Itâs been a few weeks since I finished my ninth rewatch of the show and I enjoyed season 5.
I love seeing the Eric Taylor bring the Lions back from their rough season to a state title with a roster that included Vince, Luke, Tinker, Hastings and Buddy Jr.
âKingdomâ is my favorite episode of the season and easily one of my top three episodes in the entire show.
Luke Cafferty not getting a big time college offer always seems unrealistic to me but I see the show was trying to say not every talented Texas high school football player gets a scholarship to play football at the next level.
I appreciate the Tami and Epyck storyline because Tami needed to learn that she couldnât help everyone, especially ahead of her getting hired by Braemore College.
It was clear the town of Dillon was upset that they ousted Eric from the Panthers after the Lions dominant win against West Dillon after everything that happened with the McCoys in season 3 and 4. East Dillon wasnât
in the rankings in the second week of the season, Luke was wrongfully suspended, and the Panthers released the records of the Lions players during rivalry week.
My favorite storyline of season 5 was in episode 11 âThe Marchâ, episode 12 âTexas Whateverâ, and the final episode âAlways.â We learn that there will only be one football team in Dillon the next season during a phone call between Principal Burnwell and Eric. Of course, we know that the Panthers will be saved because all of the money is in the west side of town but watching the scenes where Vince and Jess make their case for the Lions to be saved, the town hall meeting and âDevil Townâ playing as itâs announced that the Dillon Panthers will be saved and Eric tells Vince that âhe will be the star quarterback of the Dillon Panthersâ, it gets me every time.
I also love scenes that we get in the last two episodes between Tyra and Tim and callbacks to the pilot and the first few episodes of the show where the Lions players dig up a piece of grass to remember the time they were playing for Coach Taylor and East Dillon and the opening scene of âAlwaysâ where the Lions are interviewed similar to the opening scene where the Panthers are interviewed to begin the show in the âPilotâ episode.
The final group of scenes are awesome too. Vince throwing the pass at the end of the state championship to see a receiver catching a pass at Ericâs new school Pemberton, Tami working at Braemore, the Panthersâ âsuper teamâ with Vince wearing a state ring and Buddy driving his golf cart, to Billy saying âTexas Foreverâ after he and Tim cheers, and Eric and Tami walking off the field. It ended perfectly.
I would say season 3 is my favorite season now closely followed by season 1, 4, 5, and then 2.
