Jason Street is explaining Quad Rugby to Lyla Garrity’s mother. He’s explaining the difference between Wheelchair Basketball and Quad Rugby. Buddy Garrity is putting Jason down by calling Quad Rugby a hobby because Jason can not make a living doing it. Buddy and Jason get into an argument about the lawsuit. Buddy is upset that Jason is suing “his team and his Coach”. In the heat of the argument Jason tells Lyla’s parents that they are getting married. Buddy doesn’t take the news well and he goes into the house upset with his wife. Lyla goes in the house after them. *Theme Music*
Ralph Jarrett is broadcasting a radio show from Applebee’s; they are having a special Playoff Broadcast. They are talking about Smash Williams being benched last week and whether or not he will play in the next game. Matt Saracen is sitting with Julie Taylor. The host of the radio show calls Matt up to talk. The whole Applebee’s is cheering his name and he’s getting a lot of looks and waves from girls.
Julie is outside the Applebee’s waiting for Matt Saracen. Matt spent more time talking on the radio show then he thought he would. Tim Riggins and some other football players drive up to the Applebee’s and grab Matt and put him into the car and drive off leaving Julie alone with no ride. Tyra Collette offers Julie a ride home. Julie turns it down at first but then accepts the ride.
Smash Williams is in the locker room doing chores for Coach Taylor. Coach wants to see the drug test results from the clinic. Smash is clean. Coach Taylor is showing no compassion for Smash at all and will not tell him if he will play again.
Tim Riggins is in court and he needs to pay a fine for speeding. Billy Riggins is not Tim’s legal guardian so Tim needs to get a document signed by his father in order for the charges to be dropped.
Julie is hanging out with Tyra and they are shopping. Tyra tells Julie that Buddy Garrity is her sister’s number one customer at the strip club. Julie likes some lipstick at the store but tells Tyra that she can’t afford it. Tyra shoplifts the lipstick and walks out the store giggling with Julie.
Tim doesn’t want to risk losing his license so he is determined to get his father to sign for him. Billy warns Tim about going to see their dad.
Julie Taylor begs her mother to go to a concert with Matt on a weeknight. She wants to see the Old 97’s. Julie makes a bunch of promises to her mother and finally Tami allows her to go.
Tim is on his way to see his father. He is having a hard time finding him because he doesn’t live where he used to. Tim runs into one of his father’s former girlfriends named Lydia and she tells Tim that if he finds him to give her back her Conway Twitty.
Tim goes to a public golf course and that is where he finds his father. His father recognizes him and gives him a hug. They go inside to get something to drink and Tim’s father signs the document for Tim. His Dad tells him that he has been sober for six weeks and then wants to know if Tim will hang out with him for a while so they decide to get something to eat.
Lyla is telling Jason that she’s always had a vision of her wedding at 25. Jason and Lyla begin to argue about getting married. Lyla feels like she might be too young and she doesn’t want to rush into marriage and make a mistake. Jason is sure that he wants to marry Lyla but he’s hurt to know that Lyla isn’t sure.
At practice Smash is having a hard time. Coach is making him block and do things to punish him. Buddy is at practice and Coach tells Buddy that Smash may not play in the playoff game. Buddy is upset about Smash but then he changes the subject and talks to Coach about doing a TV show. The Eric Taylor Show.
Matt isn’t going to be able to go to the concert because he’s going to be on TV with Coach Taylor. Julie is a little upset that she’s not going to the concert after she begged her mother. Matt then asks Julie to watch his grandmother while he’s on TV.
Tim is bowling with his father. The waitress at the bowling alley tells Tim that his father talks about him all the time. He’s always talking about how well he’s playing football and how well the team is playing. Tim wants to spend more time with his father and asks him if he can stay over after they are done bowling and his father agrees.
Buddy Garrity is setting up the Eric Taylor Show. Coach Taylor and Matt Saracen are going to do the show together. Matt asks Coach Taylor if Smash is going to play on Friday. Coach Taylor gets upset with the question because he thought if he did the show with Matt that things would be easy.
Julie is looking after Grandma Saracen. Julie invited a “friend” over. It’s Tyra. Tyra is giving Julie advice on dating a Dillon Panther. Tyra tells Julie that she needs to make Matt jealous by
Buddy Garrity is talking to Coach Taylor about Jason Street. Coach thinks that Buddy needs to back off of Jason and Lyla. Buddy wants Coach Taylor to talk to Jason for him because he doesn’t think that they are ready to get married and he still believes that Jason will listen to Coach Taylor.
