Spoilers - Friday Night Lights S&S #20: B/C We Are On the Edge of Our Seats Waiting on October 28

**diamondmolls** · 10-18-2009, 07:49 PM

Friday Night Lights
Spoilers and Speculation #19

+ Season 4 Official Press Release

IT’S EAST VS. WEST, LIONS VS. PANTHERS WHEN FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS RETURNS FOR SEASON FOUR OCTOBER 28th ONLY ON DIRECTV’S THE 101 NETWORK

The Critically Acclaimed Drama Will Air Commercial-free Every Wednesday at 9 p.m.

Viewers will meet the East Dillon Lions when the fourth season of the critically acclaimed and Emmy-winning drama series Friday Night Lights premieres October 28 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on DIRECTV’s The 101 Network. Executive Producer Peter Berg (“Hancock”) will direct the season premiere, returning to the series as director for the first time since directing the show’s pilot in 2006. Four new additions to the cast, as well as the returning characters, will be central to the fourth and fifth seasons of the show.

Expanding on the hit feature film and best-selling book “Friday Night Lights,” the award-winning show centers on life in Dillon, Texas, where high school football brings the community together — and the drama of small town life threatens to tear it apart. As season four opens, a redistricting plan has left Dillon a town divided. Having been ousted from his role as head coach at Dillon High School, Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) finds himself faced with the daunting task of building a football team from scratch as well as motivating and disciplining the unmanageable East Dillon Lions players. Tensions follows Coach Taylor off the field and into the home as he and Tami (Connie Britton), who remains Principal of West Dillon High, find themselves increasingly at odds with one another and the adversarial roles the redistricting has forced upon them. As one of the main proponents of redistricting Dillon, Tami bears the brunt of criticism from very unhappy parents and students who have been zoned out of West Dillon and into less desirable East Dillon.

“This season opener is practically a pilot in itself. It puts Coach Taylor at the center of the action in a new school, with a new team, and many new challenges,” said executive producer Jason Katims. “In addition to the returning cast, we are introducing a host of new characters who will become integral to the fourth and fifth season of the show.”

An integral member of the newly formed East Dillon Lions is Vince (All My Children alum Michael B. Jordan), whose incredible speed positions him as the Lions best, and possibly only, hope despite his undisciplined skills and unpredictable temper. Vince quickly finds himself at odds with the team’s new pretty boy and rising star player Luke (Lipstick Jungle’s Matt Lauria). The running back held great promise playing with the Dillon Panthers, however, due to the redistricting lines he is now forced to play for the East Dillon Lions. Other newcomers include Jess (Jurnee Smollett, The Great Debaters), the daughter of a onetime NFL hopeful, who is an expert in the sport and will prove to be a crucial part of the new East Dillon team; and Becky, played by newcomer Madison Burge. Becky is a fifteen-year-old beauty queen who isn’t afraid to use her looks to get what, and who, she wants and quickly establishes herself at the top of the East Dillon social hierarchy.

The upcoming fourth season will also focus on the fate of several returning characters including last season’s graduates Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch), Lyla Garrity (Minka Kelly), and Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) as well as Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) and Landry Clark (Jesse Plemons), whose lives have also been affected by the town’s redistricting. Additionally, Coach Taylor finds himself further troubled by a new rivalry with his former team, the Dillon Panthers, headed up by his replacement Wade Aikman (Drew Waters) and the man who masterminded his downfall, Joe McCoy (D.W Moffett).

Source: TVbytheNumbers.com

+ Episodes' titles & air dates

•Episode #4.1:
Air Date: 28 October 2009

•Episode #4.2: "After the Fall"
Air Date: 4 November 2009

+ General Spoilers

-Minka Kelly and Adrianne Palicki will be eixiting the show. Their characters will most likely be given exits similar to those of Smash and Street last season.
-Even the new character, Luke (QB) is a cocky mofo, Fans are going hate him. Reading more as we along. FNL season 4! Source
-Taylor kitsch, Aka Riggins, will play the same vulnerable character this season. The write-up is so good. reading more! Source
-Adrianne says Tyra may be back in October to film some Season 4 scenes and may be back for Season 5. Source
-Landry gets in a fight with another football player
-Landry is at East Dillon
-Coach Spivey is at West Dillon
-Matt struggles with his choice to remain in Dillon before leaving later this season
-Tami gets entangled in a ‘major controversy that could cost her her career
-Landry will be in a love triangle with Vince and Jess
-Joe has basically replaced Buddy at West Dillon
-Joe and JD will be featured heavily Season 4
-Joe and Tami will butt heads about Luke
-Zach says Matt will be delivering pizza
-Wade Aikman and Joe McCoy are Dillon High coaches
-Jess will be an integral part of the football team
-Luke will be at odds with Vince
-Coach Taylor is the Coach of the East Dillon Lions and finds himself faced with the daunting task of building a football team from scratch as well
as motivating and disciplining the unmanageable East Dillon Lions players
-Tami is still principal of Dillon High and bears the brunt of criticism from very unhappy parents and students who have been zoned out of West Dillon and into less desirable East Dillon.
-Jurnee Smollett has been cast as Jess who is described as “the daughter of a onetime NFL hopeful who knows the game and helps raise her siblings with the help of her father,”
-Michael B. Jordan has been cast as Vince, East Dillon’s resident troublemaker. Although charming at times, the junior running back can be dangerous and
menacing—a result of his crime-riddled upbringing. He quickly finds himself at odds with the team’s new pretty boy Luke
-Riggins sleeps with Becky’s mother
-Becky (Madison Burge) seduces Riggins, things heat up mid-season
-Matt Lauria has been cast as Luke, a charming yet cocky junior who reluctantly finds himself playing for Coach Taylor’s East Dillon squad.
-Luke, Vince, Becky and Jess are characters on the show.
-Season 4 will be filmed Sept-Dec
-Season 5 will be filmed Jan-Apr
-Minka Kelly (Lyla) to make 2 ep return halfway through the season
-Kim Dickens (Shelby) will be back for two episodes
-Zach Gilford (Matt) is back for 7 episodes
-Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Jesse Plemons, Taylor Kitsch, Aimee Teegarden, Jeremy Sumpter are back for Season 4
-Season 4 confirmed 3/24
-“Season 4 features a Dillon divided, as Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) tackles the jo at the reopened East Dillon.
‘It’s turned from him being in a suituation where there was so much expectation, to the opposite situation, where there is none,’ says exec producer Jason Katims.
Among East Dillon’s new faces: Vince (Michael B. Jordan), a troubled star athlete
who clashes with unhappy West Dillon transfer Luke (Matt Lauria), and the
Lolita-esque Becky (Madison Burge), who befriends Riggins (Taylor Kitsch) after
he beds her mom. Meanwhile, Tami (Connie Britton) gets entangled in what
Katims calls a ‘major controversy that could cost her her career,’ and Saracen
(Zach Gilford) struggles with his choice to remain in Dillon before leaving later this season. (Oct. 28)
SOURCE: September 18th 2009 issue of Entertainment Weekly

