So I’m watching the third season of Friday Night Lights and I keep seeing scenes that essentially contradict the entire previous season. Remember when Landry killed that guy? Remember when Buddy adopted a released convict named Santiago and let him live in his spare bedroom? As I watch Lyla drink heavily and date Tim Riggins, I am reminded of her time last season as a born-again Christian.

And of course there are the ages of the characters, who have been in high school for half a decade now. I think Tim Riggins fell down and fractured his hip in the last game of the year.

I don’t mind, really. Last season’s Friday Night Lights was a cock-up all the way around. Better to forget it ever happened. File it in a parallel universe — we’ll call it the Santiagoverse — and never speak of it again.