"Oh, and it's lofted over the middle." "Touchdown!" "And these East Dillon Lions are going to the playoffs." "He needs a father, O, not an agent!" "I've waited tables before." "I could take your shift." "When are you going to be up there?" "You'd have to spend a lot more money to get me up there, honey." "When you let him out, he will have a full-time job working for me." "It's time for you to let Tim Riggins come home." "Hey." "Hey, you're home." "Hey." "Hey." "You look lonely." "Mmm." "Can I ask you a question?" "Yeah, sure." "What does your boyfriend think about you working at the Landing Strip?" "He's all right with it." "It's good money." "There's better money than stripping, you know." "Yeah, I don't do that." "We got cake!" "Gotta do what you gotta do, Becky." "Here's the man." "Man of the hour." "There you go." "All right." "Cheers." "Yeah!" "East side!" "East side!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Listen up, listen up." "Listen!" "How does it feel to be one step closer?" "Now, this is where the real work begins." "State is yours to lose." "Plain and simple, you are that good." "Were there problems out there tonight?" "Damn right, there were." "There's problems every game, but that was one hell of a performance out there, fellas." "That was one hell of a game." "One more thing." "Buddy, come here." "Buddy, Jr., change that dumb number." "What's that number up there right now, fellas?" "Four!" "What's it need to be?" "Three!" "How many more games?" "Three!" "How many more games to State?" "Three!" "Good morning." "Good morning." "All right, everybody have a seat, please." "What's this about, Levi?" "Everybody, thank you for coming in early." "Anyone need a doughnut?" "What's going on?" "Some of you won't have a job next semester." "What?" "Yeah, I've been in this district 27 years," "I've never seen it like this." "There's no money coming in." "In fact, they want money back." "Department heads, the guidelines are right here." "Follow them the best you can." "Anyway, pray." "He did just say pray, didn't he?" "Mmm-hmm." "First they fire Dave Morris, so who do you think they're gonna let go now?" "They're not gonna fire you." "Well, they're gonna fire somebody." "And meanwhile, where's the union in all of this?" "You know..." "I'm sorry." "Tami Taylor." "Oh, hey!" "How are you?" "Oh, the Assistant Dean?" "Sure." "Yeah." "Well..." "I'm pretty open." "Okay." "Wonderful." "Well, it's a small school." "It's kind of like the Ivies, but not an Ivy." "You know, it's one of those." "Up in the northeast, there." "Well, Philadelphia." "They said they're going to fly me." "Kind of like an Ivy, but it's not an Ivy." "Did you hear that?" "What did you say?" "They said they'd fly me out there." "They're gonna fly you?" "Mmm-hmm." "That is if I go, of course." "But it could be kind of fun to go, you know." "I mean, if for no other reason, just to talk to them." "I mean, it's a college and..." "I've never interviewed at a college before." "It's a good opportunity, no doubt about it." "It's a good college, too." "I think it's..." "I've heard it's real, real good." "It's very flattering." "I mean, they really are good." "Well, it might just be a hoot, you know." "Do you want cheese?" "A hoot?" "You're seriously gonna use that word." "What is that noise?" "State!" "State!" "Hoot." "Ever heard Mom say "hoot"?" "Huh?" "Honey, do you hear that?" "I hear something." "You wanna see something really fun?" "Honey, can you tell them that we're about to have dinner, please?" "Just come on." "I've got tomatoes all over." "Do your hair up, too?" "All right, hold on." "Come on, honey." "State!" "State!" "State!" "State!" "What do you think of that?" "What are you doing in my yard?" "Getting strong, Coach." "Getting strong?" "Get out of my yard." "You're making it look bad." "Getting our stamina up." "We're running three nights a week." "Hi, Mrs. Taylor." "Hey!" "Let's break it down for Mrs. Taylor, y'all." "Hey, y'all need to get out of this yard." "I'm serious." "I'm trying to eat dinner here." "Red, set..." "Hey, save your legs." "Now, beat it." "Set!" "And go." "Hike!" "It's just beer, okay?" "You ain't gonna drink none of it." "I didn't get it for you, I got it for me, okay?" "Baby, I been working a long day." "When I come home, I just..." "I want a beer, that's it." "What's wrong?" "Tell him." "Son, I done worked nine hours in a slaughterhouse, you hear?" "And I come