Source

+ New Characters:

Vince: A charming yet dangerous East Dillon junior.
He’s African-American and, when we first meet him,
he’s running from the cops. Look for Coach Taylor to put his
speed to better use as a member of the Lions. Series regular.

Luke: Vince’s classmate and arch nemesis.
He’s Caucasian, cocky, and charming. Reminds some of a
young Paul Newman. Dillon’s new geographical breakdown
has him playing for the Lions, and he’s not happy about it. Series regular.

Jess: The super-energetic daughter of a onetime NFL hopeful,
she knows the game inside and out. When she’s not busy coaching
her younger brothers, this sophomore/junior is getting crushed on by
every guy in Dillon, East and West. Series regular.

Becky: A freshman beauty queen whose family is purebred trailer trash.
Think Blair Waldorf with lousy genes. She finds Riggins in bed
with her mother and reacts by trying to seduce him herself.
My new favorite character is listed as recurring.

Source

+ Interviews with the Cast

Aimee Teegarden talks season 4
Adrianne Palicki talks about Tyra's possible return
Connie Britton drops major scoop

+ Promos, Pictures and Downloads

DIRECTV: Friday Night Lights Official Page

For more pictures, click here

Credits: Friday Night Lights Fan // DIRECTV: Friday Night Lights // Spoiler TV // The Ausiello Files // Watch with Kristin // IMDB

BiCaRdiBrEeZa · 10-18-2009, 08:15 PM

Tftnt

Love the title!

**Crystaline** · 10-18-2009, 11:58 PM

Thanks for the new thread!

kissed by starlight · 10-19-2009, 12:49 AM

TFTNT, Molls

**Shnicky** · 10-19-2009, 03:20 AM

New thread.

Thanks Molly.

dreamer3 · 10-19-2009, 03:47 AM

Thanks for starting the new thread! I think we can add the season premiere episode title ("East of Dillon") in the OP now.

10 days! Can't wait!

BiCaRdiBrEeZa · 10-19-2009, 04:09 AM

I am so freakin excited

I was watching my s3 DVD before I'm that impatient

metal heart · 10-19-2009, 01:25 PM

Quote:

'Friday Night Lights' gets a revamp

Touchdown! Get ready to talk about: "Friday Night Lights"

If you don't have it, find someone with DirecTV, turn to Channel 101 at 9 p.m. and indulge in one of the best series on TV. As a colleague describes it, the fourth season, via the previews, appears to have undergone a fantastical Guillermo del Toro-style makeover. There's also aggressive hinting that Julie and Matt are headed for splitsville. Beautiful and distressing -- hallmarks of good prime-time drama. (Wednesday)

source

of course mj are singled out!

**Crystaline** · 10-19-2009, 01:32 PM

Looks like every couple is getting dismantled.

metal heart · 10-19-2009, 01:38 PM

i guess they really want to tear out the roots of the show and such, yet i feel like bringing back and keeping characters around just to do this is pointless! if it's done, let it be done and move on. i mean, i'd rather accept my ships fate instead of having to get my hopes up for nothing. on another note though, if mj do bite the dust, i'd be all for julie entering another relationship. it's a shame they are wasting the interracial one on landry. so.do.not.care.about.that.

dreamer3 · 10-19-2009, 01:44 PM

Quote:

if it's done, let it be done and move on. i mean, i'd rather accept my ships fate instead of having to get my hopes up for nothing.

Agreed!

Thanks for the latest!

**Crystaline** · 10-19-2009, 01:45 PM

Agreed. Matt was leaving for Chicago and stayed behind, only to soon be leaving again. Doesn't make any sense. Same with Riggins.

metal heart · 10-19-2009, 01:49 PM

it's so obvious taylor is a ratings ploy. although, he seems rather happy to still be shooting the show, so you can't really fault the network for that.

**Poupa** · 10-19-2009, 02:00 PM

Thanks for the new thread

**Crystaline** · 10-19-2009, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by metal heart (View Post)

it's so obvious taylor is a ratings ploy. although, he seems rather happy to still be shooting the show, so you can't really fault the network for that.

Well, course he is. He loves the show. But I'm sure Minka and Adrianne loved the show as well and yet they're going bye bye for the sake of the storyline.