List of Friday Night Lights episodes

Friday Night Lights is an American sports drama television series developed by Peter Berg from a book and film of the same name. The series details events surrounding a high school football team from a fictional town called Dillon: a small, close-knit community in rural Texas. Particular focus is given to team coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his family.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired	Network
	1	22	October 3, 2006	April 11, 2007	NBC
	2	15	October 5, 2007	February 8, 2008
	3	13	October 1, 2008	January 14, 2009	DirecTV
	4	13	October 28, 2009	February 10, 2010
	5	13	October 27, 2010	February 9, 2011

Episodes

Season 1 (2006–07)

Main article: Friday Night Lights (season 1)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Pilot"	Peter Berg	Peter Berg	October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)
2	2	"Eyes Wide Open"	Jeffrey Reiner	Jason Katims	October 10, 2006 (2006-10-10)
3	3	"Wind Sprints"	Jeffrey Reiner	Elizabeth Heldens	October 17, 2006 (2006-10-17)
4	4	"Who's Your Daddy"	Allison Liddi-Brown	Kerry Ehrin	October 24, 2006 (2006-10-24)
5	5	"Git'er Done"	Mark Piznarski	Patrick Massett & John Zinman	October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30)
6	6	"El Accidente"	Dan Lerner	Carter Harris	November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07)
7	7	"Homecoming"	Patrick Norris	David Hudgins	November 14, 2006 (2006-11-14)
8	8	"Crossing the Line"	Jeffrey Reiner	Bridget Carpenter	November 28, 2006 (2006-11-28)
9	9	"Full Hearts"	Josh Pate	Aaron Rahsaan Thomas	December 5, 2006 (2006-12-05)
10	10	"It's Different for Girls"	Stephen Kay	Andy Miller	December 12, 2006 (2006-12-12)
11	11	"Nevermind"	Jonas Pate	Elizabeth Heldens	January 3, 2007 (2007-01-03)
12	12	"What to Do While You're Waiting"	David Boyd	Kerry Ehrin	January 10, 2007 (2007-01-10)
13	13	"Little Girl I Wanna Marry You"	Jeffrey Reiner	Jason Katims	January 24, 2007 (2007-01-24)
14	14	"Upping the Ante"	Allison Liddi-Brown	David Hudgins	January 31, 2007 (2007-01-31)
15	15	"Blinders"	Stephen Kay	Bridget Carpenter & Carter Harris	February 7, 2007 (2007-02-07)
16	16	"Black Eyes and Broken Hearts"	Jeffrey Reiner	Patrick Massett & John Zinman	February 14, 2007 (2007-02-14)
17	17	"I Think We Should Have Sex"	Allison Liddi-Brown	Elizabeth Heldens	February 21, 2007 (2007-02-21)
18	18	"Extended Families"	Charles Stone	Kerry Ehrin	February 28, 2007 (2007-02-28)
19	19	"Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes"	Jeffrey Reiner	Jason Katims	March 21, 2007 (2007-03-21)
20	20	"Mud Bowl"	David Boyd	Elizabeth Heldens & David Hudgins	March 28, 2007 (2007-03-28)
21	21	"Best Laid Plans"	Jeffrey Reiner	Kerry Ehrin & Carter Harris	April 4, 2007 (2007-04-04)
22	22	"State"	Jeffrey Reiner	Jason Katims & Patrick Massett & John Zinman	April 11, 2007 (2007-04-11)

Season 2 (2007–08)

Main article: Friday Night Lights (season 2)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
23	1	"Last Days of Summer"	Jeffrey Reiner	Jason Katims	October 5, 2007 (2007-10-05)
24	2	"Bad Ideas"	Jeffrey Reiner	Elizabeth Heldens	October 12, 2007 (2007-10-12)
25	3	"Are You Ready for Friday Night?"	Seith Mann	Kerry Ehrin	October 19, 2007 (2007-10-19)
26	4	"Backfire"	Jonas Pate	David Hudgins	October 26, 2007 (2007-10-26)
27	5	"Let's Get It On"	David Boyd	Patrick Massett & John Zinman	November 2, 2007 (2007-11-02)
28	6	"How Did I Get Here"	Jonas Pate	Carter Harris	November 9, 2007 (2007-11-09)
29	7	"Pantherama!"	David Boyd	Bridget Carpenter	November 16, 2007 (2007-11-16)
30	8	"Seeing Other People"	Jeffrey Reiner	Elizabeth Heldens	November 30, 2007 (2007-11-30)
31	9	"The Confession"	Allison Liddi-Brown	Bridget Carpenter	December 7, 2007 (2007-12-07)
32	10	"There Goes the Neighborhood"	Jeffrey Reiner	David Hudgins	January 4, 2008 (2008-01-04)
33	11	"Jumping the Gun"	Dan Attias	Patrick Massett & John Zinman	January 11, 2008 (2008-01-11)
34	12	"Who Do You Think You Are?"	Michael Waxman	Kerry Ehrin	January 18, 2008 (2008-01-18)
35	13	"Humble Pie"	Jeffery Reiner	Carter Harris	January 25, 2008 (2008-01-25)
36	14	"Leave No One Behind"	Dean White	Aaron Rahsaan Thomas	February 1, 2008 (2008-02-01)
37	15	"May the Best Man Win"	Patrick Norris	David Hudgins	February 8, 2008 (2008-02-08)

