This episode had so many heartwarming moments, I spent the entire last half of it wondering who was going die or fall down a well.

Over at Our Gang's Club House, it's like herding cats trying to get Herc, Billy, and Tim on the same page as Jason. Jason's attempts to take charge in selling the now-rehabbed house are met with accusations that he's always playing the baby card; when he ups the selling price, there's a near revolt. But, a few girly slaps and welling-up tears later, they agree to follow his lead, and the house sells. Jason runs into a former Dillon Panther who's going pro, and his agent, and a big old light bulb goes on over his head when he hears the agent talk about the business. We end the episode on a sweet moment between Jason and Lyla; Lyla sadly realizing that he's going to leave Dillon, but giving him all of her confidence in his prospects.

Lyla spends the rest of the episode trying to prop her father up. You know the saying about behind every man... So the Bratty branch of the family tree -- the other two Garrity kids -- are in town, and it's all "Dad, you're sweaty" this, and "meat is murder, Texas is fascist" that. Yes, the kids have been living in Boulder. Buddy tries to brush off their brattiness, but when Tabitha shouts that she wishes he weren't her father and that real fathers don't cheat on their wives, he slightly loses his shit. Lyla calms him down, the brats accompany Lyla and Buddy to a football game, and -- surprise! -- it's the football that brings everyone together in the end. Tabitha the Vegan even goes so far as to request sundaes on the way home. Awwww.

Tami Taylor is dealing with a discipline issue concerning one of the football players. When his parents are called in to the principal's office, it turns out that he's been playing without their permission all year. They pull him off the team, and Coach nearly loses his shit. Tami and Coach go to the kid's home and convince the parents -- who have no love for the sport and think everyone in Dillon is crazy -- to at least come to one game to watch their son play and shine in his element. They do, and -- surprise! -- football brings them even closer together!

Football is, however, not bringing some folks together. Namely, the near-psychotic types. J.D.'s dad's involvement in every minute detail of his son's life and football-playing is becoming to look more and more abusive, especially given that he is now given to weird head-hanging apologies to Coach, like a man feeling guilty after a bender. He continues to interfere during practice and during the game, and Coach is clearly struggling to figure out how to deal with him. On game night, J.D. has a rough first half, and McCoy loses his shit (see a pattern here?). But Coach is able to redirect J.D.'s attention away from his father in the stands and onto leading his team. J.D. comes through, but we end with him coming out of the locker room to find that his father isn't there waiting for him.

Finally, best for last. Landry's new bandmate Devin is even awesomer than anyone at first suspected. Her lower lip is simply mesmerizing, and she tries to cheer Landry up by plinking out a hilariously cute version of the Flaming Lip's "She Uses Jelly" on the piano. Of course, Landry takes all these signals to mean: "kiss me," and so he does, because he is a teenaged boy. Devin tries to brush it off at first, but when Landry tries to hold her hand in school, she has to tell him: "Landry, I'm a lesbian." We end on Crucifictorious band practice, and seeing Landry and Devin play together is probably the quickest transformation of "mortifying life experience" into "best thing that ever happened to me." This is why we love TV.