The season started out dark, but over the last two weeks the show seems to be bringing back some of the lightheartedness that makes it so great. However, I must begin by discussing the biggest plot point of the week – Old Yeller’s decision to torch the station wagon to protect his son. When Landry confessed, I wasn’t sure which way it was headed. Would Old Yeller force Landry to turn himself in or would he try to cover up his son’s misdeeds? It turned out to be the latter (which is a LOT more interesting) but I can’t help but wonder just how suspicious it’s going to look when the DMV records show that Tyra’s ex-boyfriend drove a car with the same fibers that were found on the body. Oh, and the car was “stolen.” Hmm.
One thing that might save Landry is the fact that the detectives may not know that he and Tyra were dating, which is the key to linking those fibers to a person of interest. Regardless, the show needs the jovial Landry back – he’s one of the funniest characters on the show.
In other news, Eric found out that his paycheck is short and he had to take the AD job to cobble enough together to make his nut. Based on soccer coach Bobbi Roberts hilarious rant in his office – “I’ll give you a hint, it rhymes with ‘occer ball’” – his new job is going to require more work than Buddy and his cohort suggested.
Riggins is back from his “sojourn” – “I don’t know what a sojourn is” – but Eric isn’t going to let him back on the team. I’m not sure why Tim hasn’t told his coach that he went to Mexico because Jason was thinking about having experimental back surgery that involved shark stem cells. After hearing that, Eric would surely cut him some slack, wouldn’t he?
I’m not clear on where this whole Santiago storyline is going, other than to give Riggins a chance to redeem himself. I did like Buddy’s line about where Santiago was before enrolling at Dillion – “He was doing a little juvenile retainer thing for a minute.” If the guy can’t catch the ball, then maybe Eric should put him on defense. I had to laugh when Smash asked Tim if he was starting his own team and when he argued with Matt about who was going to get the ball.
Speaking of Matt, there is a new love in his life, but it’s not Carlota. In fact, Carlota hasn’t gotten much screen time in the last two weeks so I don’t know if that relationship is going to happen anytime soon, if at all. Anyway, Lauren is a nice distraction for QB1, but it’s obvious that the sight of the two of them making out was too much for Julie too handle. But she made her own bed, didn’t she? At least she has Tyra’s shoulder to cry on.
So is the Landry/Tyra manslaughter problem done or is it going to come back to bite them? I have a feeling it’s going to rear its ugly head later on in the season.
