ain't
going to fly with me.

You feel me?
We got plans for the future.

I can't let you get in
the way of that, man.

I'm going to go get me some pie.
You want some?

Can I get something
for your drink?

No, you're good.
You're good.

I love that brisket, man.

(CHUCKLES)

ORNETTE: Hey, we were talking.
I have a few more questions for you.

Oh, I'm so happy
to be getting in this bed.

(SIGHING)

You didn't
get me any water.

I know.

Honey, you still
smell like barbeque.

(SIGHING)

I got some bad news
for you.

What?

I'm not going to be able
to go to the game on Friday.

Why not?

Because I'm going to drive
up to Burleson College

and pick up your daughter's
books and assignments.

Why the hell doesn't she
go there and pick them up?

Because I can't get her
to do anything.

I can't get her
to leave this house.

And I'll be damned

if our daughter is going to miss out
on her first semester of college.

What are you going to do?
Go up there and take the classes for her, too?

Don't argue with me.

I'm not arguing with you.
I'll go bring the books back.

But for God's sake, it's like
the kid's in kindergarten.

She'll have a week to study,
and then we got a week

to get her up there and take her exams.
You're supposed to go

to school so you can gain
some independence.

That damn kid's climbing
back in the womb again.

Well.

While you're up there, why don't you
tell them they have an employee

who happens to be sleeping
around with students.

Well, it takes two to tango on that one.
I hate to tell you.

I don't want to hear about that.
Don't say that.

(MOANS)

Come here.

Thanks for setting up the
barbeque and everything.

Oh, you're welcome, babe.

(SOFTLY) Thanks for all you do.

Thanks for our two
beautiful daughters.

Thanks for doing
all the laundry.

(CHUCKLES)

Hey.
Hmm?

Do you want
to fool around?

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah?

Sure.

DEREK: You're asking
for the syllabus

for next semester's
course, right?

STUDENT: Mmm-hmm.

DEREK: Let's see.

Here it is.

There's that.

Hi.
Hi.

Can I help you?
I don't want to interrupt y'all.

Oh, no.
Not at all.

Yeah, this is...
You're going to love this.

So check that out, make
the changes on the paper,

I'll see you
tomorrow, okay?

Can I help you
with something?

Well, I'm looking for Professor Nevins.
Are you Professor Nevins?

He's actually not in right now.
No, I'm his TA, Derek.

Is there anything
I could help you with?

Um...

I'm here to

pick up an independent study
for Julie Taylor.

How is she?

She's fine.

Julie, um...

You know, I haven't
seen anything around.

Give me one second.

Yeah, you know, sometimes
he leaves things in here.

She will need that.

And I think if there is
anything, it would be... Yeah.

Here we go.

American History 110,

Julie Taylor.
Great.

There you go.

It should be...
That should be everything.

Thank you very much.

(PEOPLE CHEERING)

(CHATTERING)

Hey, Caff. You going to break
some heads tonight, right?

Yes, sir.
Yeah, man,

you show that Tommy Larkins what
these Lions are really made of.

I'm going to rip
Tommy Larkins' head off.

Rip it off the shoulders and
then I'll spit down his throat,

that's what
I'm going to do!

I'm going to bring the wood and
mash up every bone in his body.

That's what
I'm going to do.

Hey, that's what I'm talking about!
All the way to State, baby!

Hey, rally girl.

What did you
just call me?

Stadium's that way.

I'm not going
to the game.

All right.

ANNOUNCER:
It's game time, folks,

and with so much bad blood between
these Lions and Panthers,

it's finally time to settle this
thing on the football field.

We're the only team in Dillon!
We're the only team in Dillon!

All right, listen up,
listen up!

We're not playing this game
in the stands, understand?

Forget about that crap.
This game happens on the field.

Commitment. We got that, we got this game.
Let's go. Let's go.

VINCE:
Bring it down on three.

"Lions" on three.
One, two, three.

ALL: Panthers!
Get in!

ANNOUNCER:
Panthers over the ball.

