Lyla Garrity is washing vandalism off of her locker before cheerleading practice. The other girls are writing the words slut and other things because she slept with Tim Riggins. Lyla is late to cheer practice because she was cleaning her locker and now she’s obviously distracted and is having a hard time practicing correctly. The other girls are still talking about her behind her back.
Julie Taylor is talking to Matt Saracen about her dad not approving their relationship. Matt is afraid of Coach Taylor but Julie is more confident. Matt tries to apologize for kissing her after the game and then Julie kisses him.
Jason Street is coming home from the rehab clinic. Jason is home now and his parents moved his room downstairs. Jason sees an old picture of him and Lyla together and he throws it on the ground.
Tami, Julie and Coach Taylor are on their way to school. Julie tells her father that she’s going out with Matt to Felton Lake. Landry is supposed to take them. Coach Taylor thinks Landry’s name is Lance because he doesn’t pay much attention to the guy. Coach Taylor tells Julie that Matt is not going on a date with her because he has to go to the cheerleading classic. The football team is going to support the cheerleaders.
Jason’s family is going to sue the school for what happened to him. A lawyer is supposed to meet with the family and ask Jason some questions. Jason’s parents are leaving to go to work and Mrs. Street is a little worried about leaving him alone in the house. Jason seems bored at home by himself.
Smash Williams is trying to talk to a new girl. He says that he’s there to welcome her. The new girl gives Smash a look and then he realizes that he knows her already and that her name is Waverly. Waverly is the Pastor’s daughter and she was away but now she’s back.
Tim tells Smash that Waverly is out of his league. They are joking in the locker room and the fellows say that Smash will get with the Pastor’s daughter before Matt gets with the Coach’s daughter. Coach Taylor was in the room and heard most of the conversation and is upset.
The cheerleaders are practicing for the Cheer Classic. The girls are bickering with each other. Brittany continues to have issues with Lyla. Lyla falls during a lift and then they start pushing and shoving each other. Ms. Der is upset with the girls and wants them to get their act together.
Jason goes outside. Mrs. Dunn, the next door neighbor, says hello to him. Jake the kid from next door asks Jason if he can walk. Jason tells him that he can’t walk but that he can still race him. Jason races him in his wheelchair and after the race is over he sees Lyla parked on the side of the road. She’s been there the whole time watching him with Jake. Jason tells Lyla that he doesn’t have anything to say to her and that she should go and not come back.
Smash is in class along with Julie and Waverly. Waverly and Smash are talking about the subject of monogamy. They both seem to agree that men want to be with a lot of women, but then Waverly says that monogamy is what makes humans civilized and it’s not a bad thing if it’s done with the right person.
Lyla is being invited to a party by a couple of guys at lunch. Then Tim Riggins shows up to talk to Lyla. Lyla asks Tim if he knows that he’s sitting with the school slut. Lyla tells Tim how different it is for girls. She says that men get popular for sleeping around while women get called sluts. Then she tells Tim that she made one mistake and it was still a mistake for her. Lyla tells Tim that he’s making it worse for her by sitting next to her in the lunch room. Tyra Collette can see Tim talking and sitting with Lyla. Tim gets up and leaves. Tyra walks over to Tim outside the lunch room and tells Tim that he’s making it worse for her. Tim tells Tyra that Lyla mentioned that to her. Tyra then realizes that Tim has fallen for her.
Buddy Garrity is finishing his day of selling vehicles when Ben shows up to talk to him. Brittany, his daughter, put some stuff up on the internet about Lyla. Ben warns Buddy about the rumors that are being spread about her on the internet. Ben showed up to apologize in person.
Tami tells Coach Taylor how it was for Lyla as she was walking in the cafeteria. Matt is at the door. He’s there to see Julie. Matt is still very nervous around the Taylor’s. Julie comes to the door and says that she wants to watch some TV with Matt. Coach Taylor is stunned silent as Julie grabs Matt and walks him into the house to watch TV.
Jason is talking to the lawyer about what he did when he was on the team. The lawyer asks him about whether or not the coach ever instructed him on how to make a tackle. Jason says that he was the quarterback and was not instructed on how to make a tackle because he played offense and was the quarterback. Jason is afraid that they are going to sue Coach Taylor and not the school. The lawyer tells him that he just wants him to tell the truth.
