Episode Report Card Drunken Bee: A+ | 16 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT The Work
By Drunken Bee | Season 4 | Episode 5 | Aired on 06.04.2010
At the Taylors', Eric lays around on the floor wearing a white undershirt, with Gracie leaning against him playing and snacking. A football game is on the television, covering the great game that Brian "Smash" Williams is having off the bench. Eric quietly cheers to Gracie, "Look at him go!" Tami and Julie come home, both rather subdued. Tami goes to get Grace to put her down for a nap, thinking out loud that maybe both of them will lie down together. Julie sort of slumps on the couch. Her dad asks how Matt's holding up and Julie sort of slowly says "Um...he's trying." Coach-- with the requisite groans and harrumphs of a dad getting up off the floor-- gets up and goes over to Julie, who can barely wait for him to sit down next to her for her face to start crumpling. He wraps his arms around her and she leans her head on his shoulder and cried. He kisses her head and without any words passing between them he knows what's up and tells her "I'm not going anywhere."
Commercials. Little Pop Warner kids-- Jess's little brothers among them-- ask J.D. who his favorite football player is. J.D., the picture of "upright young man" in his button down shirt, tie, and khakis, easily tells them about Johnny Unitas, giving a nod to Coach Taylor in the back who apparently used to compare J.D to Unitas. Coach Taylor looks like he regrets the day he ever met this weaselly fellow. J.D. gives a shout out to his dad in the back of the room-- "that old guy back there? Probably the oldest guy in the room?" and his dad does this really performative head-thrown-back chuckle. J.D. continues, telling the kids about how when he's on the field, he sees everything, and he's really fast and he's just the greatest at everything! Vince mutters to Coach that "boyscout's pretty arrogant." Coach just dryly replies that the boy has a hell of an arm. All arm, no heart, I guess. J.D. finishes up and Vince gets called in front of the kids. Vince is wearing a t-shirt, jeans, and gold chain. The guy introducing him tells the kids that this is Vince's first year playing, and that he's a role model for them. Then he asks Vince for some words for the boys and Vince freezes. J.D.'s been going to these things his whole life, he's had private coaches feed him inspirational sports talk his whole life, he has the words. Vince doesn't have the vocabulary. Vince asks the host what he's supposed to say, which is really sad. And then he finds some words: "Don't panic, stay cool, and you get paid." The kids like it, Jess in the audience, rolls her eyes, Coach is just glad the kid made it through without getting arrested for something again.