“He was a fish. The bowl fell.”

“Don’t push it.”

(smiling, for the first time) “Yeah. Kinda was.”

: The subplot explores the unlikely friendship between the high school football coach and the eccentric physics professor. Their interaction over the "football game" provides a heartwarming, if slightly bizarre, look at how the two men find common ground.

“At 7:00 PM precisely, I will be attending the inaugural meeting of the WMA — the West Texas Mensa Association. It’s for individuals in the 98th percentile of intelligence. I’ve been provisionally accepted.”