I am – Hercules!!


A moving, funny, first-rate episode! Jesse Plemons? Money in the bank!

NBC says:

LAST DAYS OF SUMMER
SEASONS OF CHANGE-Season Premiere-- With summer coming to an end, the defending state champion Dillon Panthers look to continue its success despite a lot of changes taking place. Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) begins his career as head coach at TMU and immediately discovers the hardship of being separated from his family as Tami Taylor (Connie Britton) heads into labor with their second child. Meanwhile, Tyra Collette (Adrianne Palicki) is revisited from someone in her past that will alter her life forever. Best friends Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) and Landry Clarke (Jesse Plemons) battle with new lifestyles that neither of them seem ready for. Also starring Taylor Kitsch, Aimee Teegarden, Minka Kelly, Scott Porter, and Gaius Charles.

What NBC won’t tell you can be found in the spoiler-saturated text invisible!
* Most of the female regulars, including Tyra, appear in the teaser poolside in swimwear.

* Coach Taylor is again denied a masculine child, perhaps as Jesus’ punishment for taking the job at Texas Methodist, which is not a real school.

* Landry has a run-in with wildlife and “Fried Green Tomatoes.”

* Tyra’s “someone in her past” mmay be the fellow who tried to bone her without permission late last season.

* Julie Taylor fears destiny.

* There’s a Riggins-y Swede named Anton lurking about.

* Mathlete Landry tries out for the Panthers, but Tyra seems unimpressed.

* The great Chris Mulkey plays the Panthers’ new coach. He’s high on Smash Williams, but less high on Saracen and Riggins.

* Lyla is really into Jesus now, and her separated mom is really into the owner of a health-food store, much to Buddy Garrity’s dismay.

* SUPERSPOILER! As the episode ends, Coach Taylor is still working for TMU.

9 p.m. Friday. NBC.

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