Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return to Friday Night Lights, discussing season 1 episodes 8 and 9 and focusing on the thematic unity of FNL episodes—with reference to The Wire (drink), Gossip Girl and Glee—problems of group membership, and the creation of class difference.
References
- Mancur Olson, “Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development“: Stationary Banditry
- Charles Tilly, War Making and State Making as Organized Crime in Bringing the State Back In
, ed. Peter Evans et al.
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I don’t want to jinx it but it feels like you guys have really hit your stride with this episode.
Finally! Two years in, we figure out how it works.