Spoilers

Season 4 begins May 7th on NBC

Season 5 Episodes are being labelled as a continuation of Season 4

Season 4/Season 5 Episodic Spoilers – these are the unaired eps

Season 4/Season 5 General Spoilers

  • Julie goes to Burleson University
  • Grey Damon, who has appeared as a guest star on the new 90210, and Greek has just been cast as new season 5 series regular Hastings Ruckle. Source
  • [HASTINGS RUCKLE] 18 year old to play 17, Caucasian, he is a SUPER, SUPER HOT GUY , laid back and cool, who is sexy because he really doesn’t try to be. He is a new student at East Dillon High School, a basketball player, tall and athletic – MUST BE OVER 6 FEET TALL WITH A STRONG ATHLETIC BUILD – and someone we will see slam dunk a basketball. There is a bit of a dark, hippie, party-guy vibe with him. Kids (especially girls) gravitate to him because he seems not to care too much. His parents are wildcatters who move around constantly, so Hastings has learned never to lay down any roots — the result being that he tends not to get too close to people for fear of having to leave them. He ends up joining the football team as a wide receiver, and though he has the raw gifts of hands, size, and speed, he must learn to play a new game which he doesn’t really get or care that much about at first. But ultimately, he emerges as a key player on the team, and invests in friendships and a community he comes to love. SERIES REGULAR.
  • Matt Lauria “Luke” is confirmed for the whole season.
  • Now, say hello to Emily Rios. She played the character of Maria on Men of a Certain Age this year, and appeared on a 2008 episode of House. She’ll star onFNL for at least six episodes as Epyck, a rebellious, goth student. Source
  • Epyck Sanders is a troubled young “white trash” girl who will supposedly be sporting some pink cornrows
  • Friday Night Lights has recruited Lynn Blackburn for a recurring role in its fifth and final season, TVGuide.com has confirmed.  As first reported by TVGuide.com, a younger, no-nonsense teacher will befriend East Dillon High’s newest faculty member, Tami Taylor (Connie Britton). Blackburn’s character, Laurel, will help Mrs. Taylor learn to approach the students differently. Source
  • Landry and Julie will have graduated by the start of season 5, and will be in the season until their characters get a nice send-off. Source: EW.com
  • Taylor Kitsch will not be a series regular in season 5.
  • According to the New York Post we will see Minka Kelly “sporadically in the first few episodes before departing Dillon for good.” **It’s unclear whether this was in reference to season 4 or 5. It looks like it may be season 4 information.

Maura

  • Maura is a student at East Dillon, and she is in at least 4 episodes of the 5th season.
  • Maura seems to be a garden variety “rally girl”…the kind Tim Riggins used to really enjoy, if ya know what I mean.
  • She goes after Vince but he turns her down because he’s with Jess.
  • After getting turned down by Vince she goes after Luke who is still going after Becky…who knows how that’ll turn out!

Luke, Tinker, Vince, Becky

  • Luke is a senior in season 5 and is being heavily recruited by TMU. His new nickname from the Lions is “TM Luke”. Midway through the season he makes a verbal commitment to go there.
  • Vince is a junior in season 5, and is secretly and illegally being recruited by TMU. He confesses to Coach Taylor that it seems Luke is being recruited so that they can guarantee themselves to get Vince the following year. Coach Taylor says that he’ll help him with the situation.
  • Tinker gets Becky as a rally girl much to Luke’s chagrin. Luke convinces Tinker to let him have Becky as his rally girl in trade for a pig off of Luke’s farm.

Jess/Vince

  • As we reported before Jess becomes the equipment manager for the Lions. This puts some unexpected pressure on her relationship with Vince because she’s constantly at team-related things. The guys start giving her a hard time in the locker rooms, and Vince doesn’t know how to balance having his girlfriend around his teammates.
  • The bad dude that Vince owes money to reappears in season 5, and Vince’s financial debts get paid from an unexpected source (we’re still trying to find out how it all goes down!)
  • We meet Vince’s dad in season 5. He’s going to show up mid-season and start attending football games. We’re trying to find out who has been cast in this role.

Landry/Julie

  • After episode 5.01 Landry departs for Rice University. We won’t see him again until towards the end of the season.
  • Julie has an affair with her recently separated history professor. This relationship ends about 5 or 6 episodes into the season and she ends up leaving Burleson University and moving back home (it’s unclear whether she remains a student but just moves off campus…we’ll keep you posted).
  • Landry continues to pursue his music with Crucifictorious and we see him and Devin perform at a bar in episode 5.01. Julie attends the concert.

Becky/Riggins

  • Becky’s mother is going to skip town, and her truck driving father will return.
  • Becky dislikes her new stepmother and finds herself seeking a new place to stay.
  • Becky ends up staying with Billy and Mindy and  becomes interested in Mindy’s occupation…