Spoiler Alert: This Moviedude1 recap is actually pretty darn good. Read it for yourself. "Buddy tries to use Tim to get to Lyla, who's still mad about losing her college fund to a business deal and it gets worse when she finds she's been accepted by the college she's always dreamed of. Buddy also enlists the power of the Dillon Panthers boosters in order to re-draft the line proposed by the school district when a new East Dillon High School is proposed. Landry and Tyra bond over Tyra's sister's ...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 9 min
MD1 Recap: "Buddy loses his cool over a deal gone sour and wrecks the local strip joint, which causes Lyla to lose her cool and walk out on him after he gets out of jail, while Julie's parents try to not lose their cool over catching her in bed with Matt, Landry loses his cool over Tyra's using him, and Coach Taylor loses his cool when the refs turn a blind eye to his playoff game." Josh and Anthony discuss licking urine-covered rocks, try their hand at Radio DJing, and extensively recap the top...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Here is Moviedude1's terrrrrrrible recollection of what's happening in Dillon. "Lila is put off when Tim puts off a college recruiter; Tim is put off when his brother's impending marriage is over and takes it out on Tim's truck; Tyra is put off by Cash's actions when they go out on the road together, and Coach Taylor is all but put off by being selected as the game of the week for television during an important playoff game." Josh and Anthony talk about all that, the American Pie movie series, 4...
Jul 10, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Moviedude1 puts it this way: "Tami considers new living surroundings, while Eric considers a temporary replacement for Mac, who collapses on the field during practice. Tyra considers her options between following her dream and following her boyfriend, while Jason considers investing his share of the profits from flipping Buddy Garrity's house in his future by taking a trip to the East Coast." The guys talk about all that, plus seeing each other IN PERSON, buyer's remorse, navigation sans-GPS, An...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 21 min
The Dillon Update, via Moviedude1: "Coach Taylor has difficulties in the relationship between his new starting quarterback and the kid's father, while his starting fullback presents difficulties for Tami. Buddy's two younger children are nothing but difficult on a planned visit and Jason stands pat on his price for Buddy's house that he and his pals are trying to flip." Josh and Anthony talk about all that, plus Jim Carrey's hair, vaseline on toast, manic pixie dream girls, and playing sexy game...
Jun 26, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Here's how Moviedude1 chooses to botch the synopsis this week! "After witnessing a hazing incident involving his new starting quarterback, Coach Taylor sets a task before his team captain, Tim Riggins, the job of making J. D. McCoy feel more comfortable with the team. Matt's comfort level with his new position on the bench is felt by everyone close to him, including Julie as they continue to grow closer together. Tyra sings a different tune after her new boyfriend's family shows up on her doorst...
Jun 19, 2021•1 hr 30 min
Moviedude1 says, "Jason and Tim come up with an idea that will, hopefully, get them out of their financial woes, but Buddy stands in the way. Tyra's budding romance continues to bloom, while Julie shows 'signs' of rebellion. Coach Taylor's new idea to his quarterback situation only ends up in disarray and pressure from his coaching staff." Josh and Anthony say a lot of stuff about all that, and a lot of stuff only tangentially related to all that. FOR EXAMPLE, they discuss Anthony's summer study...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 25 min
"Coach Taylor asks himself whether he should shake things up when it comes to his quarterback controversy, while his wife asks whether she is able to shake things up because Buddy is schmoozing up to the school district's superintendent, Matt gets shaken when his mother shows up in town and Tyra shakes things up with Landry when an old friend of Billy's shows up in town and begins paying her attention and, finally, Smash feels a bit shaken up as his tryout date comes closer." - Moviedude1 As Mov...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 8 min
"Coach Taylor feels pressured when the boosters corner him at the annual barbecue. Tim gets pressured from his brother about helping him score some extra cash to pay for his impending wedding, while getting pressured at the same time, from Lila, to try and turn his life around...and her father isn't any help, either. Julie and Matt continue to bond, while Smash's future gets offered an option." - the inimitable Moviedude1 Josh and Anthony talk about all that plus Alterbridge, one of the greatest...
May 14, 2021•1 hr 35 min
From the pen of Moviedude1: "When Coach Taylor realizes that it's not Smash's knee that's holding him back, he comes up with a rather unique way of laying it all on the line. The doctor lays it all on the line for Matt, who, legally, can't take care of grandmother, anymore, while Buddy goes out of his way, laying it on the line for Tami over the jumbo tron issue, and laying it on the line with Tim, who's now dating his daughter. Meanwhile, Tyra realizes that it's easier to lay it all on the line...
