Friday Night Lights

Saying goodbye to the characters was like saying goodbye to good friends. I think it’s similar to this: My brother works in psychology, with patients with split personalities, and what he tries to do is integrate those personalities so they slowly disappear. It felt like that with the final episode: We finally integrated to the point where the characters were gone, and now we’re starting over and waiting for the next job. I liked Coach Taylor a lot — I think he’s a really cool guy. But he was just a little too Goody Two-shoes for me.

Coach’s sentimental send-off may have been benched for the finale, but it was included on the season 5 DVD as an extra. Make that a well-hidden extra. To uncover it: Go to the menu screen for the finale, choose the “commentary off” button, click right, and select the small football that appears.