A football show that isn't about football as much as it is about relationships that surround the game in a small Texas town where there is high school football and, honestly, not much else.
Kyle Chandler is absolutely brilliant as Coach Eric Taylor, who does a lot more in Dillon, Texas than merely coach the football team. His relationship with his wife (brilliantly portrayed by Connie Britton) surely has to have them right near the top of the list as far as best husband-wife combos in TV history goes.
Everything about this show clicks. Even the characters you think at the start are going to be cliched turn out rather pleasantly to be anything but. Some of the issues the show touches on - racism, small town politics, the American high school education system, the concept of your life's peak being in high school on a football field, and the spectre of a loved one affected by dementia amongst others - really elevate it. And the series finale? As perfect as perfect gets. Eleven stars out of ten.
Kyle Chandler is absolutely brilliant as Coach Eric Taylor, who does a lot more in Dillon, Texas than merely coach the football team. His relationship with his wife (brilliantly portrayed by Connie Britton) surely has to have them right near the top of the list as far as best husband-wife combos in TV history goes.
Everything about this show clicks. Even the characters you think at the start are going to be cliched turn out rather pleasantly to be anything but. Some of the issues the show touches on - racism, small town politics, the American high school education system, the concept of your life's peak being in high school on a football field, and the spectre of a loved one affected by dementia amongst others - really elevate it. And the series finale? As perfect as perfect gets. Eleven stars out of ten.