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 31 min
It's a new season! We've put the hot mess of Season 2 behind us and we are digging into the first episode of one of the best seasons of TV EVER. Moviedude1 has some stuff to say about it, in his very own Moviedude1 sort of way: The press grills Coach Taylor about the upcoming season while the teachers grill his wife, the new principal, about the budget and the necessary cutbacks, while Buddy and the football team have the best of everything. A new quarterback enters the picture and Matt feels th...
Apr 16, 2021•1 hr 54 min
It's the Season 2 FINALE! Kind of... I mean... Not really. Because of the whole writer's strike thing... But functionally, it's the finale, so we're going to treat it as such! SO, Josh and Anthony are excited to present to you, the Reliving the Lights Season 2 Finale: Spouse and Special Roommate Edition! That's right, Josh and Anthony's other halves are joining us this week to give a nice feminine touch to the usual Bro Show that is Reliving the Lights. Moviedude1 rejoins us this week and has TH...
Apr 03, 2021•2 hr 33 min
Sadly, Moviedude1 had NOTHING to say about this episode. BUT, lucky for us, page8701 bravely stepped up. Here's what he/she/they had to say: "The hardships in Saracen's life begin to get to him, and he and Riggins, who is still pining away for Lyla, commiserate; Julie feels left out when it seems like her mom is more focused on the volleyball team than on her; Smash's suspension hurts the rest of the team's morale, and it has an unexpected consequence for him; Tyra becomes jealous of Landry's ne...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 42 min
Our friend Moviedude1 sums the episode up like this: "Tyra feels left out and feels compelled to come between Landry and his new love interest. Julie feels left out as Tyra bonds with Julie's mother over volleyball. Smash gets left out as he loses his scholarship with TMU over his legal problems, citing, not the problem, itself, but his attitude surrounding the events, while Matt feels like he gets left all the time and loses focus on life." Josh and Anthony talk about all that, all the weekly a...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 27 min
From the pen of moviedude1: "Matt doesn't want to break his bond with his grandmother's nurse, who's moving back to her native country. Smash and Noelle are pressured by their parents to break the bond they have between them. Tami doesn't want to break the bond with her infant daughter by leaving her at daycare. And as Santiago's former friends show up at his house to retrieve their bond, Buddy feels the bond with his material possessions, while his daughter, Lila, takes a job at a Christian rad...
Mar 14, 2021•2 hr 13 min
MD1 keeps it short this week: "The coach's need for his own space in his own house doesn't just stop at throwing out Tim, even though his wife has her own needs when it comes to caring for her family and Smash's need for choosing a college is taking its toll on his family, especially his mother." Josh and Anthony talk about all that, PLUS the discuss their favorite pieces of Christmas-related media. Anthony rants, at length, about college sports. You only get a piece of the combined twenty minut...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 29 min
Bombs are dropping all over Dillon, according to our guy MD1: After a tornado rips through the surrounding country side, bombs begin to fly: Coach Taylor drops a bomb on his team by being host to a rival team when their school and field is damaged, Lila drops a bomb on her father about her mother's impending nuptials, and Tyra drops a bomb on Landry about attending Dillon High School's formal dance. Meanwhile, tensions grow around the Taylor household surrounding Tim living in the house. Josh an...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 45 min
This episode, according to Moviedude1: Landry gives into his better judgment and confesses about what he did while trying to save Tyra. Santiago feels the pressure about the upcoming football game, while pressure mounts between Julie and her mother surrounding the christening of the new baby in the family. Tim feels the pressure of his new roommate, while Jason does his best in getting back into the dating world. —Moviedude1 All this, plus all the weekly awards on this week's instant classic epi...
Feb 14, 2021•1 hr 59 min
What's happening in Dillon, according to Moviedude1: Tami manages to alienate her husband and her daughter. Smash manages to alienate a prospective teammate while on a college visit. Matt manages to alienate the young lady who cares for his grandmother and the girl from school who was sweet on him. After alienating the team, Tim still finds himself trying to get back on the team, which, embarrassingly, lost their last game. Landry agrees to meet the brother of the man he killed for Tyra, who ori...
Feb 05, 2021•1 hr 47 min
Go ahead Moviedude1... "The coach's wife enlists the aid of Tyra and Lila to secure entertainment for the annual Pantherama event, while the coach enlists the aid of Buddy, who found a hot new football player for him, but the new prospective star has a family that's run out on him, and Tami won't let him play football until that scenario is amended. Julie enlists the aid of journalism in an effort to help her get over the loss of Matt. Smash doesn't want help from anybody, while he turns his bac...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 51 min
We got on so many sidebars and I edited so much out that I'm not even going to try to recap. Here's moviedude1! Upon returning to Dillon, Tim finds his team locker empty, while Coach Taylor deals with Jason and offering him a coaching job, while, at the same time, dealing with his own job not paying as nearly much as what he was getting the previous year. Lila's friend from the boys' school shows up with her father in hopes of a tryout with the Panthers and Landry's father nears the truth about ...
