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The Best Episodes of Murder Under the Friday Night Lights

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The Best Episodes of Murder Under the Friday Night Lights

Across the country, high school football unites small-town communities. But when a heinous murder shatters that Friday night dream world, the crime ripples beyond those...

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  1. Background image for Killer in the Field
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    #1 - Killer in the Field

    S1:E3

    A beloved high school teacher's mutilated body lies in a field near her home, leaving behind a baffling trail of evidence. One suspect tells a story that makes no sense, but the real killer's motives are as confusing as they are terrifying.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Futures Ruined
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #2 - Futures Ruined

    S4:E6

    The Hill family lives in a gated community near Dawson High School, where their daughter Arrijana is a popular athlete. When she is found murdered in her bedroom, detectives learn that Arrijana was hiding a secret that leads them to her killer.

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Mr. Untouchable
    7.4/10(26 votes)

    #3 - Mr. Untouchable

    S1:E6

    A cold-blooded murderer takes the life of local football hero TK Kelly. The high school standout had carried the dreams of his small California city on his shoulders, but for someone close to TK, jealousy of the star was motivation enough to kill.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Monster Among Trolls
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #4 - Monster Among Trolls

    S4:E3

    Middle school cheer captain Tristyn Bailey is the future of Friday night lights at Creekside High. Police investigating her disappearance have to navigate teenage rumors and gossip in their small Florida town to identify a monster in their midst.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for A Cheerleader's Reject
    7.3/10(16 votes)

    #5 - A Cheerleader's Reject

    S4:E2

    Former cheerleader Valerie Zavala is invited to a party with high school football players and cheerleaders. She is found dead. Investigators collect home video from the party to find clues to identify her killer.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Caught in a Trap
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #6 - Caught in a Trap

    S4:E8

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Where is Tom Brown?
    7.1/10(37 votes)

    #7 - Where is Tom Brown?

    S1:E2

    Conspiracy theories rock a small Texas town after a beloved high school football player mysteriously vanishes. Baffling clues and community pressure pit the local sheriff against a brash private investigator until some very unusual suspects emerge.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Do It For Juan
    7.0/10(28 votes)

    #8 - Do It For Juan

    S1:E5

    As a quarterback and then as coach, Jaun Josephs led his Louisiana high school football team to multiple victories. When he's inexplicably gunned down, his community unites to bring his killer to justice.

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Nothing to Cheer About
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #9 - Nothing to Cheer About

    S4:E7

    A male cheerleader from the reigning championship squad goes missing.

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Game of Privileges
    6.9/10(35 votes)

    #10 - Game of Privileges

    S1:E4

    In a struggling Pennsylvania coal town, where high school football is king, the killing of a Mexican immigrant splits the community. When star players emerge as suspects, some locals engage in a coverup that is almost as shocking as the murder.

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    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for The Cheerleader Murder
    6.8/10(40 votes)

    #11 - The Cheerleader Murder

    S1:E1

    In a small Texas town, a serial rapist stalks and attacks multiple high school cheerleaders, before graduating to murder. Detectives discover that the monster behind these horrific crimes is much closer to home than anyone could have possibly guessed.

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Guilt Will Get You
    6.8/10(19 votes)

    #12 - Guilt Will Get You

    S4:E1

    To say that Paul Reagor and Jerry Bailey are close friends would be an understatement. When the two football coaches mysteriously disappear, a small Oklahoma town's racial tensions emerge alongside the high stakes of high school football.

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Until Parents Get Involved
    6.7/10(15 votes)

    #13 - Until Parents Get Involved

    S4:E4

    A Texas community is forced to confront a troubling reality inside youth sports after a football coach is gunned down during a game in front of dozens of witnesses, including his own family. A former NFL player is at the center of the investigation.

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    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Dirty Little Lies
    6.2/10(17 votes)

    #14 - Dirty Little Lies

    S4:E5

    In 1985, police find the body of a beloved coach in the barrens of southeast Texas, triggering a murder investigation laced with sex, jealousy and revenge. Investigators close in on the killer, but an eleventh-hour twist tears the community apart.

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for A Killer's Secret Play
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    #15 - A Killer's Secret Play

    S2:E1

    A beloved Texas Football coach's murder reveals his secret double life.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #16 - Homecoming Nightmare

    S2:E2

    The murder of a cheerleader shocks; a second murder terrifies; now they suspect a serial killer.

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Who Shot Darrent Williams
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    #17 - Who Shot Darrent Williams

    S2:E3

    Darrent Williams flies his friends to Denver for a party; Darrent dies and no one knows how or why.

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    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for When Danger is No Stranger
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    #18 - When Danger is No Stranger

    S2:E4

    A 7-year-old vanishes at the biggest youth football game of the year; she is found murdered.

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Muck Bowl Murder
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    #19 - The Muck Bowl Murder

    S2:E5

    In 2008, someone guns down Pahokee High School's star football player, Norman Pooh Griffith.

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  21. Background image for When Rules Don't Apply
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    #20 - When Rules Don't Apply

    S2:E6

    As coach Joe Paterno turns Penn State into a football powerhouse, a serial rapist from the team's ranks preys on multiple co-eds; when the justice system fails to put an end to his attacks, many wonder if Paterno's football machine protected him.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for A Killer's Bet
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    #21 - A Killer's Bet

    S2:E7

    A beloved high school football coach vanishes, baffling police; they learn he ran a secret football betting ring among his friends, and a chain of clues leads cops to one of the gamblers who couldn't pay up.

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Devil Came to Dance
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    #22 - Devil Came to Dance

    S2:E8

    When a popular teenage dancer suddenly disappears one day after practice, police have few leads until one of the dance team members reveals that a man stalked her just days before her best friend's disappearance.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - Delaying Charges

    S3:E1

    When police find a former cheerleader burned to ashes in her car, they launch an investigation filled with rumors of town corruption and cover-ups; decades later, loved ones are still searching for an answer.

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for A Homecoming Murder
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    #24 - A Homecoming Murder

    S3:E2

    The family of a high school cheerleader finds her murdered in her room the night after the homecoming dance; detectives surmise that she knew her killer, and because so many people are back in town for the big football game, everybody is a suspect.

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  26. Background image for Winning at all Cost
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    #25 - Winning at all Cost

    S3:E3

    The shooting of an East Texas football coach inside the high school fieldhouse triggers a lockdown in the middle of a school day; as police race to track down an active shooter, they discover a community deeply divided by the coach's past.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Killer in the Field" is the best rated episode of "Murder Under the Friday Night Lights". It scored 7.6/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/18/2022. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Futures Ruined".