Did ‘Friday Night Lights’ Stick the Landing?

The Prestige TV Podcast

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Andy Greenwald is joined by Mallory Rubin to discuss “Always,” the series finale of ‘Friday Night Lights.’ They open by setting the scene, providing background info on the show itself, and contextualizing the TV landscape that it was released in (3:43). Next, they discuss the stakes of, instant reactions to, and various criticisms of the final episode (25:33). Along the way, the two talk about the finale’s legacy and how it’s aged for them personally (80:39). Finally, they answer the titular question: “Did it stick the landing?” (97:41). Host: Andy Greenwald Guest: Mallory Rubin Producers: Kaya McMullen and Kai Grady Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Giancarlo Vulcano Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Erica Ramirez, founder of Ili, and hosts of What About Your Friends, a podcast dedicated to the many lives of friendship and how it's portrayed in pop culture.
0:09.5	Every Wednesday on the ringer dish feed, I talk to my best friend Stephen Othello and your favorites from within the ringer and beyond about friendships on TV and movies, pop culture, and our real lives.
0:19.1	So join me every Wednesday on the Ring or Dish feed
0:21.4	where we try to answer the question TLCS back in the day.
0:24.6	What about your friends?
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0:54.0	Shrash-PlayNow. Verfugable up the 11th, July. Hello, welcome to Stick the Landing, the start of a brand new show about endings. My name is Andy Greenwald. I'm a writer. I'm a showrunner. I'm a
1:12.2	podcaster. Perhaps you're here because you listen to me and Chris Ryan Weekly on the Watch.
1:16.4	Each episode of this show will do a deep dive into a series finale from throughout the history
1:21.4	of television. We'll look at the good, the bad, and the very, very almost unspeakably ugly.
1:27.2	In the process, we'll uncover a lot about this favorite medium of ours, how it's changed,
1:31.4	how it's surprised, and I just think maybe a little bit about where it's going.
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