home, I just want a cold beer and a hot shower." "Why am I getting grief over that?" "He knows I'm not supposed to have that in here." "Mom, I know." "Look, Pop, I understand you work hard..." "Come on." "She can't have that in the house." "This ain't drugs, man." "It's just a damn beer." "Oh, come on, man." "I don't know." "I just don't know." "Pop." "Excuse me, can we get some volume on this TV here?" "Do you know where the remote is, Mr. Garrity?" "Yeah, it's right there, Tim." "Keep it on the back, there." "And then Smash Williams, he'll take it and show some speed." "He gets another touchdown before the half." "Brian, what are your thoughts on Smash?" "Smash the Aggie." "Who'd a thunk it, huh?" "Smash an Aggie." "Yeah." "Yeah." "The guy leading the block looked kind of like you." "Yeah." "Hey, Tim, did you change that other keg?" "You've seen how we do it?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Okay." "All right." "Women's volleyball has half the budget ours does, but they don't even have a quarter of the ticket sales." "You're not reading that right." "I'm reading it exactly right." "I think we should melt the weights and sell them as scrap metal." "That's the dumbest thing that I've ever heard in my entire life." "How about we work on next week's game plan?" "How about that?" "So, why are we working on this friggin' budget when we've got a playoff game coming up?" "We need money, and I say we do a coaches calendar." "What the hell are y'all doing?" "We're three weeks deep in the playoffs." "You're not getting anything done." "All you're doing is bickering." "We're getting the budget done." "You're bickering, I can listen to you over there." "What?" "I've got something you're gonna love." "Good, thank you." "What is this?" "It's a scouting report on Preston." "Scouting report?" "Mmm-hmm." "We don't play Preston." "But we might in the quarterfinals." "Right?" "So I went to their game on Saturday and I videotaped it and that's also for you." "So we can, maybe, study it." "You know, together." "I didn't ask you to do this." "Not only did I not ask you to do this, but you realize it's illegal for you to be taping a game." "But I'm not a coach, so it's not illegal for me..." "No, you're not a coach." "You're an equipment manager." "I know, I'd like to, you know, get in that transition to become a coach..." "A transition?" "Yeah." "Like, by shadowing you." "Can, you know..." "Can I shadow you?" "Jess, you'll never be a football coach." "What?" "'Cause I'm a girl or something?" "That's not what I said." "Yeah, it is." "Well, I mean, I wrote the report." "If you have time, you can read it." "What's next?" "Babies driving cars?" "You don't have to watch the DVD." "Coaches calendar..." "Oh, God, would you shut up, please?" "Let's get back to work." "Just shut up!" "Let's get back to work." "Please, God!" "Don't stop for me." "Hey, dude." "Thought you were at work." "I was." "How was it?" "Thrilling." "I made cookies, if you want some." "No, thanks." "I'm gonna have a shower." "Yeah, use protection this time, my friend." "I gotta get ready for tomorrow." "I'll see you." "Later." "See you." "Back to pass." "Oh, it's picked off!" "Cafferty going in!" "Oh, Lions win!" "Lions win!" "Another big night, another big win for these East Dillon Lions." "I only got one thing to say." "Quarterfinals, yeah!" "Best game he's had so far." "Luke Cafferty, come on up here." "So now you're saying we're on the chopping block." "Oh, it's not just you." "Football brings in money." "And it costs, too." "Right now, you are revenue neutral." "What do you mean, revenue neutral?" "What I am saying is the board meets in 10 days to make their final cuts." "Football is a big target." "You need to make the cuts before they do." "Taylor, this is serious." "Hey." "You've got my back, don't you?" "I always do, Taylor." "All the way to State!" "All the way to State!" "All the way to State!" "All the way to State!" "Here I am trying to take a team to State, and Levi's got me counting pens and paperclips." "One week he's wasting money on banquets, offering me contracts." "The next week, he wants me to cut the budget down to bare bones." "I've got Spivey, I've got Stan," "I've got Crowley, I've got Billy." "All on stipends." "That money is just about to disappear." "What am I supposed to do?" "Boost the team myself?" "I had another conversation with that Dana Wheldon from Braemore." "And