rfduncan

Synopsis:


Original expanded edit aired on DirecTV 101 Network on 10/1/2008

Geofferson

The NBC airings are all edited?

DJariya

This episode is going to be cut down for sure. I recall it ran over 50 minutes. The NBC versions have to be between 41-44 minutes to fit all the commercial breaks.

Geofferson

Bummer -- hopefully NBC.com will host the cut scenes.

Gizmo

I heard they were.

Septemberbaby

Enjoy every minute of it!
I'll be watching again!

Bluelitespecial

Hopefully they will be the full 50 minute shows when they make it to dvd.

rfduncan

Same - this time in glorious HD!

Undoubtedly the full versions of every episode will show up on the S3 DVDs.

hippie68

Get ready for a great season!
It's up to par with season one.

Tracer Bullet

I think I'll wait to watch it until I hear opinions on how poorly the editing affected it.

magiccmom

Cant wait!
Cant wait!
Cant wait!

Gizmo

The episodes were shot with NBC in mind. The extra scenes for the DTV is simply filler.

Septemberbaby

Exactly.
I bet those of us who did watch on Dtv won't be able to tell you what scenes they cut.
Not to watch because of the edited scenes is silly. It's a great season and shouldn't be missed.

Tracer Bullet

Thanks.

Timber

Wow, I really missed this show. Great episode. Still Riggins just bugs me, he was a Sophomore season 1 and Smash was a Junior and Street was a Senior?

El Scorcho

fuck, my dvr doesnt pick this up because it's technically listed as a repeat episode

DJariya

Fortunately if anyone missed this episode or any future episodes, they will now be posted to NBC.com and Hulu.com after they air.

Goat3001

We had this discussion in the FNL thread a few months ago. They did screw up the grades a little bit from season one but that is to be expected in order to keep some key cast members on the show. In season one Julie was a freshmen, Saracen and Landry were sophmores, Tyra, Lyla and Smash were juniors and Riggins and Street were seniors. Last season they pretty much decided that what grade everyone was in didn't matter so they just didn't bring it up.

Even though they moved things around this season I'm glad they at least mentioned what grade everyone was in. Pretty much writing it out last season was just lazy.

Good episode and a very promising start to the season. Some good, realistic, football drama with Smash and Saracen. Some good, realistic, school drama with Principal Taylor and Tyra. Some good teen drama with Riggins and Lyla. We'll see where they take Julie, at least she isn't a huge bitch like she was in the beginning of last season.

Septemberbaby

Two scenes I noticed that were missing:

The one where a teacher tells Tami that she's leaving Dillon High and going to
greener pastures. (Tami goes home and tells Eric)

The other is when at the 'team party' Tami whispers to Eric that she just told Buddy that she's using the money for books instead of buying the Jumbotron. Eric is left standing there with a deer in the headlights look.

That's the only two I noticed.
Anyone else?

Bluelitespecial

Good start, and from what everyone else said this season will only get better. Nice to see they fixed the two weakest parts from last season by not bringing back Santiago, and writing out Lyla's hippie mother. How many more episodes before Smash leaves?

Gizmo

Some explanation of where Santiago went would have been nice. Gees, just say he was arrested, went back home, or killed.

DJariya

If anyone is curious, FNL got 4.6M viewers and a 1.6 in the 18-49 demographic on Friday.

Not surprised at all, I said before the NBC airing would probably get 4-5M viewers a week.

Gizmo

If that continues, I can see it being renewed. Its only competition on Friday nights will be Terminator on Fox.

Daytripper

What happened to that young minister that Lyla was seeing in S2?
Did I miss something?

Septemberbaby

This season picks up 5 months later.. she's dumped the minister and has hooked up w/ Tim.

Something to keep in mind: this season is only 13 episodes. They didn't have the time to explain each story line. There are things that happen that you'll wish they had more time to explore.. given that they only have 13 episodes and the fear of not being picked up for the next season they do the best they can.