Smash comes home late. Smash has been out running all night. He is afraid that Baxter is going to steal his job and that Coach Taylor doesn’t want to play him anymore. Smash’s mother is worried about him working too hard. Smash says he doesn’t feel the same without the drugs but that he has to keep doing his job.
Tim is hanging out with his dad and talking about Jason and then they talk about Billy. Tim tells his father that Billy said “hi” but he really didn’t. Tim’s father knows that Billy doesn’t like him because of the things that he did when they were younger. Tim tells his father that he still remembers things too because he was 10 and not a little kid. Tim has missed a few practices hanging out with his dad, he spent the whole day with his father.
The Riggins Team. Tim and his father are playing golf against each other. Tim makes a bet with his dad that if he wins his father will have to come to the game on Friday and if his dad wins then Tim won’t tell Lydia where he lives.
At practice Smash appears flat. Smash is getting yelled at by Coach Taylor. Coach makes Smash do 20 suicides at the corner of the end zone. Coach Taylor continues to punish Smash Williams.
Tami Taylor can tell that Coach Taylor is tied up in knots about the upcoming game and Smash Williams situation. She’s giving her husband some advice and asks him to stop being so hard on Smash.
Tim is playing really well on the golf course. His father tries to give him some swing advice but Tim dismisses it because he’s winning. Tim’s father reminds him that the game isn’t over yet because he knows how Tim putts.
Coach Taylor comes over to visit Smash. There are some kids playing football outside. Coach tells Smash that he’s been hard on him because he felt let down by Smash. Smash tells Coach Taylor that he doesn’t need him to like him for him to do his job. Coach is there to apologize for being so hard on him. A kid goes up to Smash and Coach and tells them that he wants to be running back of the Panthers. He’s boastful and says that Coach Taylor needs to get ready for him, Miles Shepard is his name. Smash and Coach Taylor play some football with the kids outside.
Tim’s father wins the golf game and Tim feels disappointed because he felt like his dad won so that he wouldn’t have to go to the game. Tim feels like Billy was right about him and that he shouldn’t have come over to see him.
Tim makes it home and Billy is on the couch. Tim shows Billy that he did get the signature. Billy can’t believe he spent the night. A car pulls up honking in front of Tim’s house. There are some Rally Girls that stop by to pick up Tim.
There is a huge party, Tim and Matt with Smash all show up. There are a ton of Rally Girls and other girls from the school wanting to take pictures of the football players for a calendar. Matt is drinking and surrounded by girls and some of them are kissing his neck. All of this is going on with cameras going off. They are taking pictures of Matt with his shirt off for a calendar. Matt doesn’t tell Julie that he is out with the team and the Rally Girls.
Coach is getting ready to go to the Court House for a hearing on the Jason Street situation.
Tami is complaining about the Streets suing them and the school and wants to go with Coach Taylor but he wants to go on his own because it’s just a hearing.
At the Court House, Coach Taylor has a word with Jason. Coach talks to him about Lyla. Coach tells Jason that getting married is a big commitment. Jason tells Coach that he is sure but that Lyla may not be sure. Coach is telling him that no one is telling him that he should not get married but that he should take some time to really think about it. Jason tells Coach that Buddy was really pissed off when he found out about it and that he was all red in the face. Jason apologizes to Coach Taylor that the hearing is on a game day.
At school on game day Matt walks up to Julie to say “hello”. Julie asks Matt what he did last night. Julie saw Matt and all the pictures that he took with the Rally Girls and she wants to know why Matt lied about where he was. Julie is upset and she’s crying. Matt is a little surprised by her reaction. I guess he didn’t realize how much Julie really liked him.
Smash is called into the Coach’s office. Coach Taylor is surrounded by his staff when Smash walks in. Coach Taylor tells Smash that he is starting at tailback for the playoff game. Smash is happy and excited that he is playing and starting.
Smash leads the team in pray before their big playoff game. The whole team gets hyped up for the game.
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, CAN’T LOSE!!!
The team is rushing out of the locker room and they are about to go onto the field when Billy stops Tim for an extra ticket. The ticket is for his father. Tim’s dad came to see the game.
