i want to like this. i love glen powell back to the scream queens days and have been impressed with his acting chops in stuff like hit man. all this aside from liking him because of his longhorn obsession. i just don't get it i guess.
i can forgive some of the football silliness, kinda like i did in fnl. like last night, when they were on their final drive and the clock was running because reasons? friday night lights it was always running like a basketball game and always had to end on a last second touchdown as time expired. again, it's silly but so easily avoidable. if only some football people were associated with this. also it was 13-3 which sets up the obvious td + fg to tie, but clearly they wanted a last second td, so why not just make it 14-3? jamie lee wrote last night's episode, and she's done good work on ted lasso and other stuff, so who knows.
overall, the one thing i can't get past is the voice. yes, it's annoying, but really i just can't understand why he's doing it. take a star qb from a big name program from 4-6 years ago that didn't make it to the nfl. does anybody remember what he sounded like? he's the same height, weight, measurables, throwing motion as he was back then, and having a slightly fatter face and longer hair could easily happen naturally. so he's changing his voice to complete the transformation and the voice is hard to listen to.
whenever they have pranks (eli manning, greg maddux, kris bryant, etc) where pros costume up and play with amateurs, they're always super cocky and talk shit to the college kids or minor leaguers. that's why it's funny. i feel like they should've gone that way with this instead of him being a meek backwoods hillbilly who's afraid of water.
looks like 6 episodes and it'll probably be done. i can't imagine a big movie star doing multiple seasons even if it gets better. and yes, i'll prob continue to watch because there just aren't any comedies on anymore. just wish it was funnier. also i can never get enough steve zahn in my life.