"This small-town drama dripped with sincerity, and even at its weakest moments - during a misguided murder plot - it evoked the bittersweet heroism of everyday life for teenagers who don't live in big American cities and who don't cultivate hipness." --Matthew Gilbert

Clockwise from left: Scott Porter stars as Jason Street, Minka Kelly as Lyla Garrity, Gaius Charles as Brian "Smash" Williams, Zach Gilford as Matt Saracen, Jesse Plemons as Landry Clarke, Aimee Teegarden as Julie Taylor, Adrianne Palicki as Tyra Collette, Taylor Kitsch as Tim Riggins.

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