This week everyone seems to have a fire lit under their collective asses and "making it happen" is the order of the day...
Tami discovers that her dream house has gone into foreclosure and is available at an extremely low price, but Coach Taylor's miffed that scary football mom foudn the house for Tami and fears the McCoy's are interfering in their life per usual. Tyra's got a big college interview the same weekend as one of Cash's rodeos, Coach Mac collapses on the field, and Matt and Julie tag team Coach Taylor to let Matt switch positions on the team, so there's a lot going on in the first five minutes.
Speaking of money, now that the Garrity house is sold, Jason's taking off for New York to find a job as a sports agent. This news prompts a good amount of confusion amongst his friends, especially Tim who's incredulous that anyone want to leave Texas. Hmmmm. To each his own. Despite their reservations, Tim and Herk accompany Jason to New York where they get themselves a taste of the big, bad city. They get Jason outfitted in a discount suit to boost his confidence and send him off to his interview.
Back at school, Buddy tries to convince Coach Taylor to replace Coach Mac with JD McCoy's personal quarterback coach, and we're immediately irritated because scary football dad and JD always make us want to put a finger down our throats. Coach Taylor feels the same way.
Jason gets his ass handed to him in the interview with the sports agency, but being a former nationally ranked quarterback we're confident that he can bounce back from defeat. Tim gives him a pep talk and tickets to Gypsy on Broadway and Jason's back in the game.
Meanwhile, Tyra's getting ready for an interview of her own and her mom is filling her head with talk of all the girl groupies throwing themselves at Cash at the rodeo. Apparently, cowboys on the rodeo circuit are quite similar to internationally famous rock stars. Obviously, this is exactly the kind of thing a mother should be talking about as her daughter's preparing to rock a college interview. Mrs. Collette totally sucks.
Speaking about sucking, scary football dad is just as slimy as ever, but the house scary football mom found is pretty awesome. Coach Taylor seems to be having a bit of a panic attack over their mortgage doubling. Can't say we blame him there (hello, debt!), but we also kind of wish we could live in the house.
Jason and Tim hatch a plan to score a star client for the sports agency firm to try and get Jason a job. Predictably, Jason's hell-a-persuasive.
Matt and Julie give it another shot to convince Coach Taylor to let Matt play wide receiver. Coach Taylor makes Matt leave the dinner table to run routes in the back yard. Matt runs the routes for his life and we kind of tear up. Life is hard in Texas. Matt deserves a break. He misses the last route, but Coach Taylor's impressed anyway.
Tyra's freaking out about college can't deal. She decides to ditch the whole operation and hit the rodeo circuit with Cash. We're very concerned.
Tami decides that the best way to revisit the house discussion is to wake Coach Taylor out of a dead sleep by shining the light in his face. Coach Taylor agrees if only because he's completely incoherent. The house is just as beautiful as it was the last time they saw it, and also, just as expensive. Ultimately, they decide that they can't afford the house, but they're rich in love so, you know, it's all good. The love carries Coach Taylor all the way to practice and he gives Matt a shot at wide receiver.
Jason lands the job at the sports agency in New York City and gets a cab to New Jersey to plead his case with Erin. Tim gives him a "no-matter-what-happens-you'll-always-be-my-best-friend" speech to calm his Hooksexups. Jason sobs his way through laying it all on the line for Erin who's psyched to see him, and there's lots of crying and kissing, and we feel we just witnessed the greatest comeback ever. Don't scoff, my friend, there's nothing funny about the triumph of the human spirit.