The team runs out onto the field.

SOURCE: TV.com

The Taylors are driving to school. The Dr. Q talk show is on the radio. Dr. Q is a psychologist talk show host and she is giving advice about to a woman whose boyfriend robbed a liquor store. Dr. Q is telling the woman on the phone that she is in control of her destiny. Coach wants to hear Sammy Meade but his wife and daughter want to hear the Dr. Q show. I guess some of that sappy Dr. Q show got into Coach Taylor’s head because he ends up giving the team a speech about being in control of their destiny. All they have to do is win their next game and they are in the playoffs. Coach Mac admits to Coach Taylor that he listens to Dr. Q as well and that he lives by her.
Smash Williams’ mother is in his room cleaning up a bit and she is about to make up his bed when she finds a syringe and drugs in his room. She immediately assumes that Coach Taylor has something to do with Smash being on steroids.
Mrs. Williams storms into the locker room and grabs Smash and they go into the coach’s office. She shows Coach the steroids and accuses the Coach of helping Smash get steroids. She is lecturing Coach Taylor about how bad it is for Smash to be using drugs. Coach Taylor assures Mrs. Williams that he has nothing to do with it. Smash is silent and has nothing to say for himself.
The Garrity’s are having dinner and Buddy Garrity is talking about selling cars. He’s talking about Ty Johnston, a freshman at SMU and he is a psychology major. He’s doing a study on cheerleaders and football and he wants to talk to Lyla Garrity. Buddy has set Lyla up on a date hoping that Lyla will move on to someone else and leave Jason.
Coach Taylor is getting ready for a dinner meeting with Mayor Rodell. Tami Taylor is ready to go but Coach Taylor is not in the mood to meet with the Mayor. Tami asks Coach what he’s going to do about Smash. Coach Taylor doesn’t know what to do about Smash because if he reports him then his football career is over. He’s battling over whether or not to report him. At this point I have no idea what he’s going to do but he’d better not report him. We need Smash to play in the games.
Tyra is talking to her sister, Mindy and her mother, Angela about Tim. Tyra imitates Tim’s voice and tells them about how he apologized but they just think he’s saying sorry because he’s horny. Angela thinks that Tim is very cute and that Tyra should forgive him. Tyra is talking about a job at Buddy Garrity’s car dealership.
Jason Street is with Lyla Garrity and he’s jealous that she’s going to meet Ty at a Japanese restaurant. He should be jealous because his very hot cheerleader girlfriend is about to go on a date with a fully functioning non-wheelchair bound freshman in college. Lyla leaves Jason alone for a minute to talk to her cheerleading friends. Tyra sits next to Jason and asks him why he is still talking to Lyla after she cheated on him with Tim. Lyla comes walking over and then Tyra switches seats and then asks Lyla about the job at her Dad’s dealership.
Mayor Rodell is having a dinner and the Taylor’s are over. Mayor Rodell is a lesbian. I never knew that. Coach Taylor obviously never knew that either because he’s feeling and looking uncomfortable as the Mayor is putting her hand on her partners knee. Mayor Rodell wants Tami to be apart of her re-election campaign. Tami says she would love to consider it.
Smash has been out all night and he’s upset with his mother. He’s upset that she went to the Coach with the steroids. He blames his mother for ruining his life. He is yelling and a little out of control and his mother kicks him out of the house.
Smash is sleeping in his car; he’s been there over night since being kicked out of the house.
Smash is talking to the Coach in his office, and he’s trying to tell him that he made a mistake. Coach is really upset with Smash because what he did isn’t a simple mistake. Coach tells him that making a mistake would be being late for dinner or forgetting something at the grocery store not using drugs. Coach Taylor wants to know everything about whom and how he got the steroids. Coach Taylor really doesn’t want to kick Smash off the team and he’s trying to think of a way to rationalize keeping him on the team.
Tyra is at home and sees her mother lying on the couch. Tyra’s mother doesn’t know what to do without Bob and she’s whining like a loser who needs a man in her life all the time to take care of her. Tyra is disappointed to see her mother like this.
Coach Taylor announces that Smash will not be playing in the game on Friday night and asks the team to respect his privacy.
Grandma Saracen or, Crazy Grandma as I like to call her, is talking about how much trouble the team is in because Smash Williams is not playing. “Mysterious Circumstances”. Grandma Saracen is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters. She’s just so dang loveable. “I just love Coach Taylor, does he like cherry pie”. She’s awesome.
