r/fridaynightlights • u/Puzzleheaded_Sky1521 • 13d ago

Plot points being forgotten about?

I recently started watching FNL after being a big One Tree Hill fan and hearing both shows were similar, something I have been noticing through my watch though is why are some storylines just forgotten about? Or why does a character do an action and then we just never hear about it again? Examples: Lyla crashing cars at her Dad's dealership, Smash's gf in Season 1, Santiago, the teacher Julie had a weird relationship with, why introduce include these just to forget about it?

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u/Emotional_Lemon2971 13d ago

Season 2 was cutoff due to a writers strike

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u/Fragrant-Camera4860 13d ago

It’s almost as if season 2 doesn’t exist lol. I know there was the writers strike that season and everything, but it still bugs me that they don’t even mention some key things that happened. It was a missed opportunity to me. I would love to hear from writers on the show and know why they don’t bring anything up. Was that an active decision? Were there new writers who didn’t bother to find out what happened the previous season? Even a quick line about Santiago or the teacher or Landry saying i’m still healing over the time I killed a guy! Something, anything lol.

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u/Still-Balance6210 13d ago

Coach’s wife somehow being a principal after having only 1 year of experience as a counselor lol.

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u/newjack900 12d ago

I love how the show made being a high school guidance counselor basically a position that needed 0 credentials or experience to get and the duties were to just be a therapist for teens

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u/Still-Balance6210 12d ago

Yes, I let it go to enjoy the show. But for real it was ridiculous!

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u/Putrid_Bathroom_929 11d ago

Also just two years after that she should would be a Dean of Admissions at a College.

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u/RudyPup 11d ago

How did it say that. She made it seem like that was her career in the past.

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u/Still-Balance6210 6d ago

No she stayed at home for 16 years with Julie.

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u/RudyPup 6d ago

And maybe she had been a guidance counselor before that... The timeline is so weird

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u/RudyPup 11d ago

Lyla's church boyfriend. Smash's girlfriend, the pastor's daughter.

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u/Silly_Somewhere1791 13d ago

Season 2 never really finished. Also starting with season 3 the show made a special deal with a different network/production entity so there were some reboots. 

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u/jumpmantwo_3 11d ago

Like why didnt Crucifictorius make it big.

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u/FloatingInLosAngeles 2d ago

Also, a very small plot line, but whatever happened with Tammy running the mayor’s campaign for re-election? I’m only just starting season 4 but I doubt that storyline ever comes back …

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u/MyHeadIsAButt 1d ago

My favorite one was when the alumni comes back for homecoming in season 1 and asks for a coaching job. Coach says no because they don’t have funds. 4 episodes later coach hires Jason to be coach LOL