Bragging rights and the Oil
Rig trophy on the line.

Luke Cafferty
sets the defense,

drawing a bead on
Panther Tommy Larkins.

LUKE: Good night, 8-5.

Yeah, I'm talking
to you, baby.

These two teams
just don't like each other.

Look out.
Panthers got it.

(GRUNTING)
Oh!

Cafferty lays him out.
That will wake you up in the morning.

Cafferty really brought
the lumber on that hit.

And look at this, folks.

The Panthers' All-State wide
receiver Tommy Larkins is down.

That's what
I'm talking about.

Hey! Hey!
Yeah!

The Lions letting 'em
hear about it on the sideline.

And fasten your seatbelts. The tone has
been set for a bare-knuckle brawl, y'all.

(INDISTINCT)

Second and 15,
Panthers dropping back.

Luke Cafferty
coming off the edge.

Quarterback's scrambling.
Oh! Down he goes.

Another big hit
by Luke Cafferty,

who's just
bringing the pain.

There's some smack-talking and
jaw-jacking going on out there.

Looks like
laundry day, folks.

The flags are flying.
Man, oh, man,

these boys just do not
like each other.

Lions penalty, but I guess
that's the only way

the Panthers are going
to get a first down tonight.

Oh, no, no. He a scrambler.
He a scrambler. He got legs.

Ready, set!

Vince Howard over center,
bringing the Lions out.

Hut!

There's the snap. It's a fake draw.
He's looking deep.

Vince Howard
tucks it away.

He's got a little room.

Big move to the outside.

Oh, Vince Howard,
another cut!

Vince Howard could
take this in, folks.

Bruising faces for six.

Another touchdown
for the Lions.

Oh, my!
How do you do?

Oh! You called him a scrambler.
There it is.

That's it!

(ALL CHANTING)

Panthers have to find a way to
get back in this game, folks.

There's the pass
across the middle.

Luke Cafferty's got it.

He's taking off!
They're coming the other way.

His entire team
in front of him.

Luke Cafferty
putting on the burners.

Yes!
Here we go!

Oh, my! The rout is on!
Touchdown, Lions.

Somebody hold
the damn phone.

And there's the kick.
It's a long, high ball.

Panthers back to receive.

Got a little edge on the outside.
There he goes.

Picks him up.

Buddy Garrity, Jr!
Monster hit on the Panthers' return man.

Oh, my. These Lions are on fire.
Let the party begin.

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

And look at this.
More flags are flying out there.

This game might be
getting out of control.

Coach, are you not going to do
anything about that, Eric? Come on!

Hey, what's that?

CROWLEY: You're not doing
anything about that, Eric?

Hey, Coach, calm down.
They're having fun.

I'm not talking to you!
I am not talking to you!

And it looks like that's all she
wrote for the once-mighty Panthers.

Let's take a knee, let's run the clock out.
Let's go home.

Coach Taylor sending Vince Howard
out for the last play of the game.

What a contest, folks.
Really no contest.

The Lions,
victory formation.

They're going to take
a knee here, folks,

head into the locker room, and celebrate
this great victory here tonight.

What the hell's he doing?
What are you doing?

Wait a second.
Howard's shifting the offense.

Hey, what are
you doing?

Looks like they're going
to run a play here, folks.

Howard takes the snap,
he's looking deep.

Oh, my!
Did he launch that thing!

And Panther Coach Mac
McGill can't believe this.

Sixty-five yards
in the air,

Ruckle's got it.

Oh! It's going to be
another touchdown.

Put some sprinkles
on the ice cream, folks.

That is dessert.
Another Lions touchdown.

Oh, my! A good old-fashioned
Texas butt-whooping.

Nice throw.

If y'all were wondering

if Coach Taylor walked into this
game with a chip on his shoulder,

I'd say it was more like
a block of cement.

Ouch. There is
no love lost here.

We in this!

That's not
who we are, Eric.

For you, there it is.

DALLAS: What are you going to say, huh?
What are you going to say?

