Follows three high school quarterbacks from different backgrounds, playing in different environments as they face immense pressure and similar challenges in trying to be successful high school quarterbacks.
Follows three high school quarterbacks from different backgrounds, playing in different environments as they face immense pressure and similar challenges in trying to be successful high school quarterbacks.
QB1: Beyond the Lights follows three of the top high school quarterbacks in the country for an unforgettable final season of their high school careers. They each dream of the NFL and the long road ahead begins here.
This is a real-life version of Friday Night Lights in my opinion. You get to see how revered high school quarterbacks are in the US, and a hint of the involvement of the families. I realize this would be hard if not impossible to do as the profiled players are 18 or younger, but I wish the show probed a bit more into the realistic (and perhaps sometimes negative) aspects of being a highly touted football prospect in the US : the politics, the balance between football and family life, the sacrifices that both the players and the families make for a football dream that may or may not happen.
I'm now almost finished season 2 and I have to say I've enjoyed it a bit more than season one because a bit more of the realism described above is shown, specifically how it showcased some of the struggles experienced by these players. By the end of season 1 I found myself starting to almost resent a couple of the players (who happened to be in what was portrayed as living rather privileged lifestyles) because they only ever showed them succeeding not only on the field but in life in general.
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This is a real-life version of Friday Night Lights in my opinion. You get to see how revered high school quarterbacks are in the US, and a hint of the involvement of the families. I realize this would be hard if not impossible to do as the profiled players are 18 or younger, but I wish the show probed a bit more into the realistic (and perhaps sometimes negative) aspects of being a highly touted football prospect in the US : the politics, the balance between football and family life, the sacrifices that both the players and the families make for a football dream that may or may not happen.
I'm now almost finished season 2 and I have to say I've enjoyed it a bit more than season one because a bit more of the realism described above is shown, specifically how it showcased some of the struggles experienced by these players. By the end of season 1 I found myself starting to almost resent a couple of the players (who happened to be in what was portrayed as living rather privileged lifestyles) because they only ever showed them succeeding not only on the field but in life in general.