![]() ![]() But his brief, delightful relationship with Bo remains my favorite part of his story, and the one I’ve returned to many times over upon various rewatches. Tim displays this surprising way with kids throughout the series, including a particularly adorable game of airplane with Gracie Taylor. I’m sure we all wish that Tim would teach us how to throw a perfect spiral, fend off bullies, and “kick some serious ass.” NBC Kate Halliwell : Sure, Riggins ends up sleeping with the much older single mom who, like us all, is powerless against his dumb charm, exposed biceps, and questionably clean locks - but the only relationship anyone cared about was the one between Tim and teeny, charismatic neighbor Bo, who enlists Tim’s begrudging tutelage in Season 1. That sort of self-sacrifice can be honored only by engaging - in the most manly way possible - in a brotherly blubberfest, in which at least one Riggins sibling appears to tear up. This is the 23rd time (approximately) in Friday Night Lights history that Tim has jeopardized his own health, happiness, or safety for someone else, but even by his lofty standards for selflessness, agreeing to do time that Billy deserves to serve goes above and beyond. He spends the first 23:32 stoically making up his mind to take the blame for Billy’s chop-shop operation so that Billy can continue to probably be a bad influence on his infant son, Steven. When Tim Riggins Went to Jail for Billyīen Lindbergh : In the Season 4 finale of Friday Night Lights, ”Thanksgiving,” Tim Riggins speaks his first word at 23:33, more than halfway through the episode’s 44:39 running time. This interlude leans hard on the latter two. ![]() ![]() It all culminates in one bony, tiny bird.įriday Night Lights is the great undersung chronicler, and gentle critic, of aggressive masculinity, and Riggins alternately embodies that value’s peak, its pitfalls, and its comedy. The more shame he feels, the more Riggins overcompensates, and the more Riggins overcompensates, the deeper a hole he digs in front of his girlfriend’s family. Of course, the secret sauce of Tim Riggins is that, as easy on the eyes as Taylor Kitsch may be, his vulnerability is what makes him lovable. When Tim Riggins Ordered SquabĪlison Herman : Has any scene in modern TV history captured class anxiety as acutely as the one where Lyla takes Riggins to the country club? The setting instantly activates a more vulnerable, palpably insecure side of a character we’re used to seeing as a self-assured ladies’ man. In this moment, we see Riggins’s best qualities: bravery, loyalty, and profound emotional intelligence. Riggins knows that he needs to play along, to a point, in order for his best friend to get closure. Would it have been better to talk Street out of going in the first place? No, because when you get so bent up that you think sketchy Frankenshark surgery will grant you the power to walk again, like Street does, nobody’s talking you out of it. Much of what Riggins does in this instance - cutting school to tag along, bringing Lyla with him to remind Street of their love triangle - doesn’t seem responsible, but he senses immediately that Street could die about 50 different ways on this trip, and he has Street’s back. Michael Baumann : For most of their relationship, Jason Street is Bert and Riggins is Ernie - except for when Street gets it in his head to go to Mexico for experimental shark entrails injections. When Tim Riggins Went to Mexico With Jason Street (and Repeatedly Saved His Life) Kate Knibbs : Tim Riggins had plenty of terrific moments, but for my money, nothing can possibly top his first truly great action: when he looks his best friend, Jason Street, in the eyes and says, “Texas forever, Street.” This short, koan-like cheer summarized both the brilliance of Riggins and the brilliance of Friday Night Lights as a whole - the idea that the ordinary pursuit of high school football excellence could also be, on a spiritual level, a quixotic striving toward a permanent, golden state of being, where all you need for maximum happiness is a campfire and a cold one with your boys. When Tim Riggins Coined the Slogan “Texas Forever” Below, we kick off the celebration with a collection of Tim Riggins’s best moments. Because Taylor Kitsch has a new show premiering Wednesday night - Waco, a six-part miniseries about David Koresh’s 1993 standoff with the FBI - and because in our (full) hearts, Taylor Kitsch will always be Tim Riggins, we hereby declare January 24 to be Tim Riggins Day. ![]()
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