Tami is still overwhelmed by being back at work and asks, not so BFFs Tyra nad Lyla to plan the entertainment for "Pantherama" (I think it's a bigger pep rally than the ones they seem to have every other week.) Julie is writing an article about "Pantherama" for the school newspaper, not from a football perspective but, where does the money raised end up? angle. Her advisor is "John from Cincinatti!" Now a creepy teacher in Dillon (Noah) who spends a little too much one on one time with Julie. Julie seems to like the attention now that Saracen is all hot and heavy making out in the halls with his new girlfriend, the "Transfer Cheerleader." Riggans packs up his stuff and moves out of the house he shares with his brother, who is now dating the lady from across the street that Riggans was hooking up with last season. Where has her kid been? Riggans asks Tyra if he can crash at her place, she says he gets 48 hours. Riggans still has nowhere to go, Tyra's stripper sister Mindy gives Riggans the # of a guy who will let him stay if he helps take care of his pets (?) When Riggans shows up a fat shirtless guy who is probably on Dillon's list of registered sex offenders answers the door, Riggans agrees to stay. Tyra and Lyla have a hard time getting any students to perform at "Pantherama" so Tyra seduces the football players into signing up to perform a dance routine. College recruitment has begun and Coach Taylor warns the players not to accept any gifts from recruiters because they will be ruled ineligible and asks players to set up appointments through his office. Smash jumps out of bed on the first day of recruiting and begins working out in his room, looking at all of his recruitment letters hanging on his wall. The phone is ringing off the hook at the Williams' residence. Smash and his momma meet with a recruiter from a traditionally black university, who tells Smash they can offer him a great education, but they don't offer athletic scholarships, that if he works hard he can get an academic scholarship. Smash basically laughs the man out of the room and tells the man his football team sucks. Smash also meets a girl at school whose brother went through the recruitment process a few years prior and she tells Smash that the fictional South Florida school he chose gave him a Porshe to sign. Smash goes home and tells his momma he doesn't need her to attend the meetings any longer, that he is man and will pick the school that will prepare him the best for the pros. His momma cries and asks what if you pull a Jason Street and can't play? Smash says that won't happen to Smash (3rd person) Anyone familiar with the book "Friday Night Lights" knows that the arrogant star running back James "Boobie" Miles destroys his knee and ends up with no future without football because he hadn't made good grades. Kids, Stay in School! Besides, in all the game footage they show, Smash isn't really that good, he had a 1 yard TD this season, WOW! Coach later sees Smash meeting with a recruiter that wasn't set up through Taylor, he warns Smash not to screw up the season for everyone. Saracen is having a hard time learning his dance moves and grandma's nurse helps him work on some hip movements. Saracen's "transfer cheerleader" girlfriend helps him negotiate a deal on a used car. At "Pantherama" the football team performs a striptease dance for the school that leaves both Tami and Coach Taylor disappointed with Lyla and Tyra. After the dancing, out in the parking lot Saracen thanks the nurse for helping him with his moves and kisses her. An awkward moment follows, then an awkward breakfast the next morning. But kids, its going to happen, just as Tony predicted. What about "Transfer cheerleader?" Santiago seems to be catching on to this whole football thing and Coach Taylor asks him to go see his wife and make sure his grades are ok to play football. Tami discovers that Santiago has no family and wrestles with whether she should call social services. (Not sure she really has the option in real life, but...) Coach Taylor convinces good old Buddy Garrity into being Santiago's guardian. After all what a great example Buddy is for his real kids, cheating on his wife and getting kicked out of his house. Santiago moves into his new room as the Taylors tell Buddy this is for real, he needs to do a good job. Buddy apologizes for the old furniture it was Buddy Jrs, a small desk and bunk bed. (if Riggans was still a Panther, Buddy could give him the other bunk, right?) Santiago tells Buddy its the first room he has ever had and when Buddy leaves the room Santiago puts some letters under his pillow. Also in the episode there was a creepy scene where Tami walked in on Noah and Julie talking and Tami has a strange exchange with Noah after Julie leaves. It doesn't look like any good is going to come out of this situation and we see that Julie still has a thing for the older guys.
No episode this week, the following week: Landry confesses to the police, will he implicate his dad for lighting the car/evidence on fire?