Matt Saracen is looking at the game film and figuring out how he can win the game by throwing slants in the middle of the field. Matt is happy and can’t wait for his father to see him play with his new strategy.
Matt’s father is going to be shipping out to Iraq and he won’t be able to see him play on Friday. It is a surprise announcement to Matt but he’s trying to be ok with it.
Grandma Saracen is talking crazy talk again. She says that Matt’s father will be able to see the game in Iraq because they show the Super Bowl out there and they have satellites and all kinds of technology.
Coach Taylor and Tami are watching the Mayor on TV and Tami is wondering why the Mayor chose the Taylor’s to open up to about her alternative lifestyle. That’s right, Mayor Rodell is a lesbian. Tami likes the Mayor’s ideas and she is really considering working with the Mayor. Coach Taylor brings up the fact that Tami voted against her.
There is a knock at the door and it is Smash Williams. Smash is apologizing and he wants to know if he is off the team. He knows he is not playing on Friday but he wants to know if he is really off or not. Coach tells Smash that he really doesn’t know what he’s going to do but in the mean time Smash needs to keep quiet and wait for a decision.
Smash drives away concerned about his future.
Coach Taylor has a mini-press conference and he’s answering questions. When he’s done he goes into his office and Buddy Garrity wants to know what is going on and why Smash Williams isn’t playing. Buddy sees himself as an insider because he’s the biggest booster and has always been involved with the football team, including recruiting Voodoo Tatom. Matt knocks on the door and enters Coach’s office. Buddy leaves and tells Matt to have a great game. Matt tells Coach that he drew up some plays after looking at the tape. Coach Taylor asks Matt to do his job and that he’ll do his job. Coach Taylor basically dismisses and ignores all of Matt’s ideas.
Jason is asking Herc to drive him over to the Japanese restaurant. Jason is stalking and spying on Lyla. Jason puts on a black hoodie and he looks like the Unabomber with his head covered up by the hood. Herc is teasing Jason about Lyla’s track record because she cheated on him already. Lyla can see the wheelchair in the back of the pickup truck as Herc and Jason drive by. Jason is busted spying.
Tyra is talking to Tim and asks him to do her a favor and talk to Buddy Garrity about getting a job for her mother.
Buddy Garrity is talking to Tim. Tim is asking Buddy for a favor and wants him to give Tyra and her mother a break. Buddy says he will interview Tyra’s mother. Buddy asks Tim about Smash but Tim tells Buddy that he has no idea what is going on with him. Buddy just won’t give up; he wants to know what is going on with Smash.
Smash comes home and wants to have a talk with his mother. He finally takes some responsibility for what he has done. Smash feels like without football there is nothing for him. His mother tells him that she’s ok with who he is and that she wishes he could just be a kid and didn’t put all the pressure and expectations that he puts on himself.
Jason is over at the Garrity’s house. Jason wants to know why Buddy set Lyla up on a date with Ty Johnston. Jason feels like Buddy is trying to keep Lyla away from him and he would be right to think that way. Buddy tries to tell Jason that he didn’t send her on a date. Jason is upset and wants Buddy to just admit the truth. Buddy tells Jason that he is really uncertain about the future of Jason and Lyla together and he doesn’t want Lyla to be a care-giver all her life. Buddy admits that Lyla loves him and will follow him into hell and asks Jason if he wants to take her to hell with him.
Tyra is driving her mom to Buddy’s. The two women are going at it because Angela doesn’t want to go over to Buddy’s for a job. Then all of a sudden the pickup truck pops a tire. When the truck has a blowout, Tyra’s mother says that it’s God’s way of saying not to go over to Buddy’s.
Matt’s father, Henry is going to get on a bus so he can be on his way to Iraq. Matt, Julie, and Grandma are all there to say goodbye. Grandma Saracen is telling her son to be good. Matt is silent. Matt gives his father a hug before he goes on the bus as he is heading back to Iraq. Grandma Saracen tells her son to take care of himself. Matt hugs his Grandma and she starts to cry and says they will be ok.
Coach Mac and Coach Taylor are having a meeting with the rest of the coaches and they are going over the game plan for the upcoming game.
