Lyla Garrity
| Lyla Garrity | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Pilot" (episode 1.01) |
| Last appearance | "Stay" (episode 4.06) |
| Portrayed by | Minka Kelly |
| Information | |
| Occupation | College student at Vanderbilt University |
| Family | Buddy Garrity (father) Pam Garrity (mother) Tabitha "Tabby" Garrity (sister) Buddy Jr. (brother) Kevin (step-father) |
| Significant other(s) |
Jason Street (boyfriend, ex-boyfriend, fiancé, ex-fiancé) Chris (ex-boyfriend) Tim Riggins (fling, boyfriend, ex-boyfriend) |
Lyla Garrity is a fictional character, portrayed by Minka Kelly, in the Friday Night Lights TV series. She is the daughter of Buddy Garrity and Pam Garrity. She is the former girlfriend of Jason Street and Tim Riggins.
Lyla is portrayed as an "All-American" golden girl with a seemingly perfect family. The oldest of three children, she has a younger sister, Tabby, and younger brother, Buddy, Jr. She is good-natured, compassionate, popular and is the girlfriend of the star quarterback Jason Street. However, her life quickly unravels when she has a one-night stand with Tim Riggins, which leads to her breaking up with Jason. Her parents divorce, causing her to fall down the social hierarchy and become a target of ridicule amongst her schoolmates and fellow cheerleaders.
During much of the show, she is frequently seen around Tim and Jason, the three having known each other since childhood. After her affair with Tim, things between her and Jason are tense, but by season three, they are on speaking terms, as she is the first person he confides in about moving to New York City.
In the pilot episode, Lyla is introduced as the girlfriend of star quarterback, Jason Street. After Jason's accident, she has an affair with Tim Riggins, his best friend, when Jason is in the hospital. Jason catches them in an intimate moment and asks Lyla if she has been spending a lot of time with Tim, which she quickly denies. For some time, the relationship between her and Jason is strained, but they get back together as he admits that he still loves her despite everything that has happened and he proposes to her. Her parents' messy divorce and her father's affair being made public takes a toll on her and, during the father-daughter dance, she takes out her anger at her father's infidelity by vandalizing her father's car dealership and the cars on sale. Her troubles are exacerbated when she catches Jason with a woman he has met while training for the Olympic trials in Austin and breaks off the engagement. She eventually quits the cheerleading squad after being incessantly ridiculed by her peers at school and does some soul-searching.
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