Friday Night Lights, Season 3

Reporter:
So, you're saying Matt Saracen is your man.

Coach Taylor:
That is very much what I'm saying. Matt Saracen, whether he is on the field or off the field, whatever you throw at that young man, he can handle.

Tim:
Hey.

Lyla:
Hey.

Tim:
How are you?

Lyla:
Good.

Tim:
Uh, two things. Thank you, for kind of kicking my ass in gear, cause I know I needed it. And I kind of owe tonight to you. And two, I'm okay if you don't tell anyone about us. As long as this works with you.

Lyla:
Wow.

Tim:
Alright. [walks away]

Lyla:
Tim.

Tim:
Yeah [turns around]

[Lyla walks over to Tim and starts kissing him]

Billy:
[about Lyla] You're a rebound from Jesus.

Tim:
No, I'm not a rebound.

Billy:
You're a summer fling.

Tim:
I don't believe that.

Tim:
You know what, you know what the problem really is? Is that you don't take me seriously. I'm some fling to you.

Lyla:
You're not a fling.

Tim:
Okay, then what's the problem? [pause]: Shoot.

Lyla:
Okay. You want to know what the problem is Tim? You scare me.

Tim:
I scare you.

Lyla:
Yeah, you scare me. You're Tim Riggins. You show up drunk to school. You don't do your own homework. You have rally girls do your homework for you. You don't go to class. Your relationships last about 20 minutes. How am I suppose to take you seriously if you don't take yourself seriously?

Smash:
[to Coach Taylor while playing racquetball] You realize this is the whitest sport in history?

[Tim is trying on a jacket]

Lyla:
Ok, take it off, take it off, come on.

Tim:
Lyla, I know how to dress myself.

Lyla:
No, you only know how to put on a plaid shirt and button one button.

Tim:
You know what would be great? We just leave, cause I don't wanna go to this dinner in the first place.

Lyla:
Yeah well, if you only did what you wanted to do, your life would be all about football, beer, and sex, wouldn't it?

Tim:
And what's the problem with that?

Grandma Saracen:
I saw that game tonight. You played great, you just played great.

Matt:
[heavy-heartedly] Thanks.

Grandma Saracen:
You've always loved football, Matty. I remember when you were two years old, you were trying to throw a football and it was bigger than you were. And you were such a sweet baby, such a sweet, sweet baby. But here you are all grown up taking care of everything. I don't know what I'd do without you. I don't know. Matthew? I love you.

Matt:
I know. I, I love you, too, grandma. [She starts crying] Grandma, hey. [Matt hugs her]

Grandma Saracen:
You are such a good boy.

Matt:
That's because I was raised by you.

Lyla:
I didn’t know you googled.

Tim:
I’m not retarded. I google.

Lyla:
Yeah I know but sometimes you pretend you are.

Tim:
You are coming over tomorrow night, correct?

Lyla:
Mindy and Angela are gonna be there.

Tim:
[confused] OK, no Mindy, what.. No.

Lyla:
I don't know if you notice or not, but Mindy and Angela hate me.

Tim:
What? They don't hate you. They don't even know you. If they did, they'd love you. And you know what? Somebody wants his girlfriend to be there. Okay? And you know what? If they even look at you wrong, and you don't see it, and I do? I'm gonna blindside them with the worst block they'll have ever seen. So what I want from you right now is for you to say, "Yes, Tim, I can't wait to see you and hang out with you tomorrow night".

Matt:
I'm just trying to worry about beating Arnett Mead on Friday. That's all I wanna be thinking about, okay? And, and that's hard. I don't know if you're aware, but we never beat Arnett Mead. I mean, not even Jason Street ever beat Arnett Mead ever, okay? So, I'm trying to worry about that, meantime I got some freshman named Joe Doyle breathing down my neck and it's - look, if I hear anyone talk about this 70 yard pass he threw like ever again I'm gonna lose it because I don't even care. It was in practice, it wasn't defenders, it was no- I can throw a ball 70 yards if no one's like, running at me. It's harder to do - Sorry, you don't care about this.

