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Necessary Roughness – TK gets some competition

TK hangs out in his hometown, while a newcomer comes in to threaten his job. Will there be a battle for the starting position?

- Season 2, Episode 3 - "Wide Deceiver"

TK returns to the team to find he has some competition for his spot on this week’s Necessary Roughness – in the form of Gaius Charles. Uh oh TK, Smash is coming for you! Just kidding, because even though Charles is well known for playing a football player on Friday Night Lights, his football player on this show is completely different.

His character, Damon Razor, is a smart, gifted, seemingly modest player who seems to be throwing his chances of being drafted by the team during the scouting combine. Matt and Dani are smart enough to recognize that, and to figure out, with Nico’s help the big secret about his stolen identity that is behind it all. When TK returns at the end, still hurting but game to try to improve, we see how well Razor does against him. Since he will come cheap, which makes Pittman happy, the rest of the season may see TK fighting to keep his starting spot.

Speaking of TK, his time away from the team is short-lived. He spends some time in the old neighborhood hitting on his friend Zetti and buying the local Winky Dog, but everyone can see that he needs to stop being Terry King and go back to being TK. By the end of the episode, the old TK is back, but I think his trying out different identities this season (KT, his old self) may lead to a change in him.

He’s realized he can’t go backwards in life, but he probably still needs to move forwards. I don’t blame him for his confusion, though; after all, being TK is what got him shot. Anyway, his new commitment to the team seems genuine, but he still seems pretty hurt. I love the moment when he gives Razor advice before their race, though. TK is starting to grow up!

Marshall Pittman, on the other hand, seems locked into his childish bid to ruin the team in order to screw his wife over in their divorce. He trades the team’s top picks, but then wants his people to find  first round talent in third round. Matt lucks out by seeing through Razor’s ploy, and Dani has a real moment of insight in figuring out that he is hiding something. But in general, this is no way to run a team. I am glad Nico is tapping Pittman’s phone now. Maybe he and the gang can team up with Gabrielle to oust him. In the meantime, he is still fun to have around: buying horses with picks, redesigning the logo, and just generally making an ass of himself.

In other news, Dani may be breaking up because Matt wants kids and she is done having them. Maybe a Deus ex Baby will show up and save the day, like on Cougar Town! I’d really rather they stay together or the show avoid Dani’s love life for a bit, unless they pair her up with Pittman or something. Now THAT would be fun!

Notes and Quotes:
  • The show really is tighter when the Case of the Week is on the Hawks.
  • This week in Dani’s annoying kids: Ray J is vegan, and Olivia has some kind of hypnotic affect on her kids. Boring, but at least the dinner scene at the end was funny.
  • Matt wants to get into player personnel. He’d better stay on Pittman’s good side.
  • Zetti on her and TK’s past: “You weren’t TK then. You were Terry King, Derrick’s little friend. One hundred and twenty pounds soaking wet with that nappy fade.”
  • Pittman: “I traded our first two picks to Dallas for four lower picks and ‘cash considerations.” “Side note: I now own a racehorse called Backstretch Louie.”
  • Coach on Razor: “You see him on the bench press? For all we know he’s got some flesh-wasting disease.”
  • Coach on Pittman’s new horse: “That horse better be able to sack the quarterback.”
  • TK: “You run guns from Winky Dog?!” Zetti: “You got a problem with that?” TK: “No, I love Winky Dog! I remember that commercial: old boy in the dog suit, big smile, he’d be winking at you. [sings] ‘Winky dog! Winky Dog! Don’t settle for no rinky dog!”
  • Dani: “All’s I know about sharks is what I learned on Shark Week, and that is if they attack, you just gotta punch them in the nose.”
  • Dani: “But can you run?” TK: “Like Kunta Kinte before the foot surgery, girl.”
Photo Credit: USA Network

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