This is. Matt drives Julie home in the early dawn; she rests her head on his shoulder and nuzzles against him. Outside her house, he parks the car and looks at her, and I know I give Taylor Kitsch a lot of credit for doing unspoken acting very well, but Matt looks at Julie and it just speaks volumes. She stares at him, happy and content and with no regrets; she kisses him twice before she gets out of the car. She walks into the house wearing his Dillon Panthers sweatshirt; he watches her until she closes the door.
Cut to my favorite scene: we see Julie coming down the hallway to the bedroom, watching her reflection in her bedroom mirror. She closes the door and catches a glimpse of herself. She brushes her hair back, smiling vaguely, looking to see if she looks different. Of course she is; you remember how it felt. She smiles, hugs herself, and walks to her closet to change, because she's going to...
Church. Oh, AWESOME transition. JD, Katie and Monty stand together, singing out of a hymnal; Tami holds Grace, standing between Eric and Julie. Across the aisle, Matt and Julie lock eyes and smile, sharing their secret. Tami catches Julie and looks over at Matt, who immediately moves his eyes front. All three families congregate at the church entrance after the services, and Monty breaks away from the crowd to catch Eric, dragging JD with him. Monty announces that JD has something "to share with (Eric)," and Eric turns to stare at JD, who confesses that he got really drunk last night. Oh, MAN. There's a new control freak in town, Street! The title is no longer yours! Monty expounds that JD hasn't just let down himself and his father, but his team, the coach, the whole town and perhaps all of Texas for this mortal slip, and tells Coach that Monty felt it was "imperative" that Coach understand the seriousness of this situation. "Understood," Eric says, staring half bug-eyed at Monty. "Anything else he's done that I should be aware of?" Monty asks, and JD stares worriedly at Coach, terrified that he's going to mention the Naked Mile. "Naw," Coach says, glancing meaningfully at JD. "He works hard." Tami and Katie walk up; Tami apologizes for interrupting and hands Baby Grace to Eric. The McCoys say their goodbyes and walk off, leaving Eric completely unsettled and worried that not only is he not driving the truck where JD's concerned, but Monty's got such a tight grip on the kid that he might go completely off the rails.
House of Tenuous Dreams, which looks worlds better. Herc, Tim and Billy all paint the wall of Billy's hand injury, when Street's phone rings: it's Erin, and Street wheels across the room to answer it. She's halfway there and has just stopped for a break. He asks for her to put the little guy on, because he doesn't want his son to forget the sound of his voice. Erin assures him that's not gonna happen, but your recapper's the child of internationally divorced parents, and it's a rough road. Street tells his son that he loves him, and proceeds to sing to him, saying "I'm gonna start singin', and you just jump in whenever you want, okay?" Lord, FNL, you are killing me. Street starts singing "There's a hole in my bucket (dear Liza, dear Liza)." Both Herc and Billy turn to stare at Street, who pauses when he gets to the woman's verse, but his son won't sing it, so Street sings it for him - in a high-pitched squeak. KILLING ME, SHOW. This gets even Tim's attention, heh. Erin rocks her son back and forth, smiling down at her boy. Street tells his son that he'll see him soon, and smiles softly as we fade to black.
Hi there. I just wanted to say that I LOVE these recaps.
And I fully admit that I could be adding my own interpretation here… *ahem* But before the FtB, do you think that Herc, Billy, and Tim can finally realize how much this means to Street? Tim, certainly. Probably even Herc. Billy.. the one who needs to grow up the most (and that’s saying a LOT) maybe.
Glad you’re enjoying the recaps! I’m soooo tempted to agree with your interpretation, I can’t even tell you: I even re-watched the scene a few times for the sole purpose of endorsing that very thing. But after watching it a few times, really the thing I came away with was an image of three dogs, who’ve all heard this bizarre sound, and are completely gobsmacked bt it (baroo?). Billy exhibits this most of all, of course, which is kind of sad as he’s the one who was put into a surrogate father position – you’d think he’d clue in faster than all the rest of them, but of course not.
If Coach were there, of course, he’d Get It in a nanosecond, and viewers everywhere would burst into tears. :)
BWAH!!! The return of Baroo! Where’s KOM??
Hi there. I just wanted to say that I LOVE these recaps.
And I fully admit that I could be adding my own interpretation here… *ahem* But before the FtB, do you think that Herc, Billy, and Tim can finally realize how much this means to Street? Tim, certainly. Probably even Herc. Billy.. the one who needs to grow up the most (and that's saying a LOT) maybe.
Glad you're enjoying the recaps! I'm soooo tempted to agree with your interpretation, I can't even tell you: I even re-watched the scene a few times for the sole purpose of endorsing that very thing. But after watching it a few times, really the thing I came away with was an image of three dogs, who've all heard this bizarre sound, and are completely gobsmacked bt it (baroo?). Billy exhibits this most of all, of course, which is kind of sad as he's the one who was put into a surrogate father position – you'd think he'd clue in faster than all the rest of them, but of course not.