Tami stops by and says she’s going to join Mayor Rodell’s campaign. Coach Taylor suggests that she’s on the committee because she is the Coach’s wife. Tami gets a little offended by that comment. Coach Taylor tells Tami that he’s uncomfortable with the Mayor being a lesbian.
Angela, Tyra’s mother and Tyra are arguing about trying to change the tire. Angela is freaking out and she wants to know why life was so bad with Bob. Tyra doesn’t understand why her mother doesn’t want to be independent. Tyra tells her mother that she doesn’t want to be like her. They need to be able to do things on their own.
Herc and Jason are out drinking. Jason tells Herc about confronting Buddy Garrity and that Buddy told him that he wanted his daughter to have a quote, end-quote “good life”. Jason says that he’s been thinking about how selfish he’s been after the accident. Jason concludes that he’s thinking about letting her go and finally breaking up with Lyla. Herc tells Jason that he can’t leave Lyla because of Buddy because there are a million Buddy Garrity’s out there that will keep him from ever being with anyone.
Nine minutes left in the game and the score is Zero to Zero. Baxter is in for Smash Williams and he’s doing an ok job at running back. The Panthers are driving and Matt throws a screen to Tim and they almost pick up a first down. It’s 3rd and 1 and Matt hands the ball off to Tim Riggins and he is stopped for a seven yard loss. Coach Taylor is going to go for it on 4th and 8. Coach Taylor is going to use one of Matt’s plays. Matt tells Coach that he can hit the receivers even though South Pines safeties are fast. Matt tells the Coach that the safeties are still playing too deep.
Matt goes into the huddle and calls on of his plays that he made up after watching film on the South Pines team. He is confident that he can beat the safeties coverage. Matt throws a completed pass to Tim Riggins inbetween the safeties and Tim takes the pass and breaks it all the way for a touchdown.
The Panthers win and they are officially going to the playoffs.
The team is celebrating at Buddy Garrity’s dealership. Matt tells the Coach that he’s happy and thanks him for trusting him about the plays. Mayor Rodell is talking to Tami at the party and Coach Taylor is feeling uncomfortable at the way she is so close to his wife as she speaks. Mayor Rodell basically has her hands all over Tami as she is talking and smiling at her and Coach Taylor is feeling uncomfortable about that.
Tyra comes up to Buddy and tries to apologize about missing the appointment. Angela introduces herself to Buddy. Buddy decides that he will talk to Angela and they go into his office. Tyra has a funny look on her face because she’s not really sure why Buddy wants to talk to her mom. The truth is Buddy thinks Tyra’s mother is a hottie and he might get in trouble trying to sleep with her in the future.
Coach Taylor wants to talk to Smash and they leave the party to go talk.
Angela comes out of Buddy’s office and says that he’s the new receptionist. Tyra is asking her mother about typing and benefits but all Angela can say is that she has the job. Yeah, it’s obvious that Buddy hired her for reasons other then being qualified for it, they didn’t talk about whether she could type or not or about benefits. Also Tyra is going to get drunk with her mother at the party. Yikes!! Underage drinking with her mother.
Coach Taylor tells Smash that if he stays clean and submits himself to private drug testing that he can get back on the team. Coach Taylor and Smash are eating at a diner and in the back making food at the diner is a former football player that was number 6 on Grady’s top 100 list. The Coach wanted Smash to see him and where he is because Smash took steroids just to impress Grady and get on his list but being on the list doesn’t guarantee success. The quarterback of Westerby went to Notre Dame and never made it pass being a sophomore and now he’s making burgers and washing dishes.
Coach Taylor tells Smash that he needs to listen to himself and listen to the people who love him. Coach Taylor emphasizes to Smash that he’s taking a major risk by letting him stay on the team.
Lyla comes home after the game and Jason is there waiting for her. Lyla knows that Jason was spying on her with Herc. Jason asks Lyla if he should be jealous and then admits that he is jealous. Lyla thinks that Jason is breaking up with her. Jason tells her that he went out with Herc and he realized that he really likes Herc because he didn’t let his handi-cap define him and that he wants to be like him. Jason feels like he can still be a good positive person and move on with his life like Herc has and he wants to be more like him. Lyla said that Herc would dump her and go after Tyra. Jason tells Lyla that he loves her and then asks her to marry him.
Lyla and Jason kiss.