Julie:
No, I do care.

Matt:
No, you shouldn't. I'm just, I'm just ranting. I apologize.

Julie:
You're really adorable when you rant.

Coach Taylor:
[trying to reassure a worried Matt who's been watching J.D. practice] You listen to me. That is not my quarterback, you are my quarterback. You understand that? I want you concentrating on Friday night. You go out there and you play with what we've taught you and what you know everything is gonna go just fine.

Matt:
Yes, sir.

Coach Taylor:
There's no doubt that J.D. McCoy, he wins when it comes to physical skills. I understand that. Hell, he's got the best arm of any high school quarterback I've ever seen. And that includes Jason Street. And then you've got Matt. Hell, Matt's got the experience. He's got three seasons under his belt. The team knows how to play with Matt. I know what I've got with Matt Saracen.

Tami:
That's a hard decision, babe.

Coach Taylor:
After everything that kid's been through, I bench him half way through his senior year? It'll kill him.

Tami:
I know. And he's like family.

Coach Taylor:
I can't make a decision based on that.

Tami:
I love that about you.

Coach Taylor:
What? That I can't make a decision to save my life?

Tami:
No. That you make the decision with such a conscience. What other coach would think like that? I think it's because you're a teacher first. You--you are a molder of men. And I find that admirable, and I find that very sexy.

Coach Taylor:
I need a drink.

Tami:
We've got wine at the house.

Coach Taylor:
I need a scotch flavored drink.

Tami:
Let me call Jules.

Matt:
There's this new freshmen this year and everyone think he's the next Peyton Manning or something, so I got replaced.

Shelby:
Oh Matt, I'm sorry. You don't deserve that.

Matt:
I didn't really deserve the job in the first place. The only reason I was starting is 'cause our quarterback, Jason Street, he got paralyzed in the middle of a game.

Shelby:
Oh my god.

Matt:
Yeah, it was pretty horrible. You know, they needed me and I stepped up, and I worked my ass off and I did everything I could, you know? But I guess it just wasn't really enough.

Shelby:
It sounds like you did a great job...ever think about just taking a break?

Matt:
You can't quit the team.

Shelby:
Why, what would they do? Shoot you?

Matt:
Probably. We do live in Texas.

Tim:
It's when all the scared rats start running away from the sinking market that the true entrepreneurs come in, Billy. True visionaries.

Billy:
I'm a visionary.

Herc:
Psh, look at ya!

[Billy and Tim arrive at the bank late]

Herc:
No thanks to you two, the bank has approved our loan.

Jason:
Got to play the whole crippled town football star thing.

Herc:
[grins, feigns emotion] So emotional, so believable!

Jason:
'Cause I know the crippled town football star is not giving up.

Jason:
[at the bank] I'm pretty sure that I don't have to explain to you what's at stake, Billy. And I'm also pretty sure I don't have to explain to you that tellin' somebody something's liquid when it's not quite liquid is a pretty dumbass thing to do!

Billy:
Hey! Let's not start with the name callin'. Otherwise, I'll walk right outta here. It's not fair. And I can't punch you. You're in a wheelchair.

Jason:
Oh, I'll swing back! Just ask your brother. You wanna take this outside, shorty?

[Coach Taylor walks into Matt blowing off steam in the locker room]

Coach Taylor:
Hey! What the hell are you doing?

Matt:
I did whatever you asked me to. I helped you win a state championship, I got you to 3-1 this season, I worked my ass off in practice. I do everything that you say! If it's 'cause J.D. is better than me, tell me that!

Coach Taylor:
Son, I'm gonna be honest. My job is to field a team out there that wins games. Right now, that means J.D: McCoy. Yes.

Matt:
Okay. Then I quit.

Coach Taylor:
You're not quitting this team.

Matt:
Yes, I am.

Coach Taylor:
No, you're not quitting this team and I'm not gonna let you quit. I know you. You quit this team you're gonna hate yourself. You wanna be pissed? Fine, you go ahead, you be pissed. I don't give a damn. But you are not quitting this team.

