Watch this when
Friday Night Lights
A whole town put its hopes on your shoulders. Losing a game doesn't make you worthless.
Who it's for
Friday Night Lights shows how much weight adults put on teenage boys: coaches, fathers and a whole town treat a football season as a verdict on everyone's worth.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Friday Night Lights is a 2004 sports drama directed by Peter Berg, adapted from H.G. Bissinger's book, set in 1988 in football-obsessed Odessa, Texas. Coach Gary Gaines and the Permian High School Panthers face a town that expects nothing less than a state championship.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A father's physical abuse of his son.
Age: PG-13 (thematic issues, sexual content, language, some teen drinking, rough sports action)
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series, “Self-Reliance”