they want me to come do that interview." "And I think I'd really like to do it." "The thing about it is that it is going to be two Fridays from now." "That's during the semis." "I know." "You can't do it some other time?" "Apparently they're..." "It's really hard to get people's schedules together." "There are going to be several people in the meeting." "The president of the college might be there." "It's just an exciting opportunity, you know, after all these years in high school." "Mommy!" "Come here, Mom." "What is it, honey?" "I'll be right there." "55!" "54!" "53!" "52!" "51!" "50!" "Hey, what are you doing?" "Hastings!" "You're gonna drop the ball there?" "Don't just put that ball on the ground." "You hand him the ball." "Turn around, we do it again." "I don't care, we'll be out here all day, every day." "That's just a stupid mistake." "Coach." "What?" "I got something for you." "Natalie Watson, first female high school football coach." "For the Cawley Village Broncos in Washington, DC." "You know what you are?" "What?" "You're a pest." "Let's go!" "So, anyway, once the season is over with, they're gonna have to let a bunch of coaches go because of budget cuts." "I mean, Crowley will be there 'cause he's, like, Coach's right-hand man." "And Spivey, you know, he's all right, I guess." "But that guy Stan..." "You've met Stan." "The guy's a friggin' weirdo, man." "With the repeating of everything that everyone says, it's annoying." "Billy, I get it." "Oh." "Coach wanted me to tell you, if you want to come with us to the game, you can." "We'll just put you on the bus or whatever." "I gotta work." "Oh, Buddy will let you off." "I don't want to be let off work." "All right." "Wait, wait." "Oh, you gotta see this." "Come outside." "You gotta check this out." "What are you degenerates doing on my lawn?" "Getting ready for Preston, Coach." "All right, I like to hear that." "Paying our respects to the God of D." "The God of D. Thank you very much." "Hey, Tinker, how you holding up?" "You look like you lost about 40 pounds over there." "Oh, yeah!" "You think you can give me a war chant?" "All right." "Ready?" "Listen up!" "Listen up!" "You feel that?" "Yeah!" "There's about 5,000 people out there and they want to take your dream away from you." "You gonna let them take this dream away from us?" "ALL:" "No, sir!" "Are you gonna let our dreams be taken away?" "No, sir!" "As one, gentlemen." "Dear Lord, please allow these young men to safely pursue the height of their excellence tonight and, as a family, allow them to achieve their goals with the gifts with which you have blessed them." "Amen." "Amen!" "Now, let's go kick some ass." "Let's go." "Throw it up in the air." "Hastings jumps over triple coverage." "Touchdown in the end zone." "Oh, for real?" "You have never seen 5,000 fans so quiet in your life, Mama." "You would have loved it." "You should have been there." "Well, I'll tell you what." "I'm gonna be there from here on out, 'cause I ain't missing no Fridays." "Since when?" "Since I talked to boss." "He said I could be there." "That's what I'm talking about." "That's what I'm talking about." "Mmm." "What's up, star?" "Yo, boy." "Come on, man." "Give me a hug." "You drinking, man?" "Hey, don't worry about it." "Don't worry about it." "Hey!" "I heard you crushed it at Preston." "Right?" "Yeah, we won." "That's it." "That's my boy right there." "Hey, Pop, what's up with them jackets?" "I'm bringing gifts." "That's for you." "For you." "No, you didn't even make enough money to buy these." "Hey!" "You trying to embarrass me, huh?" "Come on, just..." "Hey, hey!" "Get your hands off me, boy." "Don't put your hands on me, boy." "You better go." "I swear to God, I'm about to call the police." "You better go." "Go on, now." "Hey, man, what's this?" "Get off me, boy." "What's that?" "This is just stuff, you know." "This is grown man's stuff." "Don't you worry about it, hear?" "I bring gifts and y'all treat me like..." "You got me, huh?" "You got me?" "I'm trying to give you a gift." "Come on, take this." "Take that, man." "Y'all are ungrateful." "Bird, I'm sorry." "I'm all right." "Are you all right?" "Yeah." "I'm all right." "You wanna go?" "Come on." "We're gonna go." "Come on, Mom." "Only four teams left standing in Texas." "State." "State." "State." "And if you find me a man who says he knew all along" "East Dillon was gonna be one of them, well, feel free to kick that