A Friday Night Lights Companion

<p><strong>Introduction by Will Leitch founding editor of Deadspin</strong></p><p>Talk to any of the millions of devoted <em>Friday Night Lights</em> fans and they'll tell you: it's not just a show about high school football. Its rich interesting characters and honestly portrayed relationships make the show's portrait of West Texas life compelling and relatable in ways that have nothing--and everything--to do with touchdowns.</p><p><em>A Friday Night Lights Companion</em> celebrates the show its fearlessness and what it's meant to those who love it.</p><p>- <em>Dave Campbell's Texas Football</em> managing editor Travis Stewart provides a moving tribute to the power of high school football by way of unlikely hero Matt Saracen<br />- Jonna Rubin shares the lessons she's learned from the best marriage on television: Eric and Tami Taylor's (lesson number one: drink more wine)<br />- Television Without Pity writer Jacob Clifton offers a meditation on one of <em>Friday Night Lights</em>' most fundamental values: being a part of something bigger than yourself<br />- <em>The Washington Post</em>'s Jen Chaney reminds us what we love most about all our favorite Dillon residents from Tim Riggins to Buddy Garrity to Jess Merriweather<br />- And more writing and reflections on <em>Friday Night Lights</em></p><p><em>A Friday Night Lights Companion</em> takes you from series pilot to series finale through all five masterfully crafted seasons' worth of love loss family and football.</p>