Matt:
Fine. Fine, I'll sit on your bench. I'll come to practice and I'll do whatever you tell me to do. But I'm gonna hate it. And you're gonna hate it. Good talk, coach.

Billy:
[Looking at the to-do list that Jason has just made them for the Garrity house] Why do we have to do all the stuff upstairs?

Jason:
[sitting in his wheelchair next to Herc] I'm gonna pretend you didn't just ask that.

Jason:
[to Tim] What are you doing out of school? [to Billy] What did you write him a note or something?

Tim:
I told them I was pregnant. Need a few days to relax.

Coach Taylor:
[to Jason] Woah...slow down a second. Wait a second. First of all, you're not going to be a deadbeat dad. You're going to calm down here. Look man, you're twenty years old. You're not supposed to know what you're gonna do with the rest of your life yet. You're doing what you think is best. You're following through on what you think is best and that's what you should be doing. You have a plan and you're executing it, what's wrong with that? But you gotta give it a chance, you gotta give yourself time. You can't beat yourself up because you're taking chances on things, but don't start giving up on what you set forth to do in the beginning, 'cause that's gonna get you nowhere. I can promise you that.

[After a girl passing by says hello to Tim]

J.D.:
How many girlfriends do you have?

Tim:
[looking at Lyla] Just the one, McCoy.

J.D.:
[looking at Lyla too] God, she is so pretty.

Tim:
Yeah, she is pretty special, man.

Tyra:
A woman showed up at my house with a baby looking for child support from Cash.

Julie:
It could be worse

Tyra:
Really? I don't see how it could get worse.

Julie:
She could be his sister. [Tyra laughs]

Tyra:
Sounds like something Landry would say.

Jason:
Do you think I could make it somewhere else? Like as a sports agent? Do you think I'd be good at it?

Lyla:
You're leaving.

Jason:
I didn't say that.

Lyla:
You didn't have to. I think you'd be a great sports agent.

Jason:
What's been your favorite memory of your brother playing football?

Billy:
Probably watching him get that ring back in '06. Yeah, after all we've been through together, um, to see him win state, that was, that was probably the happiest day of my life. I was just really proud of him.

Jason:
What single characteristic as a football player do you think defines Tim Riggins?

Coach Taylor:
Toughness. I have never seen a kid with more fortitude than Tim Riggins. No fear.

Landry:
Mrs. Taylor, can I ask you like...can I talk to you a second?

Tami:
Sure.

Landry:
I'm starting to feel like I have some sort of repellent that repels females away and sends them running.

Tami:
Mmhmm.

Landry:
I was in love with Tyra for a long time and I chased her away and then there was another girl and I completely chased her away...it was a lot quicker.

Tami:
Here's the thing, and I know it's probably not easy to see here in Dillon, but you are at the beginning of your life. A lot of these football heroes around here, they're not gonna get much farther than this. But you're gonna go to some great college and have a career that you love. And I'm telling you right now, women are gonna flock to you. I know it's hard to believe, but that's how it's gonna work. You're a good person and this is just the beginning. I'm right one hundred percent of the time. You can ask my husband.

Landry:
[about learning his new "girlfriend"is actually gay] Okay, I'm gonna go let this sink in because I don't know how to react right now.

Billy:
[raising his glass] I love this life.

Tim:
What? That's not a cheer, that's thinking out loud.

Jason:
To money!

Billy:
To being bad ass real estate guys who just––

Herc:
To money!

Tami:
[about a house for sale] Pretty great, right?

Coach Taylor:
: Honey, as much as I would love to give this to you, and the kids, and myself...it's a beautiful house. It's a lot of money. If we did this I wouldn't sleep I would be so worried. It would bury me. We can't do this. I'm sorry.

Tami:
I don't need this house. I don't. 'Cause I got you and I got Jules, and Gracie Bell. And I have the best life. I don't need this house.