man in the butt and call him a liar, 'cause no one," "I mean no one in their right mind saw this coming." "Yet, here these Lions are, from 2 and 8 to one game away from State." "Why is it that I'm driving you to go to Philadelphia while I got the semifinals coming up?" "The time when I need you the most." "Are you gonna do that right now, on the way to the airport?" "You're gonna bring that up right now?" "You've got a problem with this?" "Well, you put that feeling out." "What feeling?" "I didn't put..." "You know the feeling you put out." "Basically says, "Eric, you need to be quiet about this." ""We're not talking about it anymore." ""Conversation's over." You have lost your mind." "I was very straightforward about this." "I was very straightforward about how I felt." "About how important it is to me, how sorry I am to miss your game." "I am so sorry about it." "It breaks my heart." "But that's how important this is." "I could use a little support, quite frankly." "I'm driving you to the airport." "Like I've done for you a million times." "Did you get the window seat?" "Don't try to change the subject." "Well, you're kicking my ass here." "Well, that's right, your ass needs some kicking." "Who's gonna cook dinner for me?" "Oh, poor baby." "Gracie." "Have a good one, fellas." "Hang on a second, I'll be right there." "Okay." "Natalie Wilkinson." "You mean Natalie Watson?" "Watson!" "That's why I couldn't find her when I looked it up." "Natalie Watson." "Fourteen thousand high school football coaches around this country." "That's one." "Fourteen thousand." "You like those odds?" "No, actually, I think they stink." "So do I." "You know, it's a man's game." "Men play this game." "Not just any men." "Certain men, angry men, fierce men, tough men." "I'm not asking to play." "Shadows are silent." "Shadows don't make any noise." "You don't even know a shadow's there." "Shadows certainly don't talk back." "Uh-huh?" "Mmm-hmm." "All right." "Welcome aboard." "Well, you gonna come in here or what?" "Oh." "Yeah." "Uh-huh." "Your pregnant wife is working the room." "Your son Stevie's getting bottle-fed by a bunch of rippers back there." "And you're on your seventh beer." "You're not gonna hear me complain." "Why'd you let her work here?" "She's a stripper, Tim." "That's what she does." "I meant Becky." "I didn't even know she was working here." "Honestly." "She came up here one night with Mindy and..." "No, no, no, no." "You could have stopped it." "I don't understand what the big deal is." "She's just waitressing, Tim." "It's not like she's stripping." "And part of that money that she's making is helping to go pay rent." "And that rent is actually helping to pay for your land that you got." "Didn't ask for that." "You may not have asked for it, but that's the way things are." "Times are a little tight, Tim." "I thought times were good, Billy." "So now you're just a liar." "Okay." "Take it easy, all right?" "She may as well be stripping." "Where you going?" "Hey!" "Hey, leave her alone." "Tim, it's okay." "What is your problem?" "Problem is you're touching her, and she's a waitress." "Tim, this is Randy." "He's one of my best customers." "I don't care who he is." "If he touches you again, I'm gonna break both his arms." "Tim, stop!" "I'd like to see you try." "Let go of me." "Tim, stop!" "Get off!" "Tim!" "She's 17!" "Get a haircut." "Seventeen years old!" "A high school junior!" "Let go of me." "Let go." "It's okay, 'cause it's Dillon." "It's Dillon, Texas." "Let go." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Hey." "Hey." "What the hell is your problem, man?" "Hey!" "You got a problem with me, you take it out on me, not that little girl." "She's gonna lose her job." "You were supposed to look after her, weren't you?" "We had a deal." "I screw up my life, you fix yours." "I've fixed my life." "How long you gonna hold it over my head, man?" "Rest of my life, if I feel it needs to be." "I'm sorry, okay?" "I'm sorry!" "Hey." "Hey." "What's up with the locks?" "Huh?" "You all right?" "You ain't sounding right." "Yeah, I'm all right." "Come on, open it." "What, did y'all change the damn locks or something?" "I did." "Regina!" "Girl, is you gone crazy?" "Now, this is my house, too." "Open the damn door." "Come on!" "Yo, Pop, you ain't getting in like this, all right?" "You gotta go get yourself help." "Open it!" "Yo, Pop, Pop, Pop." "Pop, you ain't getting in." "Somebody's