SOURCE: TV.com

The Buckley vs. Arnett Mead game is going to determine whether or not the Dillon Panthers will go to the playoffs. Buckley has to beat Arnett Mead. Coach Taylor is practicing the team hard just in case Buckley wins so that Dillon will be ready for the playoffs.
Smash is at the diner talking about the Arnett Mead vs. Buckley game with some friends. Waverly is at the same table with Smash but then decides to leave in the middle of his conversation about football.
Matt is talking to his father about the Arnett Mead vs. Buckley game when his father tells him that he’s not going back to Iraq and that he is going to stay around. Matt’s father wants to see Matt play in the playoffs and hopes Arnett Mead loses.
Coach Taylor and Tami make it home after school and park the car in the driveway. They both get out of the car and then Coach Taylor is served with papers from Jason Street and his family. There is a lawsuit against him concerning the miss tackle that resulted into Jason’s accident.
Coach is talking to Tami and he’s trying not to take the lawsuit personally. He’s stressed out but he won’t blame Jason directly for the lawsuit.
Jason is out and about in the morning. He is wheeling himself down the street and into the corner store. He’s getting the cold shoulder from the clerk but doesn’t know why. He notices the lawsuit against Coach Taylor on the front page of the paper. Jason hurriedly wheels himself home.
Matt’s father is trying to get all of the medical bills for Grandma Saracen together. Matt thinks his father is going back to Iraq but his father tells him that he is staying home to help out.
Bob, Angela’s boyfriend is reading the paper and doesn’t think that Jason should be suing the Coach. He is staring at Tyra and what she is wearing to school. Bob then makes a comment about the family’s genetically superior backside. Tyra is weirded out by the way he is looking at her. (Angela is Tyra’s mom)
Jason is at home telling his parents that everyone is going to hate him in the town because they are suing the Coach and going against the Panthers. Jason’s mom is trying to tell him that they need money to help take care of him and that she is sorry to put him through everything but they need to sue.
Coach Taylor is telling the team about the Annual Women Booster League’s Rodeo Fund Raiser and Fair. Coach tells the team that they will all go and have smiles on their faces.
Matt shows up to Buddy Garrity’s car dealership to talk to Buddy about finding a job for his father. Buddy tells Matt that he can put his father to work as a new salesman.
Coach Taylor goes up to Mitch Street and talks to him about receiving the papers to sue him. Coach Taylor tells him that it was no one’s fault and that it was an accident but Mitch tries to tell Coach that he doesn’t know what to do and that he doesn’t want to sue anyone but he has to because it’s difficult to take care of Jason.
Matt and his father Henry Saracen are at Garrity Motors. Buddy is there to greet them and he’s going to set Henry up so he can sell some cars.
Smash is talking to Waverly about what happened at the diner. Smash was ignoring Waverly and she walked out on him. Waverly is afraid that she doesn’t have much in common with Smash and wants to know if there are other things about him that isn’t football. Smash lies and says that he hangs out with Matt and Julie and they talk about other things besides football. He invites Waverly to the rodeo with Matt and Julie.
Matt forgot that he was supposed to meet Julie at the library because he is caught up at home doing tons of things. His grandmother is at it again and he wants to have dinner ready by the time his father comes home. He then tells Julie about the deal he made with Smash to lie.
Tyra’s mother and her boyfriend are arguing and shouting at each other. The boyfriend Bob slaps Tyra’s mother Angela and Tyra looks over and sees it. Tyra runs over to try and help her mother and she is screaming at Bob. Tyra picks up a poker and swings it at him. Bob takes the poker away from Tyra and then threatens to hit her with it. Tyra is yelling at him to swing it at her but then the boyfriend backs down.
Julie comes home and tells Tami and Coach Taylor that she loves them and that they are the best parents in the world. Coach Taylor likes the compliment but Tami knows that something must be wrong. Julie tells her parents about how hard Matt’s life is at home. Coach tells Julie that Matt is tough but Tami thinks that it is a lot for a 16 year old to handle.
Tyra can see her mother lying on her bed crying, she’s upset and thinks her boyfriend isn’t coming back and that she will be alone and she’s not used to it. Tyra tells her mother that she’s not alone and that she has her.
Buddy thinks that Henry sold a vehicle but he actually didn’t. Buddy asks Henry to wear a flag on his suit to help him sell cars because he is a military man and a war veteran. Henry is obviously not comfortable selling cars.
