5) In the most recent episode they made references to Richard Simons, Napoleon Dynamite, and West Side Story.

4) There is hardly any football on the show so if you are like me and hate sports it’s perfect!

3) They did a tornado episode and instead of dealing with it like a melodramatic sweeps stunt (I.E. exactly how “Desperate Housewives” did) they handled it realistically in a quick and simple way. But even so, the lasting affects of the tornado (a rival town’s school was trashed so their students are now attending the show’s main high school) have had lasting effects without having to kill off a non-main character.

2) Coach Taylor is the best TV father since Keith Mars.

1) There is a writers strike and just about every TV show has gone off air. However, “Friday Night Lights” was able to produce 16 episodes in the time it took most shows to get 8-10 done. This means there are still five episodes that haven’t aired yet!