Landry Clarke (portrayed by Jesse Plemons) is a main character on the television series Friday Night Lights. Landry is generally polite, awkward, and enjoys playing guitar.
Personality[]
Unlike most of Dillon, Landry is not very interested in football and often makes disparaging remarks about the sport. Instead, Landry enjoys alternative and metal music, math, and video games. Because Landry is smart and a good student, he is sometimes mocked and called a nerd, though he is shielded
by his best friend Matt, who is QB1. Landry is sarcastic, witty, self-deprecating, and somewhat cynical, clearly feeling out of place in Dillon and wanting to move elsewhere when he can. Otherwise, Landry is generally polite and reserved. In later seasons, Landry becomes more confident and assertive through his friendship with Tyr..
Appearance[]
Relationships[]
- Main article: Landry's Relationships
Chad Clarke (Father)[]
- Main article: Landry and Chad
Mary Clarke (Mother)[]
Appearances[]
Season 1 | |
Pilot | Debut |
Eyes Wide Open | Appears |
Wind Sprints | Appears |
Who's Your Daddy? | Appears |
Git'er Done | Appears |
El Accidente | Appears |
Homecoming | Appears |
Crossing the Line | Appears |
Full Hearts | Appears |
It's Different for Girls | Appears |
Nevermind | Appears |
What to Do While You're Waiting | Absent |
Little Girl I Wanna Marry You | Absent |
Upping the Ante | Absent |
Blinders | Appears |
Black Eyes and Broken Hearts | Appears |
I Think We Should Have Sex | Appears |
Extended Families | Appears |
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes | Appears |
Mud Bowl | Appears |
Best Laid Plans | Appears |
State | Appears |
Season 2 | |
Last Days of Summer | Appears |
Bad Ideas | Appears |
Are You Ready for Friday Night? | Appears |
Backfire | Appears |
Let's Get It On | Appears |
How Did I Get Here? | Appears |
Pantherama! | Appears |
Seeing Other People | Appears |
The Confession | Appears |
There Goes the Neighborhood | Appears |
Jumping the Gun | Absent |
Who Do You Think You Are? | Appears |
Humble Pie | Appears |
Leave No One Behind | Appears |
May the Best Man Win | Appears |
Season 3 | |
I Knew You When | Appears |
Tami Knows Best | Appears |
How the Other Half Lives | Appears |
Hello, Goodbye | Appears |
Every Rose Has Its Thorn | Appears |
It Ain't Easy Being J.D. McCoy | Appears |
Keeping Up Appearances | Appears |
New York, New York | Absent |
Game of the Week | Appears |
The Giving Tree | Appears |
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall | Appears |
Underdogs | Appears |
Tomorrow Blues | Appears |
Season 4 | |
East of Dillon | Appears |
After the Fall | Appears |
In the Skin of a Lion | Appears |
A Sort of Homecoming | Appears |
The Son | Appears |
Stay | Appears |
In the Bag | Appears |
Toilet Bowl | Appears |
The Lights in Carroll Park | Appears |
I Can't | Absent |
Injury List | Appears |
Laboring | Appears |
Thanksgiving | Appears |
Season 5 | |
Expectations | Appears |
On the Outside Looking In | Absent |
The Right Hand of the Father | Absent |
Keep Looking | Absent |
Kingdom | Absent |
Swerve | Absent |
Perfect Record | Absent |
Fracture | Absent |
Gut Check | Absent |
Don't Go | Absent |
The March | Absent |
Texas Whatever | Absent |
Always | Final |
Quotes[]
- (to Matt Saracen) "I think I'm going to get me one of those signs that says "Landry Clarke, utterly useless all around jerk team'." (Pilot - First Line)
- (Always - Final Line)
- (to Lyla Garrity): "Are you a good Christian or a bad Christian, Lyla Garrity?" (The Confession)
- He is based on Brian Chavez, a character in the non-fiction book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, a Dream, by H.G. Bissinger.
Season 1[]
Season One[]
Season 1[]
Landry is a somewhat nerdy freshman at Dillion High. He is best friends with Dillion Panthers quarterback Matt Saracen. Though Landry wasn't on the football team in Season 1, he often drove Matt to morning football practice.
Season 2[]
Landry joins the football team hoping to impress his father and Tyra. He has his own band, Crucifictorious, and is in love with Tyra Collette, to whom he lost his virginity. Landry kills Tyra's assailant after he continues to harass her. Throughout the season Landry and Tyra have to try and cover up the murder.
Season 4[]
Having been zoned for East Dillon High, Landry joins the East Dillon Lions as a kicker. He starts a fight with Calvin Brown, who Coach Taylor kicks off the team for refusing to apologize. He makes the season-ending game-winning field goal against the Panthers. He also begins a relationship with Jess Merriweather, but it ends when Jess confesses she has feelings for Vince.
Season 5[]
Landry goes off to college at Rice University in Houston.
A running gag throughout the show is that Coach Taylor cannot remember his name, and often incorrectly refers to him as Lance.