If Coach were there, of course, he'd Get It in a nanosecond, and viewers everywhere would burst into tears. :)
BWAH!!! The return of Baroo! Where's KOM??
*wibbles* Not a Street fan, but I died a little at the end. It *almost* harshed my squee over MATT&JULIE YAY!!
(Speaking of- how did Tami and Eric NOT notice Julie coming in at the asscrack of dawn?)
(Which reminds me- that wedding dress? OMFG when I saw the LittleGirlatHalloween Fairy Wings, I totally lost it. Cannot wait to see Tim’s reaction to that monstrousity;)
I am scarily in lust with a certain 27 yr old Canadian actor, and while I haven’t seen the Wolverine trailer, I do own the movie The Covenant. Seriously, Kitsch in a micro-Speedo…*thud*.
Heee! The Covenant. He’s never gonna live that down. :)
On the other hand, he can turn to it in 30+ years and say, “Look, honey, I was pretty damn hot, wasn’t I?” Heh.
*wibbles* Not a Street fan, but I died a little at the end. It *almost* harshed my squee over MATT&JULIE YAY!!
(Speaking of- how did Tami and Eric NOT notice Julie coming in at the asscrack of dawn?)
(Which reminds me- that wedding dress? OMFG when I saw the LittleGirlatHalloween Fairy Wings, I totally lost it. Cannot wait to see Tim's reaction to that monstrousity;)
I am scarily in lust with a certain 27 yr old Canadian actor, and while I haven't seen the Wolverine trailer, I do own the movie The Covenant. Seriously, Kitsch in a micro-Speedo…*thud*.
Heee! The Covenant. He's never gonna live that down. :)
On the other hand, he can turn to it in 30+ years and say, "Look, honey, I was pretty damn hot, wasn't I?" Heh.
Excellent recap. I love Street. He never fails to kill me dead. I’ve also enjoyed the messed up McCoy family this season.
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it. And I’m warming up to the McCoys, too. :)
Excellent recap. I love Street. He never fails to kill me dead. I've also enjoyed the messed up McCoy family this season.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. And I'm warming up to the McCoys, too. :)
Not to quibble, but the owner of the bar in Riggin’s little seedy tour of Dillon is not the two-time Iraq veteran named Toby. That would be Riggins himself. Which just makes the whole thing funnier.
Wait, *Riggins* owns the bar? How did I miss that?
NOW I GET IT, and you’re absolutely right. Thank you!
I realize that I am very obsessed with every aspect of this show, but in one of my favorite episodes from Season 1 (I think it was Ch-ch-changes), there is a scene of Riggins buying beer for a night out with the boys. It is the episode where Riggins and Jason Street make-up. Anyway, in that episode, the clerk thanks “Sargent” Riggins for his business.
I love how the writers keep the continuity and play to us obsessed fans like this. Of course, I probably notice this cause I watched the first and second seasons in 2 weeks so it’s all fresh in my mind.
I also loved the bedazzling of his hard hat! Totally hadn’t noticed till you pointed it out!
Not to quibble, but the owner of the bar in Riggin's little seedy tour of Dillon is not the two-time Iraq veteran named Toby. That would be Riggins himself. Which just makes the whole thing funnier.
Wait, *Riggins* owns the bar? How did I miss that?
NOW I GET IT, and you're absolutely right. Thank you!
I realize that I am very obsessed with every aspect of this show, but in one of my favorite episodes from Season 1 (I think it was Ch-ch-changes), there is a scene of Riggins buying beer for a night out with the boys. It is the episode where Riggins and Jason Street make-up. Anyway, in that episode, the clerk thanks "Sargent" Riggins for his business.
I love how the writers keep the continuity and play to us obsessed fans like this. Of course, I probably notice this cause I watched the first and second seasons in 2 weeks so it's all fresh in my mind.
I also loved the bedazzling of his hard hat! Totally hadn't noticed till you pointed it out!
I wondered about that myself- I thought Riggins said his name was ? and *he* was the war vet. But he was rambling pretty quick about this place and that, so I thought I misheard what he had said.
I wondered about that myself- I thought Riggins said his name was ? and *he* was the war vet. But he was rambling pretty quick about this place and that, so I thought I misheard what he had said.
No, Riggins doesn’t own the bar, his fake ID and “back story” is that he is a 2time Iraq war veteran…so if JDMcCoy wants to get in to the bar, he just has to mention his good buddy Toby (Riggins) the war vet :)
BRILLIANT. You’re absolutely right, thank you for clarifying!
No, Riggins doesn't own the bar, his fake ID and "back story" is that he is a 2time Iraq war veteran…so if JDMcCoy wants to get in to the bar, he just has to mention his good buddy Toby (Riggins) the war vet :)
BRILLIANT. You're absolutely right, thank you for clarifying!