Coach Taylor is upset that Matt just showed up. Tami doesn’t really like it either but she’s not going to check up on them. Coach Taylor goes out to see what is going on and sees Matt and Julie sitting next to each other with a blanket over them. Matt gets nervous and says that he needs to check on his grandmother. He just shakes Julie’s hand and leaves nervously because Coach Taylor is standing over them.
Lyla can see that they made a website calling her a slut and teasing her. Buddy goes to her room door and Lyla lies and says she’s doing research on her computer but she’s looking at the website that is making fun of her. Buddy leaves to go to bed and Lyla begins to cry.
There is a pep rally in the gym for the football team. Coach Taylor makes mention of the Cheer America Championship Classic on the Saturday after the game. Coach Taylor says good luck and that the football team will be there to support them. Coach then introduces some “ladies” and it is some football players dressed in drag with pom-poms, including Smash, Tim Riggins and Matt Saracen.
Tami notices that Lyla is missing from the pep rally. Tami walks over to Lyla and they read a note that was left for her at her locker. Lyla thought that the girls would just talk and she would be able to tough it out but the harassment won’t stop so Lyla is deciding to quit the cheerleading team. Lyla tells Tami that being a cheerleader is something that she’s wanted to do since she was 5 but ever since Jason’s accident she’s been feeling different about cheering anyway.
Smash Williams takes some pills before practice and runs an impressive sprint in the 40 yard dash. Coach Taylor and Coach Mac are very impressed with his speed.
Matt is talking to Coach Taylor about seeing Julie. Matt thinks that Coach has a problem with him and Coach Taylor says that he’s right. Matt was trying to have a conversation but then he’s cut off by the Coach and told that if he doesn’t want him to see his daughter that he won’t see her.
Mrs. Garrity is asking Lyla if she has spoken to Jason. She tells Lyla that the important thing about her making a mistake is that she learns from it.
Smash is worried about having dinner with the Pastor. He is bothering his mother and his sister about preparing everything for their arrival and dinner. The Pastor and his daughter Waverly are at the door. Smash says grace and then tries to find out what was going on with Waverly. Waverly was in Africa and that is why she was away. Smash is really curious because he’s never been outside Texas. Pastor asks Smash about his SAT classes and Smash just says that everything is alright.
Jason is putting himself to bed when Tim Riggins shows up at his room door. Tim tells Jason that Lyla is completely in love with him and that she’s going through hell. He’s telling Jason about how people are picking on her at school and that she’s quit cheerleading. Jason believes that Tim can help Lyla with her problems and not him. Tim apologizes for what he’s done, again but Jason is not in the mood to talk at the moment. Tim leaves.
Julie tells her parents that she’s going to the movies with Matt and that he’s picking her up right now to go to school. Coach Taylor is trying to stop her and talk to her. Landry is there picking up Matt and Julie to go to school. Tami isn’t sure who Landry is. Coach Taylor says he’s going to have a “Matt Chat”.
Matt is talking to Coach Taylor in his office and Coach gives him a big assignment to do over the weekend. He wants Matt to go over several game tapes. He knows that it will take a lot of time and he’s hoping that Matt won’t be able to spend time with Julie because Julie doesn’t like football.
Smash is trying to ask Waverly out. When he’s talking to her several girls go up to him and say hi. Smash is still trying to talk to Waverly when Coach Mac yells at him to make it to the bus. Smash then asks her out to miniature golf and she says that she’ll think about it.
The winless Timberwolves are playing the Dillon Panthers. The Panthers beat the Timberwolves soundly. Smash Williams has some great stats. After the game Lyla is outside Jason’s house.
Smash is on a date with Waverly playing miniature golf. Waverly is talking to him about his academics. Smash brings up if Waverly still wants to go to medical school and that he remembers her playing doctor all the time when she was younger. Smash thinks it was really cool that she went to Africa but Waverly seems to have a different attitude towards her experience. A girl comes up to Smash to talk to him about his football game. He tells the girl that they are going all the way to State. Then out of nowhere Smash’s nose is bleeding. Waverly says that she doesn’t think he spent that money on SAT classes and Smash says he’s not sure if she went to Africa.
Lyla is trying to talk to Jason but Jason is still upset and hurt. Lyla is upset and says that she only made one mistake and that she was there for him every single day and night. Jason says that he didn’t need the only person that he loved to break his heart. Lyla tells him that she felt lost and alone when he was in the hospital. Jason still tells Lyla that he can’t bring himself to completely forgive her. He just can’t.
