Friday Night Lights Prepares to Bid Smash Farewell
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This week in West Texas, the big news is the departure of Gaius Charles (Brian "Smash" Williams) from the critically acclaimed NBC / DirecTV show Friday Night Lights.
We knew it was coming - his character will no longer be in the main cast because he's leaving Dillon - but that doesn't make it easy to handle for the show's fans.
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