Friday Night Lights: The Fifth Season (2010)

 

 

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The lights have gone out on this fantastic series but it will continue to shine on DVD. Without any spoilers I will say the final season was a great season to go out on. They say that lights shine the brightest right before they burn out and the finale truly proved it. I'm sure many if not all of the fans who have watched it agree (if you haven't been able to view it yet you are in for a treat).

This season was jampacked with stories. I can only imagine how great it would have been had they had 22 episodes like the first season, but the 13 episode season has been as satisfying as any fan could hope for, especially with the beautifully done series finale. Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler continue to ground the show with their amazing performances and all around the acting is terrific. While, as another reviewer said, there is a noticeable lack of football games that we actually get to see there is no shortage in writing quality or character development. Not only are they doing great service to the new cast that was introduced last year, giving them each a chance to really grow as actors and characters, they are calling back and giving each of the original characters a curtain call of some kind.

We get to say farewell to Landry and Grandma Saracen and not to spoil anything but Jason Street and Tyra appear in key moments this season. Matt Saracen makes a brief and welcomed return and Tim Riggins (despite going to jail at the end of last season) does get a chance to finish his character arc. On top of that Smash and Lyla even get nice mentions to show that the writers and the characters haven't forgotten about them. Truly a nostalgic season that has kept true to the spirit and heart the show has always had.

The fifth and final season is made up of the following 13 episodes for those interested:

Expectations
On the Outside Looking In
The Right Hand of the Father
Keep Looking
Kingdom
Swerve
Perfect Record
Fracture
Gut Check
Don't Go
The March
Texas Whatever
Always (An extended hour long finale)

The episode "Always" was truly the best most complete series finale I have ever seen. Simply amazing.

That's 9 hours and 40 minutes in your favorite fictional Texas small town. Presented in Anamorphic Widescreen format as always with English Dolby Digital 5.1 sound and English subtitles.

Special Features:

Deleted Scenes

Featurette - When the Lights Go Out: An emotional and entertaining journey through all five seasons as cast and crew say goodbye. (Having now watched this feature I can say it is excellent, fans get what is really a 30 minute documentary into the life of series and then the work that goes into making episodes. It all ends with the filming of the final scene and is full of interviews with Jason Katims, Peter Berg, all the key actors who appeared this season and the people who help create the show. Worth the price of purchase for me).

Commentaries - Don't Go commentary by director Michael Waxman
Always commentary by Executive Producer and Showrunner Jason Katims

Anyways, this is a GREAT show, obviously 5 stars from me and while I wish it could've gone on longer I think most people will be happy with the way they got to spend the final season wrapping up loose ends and really bringing the series to a FANTASTIC CLOSE. While I wish, now more than ever after watching the finale, that it could continue I couldn't be happier with how they ended it by calling back to the past five seasons. If you haven't seen the show then now is the time to go back and get into it on DVD. There are two types of people, ones who love this show and ones who love it but don't know it yet.

***Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose!***(Sniffle)

*Noticeable Music Changes:
Iron and Wine - Dead Man's Will, echoing the season one fight between Billy and Tim has been replaced in "The March" as has the song Spirit in the Sky.
Son Volt - When the Wheels Don't Move has been changed in Keep Looking.
The Opposite of Adults by Chiddy Bang and Jerry Bruckner - Raze have been replaced in Fracture.
The powerful use of BRMC's Last Chance for Love also replaced in Fracture.
Runaway by the National in Gut Check

Unfortunate that they tend to put more generic music in place rather than having W.G. Snuffy Walden put a score in. This is still a great show even with the music changes though.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TV SHOWS I HAVE EVER WATCHED-FROM THE VERY FIRST SHOW, I WAS A "DIE HARD TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FAN"...you will find yourself not being able to wait for the next show. You might even find yourself yelling and cheering for the Dillion Panthers/Lions as you would if you were right there at the game... by far the best story lines and characters you will love and even some dislike...Soooo sad this will be the last season, I am not sure there will ever be such a great show like this one, it would be very hard to match this one. I WILL ALWAYS REMAIN A TRUE FAN...GO LIONS-WIN STATE...

This series is one of the best. Despite what a lot of people think, it's not about football. I'm not into football, don't know the rules, don't understand the game, I'm not even from USA, and I love this series. It's true that in this last season the budget cuts have been very noticeable, affecting the production quality of the show, but the writing is spot-on, the acting is great, and a lot of people is going to be very sad when this series end. For the creators, I've only gratitude and a request: Please, Friday Night Lights needs to be on Bluray.

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