trying to break into our house." "You blowing it, Pop." "I live here." "You're going to jail, Pop." "Mom's phoning right now." "Go!" "I ain't going nowhere." "You gotta go, man." "You gotta go, Pop." "You gotta go, or you gonna go to jail." "Let me in." "You gotta go." "You better not sleep, 'cause I ain't going nowhere." "I'm sorry for getting you fired." "I messed up." "Tim, that's my job." "I needed that job." "And you humiliated me." "Becky, you can do better." "You don't even talk to me anymore." "You don't even look at me, really." "Is it that?" "I gotta go." "You don't have to leave because of me." "I have to go." "Gotta go." "Fine." "Hello?" "Hey, sorry to bother you, but I wanted you to hear it before you read it." "Oh, Levi, what is it?" "Hear what?" "I've been at a budget meeting." "I've been here all day." "Listen." "If you're calling me to take any more out of the budget," "I can't do it." "I've taken everything I can out, Levi." "Uh..." "There's only gonna be one football program in Dillon." "Say that again?" "West Dillon and East Dillon are gonna share a team next year." "Which program they planning on cutting, Levi?" "That's next week's fight." "Coach, Coach." "It's Arnett Mead." "Come on, they're the only team that beat you this year." "What are you gonna do differently this time?" "Well, the difference this time is State's on the line." "That's your answer." "That's what you're giving us." "That's my answer." "Can you comment on the rumors one of the two Dillon programs is facing elimination?" "Look, one of these teams is gonna go to State." "One of them's gonna be State Champion." "I don't think anybody's gonna eliminate a State Champion." "I gotta go, fellas." "Thank you very much." "All the way to State!" "Hey." "I'm sorry about last night, okay?" "I know it looked bad." "Let's go." "How you doing?" "You okay?" "Yeah, I'm good." "I'm all right." "You're ready?" "Yeah." "Have you heard from Dad yet?" "I haven't talked to him." "How are you getting to the game?" "I can make some room for you on the bus if you want." "Well, actually, I wanted to know if it was okay with you if I not go to the game and..." "I have a meeting I need to get to." "I need to take a meeting." "You know." "Yeah." "I mean, but if you really need me to go..." "Mom." "No, no, no." "It's all right." "That's more important." "Come on, Vince." "I gotta..." "I gotta go." "I'm gonna win this game for you." "I know you will." "Give me a hug." "I don't wanna hold you up." "Okay." "All right." "Anytime, son." "I wanted to give you a little bit of a heads-up on what to expect today." "Okay." "So, it's a small committee." "For the most part they're smart, pleasant, open-minded people." "Hazel Hochman is the Director of Admissions." "He's essentially humorless." "He will be making the ultimate decision, 'cause you'll be working with him." "So just focus all your positive energy in his direction." "Will do." "We're here." "You ready?" "Oh." "Okay." "I'm ready as I'll ever be." "Let's go." "Well, all I'm saying is, we have found that our test scores are not at all representative of the student bodies, and that they are just increasingly inaccurate and so, you know, I have just personally been trying to..." "Mrs. Taylor, are you saying then we should ignore input like the SATs?" "No, no, no." "I'm not suggesting that we ignore it." "Well, then what are you suggesting?" "Well, I think you use them, but I think you use them minimally." "And I notice that you have a very rigid cut-off point for your students' SAT scores." "Mrs. Taylor, we have approximately 18,000 applicants for 900 spots." "I understand." "Now, we have to set cut-off points." "With our limited resources, we can properly assess the applicants." "I'm just suggesting that you're not getting the top-tier applicants." "Dean, I think that Mrs. Taylor is just trying to suggest we just sort of re-evaluate..." "Listen, I can only imagine that y'all flew me all the way here from Dillon, Texas, because you think I might know something about high school students." "I'm sure you do." "And what I can tell you is that I think there is a chasm happening and you are not getting your best student here." "Yes, that's because..." "If you just broadened your admissions policies, you'd be in competition with the Ivies if you wanted to be." "I'm not interested in how the Ivy League does things." "I retract it." "But I'm just saying you're