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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.


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