Season 3 (2008–09)

Main article: Friday Night Lights (season 3)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
38	1	"I Knew You When"	Jeffrey Reiner	Jason Katims	October 1, 2008 (2008-10-01)
39	2	"Tami Knows Best"	Jeffrey Reiner	Elizabeth Heldens	October 8, 2008 (2008-10-08)
40	3	"How the Other Half Lives"	Dean White	Patrick Massett & John Zinman	October 15, 2008 (2008-10-15)
41	4	"Hello, Goodbye"	Michael Waxman	David Hudgins	October 22, 2008 (2008-10-22)
42	5	"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"	Jason Katims	Kerry Ehrin	October 29, 2008 (2008-10-29)
43	6	"It Ain't Easy Being J.D. McCoy"	Patrick Norris	Bridget Carpenter	November 5, 2008 (2008-11-05)
44	7	"Keeping Up Appearances"	Chris Eyre	Brent Fletcher	November 12, 2008 (2008-11-12)
45	8	"New York, New York"	Jeffrey Reiner	Kerry Ehrin	November 19, 2008 (2008-11-19)
46	9	"Game of the Week"	Michael Waxman	David Hudgins	December 3, 2008 (2008-12-03)
47	10	"The Giving Tree"	David Boyd	Elizabeth Heldens	December 10, 2008 (2008-12-10)
48	11	"A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall"	Michael Waxman	Bridget Carpenter & Patrick Massett & John Zinman	December 17, 2008 (2008-12-17)
49	12	"Underdogs"	Jeffrey Reiner	Elizabeth Heldens	January 7, 2009 (2009-01-07)
50	13	"Tomorrow Blues"	Jeffrey Reiner	Jason Katims	January 14, 2009 (2009-01-14)

Season 4 (2009–10)

Main article: Friday Night Lights (season 4)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
51	1	"East of Dillon"	Peter Berg	Jason Katims	October 28, 2009 (2009-10-28)
52	2	"After the Fall"	Michael Waxman	Kerry Ehrin	November 4, 2009 (2009-11-04)
53	3	"In the Skin of a Lion"	Patrick Norris	Patrick Massett & John Zinman	November 11, 2009 (2009-11-11)
54	4	"A Sort of Homecoming"	Christopher Misiano	Etan Frankel	November 18, 2009 (2009-11-18)
55	5	"The Son"	Allison Liddi-Brown	Rolin Jones	December 2, 2009 (2009-12-02)
56	6	"Stay"	Patrick Norris	Bridget Carpenter	December 9, 2009 (2009-12-09)
57	7	"In the Bag"	Stephen Kay	Ron Fitzgerald	December 16, 2009 (2009-12-16)
58	8	"Toilet Bowl"	Michael Waxman	Derek Santos Olson	January 6, 2010 (2010-01-06)
59	9	"The Lights in Carroll Park"	Christopher Misiano	Patrick Massett & John Zinman	January 13, 2010 (2010-01-13)
60	10	"I Can't"	Ami Canaan Mann	Bridget Carpenter	January 20, 2010 (2010-01-20)
61	11	"Injury List"	Seith Mann	Kerry Ehrin	January 27, 2010 (2010-01-27)
62	12	"Laboring"	Adam Davidson	Rolin Jones	February 3, 2010 (2010-02-03)
63	13	"Thanksgiving"	Michael Waxman	Jason Katims	February 10, 2010 (2010-02-10)

Season 5 (2010–11)

Main article: Friday Night Lights (season 5)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
64	1	"Expectations"	Michael Waxman	David Hudgins	October 27, 2010 (2010-10-27)
65	2	"On the Outside Looking In"	Michael Waxman	Kerry Ehrin	November 3, 2010 (2010-11-03)
66	3	"The Right Hand of the Father"	David Boyd	Patrick Massett & John Zinman	November 10, 2010 (2010-11-10)
67	4	"Keep Looking"	Todd McMullen	Bridget Carpenter	November 17, 2010 (2010-11-17)
68	5	"Kingdom"	Patrick Norris	Rolin Jones	December 1, 2010 (2010-12-01)
69	6	"Swerve"	Jonas Pate	Ron Fitzgerald	December 8, 2010 (2010-12-08)
70	7	"Perfect Record"	Adam Davidson	Etan Frankel & Derek Santos Olson	December 15, 2010 (2010-12-15)
71	8	"Fracture"	Allison Liddi-Brown	Monica Henderson	January 5, 2011 (2011-01-05)
72	9	"Gut Check"	Chris Eyre	David Hudgins	January 12, 2011 (2011-01-12)
73	10	"Don't Go"	Michael Waxman	Bridget Carpenter	January 19, 2011 (2011-01-19)
74	11	"The March"	Jason Katims	Rolin Jones	January 26, 2011 (2011-01-26)
75	12	"Texas Whatever"	Kyle Chandler	Kerry Ehrin	February 2, 2011 (2011-02-02)
76	13	"Always"	Michael Waxman	Jason Katims	February 9, 2011 (2011-02-09)

External links

• List of Friday Night Lights episodes at NBC
• Friday Night Lights at IMDb