Julie:
[after she gets her dad to consider moving Matt to wide receiver] So me being your girlfriend - does that entitle me to like ten percent of your endorsements?

Matt:
No it doesn't.

Julie:
We should set up a contract now.

Jason:
When success is essential to keeping a family together there is nothing a man won't do. Nothing.

Tim:
Hey Six? Um, I hope you get everything... [clears his throat] I hope you get everything you want. But no matter what happens in there, you're always gonna be my best friend, and you deserve to be happy.

Jason:
Thank you...Texas forever.

Tim:
Texas forever.

Lyla:
[walks in on Tim and Billy drinking] You're drunk right now? You have your meeting in like fifteen minutes.

Tim:
I was just trying to help Billy mend his broken heart.

[Lyla comes out of her room]

Buddy:
Oh.. It's alive! I thought I was gonna have to send in Search and Rescue.

Lyla:
[discussing college] Did you really get in?

Tim:
Yeah, only Riggins to get in, probably the last.

Lyla:
I knew you would.

'Tim:
I'm in because of you. [Leans in to kiss Lyla] Oh wow. Mmm...are you on a bender right now? I almost got a buzz off your breath there just now. Like, I don't think it's safe for me to drive right now. And for me to say that - it's a lot.

Lyla:
I'm sorry...

Tim:
Don't be. It's fantastic. [kisses her] I'll get drunk with you. I'm on board.

Coach Taylor:
[giving a half-time pep talk] Y'all want to end this season? Pack your bags and go home...you know where the door is. Otherwise I suggest you wake up, get your heads in this game. This defense is not gonna carry this team all night long. This offense has got to execute, or else I'll guarantee you our season ends tonight. Understood? I can't hear you.

Lyla:
What do you want?

Buddy:
What I want is for you to come home. This is no excuse for you to play house with your boyfriend.

Lyla:
You're gonna lecture me on morals?

Buddy:
Honey, we can work this out.

Lyla:
How are we gonna work it out? You're $20,000 in the hole for tearing up a strip club. What are you gonna do? Rob a bank?

Landry:
Have you ever read the book The Giving Tree?

Tyra:
Yeah, when I was like five.

Landry:
It's about this tree who loves this boy more than anything, right? And the boy just takes and takes and takes until there's absolutely nothing left but a stump. And I'm like the tree and you're the boy - just take and take and take, and there's absolutely nothing left Tyra. That's exactly what I feel like. Just a stump. Because this is not a friendship. You're selfish. It's not a friendship.

Landry:
Please tell me the lesson you've learned.

Matt:
Always lock the door.

Landry:
When having sex with the Coach's daughter.

Landry:
Tyra, do you want to remind me again why Mindy thinks that it's a good idea to have a party outside in December?

Tyra:
Yeah, remind me again why my sister thinks it's a good idea to marry Billy Riggins?

Landry:
That is a good point.

Tyra:
That's a really good point.

Landry:
Can I say something?

Tyra:
Mm-hum.

Landry:
Most, most girls that look like you do, things are easy, they can just coast by on their good looks for the rest of their lives and not really have to, not really have to worry. I mean, I know it sounds stupid, but I'm, I'm proud of how hard you've been working for this it, I mean, it says something. I just, I think good things are gonna happen to you, you just have to keep going.

Tyra:
Thank you. [pause] Still think I'm good looking though, right?

Landry:
You've still, you've still, you've.. you know, yeah. I think you're still okay.

[Tyra starts to laugh]

Tyra:
Okay? Thanks. Grr. [She fake threaten him with the knife she is holding]

Landry:
I don't want to step on your fingers or anything but you might want to slice those a little thinner because cucumber sandwiches are pretty delicate.

Tyra:
Really?

Landry:
Did I just lose a lot of man points for that?

Tyra:
Yeah you did.

Landry:
Did I tell you I'm in a band though?

Tyra:
See that's like 40,000 man points right there.

Tim:
I'm hitting the sheets. Want to come?

Lyla:
I can't. I have a rematch [on MarioKart]. Aren't you gonna watch?

Tim:
No.

