Writer:	Peter Berg
Director:	Peter Berg
Star:	Adrianne Palicki (Tyra Collette),  Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen),  Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins),  Scott Porter (Jason Street),  Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity),  Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor),  Connie Britton (Tami Taylor),  Gaius Charles (Brian "Smash" Williams),  Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke),  Kyle Chandler (Eric Taylor)
Recurring Role:	Kate Krause (Tabby Garrity),  Merrilee McCommas (Pam Garrity),  Katherine Willis (Joanne Street),  Libby Villari (Mayor Lucy Rodell),  Mark Nutter (Mitchell Street),  Derek Phillips (Billy Riggins),  Brad Leland (Buddy Garrity),  Merrilee McCommas (Pam Garrity),  Louanne Stephens (Grandma Saracen)
Guest Star:	Linda Klein (Nurse),  John Hambrick (Eddie McMannus),  Noble Chase Pack (Little Buddy Garrity),  Cindy Creekmore (Missy Aubrey),  Matthew Greer (Coach Deeks),  Matt Johnston (Assistant Coach),  Robin McGee (Pep Rally Girl),  Ava Santana (Chastity),  Nicole Lin Taylor (Pretty Girl),  Scott Scott Kuhr (Pep rally participant),  Daniel Daniel Abikasis (Football player),  Dago Pates (David Matters),  Erik Collins (News Crew),  Brian D. Phelan (QB Coach),  Gina Garza (Student)

Music in the Episode:

Explosions In The Sky - "Remember Me as a Time of Day"
Gym Class Heroes - "New Friend Request"
Styles Of Beyond - "Nine Thou" (Superstars Remix) (edit) Friday Night Lights has also been made into a movie directed by Peter Berg. (edit) Mack Brown, the head coach of the University of Texas, makes a guest appearance on the show telling Coach Taylor about football. (edit) Friday Night Lights is based on a book by HG Bissinger. (edit) Friday Night Lights is filmed in Pflugerville, Texas. The stadium in the pilot is at Pflugerville high school. (edit)

Mrs. Taylor: Alaska
Coach Taylor: I know.
Mrs. Taylor: I'm just saying.
Coach Taylor: I know.
Mrs. Taylor: A much more relaxed lifestyle.
Coach Taylor: It's under advisement. (edit) Lyla: Mr. Street is it true that you can throw a 400 yard touchdown pass to three different receivers at the same time?
Jason: This is true.
Lyla: Then you must kiss me. (kisses Jason) Is it true that you have superhuman powers and can demolish buildings and hurl fireballs?
Jason: This is true.
Lyla: Then you must kiss me. (kisses Jason) Is it true Mr. Street?
Jason: That I love Lyla Garrity.
Lyla: Yes, is that true Mr. Street, that you love Lyla Garrity?
Jason: More than anything in the world.
Lyla: More than football?
Jason (laughing): More than almost anything in the world. (Kisses Lyla) (edit) Landry: 33 down, eight letters, state of bliss, starts with S. (throws football to Matt)
Matt: Dude, you’re just being random. (throws football at the tire)
Landry: Try serenity, a quality that’s in dire shortness of supply out here. You know what, it doesn’t even matter, I’m thinking about starting a Christian speed metal band, you in?
Ms. Saracen: Matthew, you need to get a new friend. (edit) Coach Taylor: Give all of us gathered here tonight the strength to remember that life is so very fragile. We are all vulnerable and we will all at some point in our lives fall; we will all fall. We must carry this in our hearts…that what we have is special. That it can be taken from us and that when it is taken from us we will be tested…we will be tested to our very souls. We will now all be tested. It is these times…it is this pain that allows us to look inside ourselves. (edit) Coach Taylor: Are we not clear that in 5 days a group of men are gonna be coming down here to try destroy you? Is that not, is that not clear? (edit)

In this episode Smash's first name is Eugene. The commentator says it just as Smash catches the ball for the Panthers first touchdown. However, in all other episodes his first name is Brian. (edit) “Remember Me as a Time of Day” by Explosions in the Sky
This song is incorrectly credited on the Closed Caption of every FNL episode.
The theme song is an original recording created for the show and can not be found on any of Explosions in the Sky’s albums or the Friday Night Lights Movie soundtrack. (edit) The team played in the pilot, the Westerby Chaps, is based on the Austin, Texas area high school Westlake. The colors, logos and team nickname are all similiar. The Westlake football team goes by the nickname Chaparrals. Westlake has been considered a high school football powerhouse in Texas in recent years. (edit)

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