Not Just Another Pretty Face in the Stands

My mother urged me repeatedly the past year to watch but I never got around to it. I read the book years ago but never got around to watching the movie as well. I do not watch a great deal of TV, because I can’t sit still while laundry and dishes beckon. My mother rarely asks me to do anything, so I purchased the set the day it was released and began watching it Sunday during a long road trip. I have not gone to bed before 1 AM since then trying to cram in as many episodes as I can. I have five episodes left, so sshhhhhh, don’t tell me what happens! My brother and his wife told me Sunday they initially enjoyed the series but as the season progressed, it became less about football and more about relationships. But those relationships are what I love about the show. Watching the lives of the Dillon Panthers being played out on my laptop night after night is what I need right now. The coaches’ wife - - is a character developed by Hollywood screenwriters week after week. But she lives my life, and she shows me how to laugh at myself and gives me food for thought. I need that. Don’t we all?

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