We cheated this spring. Rather than watch the final episodes on NBC we cheated and got the netflix discs. That is one advantage of having had the show in Direct TV the previous fall.
This show might well have been one of the best written shows ever on television. It is hard to describe how a show about a high school football coach could have so meaning but it did. Perhaps it is because this show put on display character traits which I admire the strongest being loyalty and ethics. If there has ever been a television character that showed more loyalty than Coach Eric Taylor it is a rare one. The character of his wife Tammi Taylor was another very strong one. A modern wife, struggling with career and home and children she was a woman we all could be proud of.
The prejuidices of small town life, Texas life, teenage issues such as drinking, sex and abortion were brought into play and all characters were well drawn.
In the final few episodes some of the old characters came back into town, some long term issues were resolved and some were not but we got to visit with many of them again.
This show was a must watch for us for 5 years. Few shows hold us that long and few shows have the never miss label for us. We will miss this show tremendously.
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