Lyla is over at Jason’s house. Jason is telling Lyla that his parents are fighting over some things including the lawsuit against the school and the Coach. Lyla is on Jason’s side and wants to know how he feels about the lawsuit. Jason says that he doesn’t blame the Coach but he does wonder if he knew how to tackle if he wouldn’t be in a wheelchair. Lyla says she’s with Jason if he thinks it is for the best.
Henry comes home and Matt asks him if he sold any cars, Henry says no. Matt’s dad is completely miserable and it is obvious to Matt.
Matt is outside on the porch when Julie comes over. Julie says hello and wants to know what he’s thinking. Matt says that he just hopes Buckley beats Arnett Mead so they can go to the playoffs. Julie brought over a casserole for Matt and his family that her mom made. Matt thought things would be better for himself and his father with him being back but things aren’t working out the way he thought it would be.
It’s time for the Annual Woman’s Booster Club Rodeo Fair. Coach Taylor is complaining about how much stress he is under to Tami. He’s dealing with the lawsuit and the stress of not knowing if the team will go to the playoffs or not. Coach doesn’t feel like going to the rodeo but he has to go.
Smash and Waverly are on a double date with Matt and Julie. Julie tells Waverly that Matt goes to art films. Waverly wants to know if Smash goes, too. Smash and Matt are talking about the football game and they are worried they may not go to the playoffs. Buckley has to beat Arnett Mead. Matt is telling Smash that he needs to pay more attention to the girl he likes and that he needs to change his selfish way of needing attention.
Buddy Garrity is routing for Buckley to beat Arnett Mead. Instead of participating in the rodeo he is watch the game on TV. Buddy’s wife is pulls him away from the TV.
Tyra is asking her mother if she’s ever wanted to move out of Dillon and in the middle of their conversation, the abusive boyfriend shows up. He’s apologizing to Tyra’s mother about things. Tim Riggins can see Tyra from across the way.
Jason shows up with Lyla to the Rodeo.
Tyra is sitting by herself and she’s upset but then her mom comes over to talk to her and tells her that people have fights. Tyra says that people do have fights but not everyday and they don’t let men beat the hell out of them. Tyra says a lot of encouraging words to her mother and then tells her that she is a loser with men and that if her boyfriend comes back she will leave.
Waverly is questioning Smash about what kind of concerts he went to with Matt and Julie. Waverly caught Smash in a lie. Smash Williams is having some serious ego issues and tells her that she has no idea who she is with and that he’s “Smash”. Smash then challenges the arm wrestling champ at the rodeo.
Tim spots Tyra feeling bad and asks her what is wrong. Tyra tells Tim about her mother letting her boyfriend stay around. Tim apologizes to Tyra about everything and what happened with Lyla and then he asks for a second chance. Tyra doesn’t want to be a hypocrite and even though Tim apologizes she doesn’t take him back.
Smash Williams wins the arm wresting match but Waverly is gone.
Jason is strolling along at the rodeo and then he spots Coach Taylor. They just stare at each other for a while before Lyla comes over and then Jason and Lyla leave.
The rodeo broadcasts the winning play to everyone in the Buckley vs. Arnett Mead game. Buckley wins and Dillon gets to go to the playoffs. The whole rodeo is excited and the football team is happy that they will get a chance to play again.
Buddy is happy and he is thanking God for letting Buckley beat Arnett Mead. He’s praying and asking for one more thing, he’s asking for the team to win the State Championship.
Coach Taylor is at the field and Jason is there. Jason wants to talk to him. Jason tells Coach Taylor that he was against the lawsuit and that he will always be his Coach. Jason shakes his hand.
Matt is visiting his father at Buddy Garrity’s car dealership. Matt tells his father that he knows he hates working there. Matt tells him that he can go back to Iraq if he wants to and things can go back to the way that it used to be and that he will continue to take care of Grandma.
Tyra is packing her bags and she’s sticking to what she said. She tells her mom that it’s either her or the boyfriend. Tyra’s mother tells her that she would never choose a man over her daughter.
Smash apologizes to Waverly about lying about everything that he did. He admits that he loves himself and he loves football and he loves being a star. He tells Waverly that he likes her a lot and that he can’t change who he is and he hopes that she likes him because he can’t be anyone else.

SOURCE: TV.com