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Nothing shines brighter in Texas than Friday Night Lights!
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 9.92 ounces
Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 166 hours and 39 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ September 6, 2016
Actors ‏ : ‎ Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarde, Brad Leland, Taylor Kitsch
Studio ‏ : ‎ Ushe
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01HSAIONO
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 4
Reviewer: M. B Cole
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: One of the best shows you're probably missing out on.
Review: I got into this show for 2 reasons. The first one is I love football. The second one is that I loved the movie.Now I didn't think this show was going to be nearly as good as the movie, since it's not based on a true story and it's on a TV budget... not a movie budget. But I still wanted to give it a try. And man am I glad I did. Friday Night Lights is MUCH more than just some dumb football show. Yes it does have football and yes it's centered on football, but in all honesty, it feels like football is just a secondary to the great story that we have going on right before our eyes.Coach Eric Taylor has taken the reigns as the new head coach of The Dillon Panthers football team. QB#1 Jason Street is the golden boy on the team. He's supposedly one of the best quarterbacks that's ever been seen (according to Notre Dame at least). A close second to Jason would be Brian `Smash' Williams. The star running back that can actually back up the big mouth he has. Smash is also a star player that WILL be going somewhere someday. The Panthers are littered with talent in other spots as well, but a curveball is thrown to them in their first game of the season and Jason Street has to leave the game only to be replaced by the somewhat shy Matthew Saracen. Can Saracen help lead the team and win them and Coach Taylor the first game of the season? Well, watch the show and find out...hehe.Coach Taylor is played by Kyle Chandler. His wife Tami is played by Connie Britton. I seriously do not think they are even acting when you see these two together. I completely forget I'm watching actors. They meld together so seamlessly you would think they are actually married. You can see the love in their eyes when they talk to each other on just little things like grocery shopping. You can see the hurt in their eyes when one of them slips up with the wrong thing said. You can see the irritation in their actions of having to explain themselves to one another because they've been together for so long. And even though they have their faults... they have the type of relationship most of us look forward to having one day (hopefully). Julie Taylor, their daughter, is played by the ever so cute Aimee Teegarden. She is perfectly matched with her parents. Even though she acts a little to smart for britches (like my grandpa used to say), she is still a really good daughter... who Matthew Saracen has a secret crush on. It's great to watch this high school romance happen between the two. It seems almost real to me. Saracen always starts to talk, only to come out with half sentences before she walks off, because he can barely keep his head straight when she's around... lol... I love it. These two relationships on camera work so well that you really do just fall back into high school again as a teenager. Plus, and boy have I been there, the relationship between Coach Taylor and Matthew Saracen has to be some of the funniest stuff to watch. Poor Matt gets in from Coach on AND off the field.That's only two things I love about this show with much more going on that I won't really go into great detail. But you have Tim Riggins who is the `misunderstood bad boy'. Sounds pretty cliché but it he pulls it off pretty darn well. Then you have Lyla Garrity, the beautiful (and oh is she ever) cheerleader/church girl that is going to marry Jason Street one day. She's slowly being pushed away by Jason because of what he's going through. Her life and future is changing drastically, and sadly, around her. Tyra Collete is, what I'm thinking at least, the school bad girl (drinking and sex of course). Her home living is a mess due to her mom and her school life is bad because she's always with Tim Riggins and she's just doesn't care about school. Or so we think. Another funny character is Landry Clarke, the best friend of Saracen. Just about every part he's in has me laughing.Friday Night Lights deal with a lot of high school issues such as love, sex, family, drugs, and friendships. The one thing that I just did NOT care for AT ALL was the few episodes on racism. A friend of mine said the same exact thing to me the other day when he got done watching the show. That's the only thing I just did not like at all about this show. It seemed like it had no actual ground to be brought up. Like it was forced on us. And it was basically one coach vs. all the black kids (kids... not parents) on the team. It was completely idiotic and just seemed out of place. Ah well.I thought the show was going to be cancelled after the second season, but thankfully it's still alive and made it into the third season. I just don't see how TV execs can cancel such a good show when they don't even have any idea of where to put it on TV. The first time was up against American Idol (I believe)... and the second time is on Friday Night. Um. Don't you think your main targeted audience would be OUT on Friday Night watching high school football games or going out and hanging out with friends? Hmmm... smart thinking TV execs.As for this DVD set, it's got some good extras on it, according to my friend. Sorry I haven't gotten around to them yet. But for 20 bucks... this is a STEAL of a deal.Support Friday Night Lights. Don't let another good TV show get cancelled again (I miss you Arrested Development!)

