Murder Comes to Friday Night Lights

Posted on October 25, 2007

Fans of the hit show Friday Night Lights on NBC are hopping mad at the screenwriters for the show. In fact, they're so mad that rumors are going around that the show could be ruined for good.

What's everyone so mad about? Well, in the season opener, funny, nerdy sidekick teen Landry Clarke killed a man who was threatening Tyra Collette, who Landry has a crush on. After the deed was done, the duo dumped the body. Viewers were horrified at the macabre turn of events that didn't exactly fit in with the show's themes.

The L.A. Times quotes a fan who "hated, hated, hated" the murder scene. The article says some TV critics are equally upset by the murder. The New Yorker's Nancy Franklin says, "The plot thread could easily overwhelm the show and kill it."

We think what happened was this: showrunner Jason Katims has been pulling double duty lately; he is also the showrunner for The Bionic Woman. Clearly, when the showrunner is away, the screenwriters will play. But Jason is leaving The Bionic Woman and coming back to focus full-time on Friday Night Lights.

We have two suggestions for the writers to dig themselves out of this fan-infuriating pit: 1) Just pretend it never happened, and never mention it again or 2) pull a Dallas and have the entire plotline be only a dream. Hey, they've got to do something. People are not happy.

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