Lyla:
Okay. Goodnight Grandpa

Coach Taylor:
[about the game] I have no idea what's gonna happen tomorrow, babe.

Tami:
Well, you're gonna win. Or you're gonna lose. Either way the sun's gonna come up the next morning.

Tim:
Last game, Seven.

Matt:
No regrets.

Coach Taylor:
[after the game] I wanted everyone's friends and family to be in here to hear this, gentlemen. I have never been more proud of a team than I am right now. I am in awe of each and every one of you gentlemen. [Long pause] You played great football tonight. This is the game that people are gonna talk about for years to come. This is the game you are gonna talk about. There's not a single person in this room that's ever gonna be the same. You be proud of yourselves. Because gentlemen, you are champions.

Landry:
You obviously don't believe any of what you're saying.

Tyra:
Fine Landry, why don't you tell me what to write?

Landry:
I don't, this is your essay, I don't...

Tyra:
What, should I write about? My trashy family, about the fact that my sister's a stripper, or my mom is a high school drop out who drinks boxes of wine like it's water? Or about the fact that I lost my virginity when I was thirteen, or the fact that my papa wasn't around? How about that? Oh, I know. I could write about how up until two years ago I had enough hate in my heart to start a freaking car.

Landry:
What changed?

Tyra:
What?

Landry:
What changed? Why did you stop having enough hate in your heart to start a freaking car?

Tyra:
Jason Street got paralyzed. I realized that he was this great guy - this hero, and it happened to him. It made me realize that life isn't fair for anybody. Not just me.

Tyra:
[reading her college essay] Two years ago, I was afraid of wanting anything. I figured wanting would lead to trying, and trying would lead to failure. But now I find I can't stop wanting. I wanna fly somewhere in first class. I wanna travel to Europe on a business trip. I wanna get invited to the White House. I wanna learn about the world. I wanna surprise myself. I wanna be important. I wanna be the best person I can be. I wanna define myself instead of having others define me. I wanna win and have people be happy for me. I wanna lose and get over it. I wanna not be afraid of the unknown. I wanna grow up to be generous and big hearted, the way that people have been with me. I want an interesting and surprising life. It's not that I think I'm gonna get all these things. I just want the possibility of getting them. College represents this possibility. The possibility that things are gonna change. I can't wait.

Coach Taylor:
[Defending his coaching contract at the board meeting] I did not want to be here today. Here I am. I love my job. I'm good at it, and I'd like to keep it. I love this school, I love the kids, and I feel like I've just gotten started here. There's some people here who want to replace me, for a man with an awful lot of money and a boy with a good arm. To those people I would say: you're wrong. You are dead wrong. Y'all have a good Saturday.

Tim:
[A Texas Longhorn Steer is announced as the next auction item] We still have some money left. This is an opportunity. I defy anyone to pass through Riggins' Rigs with that steer in front of it and not go inside. If you get that we'll make clients for life.

Tim:
[After telling Billy that Lyla's going to Vanderbilt] I'm staying in Dillon is what it means, Billy. Riggins Rigs. We're in it together now. We're gonna be poppin' beer, makin' money, gettin' off early. I'm telling you. You're not getting it...

Billy:
Tim!

Tim:
What?

Billy:
Come here. You listen to me, you little idiot. You are not gonna wuss out on this. You're gonna go to college and you're gonna get a degree. And I don't care if it takes you 7 years, all right? And when you start thinking it's too hard or that you can't handle it, I want you to remember one thing. I want you to think about the kids that you don't have yet. And I want you to think about my kids. Me and Mindy's kids that we don't have yet. And you're gonna get the job done so that one of these days I can tell them that they don't have to settle for second best. That they can be whoever the hell they want to be because their uncle Timmy went to college. And God bless our mom and dad, wherever the hell they are.

Tim:
Yeah.

Billy:
But we gotta do better by our kids. Do you hear me? Tim!!?

Tim:
I thought...

Billy:
Do you hear me?

Tim:
Yeah.

Billy:
All right.