Jan 30, 2021•1 hr 45 min
Coach really wants to get back in the saddle. Matt lies to Tammi's face about Gracie being cute. Landry's dad is in absolute disbelief that his son could be hooking up with a good looking girl like Tyra. Jason, Tim, and Lyla get wild down in Mexico. Jason also dumps himself off a boat. The Panthers somehow have the most down to the wire game they've had yet. Like, somehow BEYOND being down to the wire. Josh and Anthony border on impropriety, set a record number of censor beeps, have a heated deb...
Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 46 min
This week, Riggs and Street are LIVIN' IT UP in Mexico. Lyla is trying to do the Lord's work at the Boy's Home, but mostly just getting sexually harassed. Coach Taylor is giving up on his D1 dreams. Buddy is taking matters with Coach McGregor into his own hands. Julie is making poor life decision with a greasy Swede inexplicably named Anton. Tami is being a fantastic parent and human being. Josh and Anthony pour one out for Anthony's recently passed, beloved hedgehog, Fetty Wap. They also discus...
Jan 08, 2021•1 hr 24 min
This week in Dillon, things are really heating up between Landry and Tyra, and this makes absolutely ZERO sense to Pa Clarke, who is well aware that his son is a goofy looking dingus who has no business whatsoever in having a girl like Tyra sneak out his bedroom window. Zero. Like, something CRAZY has to be going on for his son to be hooking up with Tyra. Something as crazy as MURRRRRRDER. Coach wants Glenn's hands out of Tammi's icebox. Smash gets too big for his britches. Buddy has a plan, and...
Dec 19, 2020•1 hr 10 min
About this episode, Ron Kerrigan once said: "Eric and Tammi's separation takes its toll; Landry and Tyra become closer while Matt and Julie drift apart meanwhile the Panthers gear up for a new season." Ron Kerrigan then later tried to do better and said this about Season 2, Episode 3: "Tammy grows increasingly stressed by raising an infant alone, and becomes closer to a science teacher who took over her guidance counselor duties. Eric impresses his bosses with the way he handles a suspension mee...
Dec 11, 2020•1 hr 18 min
Freaking Landry picks up a freaking lead pipe and freaking goes to town on the back of a freaking rapist's head and derails the whole freaking show for an entire season. Julie is freaking terrible. The Swede is freaking sweaty. Also pretty sure he's not even freaking Swedish. The new coach almost freaking kills Tim Riggins. Coach Taylor ditches his wife not one freaking week into the life of his new human/alien hybrid child. Things are going off the rails in Dillon (much like the train in season...
Dec 04, 2020•1 hr 32 min
We've got another special BONUS episode for you this week: Friday Night Lights THE MOVIE. We were so excited to dig into this that we didn't want to go it alone, so we decided to call upon two of our favorite guys, fellow Platte Black Panthers, brothers, and hosts of the So Much Movies Podcast, Jordan and Ty. If you enjoy Reliving the Lights, there's pretty good chance you'll enjoy them too. Check them out at any of the links below. We hope you enjoy this extra special episode of Reliving the Li...
Nov 28, 2020•2 hr 24 min
We did it! We made it through season 1. We're going to take the week off and hit you with something special next week... a special CROSSOVER episode of Reliving the Lights with the Erickson Brothers from So Much Movies. Make sure you watch the original Friday Night Lights MOVIE for next week's episode. We didn't want to leave you COMPLETELY without Reliving the Lights this week, though, so enjoy this test/teaser episode we recorded before we even started the official podcast! Check out our frien...
Nov 20, 2020•23 min
We're back with another perfect episode of Friday Night Lights, and another INSTANT CLASSIC episode of Reliving the Lights. The Panthers make one last push for those UNIMAGINABLE NEW HEIGHTS. Landry provides erotic chocolates for Grandma Saracen. Matthew Saracen pouts around. Coach gives his worst speech and his best speech within a 24 hour time period. The Panthers play their championship game to a far less than sell out crowd, making coach to be a liar. Josh and Anthony welcome their VERY FIRS...
Nov 14, 2020•2 hr 13 min
BOOM. ROASTED. Coach accepts a new job, without the proper familial consultation. Landry and Tyra get even more intertwined (just RELATIONALLY... so far). Jason and Lyla become pretty much permanently UN-intertwined. Smash gets a HALL PASS from Waverly and unbelievably does not use it. The Panthers have a roast and somehow the drunkest thing Tim has ever said he was actually completely sober for. Josh and Anthony talk the ethics and feasibility of open relationships, and... actually stay fairly ...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 21 min
