Zach Gilford has scored more playing time on Friday Night Lights. Sources confirm to me exclusively that the actor’s season 4 farewell arc as Matt has been expanded from five to seven episodes.
According to my Panthers mole, Gilford’s run will likely fall during the first half of FNL’s 13-episode fourth season, which premieres on DirecTV Oct. 28 with an episode directed by series creator Peter Berg.
Does this news make you more or less pumped for FNL’s new season? I pretty much know the answer to that question but I figured I’d ask it anyway. Oh, and this seems like a good time to plug my recent interview with Gilford’s FNL leading lady, Aimee Teegarden (below). There’s some good Matt-Julie stuff in it!
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Terrific news!
Yay! There’s no such thing as too much Zach Gilford!!!
Jesse Plemons’s interview — right after Aimee Teegarden’s — is interesting, too, folks.
Thanks so much for the heads up! Great stuff. Makes me both sad and excited.
The Landry interview is from last year
Hooray! I love Zach Gilford so much!
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Woooo freaking hoooo!!!! Now lets extend it even more for the rest of the series!!!! I ♥ 7!
HOLLER!!!
Great! I’m never gonna be ready to say goodbye to sweet little Saracen, but this makes me happy.
Still disappointed he’s leaving, but excited he stays for a longer period of time.
This kid is so talented…I cried during the episode where he was dealing with getting benched…I cried when he had to find his mother…Holy cow he is a talented actor-when I watch him I forget he IS acting.
Let some GOOD things happen for “Matt” please? LOL.
I love love love love love this show!!! I got tears in my eye reading your comment and remembering all that Matt has been through – I get so immersed in the show that I forget it is a story and he is an actor!!!
no surprise here, this was always the plan, 5-7 episodes
Yeah, but I think we’re all just glad that it’s going to be 7 rather than 5 episodes.
Love love love him! It’s very good news:)
Thank god! I love Matt.
Awesome!!
Well, if we can’t have him for the WHOLE season, then this is quite dandy! But what’s to become of Matt & Julie?!?!?! Fingernail biting commences…
Yay! I’m happy we’ll get more Saracen. Now let’s extend those 7 episodes to 13 episodes.
I guess it’s the best of both worlds. I love watching Saracen, but I also want the best for the character. I hope the people out there casting for really good movie roles have the sense to think of Zach Gilford.
YAY! I absolutely love Matt Sarecen. I really don’t know how I feel about a Zach Gilford-less FNL.
YAY!!! Now if they can extend it from 7 to 13 I’ll be a very happy fan. Thanks for the great news!
oh happy day!
LOVE me some Matt Sarecen!!! The idea of him not being on it at all makes me sad but I’ll take what I can get!
Other than Aimee Teegarden which non-adult characters are back full time?
Taylor Kitsch, Jesse Plemons and Jeremy Sumpter will be back full time.
Yay!!! 7 is undoubtedly my favorite character on FNL and Zach Gilford has my heart! They better give him a fantastically good sendoff, and they’d better keep him together with Julie!!!
Wow, 7 episodes feels a bit long. That’s more than half the season! I don’t know that he has ever been in the spotlight for so many episodes.
I hope this doesn’t mean they couldn’t schedule Adrianne’s departure to have an arc.
This is the best show…. too excited about Saracen being back!!
Bring on more Saracen!!!! LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!!!!!!
it’s bittersweet, though i’m happy he is in more episodes, Matt is my favorite character on FNL. So it saddens me that Zach is leaving the show.
Yay!! Where would Friday Night Lights be without Matt Saracen?? I’m sad he’s leaving for good, but I am so happy to hear the news that he’s staying for 7 whole episodes..that is AWESOME!!
as much as i’m happy that his stay is extended, i’d still wish that he stays all throughout, if only for grandma saracen! love her.
I want Saracen for all season!!!
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