Get off my field!
Get off the field!

Go home! Go home,
you bunch of losers!

Go home!
Get off my field!

(LOUD CHEERING)

So you're saying
you chose tonight

to throw the longest
pass of your life

during the most meaningless
play of the entire season?

What the Panthers did to
you, what they did to us,

yeah, they deserved it.
Yeah, I did.

And you're saying your father didn't
have anything to do with that?

Yeah, he did.
So what?

All right, yeah. He did talk to me.
We won, didn't we?

He's looking out for my future.
That's right. I did it.

We're 7-0 right now.
We won, all right?

You're supposed to be happy.
He's looking out for me.

ALL: East side! East side!
East side! East side!

Got us a keg from his dad's bar.
Hook it up, party night.

How you doing, Luke? I'm well.
How you doing, sir?

Look here,
I have a young man

that would love to have
your autograph on his hat.

Oh, absolutely.

And, man,
you hit number 85,

you made him look like
a war casualty, man.

Yes, sir.
Congratulations.

Thank you.
Y'all have a good night.

Like, tried to cut it out.
Yeah. That's kind of my...

Hey, Fours.

I'll see you later.

So you stay
for the whole game?

Yeah. Rally girls
had to do concession.

Nice. Cool.

Congrats on the win,
football player.

Oh, thanks.

Glad you liked it.

What are you doing?

Going to Buddy's bar.
We're going to snag a keg.

No, I mean, like,
what are you doing?

You're acting
really weird towards me.

Am I? Just...

"Hey, rally girl,
stadium's that way."

(CHUCKLING) I mean...

I mean, what is that?

I figured it was just like testosterone
pumping for the game, but...

I don't know. Maybe.
I don't know.

Well, you're
just usually

friendly, and you call
me by my name and...

Well, no... I mean, you like
it when I'm nice to you?

Yeah, I like it
when you're nice to me.

Okay.

I'm so sorry. Just...
Someone told me that if I...

Someone told me
if I wanted you to like me

I had to, like, ignore you
and blow you off and then...

Then you'll like me.

Look, Becky, I hate acting this
way towards you, all right?

I really like you.

Well, I really
like you, too.

You do?

Yeah.

I really, really do.

(LAUGHING)

Why are you laughing?

It totally worked.

Shut up.

(CHATTERING ON TV)

(DOOR OPENING)

Laundry's done and
I cleaned the kitchen.

How was the game?

Thank you for
cleaning the kitchen.

I didn't go
to the game.

Where did you get these?

I just drove
to Burleson.

Did you talk to Derek?

Mmm-hmm.

What did he say?

You need to study.

WOMAN ON RADIO: Coach Taylor
should be ashamed of himself.

You saw the game.
Am I crazy here?

SAMMY: Well, caller, I can't
disagree with you on that one.

All those penalties,
all that trash-talking

capped off with
a completely unnecessary

in-your-face 65-yard touchdown
bomb to close the game.

Well, Coach Taylor, I
only have one question...

You going to go to
Buddy's for a beer?

What the hell
were you thinking?

Don't feel like
celebrating tonight.

What on earth was the point
of all that?

Our phone lines are lit up.
Fine.

It seems like there's
a lot of y'all out there

who want to weigh in
on this subject.

(DOOR CLOSING)

(ORNETTE CHATTERING)

Cool. We can make some big
changes with you there.

You saw that arm,
didn't you?

Oh, yeah.
Okay.

Pull out of our campus, you take
a left, you're on the beach.

Take a right,
you're in the mountains.

Great spot.
Beach and the mountains?

RECRUITER: About an hour away
from the mountains.

Great place.
It's a beautiful campus.

ORNETTE: All right.

RECRUITER: So you make sure
that when you get a chance,

you guys give me a call, okay?
You'll really like it.

It's a great place
to go to school.

Yes, sir.
Thank you again for coming out.

RECRUITER: Come out
and take a visit.

ORNETTE: We'll knock.
We'll knock.

(ENGINE STARTING)

I got you.