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Taylor-Made

Taylor-Made

By Joe Buettner and Spenser Davis

Joe Buettner and Spenser Davis take you through the NBC hit show 'Friday Night Lights' like never before. This podcast examines the characters, storylines and other key elements of the series in 3-episode blocks.
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Episode 2: Rivalry week vandalism and VooDoo's "arranged marriage"

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Episode 14: Naked bootleg

Episode 14: Naked bootleg

This episode covers Season 3, Episodes 4-6 of Friday Night Lights with full spoilers. We talk about the battle between Matt Saracen and JD McCoy, the end of Smash Williams' college saga, Tyra's new love interest and the Riggins boys' latest project.

Aug 24, 202001:18:17
Episode 13: Strippers and (Stolen) Jumbotrons

Episode 13: Strippers and (Stolen) Jumbotrons

This episode covers Season 3, Episodes 1-3 of Friday Night Lights with full spoilers. We talk about the introduction of J.D. McCoy, the Riggins' latest theft, Tami's new job and clean up some (regretful) storylines from Season 2. 

Aug 16, 202001:29:47
Friday Night Lights Season 2 Awards Show

Friday Night Lights Season 2 Awards Show

In this episode, Joe and Spenser hand out awards for Season 2 of Friday Night Lights. Heavy spoilers ahead! 

Here are the 9 categories we award:

Best Actor

Best Actress

Beat Heat Check Performance

Best Scene

Worst Storyline

Best Quote

Best New Character

Least Valuable Player

Most Valuable Player

Aug 08, 202057:36
Episode 12: I Always Skip Wednesdays

Episode 12: I Always Skip Wednesdays

This episode covers Season 2, Episodes 13-15 of Friday Night Lights with full spoilers. We discuss Matt Saracen's horrible day, Landry Clark's complicated love life, Tim Riggins' big mistake, Tami Taylor surpassing Eric as best coach in the family and Jason Street's comeback.

Aug 03, 202001:17:45
Episode 11: Damn, Julie. Damn.

Episode 11: Damn, Julie. Damn.

This episode covers Season 2, Episodes 10-12 of Friday Night Lights with full spoilers. We discuss the tension at the Taylor household, Smash Williams' recruitment, Landry and Tyra and those jerks from Laribee.
Jul 27, 202001:16:15
Episode 10: Falling Through The Cracks

Episode 10: Falling Through The Cracks

This episode covers Season 2, Episodes 7-9 of Friday Night Lights with full spoilers. Also, at the top of the show, we briefly address where we've been for the last few months and consider an important thought experiment: How would every major FNL character handle a mask mandate?

Jul 17, 202001:34:49
Episode 9: Up in flames

Episode 9: Up in flames

SPOILER ALERT: This episode of Taylor-Made covers Episodes 4-6 of Season 2. Don’t listen or read beyond this point if you’re not caught up!
Jason Street and Tim Riggins travel to Mexico, coach Eric Taylor is back in Dillon, Matt might be finally moving on and THERE’S BEEN A CRIME.
Feb 03, 202001:12:30
Episode 8: There's been a murder

Episode 8: There's been a murder

The Taylor-Made gang is back to break down season two. In lieu of a two-minute drill, here's everything you need to know to get you up to speed on what we'll discuss:
Season 2, Ep. 1 “Last Days of Summer”
Matt and Julie’s relationship is crumbling thanks to this mysterious guy that suddenly shows up named The Swede, Tami has her baby and is struggling hard with Eric not around to help out, Tim Riggins is back to his old self and is pursuing Lyla hard. Lyla though is focused on her newfound faith. The Panthers have a new coach who Buddy Garrity hate.
And none of this really matters because Landry killed a dude to save Tyra.
Season 2, Ep. 2 “Bad Ideas”
Distance is taking its toll on Eric and Tami, as is the new Dillon head coach on Buddy Garrity’s favorite thing on earth. Carlotta has arrived at the Saracen household to be Grandma Saracen’s new in-home caretaker and Julie breaks up with Matt.
But again, none of this stuff compares to the fact Landry killed someone to save Tyra.
Season 2, Episode 3 “Are you ready for Friday”
Billy is with Jackie, who slept with Tim Riggins last season. Now that Matt doesn’t have Julie, the writers decided to give him a weird beef with Smash. Julie is with The Swede now, I guess. And Jason quits coaching to go see if an experimental surgery in Mexico will help him walk again.
And one last time, none of this really even measures up to Landry KILLING someone to save Tyra.
Dec 27, 201901:19:32
Friday Night Lights Season 1 Award Show

Friday Night Lights Season 1 Award Show

In this episode, we hand out awards for Season 1 of Friday Night Lights. 

Categories discussed:

Top 5 Best and Worst characters
Best actor
Best actress
Best heat check performances
Best scene
Worst storyline
Things you won’t forget

Nov 08, 201901:03:22
Episode 7: You don't have any laurels

Episode 7: You don't have any laurels

In this episode, we finish recapping Season 1 of Friday Night Lights, episodes 19-22. Next week, we will be back with a big picture look at Season 1 of the show. 

Oct 25, 201901:42:59
Episode 6: $700 is not hush money

Episode 6: $700 is not hush money

In this episode, we break down episodes 16 through 18 of Season 1 of Friday Night Lights. 

Oct 18, 201901:20:28
Episode 5: 'I am internal!'

Episode 5: 'I am internal!'

In this episode, we discuss episodes 13-15 of Season 1 of Friday Night Lights. 

Oct 11, 201901:26:26
Episode 4: It's different for girls

Episode 4: It's different for girls

In this episode, we break down Episodes 10-12 of Season 1 of Friday Night Lights. 

Sep 27, 201901:36:14
Episode 3: Tim and Lyla face the consequences

Episode 3: Tim and Lyla face the consequences

In this episode, we discuss episodes 7-9 of Season 1 of Friday Night Lights. 

Sep 20, 201901:41:48
Episode 2: Rivalry week vandalism and VooDoo's "arranged marriage"

Episode 2: Rivalry week vandalism and VooDoo's "arranged marriage"

In this episode, we cover episodes 4-6 of Friday Night Lights. We dive in to everything from rivalry week in Dillon to Tim and Lyla's forbidden relationship. We also discuss Matt Saracen's big punch, his flirtations with Julie Taylor and VooDoo's "arranged marriage" to Coach Taylor and the Dillon Panthers. 

Sep 13, 201901:39:42
Episode 1: Building the legend of Matt Saracen

Episode 1: Building the legend of Matt Saracen

This week, we're covering episodes 1-3 of Season 1 of Friday Night Lights. 

Sep 06, 201901:43:50
Taylor-Made Trailer

Taylor-Made Trailer

Joe Buettner and Spenser Davis lay the foundation for a new podcast that covers the television series, Friday Night Lights. 

Sep 05, 201903:07