The Boys

The terrific Eric Taylor (the Head Coach) and four formidable Dillon Panther stars - Smash Williams, Tim Riggins, Jason Street and Matt Saracen - are ready for action. This is a promotional shot for season one.
Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Smash

Gaius Charles plays Brian Williams, a.k.a. Smash, on Friday Night Lights. He does a terrific job, as well. We look forward to seeing this young actor every week!
Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

The Leaders

There's no question that these are the leaders of the Dillon Panthers, on and off the field, and that they do the same for the terrific series that is Friday Night Lights.
Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Smash and Mama

Smash and his mother in one of their classic discussions. Mrs. Williams always wants best for her son. Too bad he is often too high on himself to see the forest for the trees.
Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Hazed

It appears as if prized recruit Smash Williams has become the victim of a prank in this photo from "Seeing Other People." Will this make the brash Smash come to his senses about colleges?
Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

A Team Leader?

Will Smash Williams step up to the plate? And onto the screen for the first time all season? It's a star's time to shine.
Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Waverly Wavers

Waverly digs Brian Williams... but she isn't sure about the larger than life Smash.
Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Kiss and Make Up!

Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) tries to get Smash Williams (Gaius Charles) and Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) to air out their long-running differences. But it won't happen in this scene.
Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

No One Blocks!

Smash begs Eric to let Riggins back on the team so that he can hit those wide-open holes and get his stats. Eric Taylor kindly tells his star ball carrier to get out of his office.
Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Smashing In

Smash goes in for the winning-two point conversion. Dillon wins!
Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Brian Williams

A nice close up of Brian "Smash" Williams. He faces a lot of pressure.
Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Coach Lambasts the Smash

Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) is none too pleased with the way Smash Williams (Gaius Charles) used steroids. The only question is whether he gets kicked off the team forever or merely suspended.
Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Friday Night Lights Quotes

"When Jason Street went down the first game of the season, everybody wrote us off. Everybody. And yet here we are at the championship game. Forty thousand people out there have also written us off. But there are a few out there who still believe in you."

Eric Taylor

We will all at some time in our lives, fall. Life is so very fragile, we are all vulnerable, and we will all at some point in our lives, fall, we will all fall.
We must carry this in our hearts, that what we have is special, that it can be taken from us, and that when it is taken from us, we will be tested. We will be tested to our very souls. We will all be tested.
It is these times, it is this pain, that allows us to look inside ourselves.

Eric Taylor

Friday Night Lights Music

  Song Artist
Muzzle of Bees Wilco iTunes
Song Evergreen The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Song Bang a Gong (Get it On) T. Rex