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S3E06 · Season 3

It Ain't Easy Being J.D. McCoy

2008 · Dillon, Texas

The Episode

A phenom quarterback and his father strain the program.

TV Reviewer's Take

The phenom quarterback and his overbearing father strain the program — a sharp study of football's pressures on the young.

Critics' Corner

The A.V. Club's Keith Phipps graded it an A−, praising its long “hang-out time with the characters.”

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