![]() ![]() In this moment, we see Riggins’s best qualities: bravery, loyalty, and profound emotional intelligence. Riggins knows that he needs to play along, to a point, in order for his best friend to get closure. Would it have been better to talk Street out of going in the first place? No, because when you get so bent up that you think sketchy Frankenshark surgery will grant you the power to walk again, like Street does, nobody’s talking you out of it. Much of what Riggins does in this instance - cutting school to tag along, bringing Lyla with him to remind Street of their love triangle - doesn’t seem responsible, but he senses immediately that Street could die about 50 different ways on this trip, and he has Street’s back. Michael Baumann : For most of their relationship, Jason Street is Bert and Riggins is Ernie - except for when Street gets it in his head to go to Mexico for experimental shark entrails injections. When Tim Riggins Went to Mexico With Jason Street (and Repeatedly Saved His Life) Kate Knibbs : Tim Riggins had plenty of terrific moments, but for my money, nothing can possibly top his first truly great action: when he looks his best friend, Jason Street, in the eyes and says, “Texas forever, Street.” This short, koan-like cheer summarized both the brilliance of Riggins and the brilliance of Friday Night Lights as a whole - the idea that the ordinary pursuit of high school football excellence could also be, on a spiritual level, a quixotic striving toward a permanent, golden state of being, where all you need for maximum happiness is a campfire and a cold one with your boys. When Tim Riggins Coined the Slogan “Texas Forever” Below, we kick off the celebration with a collection of Tim Riggins’s best moments. ![]() Because Taylor Kitsch has a new show premiering Wednesday night - Waco, a six-part miniseries about David Koresh’s 1993 standoff with the FBI - and because in our (full) hearts, Taylor Kitsch will always be Tim Riggins, we hereby declare January 24 to be Tim Riggins Day. ![]()
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