Well, stuff are finally unraveling on Friday Night Lights. The Lions are sort of coming together, the graduates are still grappling with life after high school, and loyalties are being tested--say, Buddy finally giving up on the Panthers because Joe just took over and wrecked things up. And then there‘s this important lesson that I learned after watching Eric and Tami argue about financial matters: don‘t ever burn your old clothes if you don‘t have the means to buy new ones.

It‘s all change for the folks at Dillon, as Friday Night Lights begins its fourth season.  Season 4 sees most of the current crop graduating and leaving for college, and the town gets split into two new school districts.  Expect new faces, new problems, and a potential rivalry as season 4 of

Looks like it‘s sooo hard being part of the East Dillon Lions.I mean, you lose your first game because your coach forfeits?  Of course, you‘d not show up for practice.  But if you‘re Eric, you had to forfeit--your kids are getting banged up--and now you have to convince them to come back because you still believe in them.  Of course, all‘s well that ends well.  I thought Landry going ballistic on him was the end.

Now, that episode was a downer.I mean, we all know Friday Night Lights is getting a reboot of sorts, after most of the folks we‘re following at Dillon High graduated--and, to complicate things, Eric found himself sent to coach East Dillon, as the town gets split into two school districts.  And Tami is still at West Dillon.  And Julie wants to move to East Dillon, where Landry is.  And Riggins went home, and Matt delivers pizza...

Kids, say hello to a new Friday Night Lights dad.Former The Practice star Steve Harris is set to join the show‘s fourth season as Vernon Merriweather, a former football star who is father to East Dillon newcomer Jess (Jurnee Smollett), according to

Friday Night Lights fans, October 28 is the date to remember.  That‘s when the show returns for its fourth season, on DirecTV from 9pm.  Lots of stuff happening, of course: graduation for some of the Panthers, a handful of new faces, and Dillon being split into two school districts.  And that‘s the stuff I managed to remember.

If Riggins‘ bound to get himself into trouble, might as well get into a lot of it.  Well, provided that the plans of Friday Night Lights

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