DJariya

Just a reminder for those who have Directv that it premieres tomorrow on the 101. It replays many times, so if you miss it, you will have alot of opportunities to catch it again. Sorry to those who are waiting until February.

Synopsis:

Michael Corvin

Just want to say that everyone here that has DirecTV blows.

aktick

Can't wait! Really curious to see how they pick up from where they left off - the middle of the season, IIRC?

DJariya

If you read the synopsis, it takes place:

Mhepburn20

There was a huge ad for this in this week's entertainment weekly and they mentioned the episodes would air commercial free. I hope that's the case, but either way, very excited.

Gizmo

No Directv for me...but I'll watch it tomorrow...

aktick

I wasn't going to read it, but I figured what the hell, it's not Lost...so that's a sort of weird way to end the season, considering how they were doing in the games we saw last season, no?

rfduncan

I was going to wait to watch it on NBC in HD in January - but I don't think I'm going to be able to resist...

ClarkKentKY

Will this be on Hulu or iTunes? I don't have directTV, but i'd gladly sit through an ad or pay 2$ to watch it.

DJariya

No streaming until after NBC airings.

Don't know about Itunes, but probably doubtful since it's an exclusive deal until NBC gets it.

Bluelitespecial

So I guess we will have to ressurect all the season three threads for when the rest of us see it on NBC. If these air commercial free, will they be for a full 60 minutes or the usual 40-45 minutes. I hate to think they would cut episodes once they get to NBC.

Septemberbaby

I read somewhere that there may be extra scenes that NBC won't get. And juicer.

Tracer Bullet

Blargh. I'm glad the show came back, but it still sucks for those of us who don't have DirecTV.

uteotw

I'm as happy about this coming back as I am about torturing non-DirecTV-having co-workers... Props to DTV for pulling this off.

aktick

Silly promo video for you non-DirecTV viewers (since if you have DirecTV, they've been hard to miss)...

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JuryDuty

Did I just see a video for FNL or Roswell? LOL wow...ok...

aktick

Riggins the tailback.... He's what, 20?

Good premiere. What was it, 48 minutes or so? I like how they're doing the Smash stuff thus far, but they never really showed much of what happened last season. And I know he's not really well liked around here, but what happened to Street?

I know there's always a QB controversy with any team, but I wish they'd just not have that freshman QB stuff now.

Mrs. Coach.

Buddy never fails to bring the funny.

But seriously, how old are Tyra, Riggins, and Lyla?

SexualPudding

Best episode in a long time, in my opinion. It felt a lot like a season one ep to me. I know it was only the premiere, but it seems like they are going to really focus on the core characters, as it should be.

Cutting Jason Street and all of his excruciatingly lame storylines was brilliant. As for Smash, I wasn't so sure how wise it would be to keep him around, but, so far so good there. I also have to disagree with the above poster about the QB controversy. I really liked when there was a competition between Saracen and Voodoo in season one, and this one looks like it could be interesting, depending on how over the top the writers decide to go with the dad and what not.

Julie seemed a tad more obnoxious than usual in this episode, but I can't really complain about anything else.

DAC

+1

Why are they doing this to us?

Mhepburn20

Definitely an extended episode. It ended 51 minutes into the hour (commercial free ) but it also started with an extended recap (probably about 3 or 4 minutes).

The first 10-15 minutes seemed a bit angsty and melodramatic and I was worried the show had lost "it" but then it brought it back around and ended very, very strong. Really looking forward to this season and I am so glad it's back.

Red Dog

I'd love to know how many Texas HS fields have Jumbotrons.

Thank god Lyla dumped Jesus.

dvd182

Quite a few, apparently.

http://www.texasbob.com/stadium/vid_index.php

Red Dog

I find of figured. It sounds absolutely absurd on its face, but then I keep forgetting this is Texas HS football.

DJariya

Absolutely fantastic season premiere.

Huge props to Jason Katims for writing a solid episode and actually going back to what made people love this show in the 1st place. It was very cool to see the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday countdowns to Gameday. I don't recall seeing those at all last season.

The scene with Coach Taylor screaming at the players about the Smoothee Truck was fricking hilarious.

The scene with Riggins brother giving him a lecture about women was pretty damn funny time.

I heard that Scott Porter will be guest starrring sometime this season. It was a very wise move to dump him and Gaius Charles as regulars.

Yes, and thank God Lyla dumped Jesus!!

Did I hear Tyra correctly? So she and Landry broke up, but they are still hanging out together like buddies?

Anyways, looking forward to the next 12 weeks. BTW, loved the fact that it was an extended episode. Sorry NBC viewers.

Gizmo

Grr...missed it. Gonna have to be "creative" to watch this or force my parents to record it and make a trip over there this weekend.