missing such great kids out there." "Now, as I understand it, you went from guidance counselor to principal of your high school." "And then back to guidance counselor." "Can you explain that to us?" "I know you're angry but you don't have to do this." "I do." "Too many people in this house." "Okay, wait." "He feels so guilty." "You don't even know." "He sits up in bed at nights and he cries and there is nothing I can do to stop him." "He feels so bad because he loves you so much." "I love you so much because of what you did for us." "You gave Stevie a father." "And I'm happy for you." "And Billy, Stevie." "And you did it." "You're family now." "But I've got to go." "You're different." "You know that?" "Yeah." "I am." "Less than two minutes to go, the Lions down 13-9." "And I'll bet you a buck Coach Taylor wishes he had some of those timeouts back." "Come here." "Listen to me." "No huddle, hurry-up package." "You got it?" "Slot right, quick out, then trips left, 31 bubble." "31 bubble." "Yes, sir." "You got that?" "That ought to put you in the middle around 25, give you some room." "Yes, sir." "Watch the clock." "Hey, watch the clock!" "The East Dillon Lions come to the line, shotgun formation." "Hut!" "There's the snap." "Howard steps back." "Looks to the outside." "Complete to Ruckle." "But he stays inbounds." "Clock's rolling here, folks." "They're gonna have to hurry." "Let's go!" "First and 10, East Dillon Lions." "Howard under center." "There's the snap, he steps back." "Little swing pass to Cafferty." "Got some room to the outside." "It's a nice little gain for eight, but the clock is still ticking." "Howard steps back." "Looks like he sees something he likes." "Oh, it's a big, beautiful pass." "Complete to Ruckle, but he's still inbounds." "The clock is winding, folks." "They gotta go!" "Coach?" "Slot right, 90 double." "Hut!" "Need to get to the end zone or the sideline, it doesn't matter which one, all right?" "Ready, set..." "Hut!" "There you go, baby." "There you go, baby." "There you go." "Let's go, let's go, let's go." "Just calm down." "Calm." "Tink, how you feeling?" "Big as a mountain." "Let's go." "That's what I'm talking about." "We're gonna go 26 power glide, all right?" "26 power glide." "On one." "Ready?" "Break!" "Vince Howard brings the East Dillon Lions to the line with two seconds in the game." "One last shot with their entire season on the line." "Here we go." "Down, set!" "Red, blue, 28." "Hut!" "Touchdown!" "And the East Dillon Lions are going to the Texas High School State Championship." "The Lions are heading to State!" "You did a great job today." "It was fabulous." "I don't think Dean Hochman thought so, but..." "Dr. Tate." "Hey." "Hi." "Hello." "I'm sorry I'm late." "Oh, my goodness!" "I had dinner with a wealthy and very angry alumnus, and..." "Oh, my goodness." "Well, hi." "Nice to see you." "Thank you, it's my pleasure." "I can't stay long." "Oh, you're so sweet." "Thank you for even coming by." "I offer my apologies in advance." "I have two kids at home that need tucking in." "Anyway, cheers." "Cheers." "Cheers." "And thank y'all again so much." "It was really a great, great opportunity for me today." "Okay." "We're not offering you assistant Dean of Admissions." "I understand." "You know, it wasn't something I really expected, but it was such a great thing for me..." "Because we're offering you Dean of Admissions." "What?" "It's in there." "But what about Dean Hochman?" "I want people like you at this college." "Oh, my goodness." "I am..." "I am..." "I don't know what to say." "I'm a counselor at a small school in Texas." "And principal of a Blue Ribbon School." "I don't know what to say." "So, this is what you say." "Say, "I know this is a tremendous opportunity," ""but I need to go home and talk to my husband."" "And hopefully then you're gonna call me and you're gonna say yes." "Thank you." "I'm gonna leave." "Sorry you can't stay." "So?" "Thank you." "Thank you." "Night." "Hey, listen up." "Bring it up." "Hey, hey, hey." "Hey, listen up." "Listen up." "Bring this board up." "Hey, fellas." "Check this out." "What's this say?" "One!" "How many games to State?" "One!" "No, sir." "Get rid of that." "What's it say now?" "State!" "What's it say?" "State!" "Baby, we're going to State!" "Hey, Coach." "Coach." "We just missed the turn for the field house." "We're not going to the field house." "Where we going?" "Let's go." "Let's go."