<P> For some time, Tim Riggins, Jason's best friend, blames himself for not blocking the hit that paralyzes Jason and he avoids visiting Jason at the hospital for almost six weeks . During Jason's hospital stay, his girlfriend, Lyla, begins an affair with Tim . The two manage to hide the affair until Jason sees them in an intimate moment and eventually figures out what is going on . He confronts Lyla about it, but she lies and says she is not cheating on him . Jason, however, is not convinced and he slugs Tim and challenges him to a fight, a fight that Tim walks away from out of shame and guilt over his actions . After word of the incident gets to the team, several Panthers players loyal to Jason ambush Tim in his truck one night and smash out the windows with baseball bats even though Jason clarifies that Tim did not physically hurt him in any way . Jason tries his best to hate Lyla for her part in the affair, but comes to admit that he still loves her and proposes to her . Lyla says yes, but the relationship quickly begins to fall apart . After catching Jason with another woman, Lyla breaks off the engagement, ending their relationship for good . </P> <P> While in rehab, Jason's roommate, Herc, harasses and pushes him to the edge, trying to get a depressed Jason fired up . Herc then introduces him to the "future": wheelchair rugby . Having something to strive for, Jason focuses solely on becoming the best player he can and manages to get an invitation to try out for the U.S. National Quad Rugby Team . Putting school on hold, he spends two weeks pushing himself and showing everyone what he can do . He initially has difficulty readjusting upon returning home--dealing with his feelings of inferiority and getting used to being stared at--and takes out his anger and bitterness on his mom and Lyla . When selection time comes, he is disappointed when he is not chosen to join the team and go to Beijing . While he is nursing his wounds over not being chosen for the team, Herc informs him that the only reason he was not chosen was his lack of experience with his wheelchair . </P> <P> In the meantime, Jason discovers through the local daily that his parents have brought a lawsuit against Coach Taylor for not properly training him how to tackle someone - an activity quarterbacks generally do not have to do . Many in the town do not like this, particularly Jason, who privately tells Coach Taylor that he never wanted it to happen this way . But because of the financial burden on his parents over his medical expenses, Jason goes along with it . Things become awkward, albeit not tense, between him and Coach Taylor for a while as a result . At home, there is tension between his parents as they disagree over the decision to sue Taylor and the settlement amount . When the next settlement hearing is called, their attorney suggests wheeling Jason up to the stand to play on the jury's sympathies, to which Jason snaps that he does not want to be put on display "like some brain dead idiot" who is no longer capable of fending for himself . He puts an end to the lawsuit and writes out an undisclosed amount, which he says is enough to cover his parents' mortgage and debt incurred by his medical expenses, to which the school officials agree . </P> <P> Prior to the semi-finals for the state championship, Jason, now focused for the first time in a long time, takes it upon himself to mentor his replacement, Matt Saracen, after the latter confides that he is having confidence issues prior to the state semifinal against the Brant Vikings . During the rain - soaked semifinal, Coach Taylor notices Matt's improvement in his play after receiving advice from Jason, who is present at the sidelines, and offers Jason a position as an assistant . Jason is instrumental in the Panthers' winning the State Championship and the first season ends with Jason giving the team a pep talk about preparing for the next season . </P>

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