NBC trotted out much of the cast of Friday Night Lights this week for the summer Television Critics Association press tour, presumably in the hope that the journalists would all find new ways to tell the world how awesome the show is, thereby eventually improving ratings and making me a far more pleasant person.
I'm always struck by what a talented cast it is. And what an attractive one. But, vitally, there's also some really good hair up in there. Check out Minka Kelly:
So shiny! So perfect for the sweet cheerleader who was briefly a cheater. It's like half-Buffy, half-Faith.
And then there's Adrienne Palicki's new bob:
Why can't my hair look cute like that when it's short, as opposed to as if I had thrown a toaster into my morning shower? I wonder if they will let her be that cute this season as the troubled town tramp (except not really, because she has a heart of gold and is -- as Whitney Houston once implored us all to do -- learning to love herself, which is the greatest love of all), or if she'll have to drabify herself a little to get back in Tyra's shoes. Yes, Tyra. It's strange to see a person on television named "Tyra" who does not also have a three-foot wig on her head, but that's no reason to flee from the show. You get used to it.
I might not get used to this, though:
Zach Gilford just does not look right as Julius Caesar's hair double. Not even if they're planning a wildly obvious allegory in which his character Matt's best friend Landry joins the team, turns out to be a wickedly cunning "brute" who turns the team against Matt's captaincy, and then stabs Matt in the back during their afternoon squat-thrusts while his girlfriend dyes her hair black and pronounces herself Queen of the Colorado River. Rome is not on the air any more okay? Let's not try and send Friday Night Lights down that same path.