Reviewer: Joshua Spaulding
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Television doesn't get much better than this
Review: Friday Night Lights was a great book that was made into a great movie, but the television incarnation is probably the best by far. Shows with this much heart, superb acting, fantastic chemistry and incredible writing are few and far between on the television these days. It's just too bad that people think it's all about football.While the show does feature a football team, or more specifically, the Dillon High School Panthers, the show is about so much more than just what happens on a field. It captures the lives of people in the small Texas town of Dillon and how football or the football team affects their lives. In a place where football is king, everybody is touched in one way or another by the local football team.But, the show explores so much more than football, delving into the personal lives of the players, the new coach and his family and all the other people in town. It deals with complex issues, yet knows when to insert the light moments that are always a part of life. There is no doubt that this show captures real life better than anything on television in the last few years.FNL follows coach Eric Taylor (the perfectly-cast Kyle Chandler) as he takes over the Panthers after years as an assistant coach. He has a talented running back Smash Williams (Gaius Charles), a star quarterback Jason Street (Scott Porter) and a hard living full back Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch). However, he also has the expectations of the entire town on his shoulders, as everyone from the guy at the grocery store to the mayor has an opinion on how the team should be run, what plays should be used and more. The townspeople view this as their team and Coach Taylor is faced with balancing the wishes and needs of an entire community with what he knows is right for his team.Things go horribly wrong in the first game of the season, the very first episode, when the star quarterback is paralyzed in an on-field incident, leaving the team in the hands of the quiet, shy backup quarterback, Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford). From there, viewers are drawn into the story of the Dillon Panthers and the people who cheer them on.Coach Taylor and his wife Tammi (Connie Britton, who was also in the FNL movie) see their relationship put through some tests as the coach works through tough times with his team. However, it is her steadiness that keeps him going and helps him find a way through the hard times. Their daughter Julie (Aimee Teegarden) also becomes a handful as she enters her sophomore year in high school.After being paralyzed, Street faces many critical choices as he fights to maintain some semblance of a life. His longtime girlfriend, cheerleader Lyla Garrity (the gorgeous Minka Kelly) stands by his side through the first part of his injury, but finds herself succumbing to the bad boy Riggins, who himself is having a hard time dealing with the injury to his teammate and best friend. The Lyla-Riggins storyline takes a tough turn when Jason finds out and stops talking to both of them. While the three eventually get back to talking, their relationship may never be the same.Riggins has his own issues to deal with, as he lives with his brother thanks to his not present parents. He is constantly drinking and seemingly throwing his life away. The only place he feels complete is between the lines on Friday night. His relationship with Lyla also screws up the "relationship" he had with Tyra Collette (Adrianne Palicki), a union that was rocky at best to begin with.As the new starting quarterback, Saracen finds himself in a place he is not comfortable, at the center of attention. The shy young man works hard on the field and off, taking care of his grandmother while his father is in Iraq. The return of Mr. Saracen provides a good storyline for Matt, who finds that things are almost easier without him there and when the elder Saracen returns to Iraq, Matt goes back to the fulltime care of his grandmother, who is seemingly dealing with worsening dementia. Perhaps the most touching storyline involves Matt and Julie, the coach's daughter, as they explore their blossoming relationship under the watchful eyes of Coach Taylor and the entire community. Matt also leans on his best friend, Landry Clarke (Jesse Plemons) for advice of all kinds, much of which is questionable at best.The end of the season provides a glimpse at a relationship between Landry and Tyra, one that finds the two actors working a lot together and the chemistry is absolutely perfect. While the way the story is take to start season two is questionable, nobody can deny the chemistry between these two characters. They deserved the chance to shine and they got it.A simple review like this can't even begin to touch on all the storylines and issues that cropped up in season one. From domestic violence to teen relationships, from alcohol abuse to adultery, this show touches on major issues in society and deals with them in a way that makes it absolutely impossible to stop watching.The DVD set contains a number of deleted scenes and a great behind the scenes look at making the first season. The set I purchased also came with a money back guarantee, which tells the viewer that the people in charge believe in this show.I was hooked on Friday Night Lights from the opening credits of the first episode and this DVD set brought me right back to them and I found it tough to not watch five or six episodes at a time when the clock was pushing midnight. This is a phenomenal show and a great DVD set and anybody who thinks that television isn't what it used to be needs to check this show out.

Reviewer: Greg Gorecky
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Great series with strong character development with football while being important it is actually secondary to the story of the people, and the town they live in.

Reviewer: Gildardo Lagunes
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Muy interesante, lo recomiendo

Reviewer: Thomas K.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Wow, darauf habe ich sehr lange gewartet! Endlich hat man sich dazu durchgerungen diese tolle Serie auf DVD zu veröffentlichen.Die Erstausstrahlung bei Sky war ja bereits vor rund 4 Jahren. Die Serie ist absolut klasse! Neben den episodenhaften Kleingeschichten sind es vor allem die großartigen Einzelcharaktere und die tolle Musik, die den Reiz der Serie ausmachen. Nachdem ich erst nach der 4. Staffel den Originalfilm gesehen habe war ich darüber glatt enttäuscht, da die Serie um einiges mehr an Klasse besitzt. Schön, dass man die Schauspieler nun in immer mehr Produktionen sehen kann. Offensichtlich war diese Serie ein Trittbrett für viele.Wer FNL noch nicht kennt und Sportfilme bzw. -serien mag, der sollte hier bedenkenlos zugreifen!

Reviewer: Kindle-Kunde
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: So typisch amerikanisch! Wenn man den "way of life" mag ist diese Serie ein Muss!! Auch super für alle Sport- bzw. Football-Fans!

Reviewer: Victoria Westcott
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: As someone who has never understood the love of American football, I have to say that this is the only show to ever make me actually want to understand the game. I actually watched the Super Bowl for the first time ever simply because I adored Friday Night Lights so much.I know it seems like this is just a series about a football team in high school, but it is so much more! A fabulous series, I can't get enough. In our family we have a screen writer, an academic and a teacher/business woman and all of us love watching the show.