The Televangelist: 'Friday Night Lights' Season 4, Episode 9

• Look at me now, Stringer. Look at me now!

Finally, I understand the purpose of introducing East Dillon this season. It's certainly not about diversity, because the writers have yet to find the Latino side of town (which remains shocking). No, it's acting as a second-chance hotel for some of the most heart-breaking characters from "The Wire." First we saw Vince a.k.a. Wallace begin to find redemption from his delinquent past. Now we have D'Angelo Barksdale appearing as an ex-con who helps Eric and Buddy start the clean up of one of the sketchiest parts of East Dillon. This is more than just seeing the same actor in a different role - in both of these cases, I could honestly see this as a path both these characters may ideally have taken, given the time and opportunity.

But enough geeking out over such probably preposterous postulations - "The Lights of Carrol Park" was about growing up, or at least moving onward and upward. Joe McCoy learns, when his wife leaves him, that he doesn't always win. Julie gets over her first heartbreak in a grown-up way - having an emotionally void physical relationship with a stranger. And Vince learned it's time to quit thugging around and make something of himself.

But the real story this week belonged to Becky Sproles. Poor Becky. Before this week she was probably top on my list of most disappointing female characters (well, right after Kate Austen), and may still be. Becky's Lisa Frank world of bunnies and stalking Tim and willful naiveté came to a screeching halt this week with the revelation of plus signs on a home pregnancy test. Here's the real question of the night: did anyone else know that she actually slept with Luke Cafferty? I completed missed that.