Analog This: Five Seasons of Friday Night Lights in One Post

This year, I am grateful that Netflix exists. It took me a while (well over a year, to be not-so exact), but I finally finished this show in its entirety. I was hesitant to watch it at first, because sports have never been my biggest interest and also I've been putting off watching "The Wire" for way too long. But this was the summer I finally decided to finish "Friday Night Lights." What a long yet rewarding journey it has been. "Friday Night Lights" is not just a compelling drama. It changed the way I view people who are different than myself. Most importantly, it made me realize that sports are about more than just competition; sports are about stories. A coach can do more than merely teach a sport. A coach can also be your personal hero. Especially if that coach is played by Kyle Chandler.

I thought it would be hard to write a straight-up review of the entire series. Instead, I figured I'd recap each season to the best of my ability. There will be things I forgot (sorry in advance for the lack of Buddy Jr.), but that is because "Friday Night Lights" accomplished more and introduced more characters than the average drama that goes on twice as long as this show did.

To the best of my ability, here is my recap of five seasons, through good times and bad, of "Friday Night Lights":

Movie Review: The Last Picture Show

"You ain't ever gonna amount to nothing."

The first and last shots of "The Last Picture Show" are nearly identical. However, one is in reverse of the other. The movie marquee, once presenting the next showing, is now empty. After the last picture show has ended, there is not much left to do.

"The Last Picture Show" is such a vivid and knowledgeable portrayal of life in a small Texan town, that it would seem only to come from memory. Yet, director Peter Bogdanovich grew up in Kingston, New York, a place bearing no resemblance to rural Texas. He's just that good of a filmmaker.

What Your Thanksgiving TV Watching Says About You

James Bond Marathon (SyFy)

The Bond marathon is a staple of just about every Thanksgiving. You are likely knocking a few back, and desperately wishing you were James Bond. Given that this marathon consists largely of the most recent movies, it will most likely be an excuse for your dad to talk about how everything was better during his day.

Arrested Development Marathon (IFC)

Your family is loud, insane, and probably a little dysfunctional. Watching the Bluths lie to each other as they cheat and steal might make you feel a little better about your own dysfunctional family. Watching the many insults of Lucille Bluth will put that racist comment your relative yells about Barack Obama into a lighter perspective. You've also seen every episode over 200 times, but you can still find another pun in Tobias's dialogue every time you watch. And for that, I salute you.

The Godfather Marathon (AMC)

This is a different kind of dysfunctional family story. Here's if your family enjoys talking about the secret sauce in their cooking, and occasionally killing people. But more likely you enjoy stories about American history as much as your dad; you will also likely be switching between this and the History Channel all day long. You are also probably a movie buff, and drool over the mise-en-scene during the scene in which Michael kills Sollozzo and McCluskey. And for that, once again, I salute you.

The National Dog Show (NBC)

Dogs are more entertaining than cats. There, I said it. Watching this also probably brings up great memories of "Best in Show" for you.

NFL Football: Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions (FOX)

Thanksgiving wouldn't make sense for you without football. That, or you just really enjoy watching Detroit suffer (current score: 24-0).

Now, get off the internet and go stuff your faces. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.