The cheer classic is getting started. Coach Taylor is at home and he’s running late to go see the Dillon Cheerleaders perform. Julie is going to get a ride over to the performance with Matt and Landry. She spent most of the day looking over tapes with Matt. The Coach’s plan to keep Matt busy and away from Julie backfired but Coach is slightly happy that Julie is taking an interest in football.
Tim goes over to Lyla’s house before the Cheer Classic. Tim thinks that Lyla should go because he knows how much she loves cheerleading and thinks that she gets the same thing out of it that he gets from playing football. Tim doesn’t want Lyla to give up just because of what happened between them.
Coach Taylor and Tami show up and they are not as late as they thought they would be. They are looking for Julie.
The Cheer competition is underway and all the Cheerleaders are performing.
Smash William’s nose is bleeding again and Coach Taylor is in the bathroom with him. Coach notices his nosebleed and that it doesn’t look like a minor problem.
Coach Taylor and his wife find Julie. Julie is with Matt and they sit a few seats away from each other.
Lyla shows up late and says that she wants to perform and to sign her name in for the competition. Her reputation precedes her and she acknowledges that she’s the so-called “whore with the website” but she doesn’t care about that right now.
The Dillon Panther cheerleaders are going to perform and all the main football players are there, Matt, Tim and Smash. Lyla does a great job and so does the rest of the team. Lyla gives a look out in the crowd and she can see that Jason is there too and he was watching Lyla perform with the team.

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The Williams family is at church during a sermon and Smash Williams is outside in his car injecting himself with steroids. Lyla Garrity is making cupcakes at home to take to the Rehab Center for Jason.
The sermon is about God judging secret lives. The camera is panning back and forth from Smash and Lyla. They are two people that have done or are doing something secret. Lyla has cheated on Jason with Tim and Smash is taking steroids behind everyone’s back.
The Reverend gives a prayer for Smash that he will run all over Gatling in the game Friday. Smash is feeling guilty about what he is doing.
Lyla Garrity is at the rehab center visiting Jason Street. Jason is removing pictures of Lyla in his room when Lyla walks in. Lyla gets emotional and apologizes to Jason for being with Tim. Jason asks Lyla how many times she’s had sex with Tim and then asks her to leave. Lyla leaves but then drops off her bag of cupcakes.
Sammy Mead is doing his talk show on Panther radio. He is concerned about Dillon’s game against Gatling because it is an away game and they have a very talented Middle Linebacker (Junior Silverio). The callers and Sammy continue to talk about Gatling. Gatling is Smash Williams hometown and where he grew up. Smash asks his mother if they want to go see their Dad when they go to Gatling. Everyone gets quiet but then his mother says they aren’t going to a cemetery.
Tami is talking to Coach Taylor about Julie and Matt Saracen’s relationship. Coach Taylor tries to downplay her attraction for Matt comparing him to a serial killer and the Riggins brothers, in Coach Taylor’s mind Matt isn’t someone to worry about.
Tim Riggins is sitting outside his truck concentrating. Matt is being pressured, as the captain of the football team, to talk to Tim about what happened with Tim and Jason. Tim walks into the locker room and looks at a picture of him and Jason together. He folds the picture and takes it down from his locker.
Tyra Collette is calling for Lyla and wants to talk; she tells her that she heard about Jason punching Tim. Tyra asks Lyla why Jason punched Tim. Tyra reminds Lyla that there are rumors flying around about her and Tim.
The Mayor is not satisfied with the accommodations for the visiting Gatling entourage that is going to the game and wants a better hotel negotiated. She makes a joke about trying to avoid a drive by and then volunteers Tami to go with Buddy Garrity to an event to talk to the people in Gatling to get a better hotel for them to stay at.
Julie is talking to her friend about dating a “football player”. She is warning Julie that people change fast and that Matt is still the starting quarterback of the football team.
Landry is with Matt and they are shopping for clothes at a Thrift Store. Landry is telling Matt that he needs to change his image for Julie. Landry is trying to get him to be more then himself and to be Matt Saracen the “football player”. Landry finds a Members Only jacket for Matt to wear.
Coach Taylor wants his team to be ready for Junior Silverio and the Gatling defense. Coach is talking to the team and tells them that they are going to run through them and make a statement that will lead them all the way to state.
