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Mainlined the last six episodes of first season Friday Night Lights last night. I do not have enough words for how brilliant this show is. To paraphrase psycho_tabby, it has nothing I normally like in a show - an angsty teenage drama about American football. And yet, it is gripping. There is no way I could watch this show by myself - during one traumatic scene I ended up whimpering in special_trille's lap.

mr_booboo - There's only twelve more episodes. We'll have to cut down to two a week.
Me - No, four is fine. By the time we get through those there'll be several more.
Everyone else - There's a writer's strike, dummy.
Me *cries* Two isn't enough.
psycho_tabby How about three?
Me *sulks* I suppose so.

I wander off to another room for a few minutes. Then...

mr_booboo - Too bad. We've decided we're only going to watch two episodes of Friday Night Live a week!
Me *looks sad*
mr_booboo - AND an episode of The Persuaders!
Me *is speechless*


Speaking of...I showed special_trille an episode of The Persuaders! after the others went home at a sensible time. I had one left that I hadn't seen for years, and didn't remember it and I almost decided on that one, but I was worried it would be really crap and then she'd never want to watch the show again. One can't take risks like that! So I showed her a trusty favourite instead.

Today, I watched that final episode. OMG SUCH LOVE FOR MY GAY SHOW!

Brett is on the phone. He is sketching something as he talks. Camera pans in - it's a lovingly detailed sketch of DANNY'S FACE.

And the end of the episode has them sitting on a couch chatting. They are sitting so close that Brett's shoulder actually overlaps Danny's.


*looks vaguely embarrassed* This post really was supposed to be all about my love for Friday Night Lights.

I want to read fic now - about any of the main characters - even the Coach and his wife! Er, not any of the other parents, cos they all suck.

So, any recs for FNL up til end of season one??? Absolutely no spoilers for season two. That's not too hard is it? Any songvids I should know about?

Am introducing Dragonfly to Friday Night Lights right now. I think she's a little confused about why I'm making her watch a show about American football.

I wrote my Yuletide fic a few days ago. It has winged it's way leisurely back and forth from my lovely betas, and today I made the final changes,and added to the last scene because my betas told me to and I'm scared of them.

So the last few days I've been able to read the increasingly urgent reminders from the Yuletide mods without the usual stress and mild terror I associate with deadlines. Amazing! There's probably some kind of lesson I could learn from this.

In other news, Eureka continues bring the joy.

Jack - You fantasise about world domination?
Nathan - Not all the time.