Friday Night Lights  − 16 January, 2008

Steph and I love this show. I'm hoping that NBC doesn't kill it off after this season. It's one of the few shows on TV that shows small towns (especially a small "hick" town) in a way that is both true and melo-dramatic at the same time. Sure, its episodic nature, works well with gossipy plot lines (love scandals, rivalries). But the real charm in the show is character. You get a real sense of consequences for actions. You feel people living in that small-town way, of and by each other. It's one of the few dramas that Steph and I tune into on a regular basis. I hope to be watching it for years to come.