Jason is getting visited by some football team members. Jason tells the group that Tim didn’t hit him but that he hit Tim. They ask him about the rumors that Tim Riggins was with Lyla Garrity and Jason doesn’t deny it. The group tells Jason that they have his back and that they will “take care” of the situation.

Landry and Matt are talking and Matt wants Landry to watch over his grandmother while he’s out on his date. Coach Taylor calls Landry “Lance” and then talks to Matt about his big date night. Coach wants to know what is going on with Tim Riggins. Matt tells Coach Taylor that there is a rumor that Tim hooked up with Lyla and that could be bothering him. Coach then warns Matt that he does speak to his daughter, a lot.
Brian “Smash” Williams and Junior are going to hand out together before the game. The Williams family is going to go to a barbeque at the Silverio’s house. Smash wants to know if he moved to Dillon to get away from the ghetto or to get away from his father. Mrs. Williams gets upset and tells him to get away from the table.
Matt arrives at Coach Taylor’s house to pick Julie up to go out on their date. Coach Taylor notices Matt’s Members Only jacket. Coach Taylor and Tami don’t like what Julie is wearing. Tami asks Julie to change. Coach Taylor jokes and asks Matt if he wants a beer. Matt answers him seriously and says no because he’s driving. Coach says he was joking with a very serious tone.
Matt is out on his date and wants to get a ticket for a show and it’s sold out. He wants to know why he can’t get a ticket because football players usually get reserve tickets. The ticket agent tells him that they don’t give privileges for football players after Reyes started a fight. Landry calls Julie’s cell phone to talk to Matt about his grandmother. Matt tells Landry that if something goes wrong to turn on the Discovery Channel. Matt tells Julie that he’s going to have to stop by the house to see about his grandmother.
Matt makes it back to his house and Landry tells Matt that his grandmother has flipped out and locked herself in the closet. Matt’s grandmother is calling for “Joel” and that’s his grandfather. Matt is roll-playing and acting like he’s “Joel” to get her out of the closet. Matt then sings a song to get his grandmother out of the closet. Matt sings “Mr. Sandman” to get her out of the closet. She gets out of the closet and she is happy and smiling and singing along with Matt. Landry and Julie are in the house and they can see Matt with his grandmother singing and putting her to bed.
After Matt puts her to bed, there is a really awkward moment in the kitchen with Julie, Landry and Matt and then Julie tells Matt that she’ll get Landry to take her home.
Buddy is a little worried about Lyla; he’s knocking on her room door and wants to know why she didn’t come down for breakfast. He doesn’t want her to be late for school.
Tami is asking Julie about the date. Julie says that she isn’t going to talk about the date but then she tells her that they didn’t go to a movie. She tells her mom that she got to see the real Matt Saracen.
Matt thinks that his date was a disaster. Landry said that the only thing that he did right was sing to his grandmother. Julie said that Matt’s singing to his grandmother was sweet and vulnerable. Matt thinks that those
compliments” are not for a boyfriend. Landry tells Matt to drop the quarterback thing and use the sensitive angle.
Buddy is going over what he wants to say to the people of Gatling about the accommodations for Dillon. Buddy wants to be firm but Tami wants to be more diplomatic. Buddy changes the subject and talks about how Lyla speaks highly of her as a counselor. Buddy asks Tami about Lyla because he notices that she’s distracted and not eating. Tami tells Buddy that the best thing he can do is be there for her and let her know that he loves her. Buddy changes the subject back to Gatling and says he’ll put some pressure on them and Tami can kill them with kindness.
Smash is working out and his sister Sheila is spotting him. Smash starts talking about his father. He doesn’t understand why he can’t talk about him. Smash sees his Dad is a good light but Sheila says that she remembers other things. Smash is having a bad time breathing all of a sudden and decides to go to the hospital about it.
The Doctor says that Smash is having an anxiety attack but that he should be fine. Sheila notices a difference with him and asks him about it. Smash says that he’s been getting some “pick me ups” from someone at the gym. Smash tells Sheila that football is all he has and that it’s his life and he also asks her to keep quiet about him using “pick me ups”.
Tim Riggins drives home in his pickup when he’s surrounded by a bunch of guys with bats. The guys start busting his truck up with the bats. They are breaking all the windows to get him back for sleeping with Lyla.

