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friday night lights a town a team and a dream
return once again to the timeless account of the permian panthers of odessa the winningest high school football team in texas history . odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams but the panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small dusty town going . socially and racially divided its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom bust path of the oil business . in bad times the unemployment rate barrels out of control ; in good times its murder rate skyrockets . but every friday night from september to december when the permian high school panthers play football this west texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true . with frankness and compassion h. g. bissinger chronicles a season in the life of odessa and shows how single minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires and sometimes shatters the teenagers who wear the panthers uniforms .
chronicles the football season in odessa texas a depressed all american town that lives and dies with the fortunes of its high school football team .