Mischa Barton - OT #301: Clear Eyes. Full Hearts. Can't Lose.

**Cristofle** · 02-09-2011, 05:24 AM

The Friday Night Lights series finale premieres tonight on DirecTV, reportedly 61 minutes long without commercials. Get your tissues ready!

eatyourgreens · 02-09-2011, 05:30 AM

YAYYYYYY! I'm glad it's longer than usual!

And I agree, Sam. The Santana stuff was gold. What Rachel said to her. LOL. And could turn out to be kinda true.

And I HATE HATE HATE Kurt's new school. And that Blaine guy is more boring than Sam. And I hate their songs too.

**Cristofle** · 02-09-2011, 05:45 AM

I think Blaine is more interesting than Sam in that Darren Criss is a fantastic performer. He has a good voice, but he's also very charismatic- he belongs on the stage. However, that doesn't stop me from getting the feeling that Blaine was never supposed to be more than a temporary character that RM became overly attached to, so he doesn't feel much more organic than Puck/Rachel.

I just know I'm going to be a mess at the end of FNL

**Sam_MC** · 02-09-2011, 05:47 AM

I LOVE THIS TITLE. sfm

**Cristofle** · 02-09-2011, 06:16 AM

The second part of the TV Guide interview with cast and crew (no spoilers) is up. The third part should be up sometime today.

Friday Night Lights Finale: The Cast on Show-Saving Fans, Graduation and Panther Hate - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com

And this is from the first part, but I thought it was very interesting. Most shows insist they don't adlib much- this cast is saying they did a LOT.

Quote:

Unlike other network dramas, Friday Night Lights was not high on gloss. Hand-held cameras made for an extra-gritty feel. Actors were encouraged to improvise and try things off-script.
Teegarden: It was very much left up to us as to how things were going to go in a scene, how the action would play out. I was 15 when we started and it took a little getting used to. We didn't have any set marks. But it all comes off very organic when you watch.
Gilford: The scripts were almost something just to show the network, and then we'd just do whatever we wanted.
Chandler: You could find emotions and humor and even anger in places you wouldn't have expected. You'd use your surroundings and your dialogue in ways that weren't necessarily on the page. ... I had never done a show or a film that was open that way except for in college when you're experimenting. I think all of the cast pretty much closed their eyes and jumped off the cliff together, and all that trust went with it and it was so much fun.

**Sam_MC** · 02-09-2011, 02:41 PM

So...Castle ep 13 was EPIC. Outstanding.

When that guy got shot through the window part way through the conversation! It was a lot like the moment where the prisoner got shot in the head during Bones

Awesome!

And Beckett slamming that dude against the police mirror!

And the kiss! Which was "amazing!" LOL.

And the ending with Beckett being all bad ass telling the dude that he'd basically become someone's bitch in prison.

I could list more 'and's' but the whole episode was genius.

**Cristofle** · 02-09-2011, 03:04 PM

Heee! I told you! And this isn't a big spoiler, just an observation- there's a moment in the latest episode, where Castle is talking about what he did when he got rich to Beckett in the car, and the way she's looking at him makes it pretty clear Stana is playing this as being more self-aware of her attraction to him than she's been in the past. Which I thought was a nice touch- I think Castle is VERY aware of how he feels about Beckett, and was before the kiss, but it was nice to see Beckett start to acknowledge it too, even silently.

Now, as the FNL finale is less than five hours away (even if we won't see it for another couple hours, lol), a gif crying session in honor of this. Thanks to the spoiler thread for these.

And finally, from the episode that made me cry the hardest.

mjgchick · 02-09-2011, 04:11 PM

Oh god I'm just goin to pretend tha FNL ends when I watch the season on NBC. FNL is one of the only show that deals with teens where I didn't hate anyone lol

Saw Genie and Tony on Oprah today. Genie says if she were to come back on GH she can't have them write Laura as a victim. Basically she ain't comin back lol Guza doest know how to write strong women. It's why they've only ever gotten one female lead Emmy.

**Cristofle** · 02-09-2011, 04:23 PM

Guza is terrible at writing strong women, and he's been butchering Laura since the Nikolas era.

Yeah, I don't really HATE anyone- at least any longterm characters- either. Landry irritates me and I go back and forth on Lyla, but that's about it. However, temporary characters? Just wait for Julie's TA, lol. He re-defines sleazy.

mjgchick · 02-09-2011, 04:55 PM

Ohh yeah the temp characters got on my damn nerves. Like the girl who's obsessed with Tim lol the actress is cute but I cringed during their scenes last year because she always threw herself on him lol and Austins character who was Julies teacher annoyed me too.

Im surprised at how unspoiled I've been for this show lol

**Cristofle** · 02-09-2011, 05:01 PM

Oh yeah, Austin's character! Tami was DEAD wrong in how hard she came at him, but I remember he came off so entitled in that scene that I almost wanted her to get Eric to beat the crap out of him, lol. And let's not forget Matt's uber-annoying Gidget cheerleader. Or Car-LOW-ta.

Becky is a regular and she gets better in S5, although when Tim pops back up she gets kind of annoying again, lol.

eatyourgreens · 02-09-2011, 05:50 PM

OMG, I'M GOING TO BE ALL OF THOSE GIFS AT THE END.

And IDGAF, I LOVE BECKY EVER SINCE "I CAN'T"

I need to stop the all caps, but FNL has gotten me in a GLASS CASE OF EMOTION. I LOVE THIS SHOW!

And, Sam, I'm so glad you caught up! That ep was AWESOMEEEEEEE. Castle/Beckett FTW. Love them.

**Cristofle** · 02-09-2011, 06:24 PM

I'm staying up until I find the link, so I think I'll watch the pilot while I wait. And I'll be doing this.

Group hug, everyone!

eatyourgreens · 02-09-2011, 06:39 PM

Me too! My ass is going to be dragging tomorrow. And my eyes are going to hurt like no other in the morning.

**Cristofle** · 02-09-2011, 06:42 PM

*whimpers*

Oh, and this vid is an all-inclusive cast vid and it's AWESOME.

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