Coach Taylor is visiting Jason and asks Jason how he’s doing. Jason said he’s doing better then him and that Gatling is going to be tough. Jason tells him about his Quad Rugby scrimmage and then asks Coach Taylor if he heard about anything else. Coach Taylor said that he has heard about something. Jason then tells Coach Taylor that he punched Tim.
Tyra drives up to Tim’s house and Tim is cleaning the broken glass from his truck. Tyra walks up, turns the vacuum off and then slaps Tim. Tyra really gets upset and says that he could’ve been with anyone but Lyla.
Buddy and Tami are meeting with the people of Gatlin to discuss the accommodations for Dillon. Tami says that Gatling has the best BBQ and then Buddy Garrity gets right to business and says that the hotel that they are putting them in is not good enough for them. Tami takes a different approach and says that when they bring over the town of Dillon and all the money that they will spend along with them that the 5 star hotel will bring the rates down for their group.
The team and parents along with the cheerleaders are traveling over to Gatling. The town of Gatling is more inner-city compared to Dillon.
Jason is doing some exercises to build strength in his hands and arms when Tyra stops by. She says that they might be the only people in town with the game over in Gatling. She surprises Jason with a bottle of liquor.
Smash comes over to visit Junior and they are having a BBQ. Junior is telling Smash about their friend that got in trouble and is in jail now. Junior tells him that they are the only two people from the hood that have a decent shot at making it. Mrs. Williams goes into a little tirade about Smashes father. Smash can overhear her talking and then he walks away upset.
Jason and Tyra are playing a drinking game called “Quarters”. Jason is teasing Tim and then Tyra starts teasing Lyla. They both ask each other if they will be able to forgive them for what they’ve done.
Smashes mother was looking for him. Smash finally shows up and he has missed bed check. Smash went to go see the old house. He was really upset and walked off. Mrs. Williams asks Smash what he remembers about the night of his father’s accident. Mrs. Williams tells him the truth about what happened to him and that the story he knows isn’t completely true, even she had no idea how he was with or where he was going when he got into his car accident. She then tells Smash that he has the best parts of him and that he would’ve been so proud of him and that she says some bad thing about him sometimes.
Brian “Smash” Williams goes to his father’s grave sight. Michael Williams is his name. Smash gets emotional at the sight of his headstone.

The Dillon Panthers run onto the field and then the Gatling Eagles run on the field. Some of the Gatling players have words for the Dillon Panthers and they start to push and shove each other before the game starts.

Coach Taylor tells everyone to get themselves together and play smart.
Smash yells at his team to get them hyped up.
The score is 0-0 in the 4th quarter. Saracen, Riggins and Smash have been shut down by Junior Silverio and the Gatling defense. Smash Williams gets a handoff and is tackled hard by Junior Silverio. On another play, Smash catches a screen and is hit hard by Junior Silverio again.
The Dillon Panthers have the football deep in their own territory. A play is called and Junior Silverio hits Riggins hard and tackles him for a Safety and Riggins is hurt. Gatling is winning the game 2-0. Smash helps Riggins off the field
Lyla is getting taunted and there are girls in the stands asking her questions about Tim Riggins underwear. Buddy Garrity can hear the taunts that the girls are saying to Lyla because she slept with Tim. The girls are yelling at her and one girl throws a drink at her. Lyla then walks away and under the bleachers.
Buddy goes under the bleachers to talk to Lyla. Lyla is crying and Buddy wants to know what is wrong. Lyla tells her father that she lost Jason. She tells him that she was unfaithful. Buddy tells Lyla that we all make mistakes and we grow up. Lyla noticed that he never left a game before and Buddy tells her that it’s only a game and that she¡¦s his daughter.
Coach Taylor tells his team they only have one shot at winning this game. Coach asks Tim if he has one more big play in him and to give it the best he has.
Tim is hurt but he’s coming out on the field. The rest of the team including the guys that busted up his truck forgives him.
Saracen gets the snap and pitches the ball to Smash. Tim Riggins makes a huge block on Juinor Silverio and Smash sprints all the way for a touchdown. The Dillon Panthers win the game thanks a lot to Tim’s big block.
The football team and everyone in the stands are happy and they are celebrating.
Julie comes on the field to tell Matt that he had a great game and then Matt kisses her. Tami noticed the kiss in the stands. Smash goes up to his mother in the stands and gives her a huge hug and says that he’s ready to go home.

SOURCE: TV.com